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U.S. announces troop deployments to Iraq (Lolita C. Baldor)
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Nov. 17, 2006 -- The Pentagon announced Friday that 57,000 U.S. troops, including five combat brigades, have been told to deploy to Iraq early next year -- a ...
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U.S. Economy: Housing Starts Tumble to Six-Year Low (Joe Richter)
By Joe Richter Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Housing starts in the U.S. tumbled in October to the lowest level in more than six years, raising the prospect that the economy will be further weakened after ...
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An idea whose time had come (Ted Rall)
Ted Rall -- Information Clearing House Nov. 16, 2006 -- Live every day as if it were your last. Its good advice. Modified for politicians: Treat every term in office as if it were your last.
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Congressmen Urge That Voting Machines Provide a 'Paper Trail' (Lesley Clark)
by Lesley Clark -- McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON - Two longtime congressional critics of electronic voting machines seized on the turmoil in Florida Wednesday to renew a call for a paper trail of ...
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US Plans Last Big Push in Iraq (Simon Tisdall)
Strategy document calls for extra 20,000 troops, aid for Iraqi army and regional summit by Simon Tisdall -- The Guardian Nov. 16, 2006 -- President George Bush has told senior advisers that the US ...
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The Libertarian Threat (Julian Edney)
by Julian Edney -- OpEd News Jun 27, 2006 -- We are losing ground against a rhetorical assault. The Libertarian star, hurled by the upward burst of American business which occurred in the Reagan era ...
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A different kind of occupation (Mickey Z.)
American Indians and Alcatraz Island Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Nov. 15, 2006 -- Until the notorious federal penitentiary was closed in 1963, Alcatraz Island was a place most folks tried to ...
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VIDEO: UCLA Police Taser Student in Powell
AyvrqcxNIFs Nov. 16, 2006 -- An incident late Tuesday night in which a UCLA student was stunned at least four times with a Taser has left the UCLA community questioning whether the university police ...
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U.S. Economy: Consumer Prices Decline, Reassuring Fed (Courtney Schlisserman)
By Courtney Schlisserman Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Consumer prices in the U.S. fell more than forecast in October, which may reassure Federal Reserve policy makers who last month described inflation as ...
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Nobel-winner Milton Friedman dead at 94
Economist was among the most influential in recent history MSNBC News Services Nov. 16, 2006 -- Milton Friedman, the free market economist and winner of a 1976 Nobel Prize, has died, a spokeswoman ...
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Will the real Dr. King please stand up? (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Nov. 15, 2006 -- There was no shortage of opportunists present as they broke ground the other day for the $100 million Martin Luther King memorial in Washington, DC. ...
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