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McCain's Land Swap Deja Vu; Latest Allegations Not McCain's First Land Swap Controversy
Published May 9, 2008 - 10:56:45 AM
Republican John McCain's controversial 2005 land swap deal, reported today by The Washington Post, is eerily reminiscent of a similar situation reported by the Center for Public Integrity in its book The Buying of the President 2000.
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DoD Identifies 2 Army Casualties - May 9
Published May 9, 2008 - 10:33:43 AM
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Department of the Interior Crosses Two-year Mark Without Any New Species Protected Under the Endangered Species Act
Published May 9, 2008 - 10:21:17 AM
Today marks two years since the Department of the Interior last protected a new U.S. species under the Endangered Species Act. This period includes the entire tenure of Dirk Kempthorne as Secretary of the Interior and is by far the longest period without a new species being protected since the landmark federal law was passed, surpassing even James Watt, who, under Reagan, in 1981 and 1982 went 382 days without protecting a species.
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Comparison of Ownership vs. Rental Costs in 100 U.S. Cities Demonstrates that Rental Options Should Be a Consideration in Housing Proposals
Published May 9, 2008 - 10:10:34 AM
As Congress debates solutions to the mortgage meltdown and ever more homeowners find themselves facing foreclosure, a report released today by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) shows that in many bubble-inflated markets, homeownership remains a costly and risky proposition.
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Final Farm Bill Includes Key Animal Protection Provisions
Published May 9, 2008 - 10:06:31 AM
The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund commend House-Senate negotiators on inclusion of key provisions to help animals, as part of the Farm Bill conference report that will be considered soon by the full House and Senate. The package includes important measures to stop the import of puppies for commercial sale from foreign puppy mills and strengthen the federal law against animal fighting, as well as increase penalties for those who violate the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).
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Farm Bill Conference Report Called "Mixed Bag"
Published May 9, 2008 - 10:05:20 AM
The 2008 farm bill conference report appears to include important new investments in conservation, but will not do enough to meet the growing need to expand and improve conservation programs, or to reform our antiquated system of farm subsidies, according to Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
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ACLU Skeptical of Senate Report on "Homegrown" Terrorism
Published May 9, 2008 - 10:04:21 AM
After Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced a report on Islamic homegrown terrorism today, the American Civil Liberties Union strongly urged Congress to use caution when moving forward on related legislation, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (S. 1959). The report, "Violent Islamist Extremism, the Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorism Threat," is based on findings from hearings held by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The ACLU and nearly twenty other groups sent a memo to the committee outlining concerns with the report, most notably the free speech implications of labeling the internet as a "weapon" and the unfair singling out of one religious group as possible "extremists."
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Getting a Glimpse of Guantanamo
Published May 9, 2008 - 9:42:49 AM
Amnesty International is bringing a life-size model of a maximum security cell at Guantanamo to cities across the USA. The tour is a way to enable people in the United States to get a glimpse of the harsh realities of illegal detention and prolonged isolation.
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FBI seeking records of 2004 Condoleeza Rice ethics probe
Full story: McClatchy DC
Gitmo Report: Inside the Hamdan Trial
Full story: Military.com
Idaho: Waste panel votes to ban EnergySolutions' import of Italian nuclear waste
Full story: Salt Lake Tribune
Calls for criminal inquiry into Crandall Canyon Mine collapse
Full story: New York Times
Obama Now Takes The Lead in Superdelegates Too
Full story: Blogs ABC News
Killing by the numbers: Have the insidious tactics that led to atrocities in Vietnam reemerged in Iraq?
Full story: Salon.com
National Agricultural Law Center Creates Historical Farm Bill Database
Published May 9, 2008 - 3:25:16 AM
The National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas School of Law recently published a comprehensive digitized compilation of U.S. Farm Bills and their legislative history.
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$50 billion for new planes, gear in "supplemental," " emergency," war-funding bill
Full story: Wired.com
U.S. Army's 'stop-loss' orders up dramatically over last year
Full story: L.A. Times
Unhappy With 'Confrontational' Image, U.S. Panel Wants King Statue Reworked
Full story: Washington Post
In F.E.C. Moves, Some See Effort to Aid McCain
Full story: New York Times
Pakistan opposes appointment of former head of Guantanamo prison as military envoy in Islamabad
Full story: BBC News
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