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Judge rules Feds can search e-mail without notice

No matter how much of our personal lives exist in e-mail services such as Gmail, a U.S. District Court judge says if the government takes a look at your e-mail. The opinion by federal judge Michael Mosman, handed down in Portland, Oregon, involves a case in which the government has probable cause for a search and asked Google to provide nine months of a Gmail subscriber's e-mails, seeking evidence of the crime.

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House Democrats Unveil Sweeping Health Reform Bill

WASHINGTON – The retooled health care overhaul plan that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled Thursday would extend coverage to millions and lets the government sell insurance in competition with private insurers. Pelosi, D-Calif., wants to have the legislation on the floor next week, with a final vote before Veterans Day, Nov.

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Scholars reject Obama’s Stance on Warrantless Cellphone Recording

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/scholars-reject/ The Obama administration’s position that the government can force mobile carriers to hand over cellphone tower location information on their customers without a warrant is wrong, two legal scholars say. “Because CSLI acquisition is hidden, indiscriminate and intrusive, and because it reveals information over a period of time, it should be subject to the highest level of Fourth Amendment oversight (the same procedures used for wiretapping and video surveillance),” the scholars wrote late Friday.

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NHS endorses Nintendo Wii Fit video game

The Nintendo Wii Fit Plus has become the first computer game to be endorsed by the Department of Health. The backing is a victory for the Japanese company and the rest of the video games industry, which has been frequently attacked by the Government for encouraging a sedentary lifestyle, and accused of playing a role in the obesity epidemic

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Obama: Excessive pay ‘does offend our values’

WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department on Thursday ordered seven companies that received billions of dollars in government bailouts to halve total compensation for their top executives.

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House Democrats trim health bill to $871 billion

WASHINGTON – House Democrats are aiming to scale back the cost of their health care bill to well below President Barack Obama's preferred price tag by giving the government a strong hand in selling insurance in competition with the private market. Obama has sought to spend no more than $900 billion over a 10-year period.

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Secret Service determines South Carolina too hostile for First Lady visit?

Wow. Sad day for America.

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Secret Service determines South Carolina too hostile for First Lady visit?

One in six Americans in poverty, new study finds

The level of poverty in America is even worse than first believed. A revised formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations show that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than the government's official figure. added by: bansheewail 6 comments

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There are 5 million children who could be potentially orphaned by ICE deportations

Cristina in her show on Univision tonite featured the stories of several children who have been left orphaned in the United States due to the deportation of their parents. On Cristina's website she reports, based on ICE estimates, that 5 million children, United States citizens by birth, live with their illegal alien parents.

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House health bill likely to include public option

WASHINGTON – Early estimates from congressional budget umpires show that House Democrats are close to President Barack Obama's $900 billion target for health care legislation, a spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday. The House versions, including a government-run insurance plan as an option for consumers, would cost under $900 billion over 10 years, said Brendan Daly, a spokesman for Pelosi, D-Calif.

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