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'Flying Drunk' Shares Pilots' Struggle to Overcome Alcohol
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, federal prison, Flying drunk, pilots, airlines, alcohol, drugs, addictions, accidents, risks, unsafe, crime )

Dee
- 85 days ago - abcnews.go.com
New Memoir Reveals Alcoholism Among Commercial Airline Pilots.. Deep in his heart, Joseph Balzer knew it was wrong. But the night before he and two other pilots were scheduled to transport 91 passengers from Fargo, N.D., to Minneapolis, Minn.,
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Marines Ban Twitter, Facebook, Other Sites
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Marines, social media websites, security, risks )

Rosemary
- 95 days ago - cnn.com
The U.S. Marine Corps has banned Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites from its networks, effective immediately. The Marine Corps fears that social media sites such as Facebook could pose a security risk.
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Social Security Number Code Cracked, Study Claims
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Social Security numbers, identity theft, crime, safety, risks, protection )

Dee
- 124 days ago - abcnews.go.com
For all the concern about identity theft, researchers say there's a surprisingly easy way for the technology-savvy to figure out the precious nine digits of Americans' Social Security numbers.
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Poor Would Be Hard Hit By Proposed California Budget Cuts
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: society, culture, poor, medical, ssi, disability, mental, health, cuts, budget, california, Schwarzenegger, americans, family, children, women, rights, government, healthcare, illness, risks, socialsecurity )

Tom
- 166 days ago - latimes.com
Elimination of health and welfare programs would come at a steep price. Tens of thousands of families and children would be stripped of temporary financial help and health assistance, and the state would lose a huge pool of federal money.
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State of Paralysis By PAUL KRUGMAN
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, usa, government, democrats, republicans, healthcare, housing, socialsecurity, children, risks, society, culture, rights, education, freedoms, ethics, corruption, business, finance, politics, money, economy, dishonesty, lies )

Tom
- 166 days ago - nytimes.com
California shouldn't be in fiscal crisis on the verge of cutting essential public services and denying health coverage to almost a million children. But it is. You have to wonder if it's political paralysis foreshadows the future of the nation as a whole.
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Report: FBI Slow to Update Terror Watchlist
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, FBI, terrorists, watchlist, crime, law enforcement, risks, danger, delays, outdated )

Dee
- 184 days ago - usatoday.com
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI has been slow to update the national terror suspect watchlist -- and the lapses pose real risks to U.S. security, a Justice Department audit has found.
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Magnitude of Dirty VA Hospital Equipment Unknown
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Veterans Affairs Vets, military, health, risks, disease )

Dee
- 196 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might have treated them with unsterile equipment. Now, just a couple of months after the Department of Veterans Affairs issued
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A Bill to Outlaw Organic Farming Next Week? Contact Your Representative!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health, illness, interesting, nutrition, risks, safety, protection, warning, death, diet, ethics, food, government, news, ethics, congress, dishonesty )

Kat
- 217 days ago - writerep.house.gov
Monsanto: A bill to outlaw organic farming next week? US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before...
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Soldiers Sent to Iraq Despite Illness
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Iraq, troops, war, military, illness, risks, health )

Dee
- 228 days ago - abcnews.go.com
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- When the "Arctic Warriors" Stryker Brigade left for Iraq from nearby Fort Wainwright late last year, commanders told soldiers who were suffering medical problems that they would also go to war.
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Proclamation to the President -The Alzheimer's Association Is Seeking 50,000 Signatures
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: safety, protection, research, risks, research, NewTechnology, investigation, obama )

Suzybell
- 358 days ago - kintera.org
The Alzheimer's Association is seeking 50,000 signatures on a proclamation that will be urging President-elect Obama to make ending Alzheimer's a priority. This proclamation will be delivered in January. PLEASE SIGN
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EarthJustice : Environmental Groups to Challenge Fed's Refusal to Limit Perchlorate in Drinking Water & Sue the EPA
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: water, contamination, perchlorate, highly soluble, toxin, rocket fuel, health, risks, EPA, refusal, federal standard, safety, action, lawsuit, sue, California Senator, Rep, legislation, White House )

Alba
- 398 days ago - earthjustice.org
Rocket fuel toxin has tainted drinking water in 26 states, pregnant women & newborns at greatest risk. Defense Dep & Pentagon contractors lobbied 6 yrs to avoid fed drinking-water standard for perchlorate. >10 million have rocket fuel in drinking H2O...
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Petition: Stop the Psychiatric Drug Crisis in the US Military-Soldiers Deserve Better Than a Bag of Pills
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: military, government, healthcare, republicans, democrats, drugs, AlternativeMed, prevention, risks, protection, health, Body-Mind-Spirit )

Cheryl Su
- 434 days ago - mindfreedom.org
Suicide rates among veterans have reached catastrophic levels, occurring at more than twice the civilian rate overall, and as high as four times the civilian rate among veterans aged 20 through 24.the military's response has been pyschatric drugs
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HAARP
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: technology, science, research, NewTechnology, health, humans, illness, risks, science, warning, abuse, death, ethics, abuse, americans, cover-up, environment, politics, usa, corruption, corporate, ethics, dishonesty, propaganda, terrorism, war )

Faith
- 559 days ago - crystalinks.com
The project is jointly funded by US Air Force, Navy, and University of Alaska. It is said that the project is similar to numerous existing ionospheric heaters around the world,
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The Care You Get at a Hospital May Be Linked to Your Credit Report
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit, children, family, disease, drugs, health, healthcare, humans, illness, medicine, news, safety, risks, warning, women, cancer, death, ethics, government, prevention, treatment, society, abuse, americ )

Jaime
- 598 days ago - online.wsj.com
Medical FICO, being developed by Health Care Analytics in Waltham,Mass. may be establishing a class system of medical care in the USA
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Women Should Fear HR 536
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: constitution, freedoms, healthcare, news, prevention, risks, warning, women )

Stephanie
- 622 days ago - ajc.com
Ga House tabled resolution 536 a consitutional admendment defining legal personhood as begining at conception. A defiition that would criminalize abortion and some forms of birth control. The 4/3 vote offers some reassurance to the many thousands of Georg
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