CIA Funds Terrorism in Iran?

Seeded on Mon May 19, 2008 5:00 PM EDT (afterdowningstreet.org)

TEHRAN - The Intelligence Ministry on Saturday released details of the detection and dismantling of a terrorist network affiliated to the United States.

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16 Year Old Epileptic Tazed 12 Times Following a Seizure, Police Dismiss Complaints As 'Frivolous'

Seeded on Mon May 19, 2008 4:47 PM EDT (dentonrc.com)

His brother, Travis Baker, 17, remembers all of it. He recalls screaming at Corinth police to stop shocking Blake with a Taser. His mother, Deana, remembers hearing Travis crying on the telephone.

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Anarchists erupt in Olympia Washington, over $10,000 in damage, where's the media coverage?

Seeded on Mon May 19, 2008 1:44 AM EDT (Global Features)

After a few speeches, the march left and proceeded down Plum Street. While everyone was walking, it became clear that there was no one leading the march. No one knew the next destination.

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Three Cops Versus An Entire Community | UC-IMC

Seeded on Mon May 19, 2008 1:30 AM EDT (ucimc.org)

Those who worry about the impending police state in the wake of the Patriot Act and "total information awareness," should be more concerned about its arrival in black neighborhoods.

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Berkeley Protests Against John "Torture" Yoo : Indybay

Seeded on Mon May 19, 2008 1:10 AM EDT (indybay.org)

On May 17th, Act Against Torture, World Cant Wait, Code Pink, and Vet's for Peace participated in a demonstration at the UC Berkeley School of Law graduation to demand that Professor John Yoo, author of the legal memo justifying the Bush administration's use of torture, be fire …

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Cops get away with murder, thousands gather to protest

Seeded on Mon May 19, 2008 1:07 AM EDT (indymedia.us)

New York City: In response to calls from the family of Sean Bell, Rev. Al Sharpton, and other religious and community leaders, thousands of New Yorkers converged on a half-dozen selected intersections for a series of dramatic pray-in traffic blockades on Wednesday, May 7.

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The Poblano Effect: Obama Could Score Huge Electoral Victory over McCain | Election 2008 | AlterNet

Seeded on Mon May 19, 2008 12:12 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

During an April 25 conference call to unveil the Obama campaign's 50-state voter registration drive, deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand sounded genuinely exasperated as he tried to steer reporters to the topic at hand.

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Moyers: 'Democracy in America Is a Series of Narrow Escapes, and We May Be Running Out of Luck' | Democracy and Elections | AlterNet

Seeded on Sun May 18, 2008 11:58 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

When the state becomes the guardian of power and privilege to the neglect of justice for the people as a whole, it mocks the very concept of government as proclaimed in the preamble to our Constitution; mocks Lincoln's sacred belief in "government of the people, by the people, an …

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The Crypt: Conyers: 'We're closing in on Rove' - Politico.com

Seeded on Fri May 16, 2008 7:22 PM EDT (Politico)

Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two other people: "We're closing in on Rove. Someone's got to kick his ass."

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U.S. Sergeant Refuses to Go to Iraq:

Seeded on Fri May 16, 2008 6:44 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Matthis Chiroux is the kind of young American U.S. military recruiters love. "I was from a poor, white family from the south, and I did badly in school," the now 24-year-old said.

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Democrats Divided Over Gas Tax Break - Clinton lined up with McCain

Seeded on Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:09 PM EDT (The New York Times)

As angry truckers encircled the Capitol in a horn-blaring caravan and consumers across the country agonized over $60 fill-ups, the issue of high fuel prices flared on the campaign trail on Monday, sharply dividing the two Democratic candidates.

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Torturers in the White House: Why Is This Story Being Ignored?

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:39 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The biggest news of the last week went virtually uncovered by the mainstream, print media.

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Arrest In 3/6/08 NYC Bombing

Seeded on Thu Mar 6, 2008 8:42 PM EST (unconfirmedsources.com)

"Acting upon tips and key eyewitness accounts, the NYPD announced that they had just apprehended a male cyclist in Queens who they believed to be responsible for the early morning bombing of a Times Square Marine recruiting station.

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