Consultant spending saps Clinton campaign - Politico

Hillary Rodham Clinton started the year flush with cash, but by the beginning of this month, she'd blazed through most of it — spending $11 million on ads, $3.8 million on messaging guru Mark Penn and $1,300 at Dunkin' Donuts, just to name a few expenditures

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Leading Democrats To Bill Clinton: Pipe Down | Newsweek.com

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Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles - New York Times

The Times found 121 cases in which veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan committed a killing in this country, or were charged with one, after their return from war.

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Al Qaeda has been Removed from Baghdad, U.S. Says

Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil Jr., commander of United States forces in Baghdad, also said that American troops had yet to clear some 13 percent of the city, including Sadr City and several other areas controlled by Shiite militias.

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Blackwater patrolling the streets of New Orleans

Heavily armed paramilitary mercenaries from the Blackwater private security firm, infamous for their work in Iraq, are openly patrolling the streets of New Orleans.

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Blackwater Won't Allow Arrests

A defiant Blackwater Chairman Erik Prince said yesterday he will not allow Iraqi authorities to arrest his contractors and try them in Iraq's faulty justice system.

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Students Create Wireless Self-Driving Car That Navigates City Streets

"We will tell it to go out to McDonald's and it will go through the drive-through and we sit in the back and it will get our food," lead engineer Don Harper said.

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Blackwater Shootings 'Murder,' - Iraq Says

Iraqi investigators, supported by Iraqi witness accounts, have said unofficially that they could not find evidence of any attack on the Blackwater guards that might have provoked the shooting on Nisour Square, which the Iraqis say killed 17 and wounded 27.

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House: Contractors in Iraq subject to U.S. courts

"There is simply no excuse for the de facto legal immunity for tens of thousands of individuals working in countries" on behalf of the United States, said Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Texas.

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Microsoft Reveals .Net Source Code

Microsoft will give developers a view into the source code but won't let them touch it. Microsoft is willing to show its code but doesn't want anyone touching it.

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British troop numbers in Iraq to go down to, believe it or not, 4500.

From 5,500 to 4,500

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Why Do Costco and Sam's Treat Me Like a Criminal?

Unless you signed a contract (CostCo, Sam's Club, etc) you do not have to nor should you show your receipt to the door monkeys. Why? Once you have purchased the item it is your property. The bag it is in is your property.

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What Does 'American' Mean?

Federal immigration authorities yesterday unveiled 100 new questions immigrants will have to study to pass a civics test to become naturalized American citizens. Hmm good question. What does 'American' really mean...

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Soldier: I was told to shoot unarmed man

"He asked me if I was ready. I had the pistol out. I heard the word 'shoot.' I don't remember pulling the trigger. It took me a second to realize that the shot came from the pistol in my hand," he said, crying and speaking barely above a whisper.

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Do You Stare at Hotties?

So, you're at a party with your favorite squeeze and you notice that a stunning specimen of the opposite sex has just sauntered into the room.

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GM settle on a deal with UAW

We do not know the details of the deal yet. Some analysts have previously estimated to be $30 Billion one off cost that would bring in $3 Billion yearly savings...

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The real reason why Americans can't pay their mortgages

Nice article by viner Cartooncat.

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Vick tests positive for marijuana- Ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device

Falcons quarterback Michael Vick tested positive for marijuana, has been confined to his Virginia residence, ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device and receive mental health counseling, according to court documents filed Wednesday... and the problems continue...

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41 days in Iraq vs. insuring 10 million children.

President Bush has threatened to veto legislation renewing and expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

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Bush has an IQ of 125!!!

My belief on IQ system went down a notch today...

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Outsourcing Works, So India Is Exporting Jobs Vs GM Auto union workers strike

Thats the future of global economy..'to take the work from any part of the world and do it in any part of the world.' Sadly, on other hand, we have GM auto workers union on a strike for 'job security'.

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Musharraf and his Post - until death do us apart

Pakistan has had this pseudo-democracy for a long time. Currently General Musharraf is the President as well the Army chief. Though there is a designated prime minister and a so-called cabinet, the power lies with Mush and he drives the 'democracy'.

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