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Blair knew Iraq invasion would increase terrorism

LONDON — Former prime minister Tony Blair knew that invading Iraq in 2003 could increase the threat from Islamic extremism but pressed ahead nonetheless, a former top civil servant said Wednesday.

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1.5 million strollers recalled after childrens fingertip amputation

Graco Stroller Recall: Children Fingertip Amputations Prompt 1.5 Million Strollers Recalled About 1.5 million Graco strollers sold at Wal-Mart, Target and other major retailers are being recalled after some children's fingertips were amputated by hinges on the products. The recall by Graco Children's Products Inc.

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Suspect in Appomattox shooting in custody

UPDATE: Christopher B. Speight, the man accused of shooting eight people in Appomattox, Virginia has surrendered and is now in custody.

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Sliding Cars

Slow news day? Well if it's icy outside, the answer may just be… SLIDING CARS!!! infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV.

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Brown wins Massachusetts Senate race, CNN projects

Republican Scott Brown has won Tuesday's special election for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by liberal Democrat Ted Kennedy, CNN projects based on actual results

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864,000 pounds of US ground beef recalled

Some 864,000 pounds (390 tonnes) of ground beef produced by a California meat packer is being recalled for fear of potentially deadly E.coli bacterium tainting, U.S. officials said on Monday. The beef was produced by Huntington Meat Packing Inc of Montebello, California, and shipped mainly to California outlets, the U.S.

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FBI broke law for years in phone record searches

The FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S.

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MLK: Life & Death

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Austrian scientists bury live pigs in snow

Vehement protests from animal activists prompted scientists on Thursday to temporarily stop an avalanche experiment that involved burying pigs in snow and monitoring their deaths. The two-week experiment — taking place in the Western Austrian Alps — was trying to determine what factors make it possible for humans to survive an avalanche in an air pocket until rescued without suffering permanent brain damage. http://airamerica.com/green/01-14-2010/activists-protest-experiments-burying-pig…

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US waves white flag in disastrous ‘War on Drugs’

It's about time, and by the way free the innocent people who have been and are incarcerated for victimless crimes. added by: kennymotown 25 comments

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