On 1-17-1961 President Eisenhower warned Americans of the possible dangers of the Military Industrial Complex and the dangers it pose to a free society.

Do the close ties of our Military and our private industies pose a risk to our freedom?
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]]> Advocates are steaming over an Iran Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the death sentence of a young woman named Delara Darabi.
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]]> Souders, a mentally ill inmate serving one to four years for shoplifting, died of heat and thirst last August at a state prison in Jackson, after spending most of his last four days strapped down in a hot cell, naked and soaked in his own urine.
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]]> Build a shrimp farm in Thailand by cutting down mangrove forests and you will net about 8,000 dollars per hectare. Meanwhile, the destruction of the forest and pollution from the farm will result in a loss of ecosystems worth 35,000 dollars/ha per year.
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]]> ATLANTA, May 30 — Under pressure from animal rights advocates, two soft drink giants, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have agreed to stop directly financing research that uses animals to test or develop their products, except where such testing is required by law.
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]]> The women of Ohio call upon the women of the world, from the day-old babies to our most senior elders, to stand with us to save the world.
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]]> You see them in every neighborhood - dogs chained 24 hours each and every day, exposed to searing heat, bitter cold, rain, snow. With a shelter consisting of a crate, barrel, box, or under a vehicle or porch. Water or food bowls are frequently overturned
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]]> As Mother's Day approaches, Guiding Eyes for the Blind is seeking permanent, loving homes for some very special moms - their exceptional brood dogs who will give birth to the next generation of guide dogs.

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]]> Sen. Kennedy said, "President Bush should not be permitted to escalate the war further. Add your voice: http://www.tedkennedy.com/page/s/ourdecision
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]]> For birds, size matters in one key organ. Those with bigger noggins outsmart and outlive their small-brained relatives.
This could help them adapt to global warming and shrinking habitats, researchers say

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]]> Are you ready for the federal government to stop giving billions of dollars in tax breaks to Big Oil?... Are you ready to put America on the path to a clean energy future?... Are you ready to signal to the world that America is ready to confront global...
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]]> Imagine this: you and your husband/wife merrily sleep together in your new hired flat and at 2 o'clock am police stands at your door wanting to see your marriage licence - otherwise you get arrested for "close proximity"...
Read this incredible story!
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]]> The television news program "60 Minutes" interviewed Theresa Vaughn for an upcoming show.Now she's pushing to change the prison health care system that virtually executed her son... Please visit our group " Friends For Timmy Joe Souders"


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]]> Yesterday I saw a strange dog near my house. Today he (I don't know its gender but he is generic so I'll stick with it) was in my yard numerous times. I'm pretty sure someone abandoned him here.

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]]> The holiday shopping season has barely begun, but according to Amazon sales, the George W. Bush Out of Office Countdown handbook and calendar appear to be early best sellers.
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]]> It was bad enough when the Carlyle Group bought Dunkin' Donuts last year, forcing millions of conscientious caffeine addicts to look elsewhere for their daily fix. Now, it appears Carlyle has added 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to its formidable portfolio
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]]> In their e-mail rejection, they expressed concern that other “special interests” might ask to distribute materials, too; they said they didn’t want to offer “political” endorsement of the film; and they saw “little, if any, benefit to NSTA or its members”
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]]> They undergo horrible experiments; the cosmetic products poured into their eyes, rectums or vaginas to determine the harmful effects they might cause on humans. Animals have the same feelings and emotions as human beings and we by showing
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]]> Critics of a British law designed to ban fox hunting with dogs say the Hunting Act is difficult to enforce and full of loopholes.

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]]> A chief constable has sparked controversy by declaring that men who sleep with 13- to 15-year-olds should not be labelled paedophiles.
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]]> “The polar bear is on the top of the list threatened by global warming,” said Captain Paul Watson, founder and president of Sea Shepherd. “The species needs every individual bear to survive to help ensure that the species does not become extinct.”
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]]> Dr. Eric Keroack oversees the family planning program that is supposed to make sure low income women get access to birth control. The only problem is, he is anti-birth control and anti-sex-education.
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]]> Federal Judge Enslen suggested that prison staff, as well as Correctional Medical Services administrators. could face criminal charges for “intentionally delaying referrals and care for craven profit motives.”:.....Timothy Joe Souders...Please Note it.
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]]> The song by Tony Orlando and Dawn from 1972 urged everyone to "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree" -- and next week, Shelbyville will do just that.

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]]> A statewide hearing is underway to improve healthcare in Michigan's prisons, and the mother of an inmate who died in prison spoke out. Theresa Vaughn's son died in August, incarcerated at the Southern Michigan Correctional Facility.
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]]> An endangered child alert has been issued for five-month-old Jaelan Brown. Authorities said she was taken by her non-custodial parents Jerri Brown and Alvin Dale Campbell, from whose custody she was removed.
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]]> Police charged a 28-year-old man yesterday with felony theft of livestock after he allegedly killed a pet pig named Porky who was featured in an Island Air commercial.
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]]> All he wanted was to come home. And today he returns to ask Bush to BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
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]]> Faith Hill insists she's no Kanye West. The country music superstar says she was just joking when cameras showed her screaming "WHAT?" in apparent anger when she lost the female vocalist of the year award to newcomer Carrie Underwood at the Country Music
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]]> I am the Peoria, IL Coordinator for CodePink: Women For Peace. As the election draws near, I am asking all of you to give PEACE a vote this election.
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]]> NEW DELHI (AFP) - Former US Democratic president Jimmy Carter called for US troops to be "totally" withdrawn from Iraq "within the next year or so."

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]]> The common dye found in blue jeans and ballpoint pens is called phthalocyanine and is a light-activated, or photosensitive, agent with cell-destroying properties.


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]]> Video links on page to CNN and FOX news.'H2O 1500 Aquygen™ Gas Generator,' produces what the company describes as "a combustible gas made from water that is a safe, cost-effective, environmentally-friendly alternative to and enhancer of fossil fuels."
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]]> A fast-moving cold snap from the Antarctic has swept across south eastern Australia sending temperatures plummeting as snow and hail fell across three states.Brr its so cold.
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