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Leading House Dem on military policy opposes repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'...

The leading House Democrat on military policy said Friday that he opposes repealing the law that bans openly gay people from serving in the military.

Source: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/76427-skelton-opposes-repe...

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Network Flaw Causes Scary Web Error

A Georgia mother and her two daughters logged onto Facebook from mobile phones last weekend and wound up in a startling place: strangers' accounts with full access to troves of private information.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/16/network-flaw-cause...

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California considers Nation's First Statewide Green Building Code

California, long a trendsetter for eco-friendly living, is breaking ground again this week. It's set, as early as today, to adopt the nation's first statewide green building code, which environmentalists say is not tough enough, and is also considering paying residents to cut their energy use.

Source: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010...

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Beck Interviews Palin on God, Politics, Future

PALIN: There is nothing more important in my life than my relationship with God and my faith and in this past year especially -- past year and a half -- I have been so driven to my knees to pray for His guidance, for His wisdom, for His grace and for His Strength. And I'm never going to tell anybody else how to live, I'm never going to preach to anybody else and tell them you must do that. But I sure would like to see more Americans give it a try...

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/01/13/beck-interviews-pa...

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Glenn Beck: Global warming out, climate change in

REPORTER: Considering, considering the continuing reports on the record worldwide cold, how does the president believe that there was justification for the millions spent on that conference to try to promote acceptance of global warming?

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Google Might End Operations in China After Activist's E-Mail Hacked

Google Inc. said Tuesday it might end its operations in China after it discovered that the e-mail accounts of human rights activists had been breached.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/12/google-end-operati...

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Military Retirees, Victims of a Congressional Shell Game

Any politician engaged in the deceitful practices of Washington D. C. knows one of the easiest targets to attack is the retired military community. Politicians view this group as the least harmful of any who make up the ranks of the voting public. They place those who served in uniform at the top of their least harmful list, thus making them political targets whenever there is a search being conducted to show the public what the political elite call meaningful dollar savings.

Source: http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/tsegel/2010/ts_01111.shtml

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FEDS 'MISLEADING PUBLIC' ON ABILITY OF NUDE AIRPORT SCANNERS...

A privacy group says the Transportation Security Administration is misleading the public with claims that full-body scanners at airports cannot store or send their graphic images.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/11/body.scanners/index.htm...

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China Ends Reign of U.S. as Largest Auto Market

Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- China supplanted the U.S. as the world’s largest auto market after its 2009 vehicle sales jumped 46 percent, ending more than a century of American dominance that started with the Model T Ford.

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aE.x_r_l...