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No More Terror in the Skies if Men Take Charge

How many of you have heard about the November 17, 2009 AirTran Flight 297 from Atlanta to Houston? While there is some confusion about what really happened, there is no doubt some passengers were alarmed enough to leave the plane when it returned to the gate. They believed a terrorist “dry run” was in progress. AirTran has downplayed the “alleged incident.” Were these men just messing with the passengers? I don’t know, but I’m not taking any chances.

Source: http://www.americanvision.org/article/no-more-terror-in-the-...

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Charles Woodson donates 2 million dollars to Children's Hospital in Michigan

Charles Woodson wants to be known as more than a football player. Donating $2 million to the new University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital and Women's Hospital gives him a chance to do that.

Source: http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/74807457.html?page...

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AT THE END OF THE DAY, DIVERSITY HAS JUMPED THE SHARK, HORRIFICALLY

It cannot be said often enough that the chief of staff of the United States Army, Gen. George Casey, responded to a massacre of 13 Americans in which the suspect is a Muslim by saying: "Our diversity ... is a strength."

Source: http://www.anncoulter.com/

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Death penalty is considered a boon by some California inmates

Given the state moratorium on executions and an appeals process that can last for decades, inmates can expect to live a long time, and with privileges other prisoners lack.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deathrow11-2009nov11...

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Veterans Day: Pause to Remember at the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month

For 90 years, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month has been a remembrance of those who served America in a time of war. But the Nov. 11 Veterans Day commemoration began as a day to celebrate peace — the silencing of the guns of World War I, "The Great War," which claimed the lives of more than 15 million soldiers and civilians.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,574003,00.html

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Al Gore could become world's first carbon billionaire

Mr. Gore is poised to become the world's first "carbon billionaire," profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in. Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, has claimed that Mr Gore stood to benefit personally from the energy and climate policies he was urging Congress to adopt.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/6491195/Al-Gore-coul...

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Maine Could Become First State to Endorse Gay Marriage by Popular Referendum

Voters in Maine will decide Tuesday whether to repeal a law that would allow same-sex marriage. If they vote to uphold it, Maine will become the first state to endorse gay marriage by popular referendum.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/03/maine-state-endor...

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House Republicans Find 111 New 'Bureaucracies' in Health Care Bill

House Republicans claimed Monday that the health care reform bill pushed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi would create a whopping 111 new "federal bureaucracies." In its latest attempt to portray the Democrats' reform package as an unwieldy expansion of federal government in the health care sector, the House Republican Conference circulated what it called a list of "new boards, bureaucracies, commissions and programs" created in the House health care bill.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/02/house-republicans...

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Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says

Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BNKH3O1&show_artic...