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#339 From: robmarch <robmarch@...>
Date: Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:30 pm
Subject: Witchcraft-Related Killings Of Tanzanian Albinos 		robmarch@...
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Go To The MARCH REPORT at http://www.marchreport.com/ To See Today's 43 New Stories
 
Around the Water Cooler or Around the Dial,
in Over 120 Countries Around the World
Learn What They're Talking About Here First.
 
 
The stories summarized below appeared in our Tuesday, November 24, 2009issue.
Go to  http://www.marchreport.com/20091124.html to read the complete stories.
 
HEADLINES:
 
At Least 56 Albinos In Tanzania And Burundi
Killed For Their Body Parts;
Used By Witchdoctors To Make Lucky Charms
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Objectivity Interruptus: WaPo's Palin Derangement Syndrome
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A07
 
Bo Dietl Says "I Am The Voice Of America."
America Could Not Be Reached For Comment.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A12
 
 
WORLD SECTION.
 
Witchcraft-Associated Killings Of Albinos In Tanzania
Addressing a press conference last weekend after visiting families which lost their beloved ones to the killings, Mr Peter Ash appealed to the Government to give priority to the 52 cases piled up in courts. "We have the witchdoctors and contract killers convicted, but top end consumers buying the albino organs at $3,000 for a leg or an arm or $7,500 for a set of limbs have not been prosecuted during the two just-ended cases. For the second time now these cases have been postponed due to lack of funds. We appeal for them to be given a priority."
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Malian Singer Salif Keita And Red Cross Seek To Protect Albinos
Over the past two years, at least 56 albinos were killed and dismembered in Tanzania and Burundi and their limbs were sold to witchdoctors to make lucky charms. "The others have been killed at birth, or assassinated or have died of skin cancer because they are inadequately protected, don't have access to treatment or are marginalized," Salif's brother Mamad ou Keita said. "It is the acute misfortune of albino people in this part of Africa that, at a time of worldwide economic crisis, they have fallen prey to contract killers (working for witchdoctors whose clients must, at least, be wealthy) who profit from their murder," an International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies report said.
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China Slams US Over Cyber Spy Report
China accused a United States congressional advisory panel of ulterior motives on Monday for its report that claimed the Chinese government appears to be piercing the US computer network with increasing frequency to gather data for its military.  "This report disregards the facts, is full of bias and has ulterior motives," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang  said in a brief statement on the ministry's website. "We advise this so-called commission not to always look at China through tinted glasses and stop interfering with China's internal politics and damaging Sino-US ties."
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Philippine Massacre Leaves 24 Dead
VIDEO REPORT. Heavy security patrols the streets of a southern Philippines town, after a massacre left at least 24 people abducted and brutally murdered.
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Philippines Declares State Of Emergency As Massacre Victims Mount
AUDIO AND TEXT. As more bodies were uncovered from the location of a massacre on the southern island of Mindanao Tuesday, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of emergency. That allows the police and military to impose a curfew and conduct random searches as they hunt for those who carried out the attack. Speaking on national television, Mrs. Arroyo said she is sending military leaders and the head of the national police to oversee the operation. "No effort will be spared to bring justice to the victims and hold the perpetrators accountable to the full limit of the law," said Mrs. Arroyo.
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Warring Maguindanao Clans Were Once Political Allies
The Ampatuans and the Mangudadatus were once political allies. In 2001, they even joined hands in toppling an incumbent governor from power. All that changed on Monday with the massacre of more than 40 people, including members of the Mangudadatu clan, in a village of Maguindanao province, where the Ampatuans have ruled unchallenged for years. The ties that bound the two clans began to fray in May this year when talk spread that Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu would run for governor of Maguindanao in next May’s elections. That seemed like a direct challenge on the Ampatuans’ hold on power. The Ampatuans and the Mangudadatus are both political allies of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A29
 
Chavez Faces Hunger Strike Protest
VIDEO REPORT. Venezuelan students stage a hunger strike in Caracas to protest President Hugo Chavez's policies.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A33
 
 
POLITICS SECTION.
 
Obama Hosts Singh At White House
VIDEO REPORT. Barack Obama welcomed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House, as Obama played host for his first state visit.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A42
 
Obama To Announce Afghanistan Decision 'Within Days'
Barack Obama is finalizing a new Afghanistan war strategy and will make an announcement "within days," spokesman Robert Gibbs said early this morning. Gibbs did not specify a day, but said the announcement would not be before the Thanksgiving weekend. That points to a major speech early next week, perhaps Tuesday.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A22
 
How Obama's Afghan Strategy Is Shaping Up
Barack Obama's review of war strategy in Afghanistan centers on sending 30,000 to 40,000 more U.S. troops next year, although some of his advisers favor a deployment of 10,000 to 20,000 that would focus on training Afghan forces rather than expanding military operations. NATO commitments could bring the total size of the deployment next year to close to the 40,000 requested by General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan. Currently, there are 68,000 U.S. troops and 42,000 allied forces in Afghanistan.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A24
 
Grabbing Any Reason For A New Tax
PDF FILE. Representatives David R. Obey (D-WI), John Murtha (D-PA), John Larson (D-CT), Barney Frank (D-MA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Jim McGovern (D-MA), and Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (D-CA) introduced legislation on Nov. 19 to impose a surtax to pay for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The link takes you to a PDF file of Murtha's (obviously unproofread) press release. No wonder they won't read the bills; they won't even read their own press releases!
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A25
 
Schwarzenegger Appoints Maldonado To Lt. Governor Position
VIDEO REPORT. Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, will be the next lieutenant governor of California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Monday on "The Jay Leno Show."
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A11
 
Joe Bruno's Fate Now In Hands Of Jury
VIDEO REPORT. Testimony wrapped up in the political corruption trial of former New York senate leader Joseph Bruno. 80-year-old Bruno declined to testify in his own defense, however, he continues to maintain his innocence to the press.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A10
 
Objectivity Interruptus: WaPo's Palin Derangement Syndrome
Let us have a moment of silence in honor of the late journalism standards of The Washington Post company. They died last week, a victim of Palin Derangement Syndrome.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A07
 
“Tea Party” Litmus Test For RNC Funding
Conservative members of the Republican National Committee are pursuing the creation of a rule that would bar the Republican Party from funding candidates who fail a conservative litmus test. The group is circulating a petition among committee members that would enshrine former President Ronald Reagan's proposition that his 80 percent friend was not his 20 percent enemy. The rule would require Republican candidates to share at least 80 percent of the party's main tenets to be eligible for party aid.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A30
 
Ex-CNNer Lou Dobbs Says He's Considering A Run For The Presidency
Asked Monday by former senator and current radio host Fred Thompson if he had given any thought to running for president in 2012, Dobbs replied: "Yes, is the answer ... I'm gonna be talking some more with some folks who want me to listen to 'em in the next few weeks," Dobbs continued in the appearance on "The Fred Thompson Show." "I mean I don't even know what to tell you in terms of where I'm leaning. Because right now I'm fortunate to have a number of just wonderful options."
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A36
 
 
SCAM ALERT SECTION.
 
$5M Gold Mine Scam
An Orange County, Calif. man is charged with bilking an elderly couple out of nearly $5 million in a phony gold mine scheme. The FBI said Monday that 54-year-old John Walthall was arrested last week in La Habra.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A41
 
Michigan Couple Arraigned In Prepaid Funeral Scam
Christopher and Nancy Ziomek appeared before Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway, who entered a not guilty plea on their behalf. The Ziomeks face six charges, including embezzlement, the most serious of which carries a possible 15-year prison sentence upon conviction. Prosecutors accuse the Ziomeks, who operated the now-closed Ziomek Funeral Home on Wayne Road in Livonia, of stealing as much as $250,000 from customers who prepaid for funerals and cremations. The investigation into their operations began in 2007.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A40
 
 
SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Large Hadron Collider Back Online
VIDEO REPORT. The Large Hadron Collider is back online after and embarassing malfunction put it out of service for more then a year.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A08
 
Two Circulating Beams Bring First Collisions In LHC
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the beams and giving the experiments their first chance to look for proton-proton collisions.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A09
 
 
SPORTS SECTION.
 
Duwell Seventh, Gophers 10th In NCAA Cross-Country
Megan Duwell finished seventh and the Gophers were 10th in the women's team competition at the NCAA cross-country meet Monday in Terre Haute, Ind. Duwell, a senior, earned All-America honors with her finish for the second time. Angela Bizzarri of Illinois won the individual title in 19 minutes, 46.8 seconds for 6 kilometers. Duwell's time was 20:06.9.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A02
 
Highlights: Pepperdine -- UCLA
VIDEO REPORT. Check out highlights of the Bruins' 71-52 win over Pepperdine. UCLA's Drew Gorden scored 18 points in the victory.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A03
 
 
TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Networking Operations Center Draws Crowd At Interop
VIDEO REPORT. At last week's Interop in New York City, it wasn't just vendors that took center stage, the show's networking operations center or NOC was one of the largest attractions at the event.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A05
 
2.1 Million Dropside Cribs Recalled
VIDEO REPORT. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Monday that 2.1 million dropside cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, which is the biggest crib recall in history.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A21
 
 
TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Bo Dietl Says "I Am The Voice Of America."
America Could Not Be Reached For Comment.
VIDEO REPORT. On "Imus in the Morning," Bo Dietl sounds off on TARP, unemployment, the upcoming terrorist trial in NYC, Media Matters (who, in their posted version of this video, deleted Deitl's comments about them), Larry David's urinary tract issues, and makes some suggestions regarding Senator Harry Reid's upcoming personal health care needs. This is Dietl at his best and most "outragificatious."
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A12
 
Preview: Michael Sheen On Graham Norton
VIDEO REPORT. Award-winning actor Michael Sheen talks about his roles as Tony Blair, Kenneth Williams, David Frost and Brian Clough, and brilliant Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert takes the comedy chair. Also appearing is Dame Shirley Bassey. Debuts Nov 23 on BBC One in the UK, and in December in the US.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A28
 
 
U.S. SECTION.
 
Ham Hits Celebrity Chef Deen In The Snout
VIDEO REPORT. While handing out Thanksgiving food donations in Atlanta, celebrity chef Paula Deen was accidentally hit in the face with a ham.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A43
 
 
ARTS SECTION.
 
Inside Designer Michele Varian's Apartment
VIDEO REPORT. Designer Michele Varian, known for her colorful silk throw pillows and decorative accents, gives a tour of the Soho loft she shares with her husband. The space's eclectic vibe lends itself to a harmonious mix of masculine and feminine design themes.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A31
 
 
BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Bank Of America, Feds At Odds Over TARP Repayment
"We are ready and able to repay TARP," bank spokesman Scott Silvestri said this week. But the bank is "waiting for the government to establish the appropriate time," he said. This month, the federal government asked the largest banks that still hold TARP, including Bank of America, to submit their plans for how and when they expect to repay the money. The banks will have to show that they can raise money from private investors -- in other words, without government backing. They'll also have to show that, even without the TARP money, they would still meet stringent capital requirements that the government put in place after stress tests in the spring.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A37
 
Citigroup To Sell Diners Club North America To BMO
VIDEO REPORT. Citigroup announced on Tuesday that it will sell its Diners Club North American operation to BMO Financial as part of its effort to streamline operations and sell non-core assets. Over a year ago, Citigroup sold the international division of Diners Club to Discover Financial Services for $165 million.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A32
 
Icahn Outbids Penn For Fontainebleau Las Vegas
At a bankruptcy court hearing today in Miami, Icahn bid $105 million plus $51.4 million of debtor-in-possession financing, said COO Howard Karawan. Penn, which said last week it had offered $50 million plus $51.5 million of DIP financing for the Fontainebleau, dropped out after raising its bid to $145 million, said Penn spokesman Joe Jaffoni.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A34
 
Google Acquires Display Ad Company Teracent
Eric Schmidt wasn't kidding about ramping up Google's small acquisitions. The search engine giant announced Monday that it has acquired display ad company Teracent.  "Teracent's technology can pick and choose from literally thousands of creative elements of a display ad in real-time -- tweaking images, products, messages or colors," Google said in a blog post. "These elements can be optimized depending on factors like geographic location, language, the content of the website, the time of day or the past performance of different ads." Google expects the deal to close this quarter.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A35
 
Pfizer Units’ Damages For Menopause Drugs Exceed $165 Million
Pfizer’s Wyeth subsidiary has been hit with five bad- conduct awards since juries began deciding lawsuits over the Prempro hormone-replacement medicine in 2006, said Zoe Littlepage, a lawyer representing women suing over the drug. Some of the awards have been reduced by judges or thrown out on appeal, Pfizer officials said. The total includes $28 million awarded today to Donna Kendall of Decatur, Illinois. A Pennsylvania judge today unsealed an earlier $75 million punitive award against Wyeth after the Kendall jury reached its verdict. The same jury ruled Nov. 20 that Wyeth and Pharmacia & Upjohn, another Pfizer unit, owed Kendall $6.3 million in compensatory damages. The Kendall case is Upjohn’s second punitive-damage award.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A15
 
 
GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Showbiz Minute: Broderick, Lambert, Boyle
VIDEO REPORT. Chief guilty of 3 counts in Parker-Broderick case; Lambert's performance draws over 1,500 complaints; Overnight star Susan Boyle focus of TV special.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A20
 
Mariah Takes London By Storm
VIDEO REPORT. Mariah Carey shows London her inner diva showing up late for appearances and filling her contract-rider with outrageous demands.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A04
 
 
HEALTH SECTION.
 
Turkey Day Dinner Ideas To Be Thankful For
VIDEO REPORT. Thanksgiving dinner is not typically thought of as the healthiest meal you can eat.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A06
 
 
MUSIC SECTION.
 
Shakira Breaks Out Of Her Cage
VIDEO REPORT. Shakira, who says she used to feel like she lived in a golden cage, asserts her freedom on her new album 'She Wolf.'
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A39
 
Keith Urban Gives Music Lessons To Daughter Sunday Rose
Dad's a country star and mom's a pretty good song-and-dance woman herself, so it's no wonder Sunday Rose -- the 16-month-old daughter of Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman -- is already displaying showbiz talent. 
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A38
 
 
OBAMALOT SECTION.
 
Obama's Game Plan: Roadmap To Enforced Socialism
Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven were two lifelong members of Democratic Socialists of America who taught sociology at Columbia University (Piven later went on to City University of New York). In a May 1966 Nation magazine article titled "The Weight of the Poor," they outlined their strategy, proposing to use grassroots radical organizations to push ever more strident demands for public services at all levels of government. The result, they predicted, would be "a profound financial and political crisis" that would unleash "powerful forces ... for major economic reform at the national level." It is that strategy we see unfolding before us, led by Barack Obama.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A01
 
Cass Sunstein, Administrator Of The White House Office Of Information And Regulatory Affairs, Wants To Censor Right-Wing Websites
In his recently released book, "On Rumors," Sunstein specifically cited as a primary example of "absurd" and "hateful" remarks, reports by "right-wing websites" alleging an association between President Obama and Weatherman terrorist Bill Ayers. He also singled out radio talker Sean Hannity for "attacking" Obama regarding the president's "alleged associations." Ayers reportedly was involved in hiring Obama as chairman for the Chicago Annenberg Challenge -- a job Obama later touted as qualifying him to run for public office.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A18
 
Ann Coulter On Hannity, Discussing Cass Sunstein And Acorn Corruption
VIDEO REPORT. Sean Hannity with Ann Coulter discusses Cass Sunstein and the ACORN corruption scandal. Coulter's surprise about ACORN's funding is priceless.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A19
 
 
OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
Opera Star Elizabeth Söderström Dead
Elizabeth Söderström was not so much a great soprano -- though she was one -- as a great actor and a remarkable woman. The feeling that touched an audience in a Söderström performance, though, was not the response to the voice, lovely though that was. It was the response to the person. Söderström possessed a remarkable ability to communicate the personality of the character she was portraying by drawing on things within her own personality.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A16
 
An Elizabeth Söderström  Performance
VIDEO. Elizabeth Söderström (soprano) & Neil Rosenshein (tenor) sing the Duet: "A hundred years from now" from the "Aspern Papers" by Dominick Argento. Dallas Opera; November 19, 1988
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 http://marchreport.com/20091124.html#2009-11-24-A17
 
 
 
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#338 From: robmarch <robmarch@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:08 pm
Subject: Ft Hood Shooter To Plead Insanity 		robmarch@...
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Go To The MARCH REPORT at http://www.marchreport.com/ To See Today's 45 New Stories
 
Around the Water Cooler or Around the Dial,
in Over 120 Countries Around the World
Learn What They're Talking About Here First.
 
 
The stories summarized below appeared in our Monday, November 23, 2009 issue.
Go to  http://www.marchreport.com/20091123.html to read the complete stories.
 
 
HEADLINES:
 
British Cop Who Spent His Life Investigating Organized Crime Now Focusing On Obama
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091123.html#2009-11-23-A12
 
Rep. Kennedy Says He's Banned From Communion; Bishop Disputes Claim
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091123.html#2009-11-23-A37
 
Fringe's Joshua Jackson Set For Adaptation Of Brit TV Series "UFO"
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091123.html#2009-11-23-A34
 
 
U.S. SECTION.
 
BART Officer, Passenger Injured In Scuffle Caught On Video
VIDEO REPORT. An Oakland, California-area transit police officer was captured on video forcing the head of an unruly man into a heavy-duty glass window, which shattered, during an arrest at a passenger station, authorities said. The video shows an unidentified Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer in a scuffle with a man identified by authorities as Michael Joseph Gibson, 37, of San Leandro, California. Gibson, who appears disgruntled and gesturing while on a train at the West Oakland station, is pulled off the train by an officer, who has the man in an arm grip. Once released, Gibson was booked into the Santa Rita County jail. He faces charges of battery on a police officer with injury and resisting arrest, both felonies, and public intoxication, a misdemeanor. The officer was placed on leave due to his injuries, authorities said.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091123.html#2009-11-23-A39
 
Cell Phone Video: The Ever-Present Witness
Over the weekend, a BART officer arrested a passenger who appeared to be intoxicated and was yelling racial slurs and profanity at other passengers on a train, according to the transit's spokesman. The officer pulled the passenger off the train at the West Oakland station and across the platform. Then they slammed into a plate glass window, sending glass flying and leaving them both bloodied. All of the facts could have been denied if it wan't for the gift of today's technology: handheld video capture. Someone inside the train shot the video; investigators will review the video and talk to other witnesses.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091123.html#2009-11-23-A40
 
Victims Displaced After Fire Destroys Philly Apartment Building
VIDEO REPORT. Flames ripped through the Austin Manor in Northeast Philadelphia, displacing more than 100 residents.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091123.html#2009-11-23-A20
 
Astronaut Becomes Dad In Space
VIDEO REPORT. Astronauts celebrate a birth on the International Space Station. Randolph Bresnik is now the father of a new baby girl. Abigail Mae arrived just hours after his first spacewalk. Wife Rebecca delivered the six-pound, 13-ounce girl in Houston.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091123.html#2009-11-23-A38
 
 
WORLD SECTION.
 
Two Afghan Ministers Suspected Of Embezzlement
Fazel Ahmad Faqiryar declined to name the two ministers, but said that other officials were also being targeted by the inquiry. "If the ministers insist and don't show up for the interrogation, we have other legal means with which to proceed," said Faqiryar. President Hamid Karzai, sworn in last week for a second five-year term after an election marred by fraud, has been under pressure by his Western backers to tackle widespread corruption.
 
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 http://marchreport.com/20091123.html#2009-11-23-A13
 
104 People Have Been Killed In China Mine Blast
VIDEO AND TEXT. Authorities said they feared another four workers who were trapped underground after a huge gas explosion at the mine on Saturday were already dead. Hundreds of rescue workers have been at the pit in Heilongjiang province, close to the Russian border, but no survivors have been found since the blast.
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Riots Over Intel Sabbath Work
VIDEO REPORT. Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with Israeli police against Intel's electronic chip plant operations during the Jewish resting day.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091123.html#2009-11-23-A43
 
Philippines Political Violence Leaves 21 Dead
According to local reports, the group was abducted early on Monday while on its way to an election office in Maguindanao province to file nomination papers for a local mayor, Ismael Mangudadatu. Mr Mangudadatu was reportedly planning to challenge local clan leader Datu Andal Ampatuan for the governor's office in the mainly Muslim province. Elections in the Philippines are often marred by violence, particularly in the south, where clashes connected to local rivalries and insurgencies erupt.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Cadbury Hits New High As Bidders Circle
Speculation of a bid battle for Cadbury between Kraft Foods and other rivals who are considering making takeover offers lifted shares in the British confectioner to a new high, analysts said on Monday. "We think the probability of a competitive auction for Cadbury has increased," said analyst Martin Deboo at brokers Investec Securities.
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New York To Sell Bonds As $3.2 Billion Deficit Threatens Credit
New York seeks bank bids today for $351.3 million of bonds after Moody’s Investors Service said the state’s credit rating may fall if spending cuts aren’t part of plans to close a $3.2 billion budget deficit. The state, whose tax-supported debt burden is second only to California in the municipal market, is auctioning fixed-rate general obligation, or GO, bonds to refinance those with variable rates. New York, whose budget woes might jeopardize its fourth-highest Aa3 rating from Moody’s, probably won’t have to pay higher yields at today’s sale of bonds, which are less common than the state’s revenue bonds, said Fred Yosca, head of trading at BNY Mellon Capital Markets in New York.
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Tyson Swings To Loss On Write-Down
Tyson Foods Inc. swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss on a $560 million goodwill write-down at its beef business. Excluding the write-down, the results beat analysts' expectations. In the past year, Tyson has focused on what it calls a "back to basics" business approach that includes cutting costs and improving efficiencies.
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CERTIFI-GATE SECTION.
 
British Cop Who Spent His Life Investigating Organized Crime Now Focusing On Obama
Neil Sankey's journey from having worked in some of the most elite police units in Britain to taking part in a movement dedicated to the investigation of Brack Obama may seem bizarre. Sankey contends that his police experience in England now informs his fight against Obama. "It's quite obvious to me -- America is heading towards a socialized state just as has happened in Europe. Socialized medicine, everyone on the dole, and when everything collapses you tip the scales into Marxism." He also believes his training in Scotland Yard is now reaping benefits for the "Birthers." The same techniques he used to analyse the IRA's associations he is now applying to Obama. Most recently, he carried out an exhaustive search of databases that he claims threw up 140 different identification numbers and addresses for "Barack Obama." While this article is written from the perspective of a debunker, it is worth reading for Sankey's perspective, and the facts he sets out.
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SHANIYA DAVIS MURDER SECTION.
 
Mario McNeil Charged With Murder Of Shaniya Davis
VIDEO REPORT. The suspect in the murder of Shaniya Davis has been charged with murder.
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Thousands Gather To Remember Shaniya Davis
Thousands of people gathered in Fayetteville to say goodbye to five-year-old Shaniya Davis. Davis' father, aunt, and other family members spoke and shared memories of the five-year-old girl. People sang and cried as pictures of Shaniya and her family played in a slide show.
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Shaniya's Funeral
VIDEO REPORT. Little Shaniya Davis was laid to rest on Sunday.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
New Nude Of French First Lady Carla Bruni Up For Auction
VIDEO REPORT. A nude photograph of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy taken by Michel Comte during her modelling days goes under the hammer on Friday at a Paris auction house. A similar nude shot of the wife of the French president went for 91,000 dollars -- three times more than its estimated bidding price -- in a New York sale last year.
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Shilpa Shetty Marries
VIDEO REPORT. Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty marries Raj Kundra at lavish ceremony near Mumbai.
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FORT HOOD SECTION.
 
Hasan's Lawyer: Insanity Plea Possible, More Charges Could Be Filed
VIDEO AND TEXT. "You can't find somebody guilty if at the time of the offense they did not have the mental capacity to commit those offenses," said John Galligan, Major Hasan's attorney. The biggest issue, for Galligan, is still Hasan's health. "He's still paralyzed, he's paralyzed from about the upper chest down and faces more medical issues because of that paralysis," said Galligan.
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A Domestic Islamic Threat Is Real, And The FBI Is Unprepared To Fight It
For those of us who have tracked Islamic militancy in Europe, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's actions are not extraordinary. Since Muslim militants first tried to blow a French high-speed train off its rails in 1995, European intelligence and internal-security services have increasingly monitored European Muslim radicals. Whether it's anti-Muslim bigotry, the large numbers of immigrant and native-born Muslims in Europe, an appreciation of how hard it is to become European, or just an understanding of how dangerous Islamic radicalism is, most Europeans are far less circumspect and politically correct when discussing their Muslim compatriots than are Americans.
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
Fringe's Joshua Jackson Set For Adaptation Of Brit TV Series "UFO"
"Fringe" star Joshua Jackson will topline "UFO," the feature film version of the British TV series that will be directed by visual effects wiz Matthew Gratzner. Jackson will star as Paul Foster, a test pilot who joins S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization), a covert org built under a Hollywood studio that defends Earth against a race of aliens who have been abducting humans and using the body parts.
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Ninja Assassin Premieres In Los Angeles
VIDEO REPORT. Hundreds of fans gathered in Hollywood in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre to catch a glimpse of the popular South Korean singer and actor Rain at the premiere of his new martial arts movie "Ninja Assassin."
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
The Highs And Lows Of The AMAs
VIDEO REPORT. Michael Jackson and Taylor Swift emerged as big winners at the AMAs while Jennifer Lopez ended up on the floor after a dance move went wrong.
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Record Sale On Jackson Glove
VIDEO REPORT. The white glove worn by Michael Jackson in 1983 sells for 420,000 dollars
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Michael Jackson Receives Four Posthumous Music Awards
The wins made Jackson, who died in June at the age of 50, the most honored artist in the American Music Awards's history with a career total of 23 accolades. But country star Taylor Swift was the big winner on the night, winning five prizes including artist of the year.
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OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
Bantamweight Boxer Francisco Rodriguez Died Last Night At Age 25
Rodriguez, known as "El Nino Azteca," was removed from life support at around 8:30 last night, according to his older brother and manager, Alex. Rodriguez was injured during a 10th-round knockout loss to North Philly's Teon Kennedy on Friday night in a matchup for the vacant USBA super bantamweight championship. A minute or so after Rodriguez was helped onto his stool following the stoppage in the scheduled 12-round bout, his body went limp and his breathing became labored. Ring physicians and EMS personnel frantically administered to him before he was removed from the ring on a stretcher and transported to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure for a brain bleed.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
Gitmo Suspects Plan To Plead Not Guilty
VIDEO REPORT. The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy.
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Senate Dems Disagree On Health Care Bill
VIDEO REPORT. Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.
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Centrist Senators Say They Oppose Health Care Bill
The morning after voting to commence debate on ground-breaking health care legislation, two centrist senators, Ben Nelson and Joseph I. Lieberman, said on Sunday that they were opposed to the bill as it is currently written, particularly its inclusion of a new government-run insurance program. Mr. Nelson, the Nebraska senator who voted with his fellow Democrats to start debate sometime after Thanksgiving, said that he was opposed to the bill’s insistence on a so-called public option, a government insurance plan that would compete with private firms to offer coverage for uninsured Americans.
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Rep. Kennedy Says He's Banned From Communion
VIDEO REPORT. Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights. Tobin disputes this.
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Rhode Island Bishop Disputes Kennedy’s Take On Communion Message
The leader of Rhode Island’s Catholics criticized the timing of Kennedy’s decision to publicize what the bishop called a private, “pastoral” message. He termed “absolutely inaccurate” Kennedy’s assertion that the bishop had instructed the priests of Rhode Island not to give him Communion. “If he took it as an instruction, so be it, but it was really a request,” Bishop Tobin said upon releasing excerpts of a Feb. 21, 2007, letter to the Rhode Island Democrat. The bishop said he felt he had to comment on the letter because Kennedy had chosen to “break it open.”  “My correspondence with him was nearly three years ago -- and I think it’s important to stress that -- [and] was intended to be personal and confidential and pastoral,” the bishop said. “It was never intended for the public domain.”
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Sarah Palin vs Barack Obama: The Approval Gap Silently Shrinks To A Few Points
Sarah Palin's poll numbers are strengthening, and Barack Obama's are sliding. They're about to meet in the 40's. An ABC poll finds Palin's GOP approval right around 76%, 45% among independents and a surprisingly substantial 21% among Democrats. Among self-described liberals she's seen favorably by a slightly larger 22%, among moderates 38% and among conservatives 60%.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Rare Darwin Drafts Go Online
Darwin is going digital. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," the manuscripts detailing the theory of natural selection are being placed online. On Tuesday, Darwin Manuscripts Project (darwin.amnh.org) will upload about 10,000 high-quality images of Darwin's scientific manuscripts and notes.
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Does Second-Hand Smoke Really Void Apple's Warranty?
Apple is apparently telling at least some customers that the amount of cigarette smoke residue inside their computers makes it unsafe for the company to perform warranty service on them, despite the lack of such a clause in the company's warranty agreement. My hope is Apple will read the stories that have begun to appear and stop this nonsense immediately. I suspect the stories about these incidents will encourage some money-hungry lawyer to find the aggrieved customers and get to the bottom of this.
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Chrome OS And Android To "Converge Over Time"
The search giant's decision to develop two operating system independently has confused industry watchers, especially as both Android and Chrome OS have been developed with mobile devices in mind. Google co-founder Sergey Brin admitted that "Android and Chrome will likely converge over time," citing the fact that both are based on Webkit.
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Would Bing Switch Really Dent Google?
The war of the search engines enters a new phase as Microsoft considers paying publishers to put their content on its search enging Bing -- presumably in the hope they will do as Ruper Murdoch has suggested and remove it from Google. But how much would this actually hurt Google? A recent German survey tried to determine what the effect on Google would be if most of the country's publishers removed their content from the search engine.
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
"Cougar Town" Halts Production
"We can confirm production on Cougar Town has been temporarily shut down in order for Courteney to deal with a private family matter," ABC tells us in a statement.
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Joshua Jackson Talks Gross Mysteries And Peter Not Falling For Olivia On 'Fringe'
VIDEO REPORT. According to 'Fringe' star Joshua Jackson, we haven't seen the grossest thing the show has to offer just yet. Exploding heads and old man babies are nothing -- just wait until you get a load of the nematodes, which Jackson admits "just made me want to vomit."
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Subject: EARLY EXTRA: Hacked E-Mails Expose Global Warming Fraudsters 		robmarch@...
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“This Is Not A Smoking Gun; This Is A Mushroom Cloud.”
Hacked E-Mails Expose Global Warming Fraudsters -- And We Have The E-Mails Here
 
SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Hacked E-Mails Expose Global Warming Fraudsters
Hundreds of private e-mail messages and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change. Some skeptics asserted Friday that the correspondence revealed an effort to withhold scientific information. “This is not a smoking gun; this is a mushroom cloud,” said Patrick J. Michaels, a climatologist who has long faulted evidence pointing to human-driven warming and is criticized in the documents.
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...And Here Are The E-Mails
ZIP FILE. The next in our cooperative efforts with WikiLeaks, this file presents over 120Mb of e-mails, documents, computer code and models from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, written between 1996 and 2009. The CRU has told the BBC that the files were obtained by a computer hacker 3-4 days ago. This archive includes unreleased global temperature analysis computer source code that has been the subject of Freedom of Information Act requests. The archive appears to be a collection of information put together by the CRU prior to a FoI redaction process. This is a very large zip archive, which we have scanned for viruses.
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"IPCC Elite Embarrassingly, If Not Criminally, Compromised"
Among the IPCC elite embarrassingly, if not criminally, compromised is Phillip D. Jones, a Ph.D. climatologist at the University of East Anglia whose work figured prominently in the IPCC Third Assessment Report of 2001. Jones also contributed significantly to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report in 2007 (AR4), but he failed to follow through when skeptical investigators asked to review raw data associated with that report. They announced intent to use UK Freedom of Information laws to obtain the data, so Jones sent the following e-mail to one of his collaborators: "Mike, Can you delete any e-mails you may have had with Keith re AR4? Keith will do likewise.... Can you also e-mail Gene and get him to do the same?... Will be getting Caspar to do likewise." The Mike in this message is Michael Mann, professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University, whose influential "hockey stick" graph warning of pending global warming eco-catastrophe was found by a congressional investigation to be fraudulent. In another correspondence about AR4 labeled HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL, Jones contacted Mann regarding research critical of their global warming platform. "I can't see either of these papers being in the next IPCC report," wrote Jones. "Kevin and I will keep them out somehow -- even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!"
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
The Louisiana Purchase:
How Obama Boght And Paid For The Votes Of Sen. Mary Landrieu And Others
On the eve of Saturday's showdown in the Senate over health-care reform, Democratic leaders still hadn't secured the support of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of the 60 votes needed to keep the legislation alive. The wavering lawmaker was offered a sweetener: at least $100 million in extra federal money for her home state. And so it came to pass that Landrieu walked onto the Senate floor midafternoon Saturday to announce her aye vote -- and to trumpet the financial "fix" she had arranged for Louisiana. "I am not going to be defensive," she declared. "And it's not a $100 million fix. It's a $300 million fix."
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Now, Obama's Lost S.N.L.
VIDEO REPORT. In last Saturday's edition of Saturday Night Live, the cast illustrated the absurdity of Obama's policies with a little added adsurdity (very little, actually). Watch the clip. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so true.
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... And Even Chris Matthews Is Going Wobbly
VIDEO REPORT. Chris Matthews seems to have lost that tingling feeling, and his panel agrees. Mathews asks, "Is the Obama White House sending some Carteresque signals these days?" Can you say, "abso-freakin-lutely? The panel can.
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Glenn Beck: "We Need To Start Thinking Like The Chinese"
VIDEO REPORT. Glenn Beck rally: The Villages retirement community in Florida, November 21, 2009 Glenn Beck wants a hundred year plan.
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Glenn Beck Stakes Out Activist Role In Polics
Mr. Beck, having used his television and radio pulpit to lay out his list of the country’s impending problems -- deficit spending, health care legislation that will “destroy” the economy, a dearth of “personal responsibility” -- says he now wants to also provide solutions. In the interview, Mr. Beck, a frequent critic of Barack Obama, chose his words carefully but made clear that he intended to help elect politicians aligned with his limited-government world view. “We’ll be looking for ways to get people involved in politics,” he said.
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#336 From: robmarch <robmarch@...>
Date: Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:09 pm
Subject: Assassins Targeting People for Their Fat 		robmarch@...
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Senator John Kerry's Daughter Busted for D.U.I.
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VIDEO: Oprah Explains Why She's Leaving
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Assassins Targeting People ... for Their Fat
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
Sen. Kerry's Daughter Allegedly Drove Drunk
VIDEO REPORT. The eldest daughter of Senator John Kerry has been arrested in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk.
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Booked For DUI; Posted $5,000 Bail
Kerry was arrested by officers after she allegedly violated a traffic law which got their attention. They then conducted a field sobriety test and it appeared she was under the influence of an intoxicant. She was then placed under arrest.
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Demint Has 'No Confidence' In Geithner's Policies
VIDEO REPORT. U.S. Senator James DeMint, a Republican from South Carolina, talks about the job performance of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the impact of the Obama administration on the U.S. economy.
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Geithner Gets Testy With Congressman
VIDEO REPORT. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sharply rejected a call to resign from his job and told a Republican Congressman, "You gave this President an economy falling off the cliff.
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Geithner Resignation Calls May Increase As 2010 Election Nears
“Conservatives agree, liberal Democrats agree, that it really is time for a fresh start,”  Republican Representative Kevin Brady of Texas said at a hearing of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, as part of a grilling on Capitol Hill yesterday, was asked by a Republican lawmaker to resign. It is a call he is likely to hear again and again as next year’s election campaign heats up. While Democrats have generally defended Geithner’s handling of the economy and the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, some are beginning to blame President Barack Obama’s administration for not doing enough to help Main Street voters. Geithner, who before his Treasury post was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, also is becoming a target for those critics.
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Sen. Hatch: 'Holy War' Coming Over 'Lousy' Health Care Bill
When asked, "Is this going to get passed?" Hatch replied, "I don't know. I hope not, and I'm going to do everything in my power to try and stop it. I personally don't believe it will. I think if the American people get up in arms here -- and many of them are getting up in arms because they're starting to realize that these figures are reality (ph) -- if they get up in arms, I don't think it'll pass. If you have a bill this big that's this big clunking thing here -- I can hardly lift the doggone thing!"
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Cuomo Said To Have $16 Million To Oust N.Y. Governor Paterson
 
Cuomo, 51, also a Democrat, has hired five professional fundraisers since January and has set a goal of taking in $20 million by Jan. 15, a person familiar with his plans said. He had amassed more than $10 million in campaign funds as of July, according to the state Board of Elections. “Twenty million dollars -- that’s the number that gets you in the door, and it will probably dwarf what Paterson has available,” said Hank Sheinkopf, a Manhattan-based political consultant who ran statewide campaigns for H. Carl McCall in the 2006 governor’s race and for Eliot Spitzer in 1998 in his state attorney general contest.
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Senate Ethics Comittee Reprimands Burris
The Senate Ethics Committee this morning reprimanded Illinois Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for comments and actions when appointed to his job by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But the panel concluded that Burris had violated no laws. "The committee found that you should have known that you were providing incorrect, misleading or incomplete information to the public, the Senate and those conducting legitimate inquiries into your appointment ot the Senate," the ethics panel said in a letter to Burris signed by a half-dozen senators from both political parties.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
German Authorities: 17 Arrests In Football Match-Fixing Investigation
German prosecutors investigating corruption in football say 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland have been arrested and that about 200 games in Europe -- including Champions League ties -- are involved in what an UEFA official called the biggest match-fixing scandal in Europe. Police said Friday that more than 50 raids had been conducted in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Britain and that evidence, cash and valuables have been seized. Authorities believe they have arrested the leaders of the gang suspected of manipulating games to make money on betting. No identities were released, although they said about 200 people are suspected of being involved.
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Highlights: Utah Valley - (24) Min
VIDEO REPORT. Rodney Williams scored 17 points as No. 24 Minnesota beat Utah Valley, 76-51. Watch highlights of the Golden Gophers' victory.
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
FAA: Computers Could Not Talk, Leading To Delays
VIDEO REPORT. Federal officials say flights were delayed across the country when a piece of communications equipment in Salt Lake City failed. This prevented air traffic control computers from talking to each other. The problem was later fixed.
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Latest Woes For FAA
The snarl Thursday -- traced to something as simple as a single circuit board -- prompted calls for more money and manpower at the Federal Aviation Administration, which has struggled without success for years to overhaul the air traffic system. The circuit board, at an FAA center in Salt Lake City, is part of a multibillion-dollar nationwide communications network that the agency has spent years installing as part of plans to modernize air traffic control. A government watchdog said last year that the network was over budget and plagued by outages. On a single day in 2007 alone, the failure of parts of the network was responsible for 566 flight delays.
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The Same Problem Happened In August Of 2008
VIDEO REPORT. In this video report from 08/28/2008, a computer glitch in the FAA's computer system spawned nationwide flight delays for hours.
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Oprah Explains Why She's Leaving
VIDEO REPORT. The queen of talk is hanging up her mic.
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Oprah Pulling Plug On Talk Show In 2011
VIDEO REPORT. Oprah Winfrey's production company says Winfrey will announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011.
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"I Don't Believe This Is The Last We'll Be Seeing Of Oprah"
The news of the show's demise came quietly yesterday in an internal memo to the TV stations that carry "Oprah." The talk-show host had promised to make her decision by the end of the year. "I don't believe this is the last we'll be seeing of Oprah's talk show -- I think she'll be doing it on The Oprah Winfrey Network," said industry analyst Marc Berman of Mediaweek.
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Winfrey And Discovery Networks Plan To Launch OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
Winfrey's Harpo Productions confirmed Thursday that the host will explain her decision to pull the plug on her Chicago-based syndicated show at the end of the 2010-11 season, its 25th on national television. She is to discuss what's next during her last live show of the calendar year. Speculation that her departure was near reached new levels in January 2008 after Winfrey announced that she and Discovery Networks planned to partner on a new cable network: OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.
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“Twenty Five Years Feels Right In My Bones"
Winfrey acknowledged her loyal fan base, saying “For some of you long time Oprah viewers you have literally grown up with me. You have your family and you raised your children and you left a spot for me in your morning and afternoon. This “has brought me the greatest joy I have ever known,” she said. “Twenty five years feels right in my bones and right in my spirit,” she told her audience, at times tearing up during the announcement. “It is the exact right time.”
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U.S. SECTION.
 
3 Arrested Following Fla. Armed Home Invasion
VIDEO REPORT. Fla. authorities say a couple and their son were held captive for two days by armed intruders who forced the woman to withdraw nearly $24,000 from her bank and then shot her as she tried to escape. She is expected to recover.
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Unknown Bags EU Presidency
VIDEO REPORT. Belgium PM Herman van Rompuy is appointed as new EU President.
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EU President Herman Van Rompuy's Perks In Powerful New Job Include £320,000 Yearly Salary
He will have a staff of 60 people -- a cabinet of 22, 10 body guards and 28 support staff. His total office budget will be £22.3 million. A state of the art 29,000 sq metre building is already under construction, at a cost to the taxpayer of £280 million, to house the new President of Council.
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Tributes Paid To Officer Killed In Floods
VIDEO REPORT. Cumbrian police pay tribute to PC Bill Barker who was swept away by floods.
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Cumbria Floods: Police Officer Bill Barker Died On Eve Of His Birthday
Described as “a policeman through and through”, Pc Bill Barker died saving the lives of motorists by directing them away from the crumbling Northside Bridge in Workington when it suddenly gave way beneath him at 4.40am on Friday. His widow Hazel, 44, led the tributes to Pc Barker, saying: "How do you put into words how you feel about somebody you are so proud of? Bill was my best friend, my forever friend and an amazing dad. Even when he was exhausted from work he would always take time out for the kids. I have the comfort of knowing Bill died doing the job he loved and the fact he was helping others is typical of Bill."
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Assassins Targeting People For Their Fat
VIDEO REPORT. Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.
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Venezuela Blows Up Border Bridges With Colombia
Soldiers destroyed the walkways because they were being used by illegal militia and drug traffickers, said Eusebio Aguero, an army general based in the border state of Tàchira.  "They are two foot bridges that paramilitary fighters used, where gasoline and drug precursors were smuggled, subversive groups entered. They are not considered in any international treaty." However Colombia denounced the action as a violation of international law that would worsen the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. "Uniformed men, apparently from the Venezuelan army, arrived in trucks on the Venezuelan side at two pedestrian bridges that link communities on both sides and then proceeded to dynamite them," Colombia's defence minister, Gabriel Silva said.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Dell Computes A 3Q Loss
VIDEO REPORT. PC giant Dell announced on Friday that it posted a large quarterly loss.
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EBay Completes Sale Of Skype
A settlement reached earlier this month over pending litigation involving the web telephone services' founders, eBay and the buyers cleared the way for the sale. Some analysts had worried that the litigation could have derailed the deal. The deal, which values Skype at $2.75 billion, gives eBay approximately $1.9 billion in cash and a note in the principal amount of $125 million, eBay said in a statement.
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Ferrero, Hershey Would Likely Break Up Cadbury
Italian chocolate maker Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey said on Wednesday they were reviewing a possible offer for Cadbury, which is the subject of a hostile $16.5 billion bid by U.S. food group Kraft. Unlisted Ferrero is mainly interested in Cadbury's gum and candy division, a unit worth about 5 billion euros ($7.4 billion), business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on Friday. It said the family that controls the Italian firm has historically shown little interest in sharing management.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
New Court Records: Erin Andrews Stalker Also Tracked Her Down In Columbus, Ohio, After Calling Seven Hotels
The man accused of stalking and secretly filming ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews in her Marriott hotel room in Nashville last year is believed to have done the same while Andrews stayed in Columbus, Ohio, according to newly released federal court documents. Michael David Barrett, 48, of Westmont, Ill.,  a former traveling insurance salesman, is facing felony interstate stalking charges in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. If convicted, Barrett could face up to five years in federal prison. The illegal tapings of Andrews were made in 2008, but the story broke in February when nude footage of her shot in hotel rooms went viral on the Internet.
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Will Ferrell Most Overpaid
VIDEO REPORT. The latest celebrity and entertainment headlines including Will Ferrell is most overpaid, Gallagher brothers going solo and Bon Jovi gets another number one album.
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Top South Korean Model Found Dead At Paris Apartment
Daul Kim, 20, was found dead Thursday by French police, a Foreign Ministry official in Seoul said. The official declined to provide further details and asked not to be named, citing ministry policy. Media reports called it an apparent suicide, but officials have not confirmed the cause of death. Her Seoul agency, Esteem, said her family and agency officials were heading to Paris.
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First Look Inside World's Largest Cruise Ship
VIDEO REPORT. An inside look at the world's largest cruise ship, "Oasis of the Seas." The ship features 16 decks and cost $1.5 billion.
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FORT HOOD SHOOTINGS SECTION.
 
Probe Into Fort Hood Massacre
VIDEO REPORT. The Pentagon has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting at Fort Hood army base.
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Probe Reveals More On Hasan; E-Mails To Cleric
In e-mails to a radical cleric, the alleged Fort Hood gunman looked forward to death. According to an American official who has seen the messages, Nidal Hasan wrote cleric Anwar Awlaki, writing "I can't wait to join you" in the afterlife. "It sounds like code words. That's he's actually either offering himself up or that he's already crossed that line in his own mind," Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer said.
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Senate Panel Notes 'Red Flags Galore' In Fort Hood Incident
Military and FBI officials appeared to miss numerous warning signs in the months leading up to the Nov. 5 killings of 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas, lawmakers said Thursday in the first congressional hearing into the incident. The hearing by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee kicked off a congressional push to examine laws and policies dealing with suspicious troops. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the committee's top Republican, said the military and the FBI failed to follow "red flags galore" about the accused killer, Maj. Nidal Hasan, 39.
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Fort Hood Hearing Focuses On Homegrown Threats, 'Political Correctness'
"The purpose of our investigation is to determine whether that attack could have been prevented, whether the federal agencies and employees involved missed signals or failed to connect the dots in a way that enabled Hasan to carry out his deadly plan," Committee Chairman Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) said. "If we find such negligence we will make recommendations to guarantee, as best we can, that they never occur again."
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2007 Memo Criticizes Fort Hood Suspect As Reckless And Lazy
PDF FILE. From the memo: ”The Faculty has serious concerns about CPT Hasan’s professionalism and work ethic. ... he demonstrates a pattern of poor judgment and a lack of professionalism. ... he was counseled for inappropriately discussing religious topics with his assigned patients. He also required a period of in-program remediation when he was discovered to have not documented appropriately an ER encounter with a homicidal patient who subsequently eloped from the ER. ... these issues demonstrate a lack of professionalism and work ethics. He is able to self-correct with supervision. However, at this point he should not need so much supervision. In spite of all of this, I am not able to say he is not competent to graduate nor do I think a period of academic probation now at the end of his training will be beneficial.”
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
Zombie Guru And Horror Director George A. Romero
VIDEO REPORT. We sit down with film director and Zombie guru George A. Romero to talk about his long career.
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
Carey Brings Christmas To London
VIDEO REPORT. Fans go wild for Mariah Carey as she switches on Christmas lights at London shopping mall.
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Miley Cyrus Tour Bus Crash: One Died
Sergeant Thomas Molnar said the bus, which the teenage singer was not on at the time, overturned as it travelled on a main road in central Virginia. One of the other nine passengers suffered minor injuries.
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OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
Artist Jeanne-Claude Dies Aged 74
The US artist, who worked alongside and under the name of her husband, Christo, died as a result of complications following a ruptured brain aneurysm. Recent work included 2005's The Gates, a highly-publicised installation which saw 23 miles of saffron drapes hung from a series of specially designed frames in New York's Central Park. New York mayor Michael Bloomberg called The Gates "one of the most exciting public art projects ever put on anywhere in the world."
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Thursday, November 19, 2009 issue.
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15-Year-Old Alyssa Bustamante Is Alleged To Have Killed 9-Year-Old Neighbor, Elizabeth Olten To See What It 'Felt Like'
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DASH-CAM VIDEO: Cop Crashes Into Car Killing 2 Teens
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O’Reilly's Hissyfit Over Hannity's Palin Interview
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Teen Killed To See What It 'Felt Like'
VIDEO REPORT. Police say 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante dug holes in the ground to be used as a grave and plotted for a murder. Prosecutors say Bustamante strangled her 9-year-old neighbor, Elizabeth Olten, without provocation, cut her throat and stabbed her.
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Who Is Alyssa Bustamante?
VIDEO AND TEXT. Alyssa Bustamante is the 15 year old girl a Cole County grand jury believes killed nine year old Elizabeth Olten one month ago. Her You Tube page lists her hobbies as "killing people and cutting." Alyssa's Twitter page shows what some call "dark" postings, talking about bad decisions and being buried.
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Does This Unnerving Video By Alyssa Bustamante Portend Subsequent Events?
VIDEO REPORT. This disturbing video was previously uploaded by Alyssa Bustamante, a 15 year old girl accused of murdering 9 year old Elizabeth Olten, of rural Cole County Missouri, on October 21, 2009. Alyssa is shown in the video with her two younger brothers. One of the tile frames says, "Hope you enjoyed seeing us get hurt."
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Bustamante Indictment
PDF FILE. The link takes you to a PDF file of the Indictment.
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Media Gag Order In Bustamante Case
PDF FILE. The link takes you to a PDF file of the court's order prohibiting the use of any video or audio recording taken in the courtroom of Bustamante's indictment.
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Cole County, Missouri Prosecutor's Press Release
PDF FILE. The link takes you to a PDF file of the Cole County, Missouri Prosecutor's press release regarding the Bustamante case.
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Cop Crashes Into Car Killing 2 Teens
VIDEO REPORT. Police have released a videotape of a June police cruiser crash that killed two Connecticut teens. The officer was driving 94 miles per hour and was not on an emergency call. He's been charged with manslaughter.
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2 Dead, 21 Injured In Tour Bus Crash
VIDEO REPORT. A tour bus crashed and rolled over on Interstate 90 near Austin, Minnesota late Wednesday afternoon, killing at least two people and injuring others.
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Day Trip To An Iowa Casino Ends Tragically
"It's a truly tragic event when you consider the fact that everyone on board was either injured or killed and all of them were returning from what was likely a fun, enjoyable day," Andy Skoogman, spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said.
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Lesson From Foiled Pirate Attack On Maersk Alabama? Fire Back.
The Maersk Alabama, the American-flagged ship infamously attacked by pirates in April, was attacked again Monday when Somali pirates opened fire on the ship in an attempt to board it. But the pirates didn't get far this time, after a four-man security team aboard the ship fired back, thwarting the attack. It's the first time a large cargo ship with an armed security team aboard is known to have repelled an attack, says Vice Adm. William Gortney, who commands the Pacific region for the US Navy. Still, only about 10 percent of the shipping industry's ships employ "best practices" that include hiring an onboard security team, Gortney said.
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Ex-Crewmen: Company Wouldn't Rename Maersk Ship
VIDEO REPORT. The company that owns the Maersk Alabama, a freighter targeted by pirates twice in seven months, did not heed a request to rename, repaint or reroute the ship after the first attack off the coast of Africa in the spring, former crew members say.
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The Real Rolling Stones: Mystery Of Death Valley's Gliding Rocks
Amid the eerie silence and the 50C heat of California's Death Valley these giant boulders appear to move smoothly -- and unaided -- across the desert. The rocks, some as heavy as 238 pounds, edge along in bizarre, straight-line patterns across the ultra-flat surface of the valley. They can travel more than 350 yards a year.
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Clinton In Kabul For Inauguration
VIDEO REPORT. Hillary Clinton makes her first trip to Afghanistan as Secretary of State to attend President Hamid Karzai's inauguration.
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Karzai Sworn In For Second Term As Afghan President
The inauguration was held Thursday at the presidential palace in the capital Kabul. Addressing hundreds of foreign dignitaries and Afghan leaders at the ceremony, President Karzai vowed to tackle government corruption, calling it a "dangerous enemy of the state."  Mr. Karzai has faced intense Western pressure to fight corruption and improve government accountability. He promised to select "competent," "expert" ministers and vowed to take action against those who are stepping over the country's laws and constitution. 
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Now Hiring: EU Grand Fromage
VIDEO REPORT. European leaders are bracing for a night of steely negotiation Thursday as they seek to name people to top new jobs that will become the face of a revamped European Union. AFPTV takes a look at who's in the running.
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Anybody-But-Blair Resonates As EU Picks President
Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker and former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga are in the running as European Union leaders struggle to pick the bloc’s first president today. The focus on figures from smaller states -- and opposition to former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair -- may undercut the 27- nation EU’s goal of using the new job to wield more influence in a world marked by the rise of China and India, analysts said.
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Secret CCTV Cameras Fitted Inside People's Homes To Spy On Neighbors Outside
CCTV cameras are being fitted inside family homes by Croydon council (south London) 'snoopers' to spy on neighbors in the street outside, it was revealed today. The £1,000 security cameras have been placed inside properties but are trained on the streets to gather evidence of anti-social behavior. Each device is linked to a laptop computer and accessible online by police and council officials 24 hours a day. But the trial inside two homes has sparked new fears about invasion of privacy and Britain's ‘surveillance society’.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Moodys Targets Bank Hybrids
Credit rating agencies continue to apply lessons learned in the credit crunch, with Moody’s now reviewing $450-billion (U.S.) of bank financings after realizing governments won’t back the paper. Moody’s announced late Wednesday it would review, and likely downgrade, 775 different issues of hybrid securities and subordinated debt at 170 banks around the world. The credit rating agency woke up to the fact that “some recent government interventions in troubled banks have not helped, and have even been to the detriment of, the holders of these types of securities.”
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EU Accuses Standard & Poor's Of Unfair Pricing
"The [European Commission]'s preliminary conclusion is that S&P is abusing this monopoly position by enforcing the payment of license fees for the use of U.S. International Securities Identification Numbers," a statement from the European Union executive said on Thursday.
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Vivendi Eyes NBC Universal Exit: CFO
Vivendi could exit from U.S. media group NBCU Universal as it has no intention to be part of the future joint venture being discussed by Comcast and General Electric, its chief financial officer said on Thursday. Philippe Capron also told the Morgan Stanley Media & Telecoms conference that selling its 20 percent stake in NBCU would give Vivendi "additional financial headroom" after it gained control of Brazil's telecoms operator GVT last week.
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Judges Denies AT&T's Request To Halt Verizon Ads
AT&T may hate Verizon Wireless' 3G advertising, but the company will have to deal with it now that AT&T's quest to have the ads taken off the air has been thrown out of court. U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten denied AT&T's request for a temporary restraining order against Verizon's "There's A Map For That" campaign that would force the wireless carrier to cease running the ads, which unfavorably compare AT&T's 3G wireless map to Verizon's much larger coverage areas. AT&T filed a lawsuit earlier this month claiming the Verizon's ads were misleading consumers to believe that AT&T had extremely limited wireless Internet service.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091119.html#2009-11-19-A24
 
 
GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Evan Chandler Wanted Justice, But Ended Up Destroyed By Michael Jackson Sex Case
Slumped on his bed with a single bullet wound to the head, Evan Chandler was barely recognisable as the prominent Beverly Hills citizen he had once been. The 65-year-old dentist who accused Michael Jackson of molesting his young son killed himself in his waterfront flat. Police said he was still holding the .38-calibre revolver when his body was found on November 5.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091119.html#2009-11-19-A23
 
Chef Thomas Keller Dishes
VIDEO REPORT. Chef Thomas Keller has been called the best chef in the country by Time Magazine and some of the world's top food critics. He has a new restaurant, Bouchon Bistro, opening tomorrow in Beverly Hills. Chef Thomas shows off some of his special dishes he’s created for his new restaurant and cookbook.
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Thomas Keller Opens Third Bouchon Bistro
Renowned chef Thomas Keller officially opened the third outpost of his Bouchon bistro concept in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday, marking the Southern California native’s return to the Los Angeles area. The chef’s Thomas Keller Restaurant Group operates The French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., Per Se in New York as well as Bouchon locations in Yountville and Las Vegas, and the more casual Ad Hoc in Yountville and Bouchon Bakery in Yountville, Las Vegas and New York. Unlike the other locations, however, Bouchon Beverly Hills will be the first to feature Bar Bouchon, a 46-seat French wine bar that is scheduled to debut in mid-December. The first-floor bar will serve wines by the glass and a small-plates menu.
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Donald Trump's Advice For Carrie Prejean
Carrie Prejean has been calling Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants, for advice on what she should do since she was fired as Miss California and a sex tape surfaced. His advice was, to say the least, pragmatic.
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FORT HOOD SHOOTINGS SECTION.
 
Army Plans Fort Hood Probe
Military officials said the new probe will closely examine Maj. Hasan's six years at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he did his residency and worked as a psychiatrist before his July transfer to Fort Hood in Texas. Since the shootings, some of Maj. Hasan's former colleagues have said he performed substandard work and occasionally unnerved them by expressing fervent Islamic views and deep opposition to the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That has prompted questions about whether hospital officials should have alerted law-enforcement authorities about Maj. Hasan months ago, which may have helped prevent the shootings. The attack killed 13 people and wounded dozens.
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Lieberman May Subpoena Officials Over Shooting Spree At Fort Hood
Lieberman said he feels compelled to probe the Nov. 5 shootings that killed 13 people at the Army base in Texas. Lieberman and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the committee’s ranking Republican, said they want answers as to why the Army failed to identify signs that might have prevented the crimes. The panel has repeatedly held similar hearings in the past without jeopardizing criminal investigations, the two lawmakers said.
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
Transcendent Man: A Documentary About Techno-Prophet Ray Kurzweil
A well-made, insightful documentary that asks some hard questions while leaving just as many unanswered, "Transcendent Man" is an intriguing study of Ray Kurzweil. Helmer Barry Ptolemy has a fascinating subject in Kurzweil and his expansive theories, and this film -- a natural for healthy homevideo release and cable -- should only increase his visibility (and speaking fees). Still, one wishes it weren't so transparently on his side. Essentially, Kurzweil envisions a future in which artificial intelligence will propagate itself and allow for exponential technological growth, and the human brain and body will become inseparably fused with computers, allowing us to become essentially immortal and omniscient. As speculative futurist theories go, these are hardly outlandish. But Kurzweil is unique in his belief that these technological upheavals will be entirely positive, and that they will all have occurred by the year 2045.
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Scene From 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
VIDEO REPORT. In "New Moon," the second film in "The Twilight Saga," young Bella Swan finds herself drawn into the ancient conflict between vampires and werewolves while in search of Edward in Italy.
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OBAMALOT SECTION.
 
Barack Obama Admits He Will Miss Guantanamo Closing Deadline; Calls Stimulus Data Errors 'Side Issue'
Barack Obama brushed off criticism over his administration's inaccurate reporting on job creation Wednesday, telling Fox News' Major Garrett the accounting is an "inexact science" and that any errors are a "side issue" when compared with the goal of turning the economy around. He said job growth is his No.1 responsibility. Obama also said Wednesday that he still plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp next year even though his administration is widely expected to miss its self-imposed January 2010 deadline for shuttering the Cuba facility.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
Sean Hannity's Interview With Sarah Palin
VIDEO REPORT. Sarah Palin says decisions Barack Obama is making are not right for America.
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Palin To Hannity: Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Should Have Been Profiled
Sarah Palin tells Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity that she thinks the Fort Hood slayings of 13 soldiers was an act of terrorism and that the alleged shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, should have been profiled. "I am going to use the word­profile this guy, profile in the sense of finding out what his radical believes were," she told the host in an interview that aired last night. In the wide-ranging interview, Palin says she realizes that her support of profiling will lead liberals to bash her. "But I say profiling in the context of doing whatever we can to save innocent American lives. I'm all for it then."
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Palin Floats Possibility Of Joining Forces With Fox News’ Beck
"Glenn Beck I have great respect for. He's a hoot. He gets his message across in such a clever way. And he's so bold -- I have to respect that. He calls it like he sees it, and he's very, very, very effective." Palin and Beck have long been admirers of one another, with the former Alaska governor often praising the Fox News host on her Facebook page. A Palin-Beck ticket would be a dream come true for the legion of tea party protesters.
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Newsweek’s Palin Cover Upsets
VIDEO REPORT. Critics are calling the new Newsweek cover a desperate attempt by Newsweek to sell magazines.
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Fed Officials Play Down Impact Of Weak Dollar
Federal Reserve officials on Thursday downplayed the consequences of the falling U.S. dollar, underscoring that deflation is still a threat, especially with commercial real estate prices falling. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said in an interview with Market News International that the weakening dollar, which hit a 15-month low against major currencies on Monday, is only one of the factors the Fed watches when setting policy. Fisher will become a voting member of the Fed's policy-setting committee in 2011.
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At 2,074 Pages And $849 Billion, Senate Health Bill Arrives
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping health care bill that would expand health insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans at an estimated cost of $849 billion over 10 years. Reid and other Senate Democrats cited an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office for the coverage and cost figures. The CBO estimates the proposal would reduce the federal deficit by $130 billion over the next 10 years, through 2019. Any effect on the deficit in the following decade would be "subject to substantial uncertainty," but probably would result in "small reductions in federal budget deficits," according to the CBO.
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Dems Alarmed As Independents Bolt
Mounting evidence that independent voters have soured on the Democrats is prompting a debate among party officials about what rhetorical and substantive changes are needed to halt the damage. A flurry of new polls makes clear that Democrats are facing deeper problems with independents­the swing voters who swung dramatically toward the party in 2006 and 2008 but who now are registering deep unease with the amount of spending and debt called for under Obama's agenda in an era of one-party rule in Washington.
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Obama Accomplished Little In China And Japan
Mr. Obama quickly discovered that popularity on the Asian streets did not necessarily translate into policy successes behind closed doors in the Kantei, the Japanese White House, let alone in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The trip managed only to paper over some of the recent differences between the sides, like the contentious issue of the relocation of an unpopular Marine air base in Futenma, on the southern island of Okinawa. Mr. Obama and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama could not solve that issue, instead merely deferring a tough decision by agreeing to form a working group to look at the relocation problem.
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Recovery.Gov Web Site Errors Fuel Criticisms By Opponents Of Program
According to Ed Pound, director of communications for recovery.gov, the Web site relies on self-reporting by recipients of the stimulus money. They are required to fill out an online form with federalreporting.gov, identifying how much money they have received and how many jobs they have created or saved in the process. A drop-down menu requires them to fill in the number of their congressional district, and apparently some recipients of Recovery Act funds entered incorrect congressional district numbers in their reports. "We know what the problem is and we are trying to fix it,'' said Pound. Asked why recipients would pluck random numbers -- 26, 45, 14 -- to fill in for their congressional district, Pound replied, "who knows, man, who really knows. There are 130,000 reports out there.''
 
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States Can Nullify Unconstitutional Federal Laws
VIDEO REPORT. Recently, Andrew Napolitano sat in as a guest host on the Glenn Beck show. He interviewed both Kevin Gutzman and Thomas E. Woods, who are two of the country's leading minds on state sovereignty issues.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
IBM Says Computing Rivaling Human Brain May Be Ready By 2019
According to researcher Dharmendra Modha, the manager of IBM's cognitive computing initiative, scientists from his company and some of the world's most prestigious universities have already managed to simulate the computing complexity of the feline cortex, a feat that could augur a day not too far off when it will be possible to ramp up to what the human brain can accomplish. Last year, IBM and five universities were awarded a DARPA contract to work on a cognitive computing project aimed at eventually achieving that goal. Just a year later, Modha said, his team, working in conjunction with the universities' scientists, have achieved two major milestones. The first was a real-time cortical simulation that achieved more than 1 billion spiking neurons, as well as 10 trillion individual learning synapses. According to Modha, that exceeds what a cat's cortex is capable of. Second, the scientists created a fresh algorithm they're calling BlueMatter that is aimed at spelling out the connections between all the human brain's cortical and sub-cortical locations. That mapping is a critical step, Modha suggested, for a true understanding of how the brain communicates and processes information.
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Mummy Had Bad Heart
VIDEO REPORT. New findings indicate that Egyptian mummies also suffered from heart disease.
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Risk Factors For Heart Disease May Be Ancient
A team of US and Egyptian scientists carried out medical scans on 22 mummies from Cairo's Museum of Antiquities. They found evidence of hardened arteries in three of them and possible heart disease in three more. All the mummies were of high socio-economic status and would have had a rich diet.
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
FAA Says Computer Glitch Slowing Down East Coast Air Traffic
The entire air traffic control system on the East Coast is slowed to about 40-50% of normal, as controllers must input flight data for each takeoff and landing manually.
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Lou Dobbs Left CNN For $8 Million Good Reasons
CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave. Dobbs, who a source said had a year and a half to go on his $12 million contract, shocked viewers last Wednesday by announcing he was quitting. CNN boss Jonathan Klein and Dobbs, 64, had been publicly feuding over the kind of reporting Dobbs was doing on his show -- especially stories about illegal immigration and the anti-Obama "birther" movement, which contends the president was not born in Hawaii and is not an American citizen. But it was not clear until now that CNN was willing to pay Dobbs so much money to leave. Originally, plans had been for Dobbs to announce his decision to leave during last Friday night's broadcast. "But when his assistant asked, 'Lou, do you really want to leave on Friday the 13th?' he decided to make it Wednesday instead," Robert Dilenschneider, a spokesman for the anchorman, said.
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O’Reilly's Hissyfit Over Hannity's Palin Interview
Bill O’Reilly went rogue, putting a teaser of his interview with Palin (above) up on his own YouTube channel -- a pre-emptive strike, if you will, against Hannity’s exclusive. A Fox News insider characterized O’Reilly’s reaction as “a hissyfit” when he learned Palin's interview with the third-rated Hannity would air first.
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Bill O'Reilly Does It Live
VIDEO REPORT. To compliment the story above, here's a clip of O'Reilly's "Do It Live" rant from his days at Inside Edition. Apparently, O'Reilly did not know what the phrase "play us out" meant (it refers to music -- recorded or live -- played at the end of a program as the credits roll), and got very bold and fresh with the show's floor manager as a result. WARNING: clip contains undeleted expletives. Be prepared to wash your ears out with soap -- preferably Irish Spring.
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#334 From: robmarch <robmarch@...>
Date: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:38 am
Subject: EARLY EXTRA: 15-Year-Old Killed To See What It Felt Like 		robmarch@...
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15-Year-Old Alyssa Bustamante Is Alleged To Have Killed 9-Year-Old Neighbor, Elizabeth Olten To See What It 'Felt Like'
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See The Unnerving Video Made By Alyssa Bustamante
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Read the Indictment and Media Mag Order
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Teen Killed To See What It 'Felt Like'
VIDEO REPORT. Police say 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante dug holes in the ground to be used as a grave and plotted for a murder. Prosecutors say Bustamante strangled her 9-year-old neighbor, Elizabeth Olten, without provocation, cut her throat and stabbed her.
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Who Is Alyssa Bustamante?
VIDEO AND TEXT. Alyssa Bustamante is the 15 year old girl a Cole County grand jury believes killed nine year old Elizabeth Olten one month ago. Her You Tube page lists her hobbies as "killing people and cutting." Alyssa's Twitter page shows what some call "dark" postings, talking about bad decisions and being buried.
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Does This Unnerving Video By Alyssa Bustamante Portend Subsequent Events?
VIDEO REPORT. This disturbing video was previously uploaded by Alyssa Bustamante, a 15 year old girl accused of murdering 9 year old Elizabeth Olten, of rural Cole County Missouri, on October 21, 2009. Alyssa is shown in the video with her two younger brothers. One of the tile frames says, "Hope you enjoyed seeing us get hurt."
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Bustamante Indictment
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Media Gag Order In Bustamante Case
PDF FILE. The link takes you to a PDF file of the court's order prohibiting the use of any video or audio recording taken in the courtroom of Bustamante's indictment.
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Cole County, Missouri Prosecutor's Press Release
PDF FILE. The link takes you to a PDF file of the Cole County, Missouri Prosecutor's press release regarding the Bustamante case.
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Lesson From Foiled Pirate Attack On Maersk Alabama? Fire Back.
The Maersk Alabama, the American-flagged ship infamously attacked by pirates in April, was attacked again Monday when Somali pirates opened fire on the ship in an attempt to board it. But the pirates didn't get far this time, after a four-man security team aboard the ship fired back, thwarting the attack. It's the first time a large cargo ship with an armed security team aboard is known to have repelled an attack, says Vice Adm. William Gortney, who commands the Pacific region for the US Navy. Still, only about 10 percent of the shipping industry's ships employ "best practices" that include hiring an onboard security team, Gortney said.
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2 Dead, 21 Injured In Tour Bus Crash
VIDEO REPORT. A tour bus crashed and rolled over on Interstate 90 near Austin, Minnesota late Wednesday afternoon, killing at least two people and injuring others.
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Ex-Crewmen: Company Wouldn't Rename Maersk Ship
VIDEO REPORT. The company that owns the Maersk Alabama, a freighter targeted by pirates twice in seven months, did not heed a request to rename, repaint or reroute the ship after the first attack off the coast of Africa in the spring, former crew members say.
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Day Trip To An Iowa Casino Ends Tragically
"It's a truly tragic event when you consider the fact that everyone on board was either injured or killed and all of them were returning from what was likely a fun, enjoyable day," Andy Skoogman, spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said.
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FORT HOOD SECTION.
 
Army Plans Fort Hood Probe
Military officials said the new probe will closely examine Maj. Hasan's six years at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he did his residency and worked as a psychiatrist before his July transfer to Fort Hood in Texas. Since the shootings, some of Maj. Hasan's former colleagues have said he performed substandard work and occasionally unnerved them by expressing fervent Islamic views and deep opposition to the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That has prompted questions about whether hospital officials should have alerted law-enforcement authorities about Maj. Hasan months ago, which may have helped prevent the shootings. The attack killed 13 people and wounded dozens.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Mummy Had Bad Heart
VIDEO REPORT. New findings indicate that Egyptian mummies also suffered from heart disease.
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Risk Factors For Heart Disease May Be Ancient
A team of US and Egyptian scientists carried out medical scans on 22 mummies from Cairo's Museum of Antiquities. They found evidence of hardened arteries in three of them and possible heart disease in three more. All the mummies were of high socio-economic status and would have had a rich diet.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Chef Thomas Keller Dishes
VIDEO REPORT. Chef Thomas Keller has been called the best chef in the country by Time Magazine and some of the world's top food critics. He has a new restaurant, Bouchon Bistro, opening tomorrow in Beverly Hills. Chef Thomas shows off some of his special dishes he’s created for his new restaurant and cookbook.
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Thomas Keller Opens Third Bouchon Bistro
Renowned chef Thomas Keller officially opened the third outpost of his Bouchon bistro concept in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday, marking the Southern California native’s return to the Los Angeles area. The chef’s Thomas Keller Restaurant Group operates The French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., Per Se in New York as well as Bouchon locations in Yountville and Las Vegas, and the more casual Ad Hoc in Yountville and Bouchon Bakery in Yountville, Las Vegas and New York. Unlike the other locations, however, Bouchon Beverly Hills will be the first to feature Bar Bouchon, a 46-seat French wine bar that is scheduled to debut in mid-December. The first-floor bar will serve wines by the glass and a small-plates menu.
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#333 From: robmarch <robmarch@...>
Date: Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:57 pm
Subject: Audio: 911 Call Re: Murdered 5-Year-Old 		robmarch@...
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Video of the Moment Searchers Found Little Shaniya Davis' Body
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THE TRAGIC DEATH OF SHANIYA DAVIS.
 
Video Of The Moment Searchers Found Little Shaniya Davis' Body
VIDEO REPORT. On Monday, when searchers found the body of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis off a rural road, about 30 miles from her hometown in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the discovery was caught on tape.
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Audio Of 911 Call
AUDIO REPORT. Audio of the 911 call made to Fayetteville Police by Antoinette Nicole Davis, Shaniya's mother. Davis is now in jail, charged with child abuse.
 
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The Sad Story Of Shaniya Davis
Bradley Lockhart, the father of the dead girl Shaniya Davis, said that he raised his daughter for quiet some time, but after her mother recently got a new job and a new home, decided to let his daughter stay with her mother. He claims that the relationship between himself and Antoinette Nicole Davis was a “one night stand,” and he never had any issues about raising his daughter Shaniya. He now bitterly regrets sending his little girl to her mother.
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Dad: God Has A Greater Calling For Shaniya
VIDEO REPORT. The father of a 5-year-old girl whose body was found off a rural North Carolina road regrets giving the girl's mother a chance to raise their daughter, even though she seemed to be getting her life together.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091118.html#2009-11-18-A14
 
Antoinette Davis Is Pregnant Again; Awaiting Trial In North Carolina Prison
Antoinette Nicole Davis, the woman accused of selling her 5-year-old daughter, Shaniya Davis, into sexual slavery before the girl was murdered, has got an unnerving surprise. She's pregnant again and carrying the baby while sitting in a North Carolina prison and awaiting a potential trial.  Thus far, Antoinette Davis has been charged with human trafficking. Arrest documents said she "knowingly provide[d] Shaniya Davis with the intent that she be held in sexual servitude" and she "permit[ted] an act of prostitution." Fayetteville, N.C. police have not yet said if those charges will be amended to include murder.
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Murder Charges For Shaniya's Mom?
VIDEO REPORT. Former prosecutor Wendy Murphy speaks about possible murder charges for Shaniya's Davis' mother.
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Baltimore Part Of Human Trafficking Problem, Experts Say
Numbers are difficult to come by in the shadowy world of child sex trafficking, but it is prevalent enough in Maryland that there is a state task force assembled to address the issue. On Tuesday, authorities in Fayetteville, N.C., confirmed that a body discovered yesterday is that of 5 year-old Shaniya Davis. Detectives accuse the girl's mother, Antoinette Davis, 25, of selling the child as a sex slave. Mario McNeil, 29, is being charged in Davis' kidnapping.
 
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Hulk Hogan Arm Wrestled By A Schoolboy
VIDEO REPORT. Hulk Hogan is arm wrestled by a schoolboy, meets what must surely be his biggest fan, then goes on to tell how he was hit on by Jerry Hall. Hogan also talks about his failed dream to play bass for The Rolling Stones or Metallica, but perks up immensely when he hears The Smashing Pumpkins are looking for a bassist. The Hulk was at a signing in West Hollywood's Book Soup store promoting his new book, "My Life Outside the Rings".
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Now, A Sex Tape Featuring Miss Universe Japan And Miss Universe Trinidad And Tobago Has Been ... Um ... Leaked
A sex tape showing a threesome among Miss Universe Japan, Hiroko Mima, Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago, Anya Ayoung Chee and her boyfriend Wyatt Gallery is quickly spreading over the internet. The Miss Universe organisers don’t want to know about it, saying that the video tape was apparently taken some 8 months after the pageant and neither of them were the reigning titleholders.
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
Devo Members At 9:30 Club
VIDEO REPORT. Bob Lewis and Gerald Casale of Devo performed at the 9:30 Club, Washington DC's Premiere live music venue, on Sunday.
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Scat-Cat 101 With Jason Mraz
VIDEO REPORT. We caught up with him on the first leg of his 'Gratitude Cafe' Tour and found out just how this singer...songwriter...surfer has gotten to where he is today. Currently Mraz has entered the record books with his history-making hit single "I'm Yours."
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OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
Sy Syms, Founder Of The SYMS Discount Clothing Chain, Died At 83
Syms founded his apparel business in 1959 in New York's financial district as a discount retailer of off-price men's clothes. By 1983, he had expanded the business to 11 stores and taken the company public. It eventually grew to 30 stores in 13 states. The company was known by its slogan, "An educated consumer is our best customer," which Syms created and debuted on its first TV commercial in 1974. It is still used today.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
Byrd Becomes Longest-Serving Congress Member
VIDEO REPORT. The Senate has resolved to mark a new milestone Wednesday for West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd, when he becomes Congress' longest-serving member.
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West Virginia Expresses Gratitude To Byrd
Many members of Congress are able to simply "show up," however. Byrd has accomplished far more than that, serving as a guardian of the interests of West Virginians and of the Constitution of the United States of America. He has proclaimed that the Constitution is "always close to his heart." That is accurate both figuratively and literally; the senator carries a copy of the Constitution in his pocket. His reverence for the Constitution and for the Senate as an institution critical in protecting the interests of Americans has served the nation well. Byrd, a staunch Democrat, does not hesitate to confront powerful leaders of his own party when he believes they are mistaken about the best interests of our country.
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Sen. Robert Byrd On The 1964 Civil Rights Laws
VIDEO REPORT. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) explains why he would change his vote on the 1964 civil rights laws. This excerpt is from a Nov. 2005 interview C-SPAN conducted for the 2006 documentary The Capitol. On 11/18/09 Sen. Byrd becomes the longest-serving member of Congress.
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Lawmakers Want IRS To Investigate Council On American-Islamic Relations
PDF FILE. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. and five members of House of Representatives' Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus  (Sue Myrick [R, NC-9], its founder; Paul Broun [R-GA]; Trent Franks [R-AZ]; Patrick McHenry [R-NC]; and John Shadegg [R-AZ]) have sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, cc'd to the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, urging that the Council on American-Islamic Relations be investigated for alleged violation of CAIR's 501(c)(3) non-profit status. The link leads to a PDF file of the letter.
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Leftist Blood-Curdling Scream Alert: CMPA Reports That Fox Is Fair And Balanced
Leftists, including those in the White House who presumptively and obsessively attack Fox News, will not be pleased with this.
S. Robert Lichter of George Mason University’s Center for Media and Public Affairs, asks the question, “Fox News: Fair And Balanced?” -- and answers in the affirmative. In the process, the GMU Professor of Communications also makes a number of interesting points about Fox’s competitors, discusses the convergence of news and analysis, and provides useful historical context. Using a methodology that would be difficult to refute, Lichter’s work relating to campaign 2008 is in sync with what CMPA found in late 2007 during the opening stages of the presidential campaign.
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Illinois Leaders Split On Gitmo State Prison
VIDEO REPORT. It may never come to fruition, but the proposal to turn a portion of the Thomson Correctional Center into a maximum security prison for terrorist suspects now being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has quickly turned into a partisan fight with supporters and opponents defined by party labels.
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Obama Admits Guantanamo Won't Close By Jan. Deadline
Barack Obama directly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay will not close by the January deadline he set, but he said he hoped to still achieve that goal sometime next year. In an interview in the Chinese capital with Major Garrett of Fox News, Obama claimed he was "not disappointed" that the Guantanamo deadline had slipped, saying he "knew this was going to be hard."
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3 Democrats Could Block Health Bill In Senate
Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, says he is not sure he is ready to help a Democratic health care proposal clear even the most preliminary hurdle: gaining the 60 votes his party’s leaders need to open debate on the measure later this week. Two of his fellow Democrats, Senators Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, are proving tough sells as well, raising the prospect that one or perhaps all three of them could scuttle the bill before the fight over it even begins on the Senate floor.
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Democrat Rep. David Obey Rebukes Administration Over Stimulus Job Reports
Obey put out a statement "reacting to new reports of inaccuracies on recovery.gov," which is the website maintained by the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. “The inaccuracies on recovery.gov that have come to light are outrageous and the administration owes itself, the Congress, and every American a commitment to work night and day to correct the ludicrous mistakes," Obey said in his statement. Today, the recovery board's Twitter account had this to say: Did you know? Unless an egregious error is noted, Recovery.gov posts data exactly as it is reported by recipients.
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If You Can't Beat 'Em, Give 'Em An Interview
Is the Obama White House making peace with Fox News? While in China, President Obama will talk with Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett. Fox plans to air the interview in full at 6 p.m. Wednesday on Special Report With Bret Baier.
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White House Reports Over $98 Billion Of Improper Payments In 2009
The 2009 total for improper payments -- from outright fraud to misdirected reimbursements due to factors such as an illegible doctor's signature -- was a 37.5 percent increase over the $72 billion in 2008, according to figures provided by Peter Orszag, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. In an evening media briefing, Orszag was unable to provide an overall figure for what percentage of the bad payments was due to fraud. He also lacked a breakdown on how much of the total improper payments involved spending on Obama's $787 billion economic recovery package passed in February.
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5 Million 'Pink Slips' Sent To Congress
"These pink slips are a call for fiscally responsible and constitutionally responsible Americans," said Rep. Steve King of Iowa. A pink slip is symbolic of job dismissal, a theme not lost on Rep. Trent Franks, R-Arizona, who said members need to vote the will of the people or be fired in the next election.
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Pirates Free Spanish Ship
VIDEO REPORT. The Spanish fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates six weeks ago has been released, but another ship has been seized off the Seychelles.
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Army's Record Suicide Rate 'Horrible,' General Says
Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli on Tuesday called the Army's record suicide rate this year "horrible" and said the problem of soldiers taking their own lives is the toughest he has faced in his 37 years in service. As of Nov. 16, 140 soldiers on active duty and 71 soldiers not on active duty were suspected to have committed suicide. "We are almost certainly going to end the year higher than last year," which was also a record for Army suicides, Chiarelli said at a Pentagon news conference.
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Secret Tapes: How Damaging To Jerry Brown’s Bid For Governor Of California?
Under pressure from his potential Republican rivals, Attorney General Jerry Brown -- California’s top law-enforcement official -- has ordered an independent investigation into his former spokesman, who secretly recorded several conversations with journalists. Brown’s hand was forced by another event, as well. He is investigating possible violations of state privacy laws in a sting operation on ACORN. Avoiding the investigation into Mr. Gerber would have presented a potentially damaging public relations dilemma. If Brown charged those who secretly filmed ACORN, he’d be open to claims of hypocrisy for not charging his own assistant. If he didn’t charge the filmmakers, he would have been criticized by grass-roots liberals and supporters of ACORN, who are angry that the US House recently cut federal funding after the videos caused a national outcry.
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Advance Cars For V.P. Biden Get In Accident
VIDEO REPORT. Two advance cars for V.P. Joe Biden's motorcade were involved in a car accident in New York. The two cars hit a taxi, who was trying to get around some street closures. The Vice President was not hurt.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Preparing The World's First Fusion Reactor
VIDEO REPORT. An experimental reactor that could harness nuclear fusion has yet to see the light of day, but preparations for the daring multi-billion-dollar project are well under way. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), backed by the European Union, the United States, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Russia, is expected to be fully operational in 2026. It is no less than an effort to reproduce the energy-yielded processes of the Sun and other stars -- which defenders say would be safe and cause little damage to its home on Earth.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Josh Pastner Interview
VIDEO REPORT. Josh Pastner talks Jayhawks and recruiting Tuesday afternoon at the Finch Center in Memphis, TN.
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Josh Pastner's Big-League Debut
Pastner’s story will get a lot of play early this season -- AAU traveling team head coach at 16, self-promoting wizard who found himself on Arizona’s bench at the 1997 NCAA championship game -- but the reality of Big Time Hoops will soon overcome that gee-whiz approach. Maybe Pastner doesn’t know an X from an O, but he isn’t likely to get caught short on talented bodies on his bench. His upside is off the charts. If you can recruit the way Pastner does, it won’t be long until a mainstreet school offers him a better deal.
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Facebook Quizzes Could Expose Info
VIDEO REPORT. Those quirky Facebook quizzes could be exposing your personal information to people you don't know. View the video to learn more.
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Latest Trailer For Doctor Who: The Waters Of Mars
VIDEO REPORT. Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars airs on BBC America on Saturday December 19 at 9 PM/8 Central. This is the first of three specials that mark the end of David Tennant's run as The Doctor; also stars Lindsay Duncan, perhaps best known to Americans as Servilia of the Junii, Julius Caesar's rebuffed mistress in both seasons of the HBO-BBC co-production "Rome."
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What We Know About Doctor Who: The End Of Time
Okay, we should be clear on this from the off. If you like watching Doctor Who episodes and knowing nothing about them beforehand, this is not an article you want to read; there are spoilers here for the Doctor Who Christmas specials, as we look ahead to David Tennant's last two episodes.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091118.html#2009-11-18-A19
 
 
U.S. SECTION.
 
Gun-Toting Homeowner Catches Burglar In His Boxers
VIDEO REPORT. A Golden, Colorado homeowner did a double-take when he caught a burglar at gunpoint in his house.
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D.A. Raids 4 N.Y.C. Newspapers In Union Corruption Probe
Police officers working with the Manhattan district attorney's office searched circulation offices of The New York Times, the New York Post, the Daily News and the Spanish-language El Diario, the official said. Investigators were seeking paperwork related to the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union, which packages and delivers newspapers across the region. Calls to the union's headquarters were not answered. The news deliverers' parent union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, referred inquiries to the local union.
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Pirates Attack US-Flagged Ship Again
Crew from MV Maersk Alabama returned fire after pirates fired automatic weapons at the ship, about 350 nautical miles east of Somalia. There were no casualties reported, the force said. A patrol aircraft flew from neighbouring Djibouti to the area. MV Maersk Alabama's captain was held hostage for five days in April.
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Barzee Pleads Guilty In Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping
VIDEO REPORT. Wanda Barzee, one of two people charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday. She will testify against Mitchell.
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Amnesty: Australia Violating Rights
VIDEO REPORT. Amnesty's top official says Australia's treatment of indigenous community amounts to "base violation of human rights."
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Obama Fails To Breach China's Greatest Wall: The Price Of Its Currency
While last week saw hints of a possible appreciation, albeit not in the short term, officials have since played down such prospects. He Yafei, the deputy foreign minister, told a press briefing yesterday that maintaining a stable currency during the financial crisis "not only helped the global economy but also the stability of the world's financial markets". With exports having fallen for a 12th month in a row, albeit more slowly, Beijing is bound to be cautious. "Any policy changes by China, including on the exchange rate, will be based on its assessment of its own interests, not on external pressure," said Jin Canrong, an expert on China-US ties at Renmin University in Beijing.
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Iraq VP Vetoes New Election Law
Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni Arab, revoked Article 1 of the law and called for the representation in parliament of displaced people to increase to 15%. Most Iraqis who have fled violence since 2003 are thought to be Sunni. Electoral officials say they have suspended preparations for a January vote until an amended law is approved.
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Karzai Faces One Of The World's Toughest Jobs
VIDEO REPORT. Afghan President Hamid Karzai faces monumental challenges to improve security, strengthen governance, eradicate corruption and repair ties with the West when he takes office on Thursday at the helm of a nation engulfed in war.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Paulson & Co. Bets BofA To Almost Double By End Of 2011
VIDEO REPORT. Paulson & Co., the hedge fund firm run by billionaire John Paulson, told investors Bank of America Corp.’s stock will almost double in the next two years as writedowns ease. Bank of America, ranked first by assets and deposits in the U.S., may rise to $29.81 by December 2011, Paulson said in a quarterly letter to clients. Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker reports.
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Hopes For Cadbury Bid War Rise As Hershey, Ferrero Mull Offer
The Pennsylvania maker of Hershey bars and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups said in a statement it was "reviewing its options," regarding Cadbury. Ferrero said that it is in the "preliminary stages" of evaluating its options. Both Hershey and Ferrero, the Italian maker of Tic-Tacs, Nutella hazelnut spread and Ferrero Rocher chocolates, said Wednesday that, at this stage, there was no certainty that any proposal would be forthcoming.
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Goldman Apologizes, Offers $500 Mln To Small Businesses
Goldman Sachs said late Tuesday that it would provide $500 million to support small businesses, hours after its CEO Lloyd Blankfein apologized for the group's role in the global financial crisis. Goldman has faced growing criticism over its likely massive bonus payouts as the U.S. economy remains in turmoil. It has also received, and subsequently paid back, $10 billion of aid from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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Change The Package To Avoid The Taxes
VIDEO REPORT. A simple marketing twist and a tax loophole could be saving tobacco companies hundreds of millions in taxes.
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Body Of 5-Year-Old Child, Who Had Been Sold Into Prostitution By Her Own Mother, Found Monday
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Doug Hoffman "Unconcedes" House Race
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VIDEO: Lou Dobbs Talks About His Resignation
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Man Set His Girlfriend On Fire
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Diagnosed With Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
In a memo sent to employees, Jody Allen, his sister and the CEO of his investment firm Vulcan said he had been diagnosed early this month and was undergoing chemotherapy. The memo said the 56-year-old had diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a relatively common form of lymphoma. Allen suffered from another form of immune system cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma, more than 20 years ago, and survived. His sister wrote that he was "optimistic he can beat this, too."
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Bernanke Signals ‘Extended’ Low-Rate Period May Become Longer
Treasury two-year notes rose and the dollar weakened as investors reduced bets the Fed will raise interest rates by August. In his most extensive comments on the economy since July, Bernanke repeated the Fed’s Nov. 4 pledge to keep rates low for an “extended period,” and he said forecasters anticipate “moderate” growth this quarter after the 3.5 percent pace of expansion in the prior three months.
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Who Is Raj Rajaratnam? Don't Ask In Sri Lanka
Billionaire hedge fund titan Raj Rajaratnam's shadow in Sri Lanka is so big that his arrest in the United States initially knocked 5 percent off the local stock market. But ask about Rajaratnam on the island of birth and few will say anything about the man considered to be Sri Lanka's richest, now accused in the largest hedge-fund related insider trading case in U.S. history. The silence speaks volumes about Sri Lanka's scarred modern history, and its persistent entanglement in suspicion brewed by the 25-year war with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which Sri Lanka won in May.
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UBS Sets $14.9 Billion Profit Target
UBS Chief Executive Oswald Gruebel on Tuesday laid out more details of his plans to turn around the ailing bank as the Swiss giant targeted annual pretax profit of 15 billion Swiss francs ($14.9 billion) in the medium term. Gruebel, the former head of rival Credit Suisse, came out of retirement earlier this year to take over the reins at UBS after the bank was hit hard by the financial crisis.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Janet Jackson Blames Doctor
VIDEO REPORT. The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Janet Jackson speaks about Michael, and John Stamos gets Hollywood star.
 
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William Shatner Is Immortalized At Madame Tussaud’s
VIDEO REPORT. William Shatner was immortalized in wax today at Madame Tussauds. Shatner jokes with the cameraman, saying that it wasn't getting his good nostril. Later, Shatner's wife stood between both Shatners and said, "It's a dream come true!"
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HEALTH SECTION.
 
Music Triggers Memories For Dementia Patients
VIDEO REPORT. With the help of some old familiar tunes, advanced-dementia patients at Beth Abraham Family of Health Services in New York are reconnecting with their memories and with each other in ways that may seem surprising for those with degenerative brain diseases.
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Cure For The Common Migraine
VIDEO REPORT. Do you get migraines? Learn how to treat and prevent them.
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OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
'Felony Squad' Actor Dennis Cole Dies At 69
Dennis Cole, a stuntman who rose to TV stardom in the 1966 series "Felony Squad" and went on to dozens of guest-starring appearances throughout the 1970s and '80s, died Sunday at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 69. The cause of death was not released.
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Ken Ober, Host Of MTV's 'Remote Control' Game Show, Dies At 52
Lee Kernis of Brillstein Entertainment Partners, who represented Ober, confirmed the death but said the cause was unknown. According to Kernis, friends said Ober had been feeling ill with a headache and flu-like symptoms Saturday and did not meet them later as planned. An autopsy is planned.
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Wicker Man, Equalizer Actor Edward Woodward Dies At 79
His agent Janet Glass said the veteran of stage and screen had been ill for several months and passed away in hospital surrounded by members of his family. "I knew him a very long time and he was a superb human being," Glass said. "That integrity shone through in the roles he played. I can't ever remember, in all the productions he undertook, anyone having a bad word to say about him and he never had anything bad to say about anyone else either."
 
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
Doug Hoffman "Unconcedes" House Race
Hoffman, a favorite of the tea party movement, conceded on election night amid returns that showed he was down by more than 5,000 votes. But a "routine recanvassing of votes shows Owens' lead has narrowed to 3,026 votes, with about 5,800 absentee ballots received so far that have yet to be counted." Owens (left) was sworn into Congress earlier this month, and he voted in favor of the health care reform bill that narrowly passed the House. He would reportedly be removed from office should the final tally show a Hoffman victory.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Won't Say If Abortion Curb Is Health-Bill Killer
The controversial caps, cheered by conservatives, were put in the House's bill to overhaul the nation's health system this month by Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak. Stupak's amendment prohibits any new government-run insurance plans from covering abortions -- except in cases of rape, incest or to save a mother's life. It also bars insurers receiving federal subsidies from offering abortion coverage. Gillibrand refused to say if eliminating the provision was a must for winning her vote on an overall reform package. "When we have a final bill, I'll let you know how I'll vote on it," she said.
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Washington Leak Machine Weighs On Afghan Review
It began in September when Army General Stanley McChrystal's classified report that the situation in Afghanistan was deteriorating was leaked, which put pressure on Obama to agree to McChrystal's request for more troops. Last week, classified cables from the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, who expressed deep reservations about sending more troops until Afghan President Hamid Karzai cracks down on corruption, also landed in the press. The security breech came at a time when it was fairly well established that Obama planned to send more troops; the question is how many. A decision is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
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Palin, Winfrey Talk About Book And Levi Johnston
VIDEO REPORT. Sarah Palin said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that it's heartbreaking to see the road that Levi Johnston, the father of her grandson, has taken and that the soon-to-be Playgirl model hasn't seen his baby in awhile.
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Surprise! You May Owe Even More Taxes
But a Treasury Department inspector general reported yesterday that withholding taxes for about 15 million citizens -- including married couples, workers with two jobs and some Social Security recipients who still hold jobs -- may have been set too low. The result: They could end up owing taxes, including penalties, come April 15, 2010.
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Murdoch On Civil Political Discourse
VIDEO REPORT. At the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch offers suggestions for restoring civility to political discourse.
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SCAM ALERT SECTION.
 
Experts Say Phone Cramming's Growing, Evolving
VIDEO REPORT. Phone cramming isn't new. But some experts said it is growing and evolving.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
The Get Out Of Jail Free Gene
When Walter Perez taunted a Muslim man for wearing eye make-up, he could not have known that he would pay for such unkindness with his life. His heavily kohled target, enraged and armed, stabbed him to death. Abdelmalek Bayout, an Algerian who claimed that he darkened his eyes for religious reasons, was initially jailed for just over nine years, after a court heard that he had a history of psychiatric illness. An appeal hearing resulted in Bayout’s sentence being cut by a further year because, according to scientists, he possessed genes that shortened his fuse. Bayout, his counsel argued, was the victim of genetic misfortune: the owner of five genes known to be associated with violent behaviour.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Dirk Delivers In OT
VIDEO REPORT. Hear what Dirk Nowitzki had to say about his game-winning shot against the Bucks. Dirk finished with 32 points in the victory.
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Shuttle Atlantis Takes Off On Station Delivery Mission
The primary goals of Atlantis' flight are to bring space station flight engineer Nicole Stott back to Earth after three months in space and to deliver nearly 30,000 pounds of spare parts and equipment that would be difficult or impossible to get to the outpost after the shuttle is retired next year. "In terms of being the flight that brings up all the spares for station, this is really full," said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's director of space operations. "This flight, and a couple of the other shuttle flights that come later, really set us up very well for kind of the end of the shuttle servicing era."
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Lou Dobbs Talks About His Resignation
VIDEO REPORT. On Tuesday evening, Lou Dobbs was interviewed on "The O'Reilly Factor," discussing his reasons for leaving CNN and his future plans. O'Reilly offered, and Dobbs accepted, a "semi-regular" rotation of appearances.
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Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, But He Used To Be Your Doctor
David Tennant (Doctor Who) stars in a new NBC pilot "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer," with Mad Men's Abigail Spencer and Jeffrey Tambor of Arrested Development.
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Never-Before-Seen 'Star Trek' Pilot, Thought To Be Lost, Has Been Discovered
VIDEO REPORT. This version of "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was completed in 1965 and features footage that was not included in the pilot episode ultimately broadcasted. Never-before-aired, this newly recovered version is believed to be what was originally screened for NBC, and the basis for their decision to broadcast Star Trek. The main differences with the broadcast version include an alternative opening narration by Captain Kirk and onscreen captions at the start of each act. Duration: 00:05:43.
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Man Who Set His Girlfriend On Fire Appears In Court
VIDEO REPORT. Howard Stewart appeared in court today on numerous charges including arson.
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$2 Million Bond Set As Harrowing Details Emerge
She was already scared of her mother’s boyfriend for allegedly fondling her. Now, she said, she awoke to find him pouring liquid on her head and lighting matches. She struggled with him, twice, to break free. A 12-year-old girl, who saved her baby sister’s life and barely escaped death herself, told that story to police.
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Autopsy Shows Chicago Leader's Death A Suicide
VIDEO REPORT. Police say they're investigating the apparent suicide of Chicago School Board President Michael Scott by looking for security camera video. Officers found Scott dead on a downtown river embankment after his family reported him missing.
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"Police Will Investigate The Possibility Of Foul Play"
The big question? Why didn't Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott leave a suicide note? "In many instances, a note apologizing to family and loved ones is left behind by a suicide victim," said a top cop source. The big irony: "The suicide is a shocker. Michael Scott seemed to like himself too much to end his own life," said a Scott observer.
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Kentucky College Woman Jailed For Trying To Lure Teenage Girl For Sex
VIDEO REPORT. A Berea College student was jailed Friday after police say tried to intice a 14-year-old into having sex. 20-year old Sarah Wilson is the woman police say tried to use text messaging to lure a teen to her Berea College dorm. The sexually charged text messages were reported to police by the 14-year old girl's mother.
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Milwaukee Teen Killed By Stepfather, Left Inside Van
VIDEO REPORT. In what looked like an act of revenge, investigators say Cody Reetz's stepfather strangled the 14-year-old, and left the boy's body inside his van.
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Body Of 5-Year-Old Found Monday
A body believed to be 5-year-old Shaniya Davis was found Monday afternoon, a week after the Fayetteville, NC girl went missing, in woods off a rural road south of Sanford. Volunteers who had spent nearly two days searching for Shaniya wept upon learning a body had been found. Shaniya was reported missing Nov. 10 from her home in the Sleepy Hollow Mobile Home Park off Murchison Road.  The body was found about 1 p.m. roughly 100 feet off Walker Road, which is a popular spot for dumping deer carcasses, said Theresa Chance, a spokeswoman for the Fayetteville Police Department.
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Shaniya Had Been Sold Into Prostitution By Her Own Mother
Antoinette Nicole Davis, who is pregnant, first reported her daughter missing last Tuesday. Police were suspicious of her story after reviewing a timeline of the events leading up to her disappearance from a trailer park in Fayetteville, North Carolina. They later found CCTV footage from a hotel 40 miles from Fayetteville showing the five year old girl being carried into a hotel room by Mario McNeill. She had not been seen since (until the discovery of her body) and her mother has refused to cooperate with police.
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Inspectors Fear Iran Is Hiding Nuclear Plants
In unusually tough language, the International Atomic Energy Agency appeared highly skeptical that Iran would have built the enrichment plant without also constructing a variety of other facilities that would give it an alternative way to produce nuclear fuel if its main centers were bombed. So far, Iran has denied that it built other hidden sites in addition to the one deep underground on a military base about 12 miles north of the holy city of Qum. The inspectors were given access to the plant late last month and reported that they had found it in “an advanced state” of construction, but that no centrifuges -- the fast-spinning machines needed to make nuclear fuel -- had yet been installed.
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Gaddafi Hires 200 Young Italian Women -- To Convert Them To Islam
When the hostess agency put out the call for attractive, well-dressed women, under the age of 35 and over 5ft 7in tall, it was inundated with responses from hundreds of Roman women. Most seemed to think they would be bringing a little glamour to a gala dinner with the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. Instead, they found themselves being lectured by him for two hours on the role of women and invited to convert to Islam. "We were at least expecting a snack", grumbled Silvia Figliozzi afterwards.
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Taliban Blow Up Girls' School In Pakistan
"The girls' middle school was badly damaged because of the explosion, now the school building is almost out of use. The classrooms, desks and chairs were also damaged," Farooq Khan, a local administrative official said. The incident took place at Yousaf Kely village near Bara town, around 20 kilometres (13 miles) south of Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province which has been hit by five suicide attacks in the last eight days.
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Russian Cops Flood YouTube With Anti-Corruption Calls
VIDEO REPORT. Russia's Interior Ministry is investigating charges of police corruption made by Russian police officer Aleksey Dymovsky. Meanwhile, more revelations are surfacing on the Internet of corruption in the police.
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Dymovsky's Message To Vladimir Putin
VIDEO REPORT. Video message of police major Aleksey Dymovsky, senior detective from Novorossiysk, Russia, working in drug trafficking investigation (English subtitles; enlarge video to full screen to read them).
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Refugees Flock To Saudi Camps
VIDEO REPORT. Thousands of people flee fighting between Saudi forces and Yemeni rebels.
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Saudi Clerics See Iran's Hand Behind Yemen Rebels
"Iranian cooperation with Houthi rebels in Yemen is a collusion for sin and aggression," Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz al-Sheikh said in remarks published on Monday. Riyadh launched an assault on neighboring Yemen's Houthi rebels 12 days ago after they staged a cross-border incursion that killed two Saudi border guards. "Houthi infiltrators entered our territories, so ... it is obvious that they should be fought since the kingdom here is defending itself," Sheikh said.
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U.S. Senators: We Will Veto Unilateral Palestinian Authority Statehood Call
It would be D.O.A. -- dead on arrival," said Senator Ted Kaufman, a Democrat. "It's a waste of time." In Brussels, however, the European Union's foreign policy and security chief, Javier Solana, appeared not to rule the idea out entirely, telling journalists that he would not "give any advice to the Palestinians today -- they know what they have to do."  But he added, "The most important thing is to get negotiations relaunched." In June, Solana proposed the UN should go ahead and recognize a Palestinian state based on the region's 1967 borders if the parties themselves were unable to make peace by a fixed deadline.
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Monday, November 16, 2009 issue.
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Seven More Carrie Prejean “Adult” Tapes And 30 Naughty Photos Surface
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China Warns Obama On Economy
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Will Dick Cheney Run For Prez In 2012?
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Internet Rumors About Miley Cyrus’ Demise
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BOOKS SECTION.
 
Palin Book: McCain Aides Had Me 'Bottled Up'
VIDEO REPORT. In Sarah Palin's new memoir, "Going Rogue," she confirms that she had wanted to speak on election night, but was denied the chance and says she was kept "bottled up" from reporters during the campaign.
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McCain Talks About Palin's New Book
VIDEO REPORT. Arizona Senator John McCain making a stop in the valley on Friday, throwing his support behind an effort to bring the F-35 program to Luke AFB. But there's a controversy brewing over a new book by his former running mate, Sarah Palin.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Report: Seven More Carrie Prejean “Adult” Tapes Unearthed
There are seven more “biggest mistakes” of her life -- all of them solo performances, just like the one “adult” tape that the religious beauty queen has admitted to. And there are 30 photos of Carrie, most topless, some showing everything, and most taken by Carrie using her reflection in a mirror.
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Angelina Jolie And Dad Jon Voigt Reportedly Patching Things Up
The father and daughter have reportedly long been at odds after he told the world about her plans to adopt her first child and later accusing her of needing therapy. The two reportedly have a chance of renewing ties, if Voigt "doesn't talk about it too much" to the public. Voigt has claimed that Brad Pitt helped get the two to talk again, and he said they have had several phone conversations. The timing couldn't be better with two tell-all books in the works, Zwecker noted, and re-establishing a relationship with her father would give Jolie a united front against the possible onslaught.
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British Scientist Says She’s Belle De Jour
A former prostitute whose memoirs were turned into the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, starring Billie Piper, has revealed her true identity. Dr Brooke Magnanti wrote under the pen name Belle de Jour to describe the encounters she had as a high-class call girl while earning money for her PhD. The 34-year-old said she decided to unmask herself because the stress of the deceit was making her paranoid.
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False Internet Rumors About Miley Cyrus Death
Cyrus has not died--she is alive and well. The current rumor, like most celebrity death rumors, is that Miley Cyrus was in a car crash involving a large truck.
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Kings Of Leon’s Drummer Nathan Followill Weds Jessie Baylin
"I woke up with a married woman in my bed this morning," Followill, 30, Tweeted on Sunday morning. "Luckily she was mine." Guests included Followill's Kings of Leon bandmates Caleb and Jared Followill (his brothers) and Matthew Followill (his cousin), as well as Scarlett Johansson, who went to high school with the bride, and country singer Billy Currington.
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HEALTH SECTION.
 
FDA: Are Caffeine & Alcohol Safe To Mix?
The Food and Drug Administration notified nearly 30 manufacturers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages that it will look into the legality and safety of the products. The FDA has not approved the use of caffeine in alcoholic drinks, so the drinks can only be lawfully marketed if the substance is "Generally Recognized As Safe," or GRAS. For a substance to be GRAS, there has to be evidence of it's safety. Evidence the FDA is now asking for. Companies have 30 days to respond to the FDA. They have to give proof that mixing caffeine and alcohol is safe. If they don't, the FDA says it'll pursue legal action. This red flag has been raised because the drinks are gaining in popularity with college students. It's reported that 26 percent combine alcohol and caffeine.
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
Film Fans Await Vampire Love--And The End Of The World
VIDEO REPORT. 2012 taps into internet-fueled fears, while New Moon reverberates with young women whose enthusiasm could makethe Twilight Series of novel to screen adaptations the most popular since Harry Potter.
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'2012' Explodes At Box Office
Directed by Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day"), the effects-filled actioner cost $200 million to produce. But with a $225 million worldwide haul from simultaneous openings in 105 foreign territories, the more than 2 1/2-hour tentpole delivered a planetary payout on that investment at the high end of pre-release projections.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
Obama Arrives In Shanghai
VIDEO REPORT. Barack Obama is making his first trip to China. He's arrived in Shanghai, where he'll hold talks with local officials and hold an American-style town hall with Chinese university students.
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China's Blunt Talk For Obama
Liu Mingkang, chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, said that a weak U.S. dollar and low U.S. interest rates had led to "massive speculation" that was inflating asset bubbles around the world. It has created "unavoidable risks for the recovery of the global economy, especially emerging economies," Mr. Liu said. The situation is "seriously impacting global asset prices and encouraging speculation in stock and property markets." His comments signaled that Mr. Obama -- on the third leg of a four-country Asian tour -- can expect blunt talk from Chinese leaders on the economy. The issue could complicate his broad agenda in China that also includes efforts to extract new commitments on climate change and to encourage them to take a more active role to defuse nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea.
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Republicans Divided Over Palin's Presidential Prospects
VIDEO REPORT. Sarah Palin’s autobiography hits stores Tuesday. "Going Rogue" is the 2008 election told by the Republican vice presidential candidate, and running mate to John McCain. She may have her sights set on the White House in 2012, but is she still the darling of the Republican base?
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Liz Cheney Defends Palin; Suggests Dad May Run For President
VIDEO REPORT. Asked if she takes Sarah Palin seriously as a Presidential candidate, Liz Cheney said "absolutely." Discussing Obama's bowing to the Emperor of Japan versus Dick Cheney's not having do so at their meeting, she said “You can look at the comparison and think Cheney 2012,” then elaborated “Whatever Republican takes the mantle of our party in 2012 they’re going to have to be able to address these incredibly grave challenges we’re facing as a nation.” Long-time Palin booster Bill Kristol took it one step further, suggesting “Cheney/Palin 2012.”
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Transcript Of Liz Cheney's Segment Of Fox News Sunday
From the transcript: Chris Wallace asked Liz Cheney: "If she wanted to take advantage of all the attention she's going to get -- she's going to -- I mean, it's not just the book. She's going to be on Oprah tomorrow. She's going to be on Barbara Walters all week. She's going to be on Fox a bunch of times. Should she try to pivot off this who struck John during the campaign and talk about other things?"
    Cheney replied: "You know, I actually don't think she's stuck on that. I've actually read parts of the book, and it's a good book. It's a good read. It's well written. She comes across, you know, as very likable, as somebody with a lot of common sense. When she does make criticism, I have to say she does it with a pretty deft touch, and the book is moving in some parts. She talks about what it was like to meet mothers and other children with Down syndrome on the campaign trail. So you know, it's clearly -- it reads like it was written by somebody who's got their future in mind. And you know, I think that the media likes to focus on, you know, sort of who shot John and who's up and who's down."
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Senate Won't Rush Health Bill: Top Republican
"This will be on the floor for quite a long time," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told "Fox News Sunday" ahead of possible action this week on a procedural vote to bring the legislation up for debate on the Senate floor. McConnell would not elaborate on a time frame for consideration or say whether the measure to reform the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system could clear the chamber by the end of the year as President Barack Obama has said he hopes. "There will be a lot of amendments over a lot of weeks. I mean, the Senate is not the House. You saw in the House three votes and it was over in one day," McConnell said.
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Obama Backers Fear Opportunities To Reshape Judiciary Are Slipping Away
Theodore Shaw, a Columbia University law professor who until recently led the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., said liberals feared that the White House was not taking advantage of its chance to fill vacancies while Democrats enjoy a razor-thin advantage in the Senate enabling them to cut off the threat of filibusters against nominees. There are nearly 100 vacancies on federal courts. “It’s not any secret that among the civil rights community and other folks there has been a growing concern about the pace of nominations and confirmations,” Mr. Shaw said. “You have to move fairly quickly because things are going to shut down before you know it, given that next year is an election year and who knows what is going to happen in the midterm elections. No one wants a blown opportunity.”
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Now, Obama Wants To Control The Subways
Under the proposal, the U.S. Department of Transportation would do for transit what it does for airlines and Amtrak: set and enforce federal regulations to ensure that millions of passengers get to their destinations safely. Administration officials said the plan will be presented in coming weeks to Congress, which must approve a change in the law. The proposal would affect every subway and light-rail system in the country, including large systems in Washington, New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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OBAMALOT SECTION.
 
Obama Intel Pick Lauded Iranian Nuclear Program As 'Deterrent' Against Israel
The Obama administration's withdrawn nominee for a top intelligence post delivered a speech to a pro-Arab U.S. group in which he claimed that Israel has long assassinated peace-loving Palestinian leaders. Freeman was slated to head the National Intelligence Council but withdrew his nomination in March following revelations that he has financial ties to the infamous bin Laden family and that he sits on the board of a major oil company owned by the Chinese government that had been in the midst of a multibillion dollar deal with Iran that may violate U.S. sanctions. It is also alleged that Freeman once peddled a Saudi-funded book to U.S. public schools that falsely claims Muslims inhabited North America far before European explorers.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Weather Looks Good For Monday Shuttle Launch
VIDEO REPORT. NASA's countdown is going smoothly and even the weather is looking exceptionally good for Monday's space shuttle launch. Atlantis is scheduled to blast off at 2:28 p.m. Monday with tons of spare parts for the International Space Station.
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Is Doomsday Upon Us?
VIDEO REPORT. Based on their understanding -- or misunderstanding --  of the Mayan Calendar, some believe that the world will end in December of 2012. This video reveals points that support and refute this theory.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A29
 
 
SPORTS SECTION.
 
Packers Stuff Cowboys
VIDEO REPORT. The Packers' 17-7 win against the Cowboys. Find out how Green Bay got it done.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A07
 
Eagles' Rally Falls Short Against Chargers
VIDEO AND TEXT. The Eagles opened Sunday’s game minus key members of their linebacking corps, secondary and offensive line. During the game they lost Sheldon Brown to a hamstring injury and running back Brian Westbrook to another concussion. They contained Antonio Gates and Vincent Jackson but were hurt by an aging LaDainian Tomlinson and reserve receiver Legedu Naanee.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A06
 
Kerry Woods' New Club
VIDEO REPORT. Ex-Cubs star pitcher Kerry Woods talks about his days with the Cubs, his new club and his upcoming Chldren's Memorial hospital fundraiser involving some of the biggest names in sports to help sick kids.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A08
 
 
TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Black Friday Tech Buys
Black Friday is only days away, and the 2009 edition of Busiest Shopping Day of the Year will boast some impressive bargains. Netbook and laptop deals are hot. Leaked Black Friday ads show impressive door-buster bargains from big box retailers.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A09
 
Why Do We Power Our Cars With Gas?
VIDEO REPORT. Vehicles can be powered a number of ways, but the world seems to be stuck on gasoline. Why? That's a Good Question.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A34
 
Google Street View Sparks Swiss Ire
VIDEO REPORT. Switzerland is taking Google to court over privacy concerns related to Google's Street View.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A44
 
 
TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Ian McKellen Rules In Remake Of 'The Prisoner'
VIDEO REPORT. Ian McKellen, Jim Caviezel and Jamie Campbell Bower on their roles in the remake of the 1960's classic, 'The Prisoner,' which debuted Nov. 15th on AMC.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A12
 
 
U.S. SECTION.
 
Backlash Brewing Over 9/11 Trial Move
VIDEO REPORT. The decision to move the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and five others to federal court in New York City from Guantanamo Bay is already causing a political firestorm. Duration 00:08:51
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A01
 
Giuliani Criticizes Terror Trials In New York
Rudolph W. Giuliani, mayor of New York at the time of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said on Sunday that the Obama administration’s decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the attacks, in a civilian court in Manhattan would unnecessarily cost millions of dollars for security, create legal advantages for the defense and symbolically deny that the United States is at war with terrorism. “It gives an unnecessary advantage to the terrorists and why would you want to give an advantage to the terrorists, and it poses risks for New York,” Mr. Giuliani said in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.” He also interviewed on ABC’s “This Week” and “Fox News Sunday.”
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A15
 
Illinois Prison To House Terrorists?
VIDEO REPORT. Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin defend a plan to sell a northwest Illinois prison to the federal prison system to house as many as 100 prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.
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Locals Think It's A Bad Idea
VIDEO AND TEXT. "This kind of area is not good for anything like that, I think they just need to leave the original Gitmo open and just leave the people there," says Johnston City resident George Martin. "I think it's a bad idea personally, I was in the military and I just think that having them off shore is probably better, I mean you're going to just bring a whole bunch of bad people to the states," exclaimed Justin Wallor of Carbondale.
 
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A19
 
Phillip Garrido's Third Letter Of Apology
VIDEO REPORT. Kidnapping suspect apologizes 'to every human being' in new letter
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A27
 
DA: Garrido Is 'Master Manipulator'
In light of a new letter from kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido, the El Dorado County district attorney described the convicted rapist as a "master manipulator." Garrido issued an apology "for what has taken place" and referenced "ending a sexual problem believed to be impossible" in his third jailhouse letter to KCRA-TV. "We see this as just another example of his attempt to control the situation around him and his prior victims -- he is a master manipulator," District Attorney Vern Pierson said in a statement.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A28
 
Stone Blocks Rain Down On New York's Southern State Parkway
VIDEO REPORT. The rain wasn't the only thing coming down on Long Island. Drivers headed west on the southern state pkwy were hit with an overhead shower of stone blocks weighing hundreds of pounds.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A21
 
3 Dead In Nevada Medical Helicopter Crash
VIDEO REPORT. A pilot and two crew members aboard a medical helicopter died early Saturday when their aircraft crashed near Reno, Nevada.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A39
 
Police Say A Father Shot 2 Women, Abducted His Son And Fled In A High Speed Police Chase
VIDEO REPORT. Police in San Antonio, Texas say a father shot 2 women, abducted his son and fled in a high speed police chase.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A20
 
 
FORT HOOD SECTION.
 
Muslim Soldiers Speak Out In Wake Of Base Attack: "We Love America"
Caught between two worlds, they're trying to carve out their own identity during a time of war when some are questioning their loyalty. A director with a conservative Christian group says Muslims should be banned from serving. And amid the many Muslim leaders who denounced the Ft. Hood shootings were a few who praised Hasan, saying his actions were Islamic. But Muslim veterans strongly reject the extremists on both sides. "We love this country," said Shelton Hasan, 54, of Detroit, an Army veteran, "and want to protect it like anyone else."
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A43
 
 
WORLD SECTION.
 
Shootout At Mexican Hospital
VIDEO REPORT. Two die as gunmen invade a Mexican hospital seeking to kill rival gang members wounded in an earlier shootout.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A23
 
Palestinians Seek International Support For Independent State
VIDEO REPORT. Israel's Netanyahu says any Palestinian unilateral step will unravel previous agreements while the Palestinian chief negotiator says a new plan to turn to the U.N. Security Council is a bid to garner international support for an independent state is not a unilateral step.
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Israel Rejects Palestinian Statehood Bid Via The UN
Palestinian Authority leaders say that they are launching a new diplomatic campaign to gain international backing for a Palestinian state, after which they will unilaterally declare statehood in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem -- without waiting for a peace treaty with Israel. Israel pushed back Sunday, issuing a warning that such a declaration of statehood would destroy previous peace agreements and goodwill. The already rocky road to peace talks -- which the US and other international mediators have for months been trying to coax Israelis and Palestinians back onto – just got rougher.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A25
 
'Israel Should Annex Settlements If PA Declares Independence,' Say Two Israeli Government Ministers
The comment, made by National Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, came after Palestinian officials were reported to have been preparing to ask the United Nations to endorse an independent state without Israel's consent.  "We must be clear and tell them that, if that's the route they choose to take, any unilateral declaration on their part will be countered by declaring our sovereignty on all 'C' Areas," Landau said, referring to those which, according to the Oslo Accord, are in full Israeli civilian and military control.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A30
 
 
ARTS SECTION.
 
Miro-Alfred Jarry: An Encounter Over Ubu King
VIDEO REPORT. Surrealist artist Joan Miro got inspired by French writer Alfred Jarry's absurdist play "Ubu Roi". The Catalan painter and sculptor saw in the lead character, King Ubu, an image of the Spanish dictator Franco. Now a new exhibition in northern France has gathered more than a hundred of his works inspired from Ubu.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A33
 
 
BUSINESS SECTION.
 
China Ministry Sees Rising US Protectionism
A spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry said Monday U.S. trade policy is becoming increasingly protectionist, in unusually blunt comments as Barack Obama visits China for his first official visit to the country. "We've always known the U.S. and the West as free market economies," Commerce Ministry spokesman Yao Jian said at a news briefing. "But now we're seeing a protectionist side. This is not a normal U.S.-China trade relationship. We hope the U.S. will continue to (pursue) free trade."
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 http://marchreport.com/20091116.html#2009-11-16-A45
 
GM To Repay U.S. Early
General Motors Co. is expected to fully repay the $6.7 billion in U.S. government loans on its books by 2011, four years earlier than required, because its sales have exceeded expectations and its costs have been lower than planned, according to people close to the talks between GM and the government. Under the plan, the automaker is to begin paying the U.S. Treasury Department $1 billion each quarter, beginning at the end of December. Chief Executive Officer Fritz Henderson and Chief Financial Officer Ray Young are expected to provide more detail this morning when GM reports its third-quarter financial results.
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Friday, November 13, 2009 issue.
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9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed To Be Tried As A Civilian In NYC
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A06
 
White House: No Troop Decision This Month
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A09
 
73% In Texas Favor Death Penalty For Fort Hood Shooter
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A16
 
VIDEO: Glenn Beck Responds To South Park Episode
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Attorney General Eric Holder Announces The NY Trial
VIDEO REPORT. Attorney General Eric Holder says self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York for trial in a civilian federal court and he expects to seek the death penalty.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A20
 
Obama Claims Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Will Face "The Most Exacting Demands Of Justice"
VIDEO REPORT. Typically, Al Qaeda uses trials to make a mockery of the US Justice system. In this video Barack Obama says he will insist that Sept 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed faces an "exacting" form of justice.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A10
 
Gitmo 9/11 Suspects To NY For Trial
Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said Friday. The official said Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce the decision later in the morning. The official is not authorized to discuss the decision before the announcement, so spoke on condition of anonymity. Without confirming details of the decision, Barack Obama said it was a legal and national security matter. "I am absolutely convinced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be subjected to the most exacting demands of justice," Obama said at a joint news conference in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A06
 
ACORN Sues Over House Funding Ban Vote
On Thursday, the disgraced welfare rights organization filed suit over a congressional funding ban passed in September after nationwide undercover sting videos exposed ACORN’s criminal element. The group and its web of nonprofit, tax-exempt affiliates have collected an estimated $53 million in government funds since 1994. This pipeline is apparently a constitutionally protected right. According to ACORN’s lawyers at the far-left Center for Constitutional Rights, the congressional funding ban constitutes a “bill of attainder” -- an act of the legislature declaring a person(s) guilty of a crime without trial.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A08
 
'Balloon Boy' Parents Cop A Plea
VIDEO REPORT. A Colorado judge today will decide whether to accept a plea deal from the parents of the balloon boy. Richard Heene turned himself into authorities yesterday. He's expected to plead to a felony and get 90 days in jail while his wife, Mayumi, will plead to a misdemeanor and likely get 60 days.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A21
 
Eastern Seaboard Flooded By Ida's Remnants
VIDEO REPORT. Relentless rain drenched much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, triggering coastal flood warnings and watches from North Carolina to New York's Long Island.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A29
 
 
WORLD SECTION.
 
Gordon Brown Seeks 5,000 Allied Troops For Afghanistan
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken the initiative, as he believes some members of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) are still not making enough of a contribution to the bitter battle in Helmand and elsewhere in Afghanistan. British diplomats also hope it will help Barack Obama sell to the American public any large increase in United States troop numbers, as Mr Obama continues to stall over committing more troops to the struggle.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A11
 
In Italy, An Automatic Holy-Water Dispenser
AUDIO REPORT. An Italian inventor has come up with a way to avoid sacrificing your soul for your health: It's an automatic holy-water dispenser. Fear that reaching into a communal fount would spread swine flu has prompted the Milan cathedral and some churches to suspend the tradition. The new design, installed in one church, uses a motion sensor ­ just like a soap dispenser -- to set the holy water flowing. (That beats the Holy Water Faucet in St Patrick's Cathedral in NYC -- RJM)
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Kosher Slaughterhouse Manager Convicted Of Fraud
The former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse was found guilty on all but five of the 91 felony fraud charges he faced for his role in a massive bank fraud scheme at his former meat plant, Agriprocessors Inc., in Postville, S.D.. Jurors declared Sholom Rubashkin, the former vice president at Agriprocessors Inc. guilty of bank fraud, making false statements to a bank, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A35
 
Major Fire At Russia Arms Depot
VIDEO REPORT. A fire at a defence ministry navy arsenal on the outskirts of the city of Ulyanovsk caused blasts which shattered windows of nearby homes. But officials now say that 43 people missing feared dead have been found safe in a bomb shelter near the site. Some 3,000 people were evacuated from the surrounding area, the local governor was quoted as saying.
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The Plight Of South Africa's Abandoned Babies
VIDEO REPORT. More babies are being abandoned in Johannesburg by their mothers than ever before. With rising unemployment, fewer foster parents are also coming forward. Now a charity in the city is running a unique hole-in-the-wall scheme, where new mothers can leave their child to be looked after - rather than simply leaving it in a rubbish bin.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A17
 
 
BOOKS SECTION.
 
Tidbits From New Palin Book 'Going Rogue'
The election was more than a year ago, but Sarah Palin isn't going anywhere. Her eagerly awaited autobiography, "Going Rogue: An American Life," will be released Tuesday, we got our hands on a copy and uncovered some of the book's well-guarded secrets.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Another Week, Another Warren Buffet USA Lovefest
Buffett: Railroads are “the most environmentally friendly and the most cost-efficient way” to ship goods around the country. And he noted that Burlington in 2008 used on average one gallon of diesel fuel to ship a ton of freight 470 miles. “That is far, far more efficient than what takes place over the highways.”
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EU To Hand Over Financial Transactions Data To US Government
The presidency of the European Union -- currently held by Sweden as represented through its Minister for European Union affairs, Cecilia Malmstroem -- on Wednesday presented a draft Council decision to the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) regarding an agreement between the United States and the European Union. Titled "Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data for purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program" it provides mechanisms for the transfer of financial information from Europe to US authorities. In mid-June 2006, the existence of a secret US government program that came into being shortly after the 9/11 incident was revealed by the New York Times.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A04
 
Today's Big Losers: ESE, MRGE, ITP
VIDEO REPORT. ESCO Technologies (ESE) had their fourth quarter sales come in at $169.4 million compared to $192.5 million in 2008, with profit down $2.7 million compared to Q4 2008. Shares of ESCO are down today by more than 12.5%.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A33
 
Computer Programmers Charged In Madoff Scheme
Jerome O'Hara, 46, Malverne, N.Y., and George Perez, 43, East Brunswick, N.J., were arrested at their homes by the FBI. They were scheduled to appear in a New York federal court later in the day. The two men face charges filed separately by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The criminal complaint filed by Bharara charged the suspects with conspiracy, falsifying books and records of a broker-dealer, and falsifying books and records of an investment adviser. The men each face a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and fines totaling more than $5.25 million.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A30
 
Iconix Makes Offer For Playboy
The bunnies may find themselves looking for a new warren with talk that Playboy, publisher of the eponymous men's magazine and owner of the mansion in Los Angeles that has become a byword for decadent partying, is up for sale. Iconix Brand Group, which owns a clutch of labels from Joe Boxer underwear to the American teen-favourite clothing line Candies, is understood to have made a tentative offer. Meanwhile, Jim Griffiths, the former head of entertainment at Playboy, has teamed up with the private equity firm Golden Gate Capital to make a competing bid.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A26
 
 
GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Origins Of Friday The 13th Fears
According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute, up to 21 million people in the United States today suffer from a morbid and irrational fear of Friday the 13th. What’s more, each year contains at least one Friday the 13th, and for paraskevidekatriaphobics (people intensely afraid of Friday the 13th), 2009 was an especially dreadful year, sporting three: one in February, March, and November. The Friday the 13th superstition is thought to have originated from the arrests of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A23
 
Showbiz Minute: Crawford, Tyson, Scorsese
VIDEO REPORT. Man charged with trying to extort former supermodel Cindy Crawford and her husband; Mike Tyson faces jail if scuffle with photographer is deemed a violation; Martin Scorsese to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A15
 
New Legal Problems Could Land Tyson In Jail
VIDEO REPORT. Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who was arrested in a scuffle with a photographer, could be sent to jail if he's found to have violated probation from a 2007 drug case.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A19
 
Crawford, Husband Target Of Extortion Scheme
VIDEO REPORT. Cindy Crawford and her entrepreneur husband Rande Gerber are the targets of an extortion scheme, according to court documents.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A24
 
Prejean Threatens To Walk Off Larry King Live
VIDEO REPORT. Carrie Prejean threatened to walk off Larry King Live Tuesday night, in the middle of her interview with Larry King. Prejean's threats came after King asked the former beauty queen about the reasons behind her recent settlement with the Miss California USA pageant.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A13
 
 
FORT HOOD SECTION.
 
Fort Hood Intel Sharing A Reminder Of 9/11
VIDEO REPORT. Attorney says that in the case of Fort Hood, the wrong decision was made about whether to send information.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A05
 
Hasan Called Himself 'Soldier Of Allah' On Business Cards
Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, reportedly obtained the business cards over the Internet. In addition to listing his profession and contact information, the cards contain a discrete reference to his religion: "SoA(SWT)." Watchdogs say the first letters are shorthand among militant Muslims to "soldier of Allah." The last letters refer to "Subhanahu Wa Ta'all," which means "glory to God."
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A07
 
73% In Texas Favor Death Penalty For Fort Hood Shooter
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Lone Star State voters finds that only 15% do not believe Hasan should be sentenced to death if convicted. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure. The survey was taken on Wednesday night. On Thursday, military prosecutors charged Hasan with 13 counts of premeditated murder. If convicted, he is eligible for the death penalty.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A16
 
 
POLITICS SECTION.
 
White House: No Troop Decision This Month
A White House official traveling with Barack Obama to Asia said late Thursday, "there is a sense of urgency to get it right," without rushing the announcement. The official also says Obama will likely wait to brief top Congressional leaders until after the Thanksgiving recess. In a further indication of the administration's thinking, the official says announcing an immediate surge of troops would bolster Taliban claims that the U.S. plans to occupy Afghanistan. The official also notes that any large-scale troop increase would let the Karzai government "off the hook" on the need to build Afghan military and security forces.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A09
 
Among Obama Aides, Debate Intensifies On Troop Levels
On Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said that Obama had not rejected any of the four options, but was weighing how to mix and match elements from each of them. “I would say it was more, how can we combine some of the best features of several of the options to maximum good effect?” Mr. Gates told reporters. A central focus in Mr. Obama’s deliberations, he said, was, “How do we signal resolve and at the same time signal to the Afghans as well as the American people that this is not an open-ended commitment?” “No one would dispute that putting in troops will improve security,” an official familiar with General Eikenberry’s views said. “The question is, what will Afghans do? Will the Afghan government embrace the mission of training and leading combat operations? The answer is, we don’t know.”
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A12
 
Bush Touts Free-Market System
VIDEO REPORT. Former President George W. Bush said the United States must resist the temptation to allow government to take control of the private sector as the global economy slowly emerges from a downturn.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A02
 
Robert Bauer, Husband Of Anita Dunn And Obama's Private Attorney, Now New White House Chief Counsel
As a veteran of the combative realm of election law, he has earned a reputation as a tough, partisan streetfighter on behalf of his clients. Bauer's appointment is likely to bring a new, more political edge to the counsel's office at a time when the White House has struggled with some of the country's most highly charged and difficult issues, including the closure of the Guantanamo Bay facility and the vetting of nominees.
 
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091113.html#2009-11-13-A28
 
 
SCIENCE SECTION.
 
NASA Sees "Significant Quantities" Of Water On The Moon
Shortly after NASA's LCROSS probe slammed into a crater in the polar region of the Moon, the Agency held a press conference to announce that it had obtained significant amounts of data from the collision. Unfortunately, to the frustration of many present, it wasn't ready to interpret that data. That reticence ended today, as NASA held a press conference in which it announced that the data contains unambiguous evidence of water, present in what it termed "significant quantities." But the signal from water isn't the only one lurking in the data, and NASA is remaining coy about what the other signals indicate.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Ice Hockey Coach Meltdown
VIDEO REPORT. Louisiana IceGators coach throws everything he can find onto the ice in a temper tantrum against a referees decision.
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Boldly Go Into 'Star Trek Online'
VIDEO REPORT. The executive producer of "Star Trek Online" talks about what to expect from the massively multi-player online game due in February. A detailed, customizable starship bridge? Make it so.
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Mr. Softee Groks Sudo
For Unix/Linus techies: it appears that Microsoft has just patented sudo, a personalized version of it. Thanks, USPTO, for giving Microsoft, which is already a monopoly, a monopoly on something that's been in use since 1980 and wasn't invented by Microsoft. This is why what the US Supreme Court does about software patents means so much. Sudo is an integral part of the functioning of GNU/Linux systems, and you use it in Mac OS X also. Maybe the Supreme Court doesn't know that, and maybe the USPTO didn't realize it. But do you believe Microsoft doesn't know it?
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Lou Dobbs Headed To Fox News ... For An Interview With Bill O'Reilly
Warm feelings between the two men goes back to last summer, when O'Reilly publicly defended Dobbs against critics who wanted him fired for repeatedly showcasting the claims of "birthers" who allege President Obama wasn't born in the U.S. Dobbs offered to be interviewed on The O'Reilly Factor then, but quickly backed out, prompting speculation that CNN had ordered him not to appear on a competing network. Monday's appearance could be a make-good for that...or it could be a not-so-subtle signal that Dobbs is inclined to sign on with Rupert Murdoch's legions, as many believe he will.
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Glenn Beck Responds To South Park Episode
VIDEO REPORT. On his radio show, Beck played clips from the show and responded to Eric Caartman's take on Beck
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Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN
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VIDEO: Chimp Attack Victim Shows Face On 'Oprah'
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Who Stole The Prison's Toilets?
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Lou Dobbs Says He's Leaving CNN
VIDEO AND TEXT. . . CNN's Lou Dobbs announced Wednesday night on his show that he is leaving the network. Here is a video VIDEO VIDEO AND TEXT. . transcript of those remarks.
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Is Fox His Next Stop?
Well known for his political positions, Mr. Dobbs, who had been with CNN since its founding, is an outlier at CNN, which has sought to position itself as a middle ground of sorts in the fractious cable news arena. The CNN employees said Wednesday that they did not know if Mr. Dobbs was moving to another network. Mr. Dobbs met with Roger Ailes, the chairman of the Fox News Channel, in September. At the time Mr. Dobbs was viewed as a potential hire for the Fox Business Network. But a Fox spokesperson said Wednesday, “We have not had any discussions with Lou Dobbs for Fox News or Fox Business.”
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CNN Finding That Prime-Time Success Is Elusive
CNN's average prime-time audience was third behind Fox and MSNBC during October, and it was even eclipsed by sister network HLN among younger viewers, according to the Nielsen Co. Perhaps more ominous, CNN finished well behind Fox when big news was breaking ­ Election Night and the Fort Hood massacre. Big stories usually sent viewers flocking to CNN. Of people who say their main source of news is CNN, 46 percent identify themselves as Democrats and 13 percent as Republicans, according to a July survey by the Pew Research Center (the rest say they're independent or don't identify themselves politically). The same study found that Fox's main source audience was 38 percent Republican and 18 percent Democratic.
To a certain degree, it stands to reason: If so many Republicans find Fox a comfortable home, there are fewer remaining for CNN, particularly in a country where Democrats have an enrollment edge.
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Sources: Lou Dobbs Prepping Possible Presidential Run
Dobbs apparently feels that a run for president -- perhaps as an independent -- is a real possibility. And associates expect that in the upcoming weeks Dobbs will making a number of speeches in front of friendly crowds, in an effort to judge the public's reaction to his political ambitions. "It's not that he sees himself as a politician," says one associate. "But he honestly believes that this is his time, that he has something constructive to contribute to the political discourse."
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Fox Biz Net Launches Online Show, Then Shops For Sponsors
When the Fox Business Network (FBN) launched an online news/ commentary show in February, it did so without a sponsor. "We wanted to make sure that we had something tangible to discuss [with advertisers] versus just an idea," said Jeremy Steinberg, head of sales for FBN and Fox News Channel's digital operations. The strategy appears to have worked. FBN began weaving ads into its live online shows this quarter. Chase is on board as an advertiser for the lunchtime "FoxBusiness.com Live -- Noon Edition" -- an hour-long show with anchors and guest commentators, in line with the network's on-air product, although it does encourage viewer interaction. In October, as Don Imus took over FBN's 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. slot, the network sought to stay in the business-news game and launched a "Morning Edition" of "FoxBusiness.com Live" that runs simultaneously. National Car Rental has signed on as the first advertiser there.
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Chimp Attack Victim Shows Face On 'Oprah'
VIDEO REPORT. The Connecticut woman who was attacked by a chimpanzee revealed the remains of her face on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" for the first time.
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Charla Nash's Courageous Spirit
Before a 200-pound chimp named Travis went berserk, ripping off her hands, nose, lips and eyelids, Nash was a single and independent mother. Since the attack, only Nash's appearance seems to have changed. "I'm the same person I've always been, I just look different," Nash told Winfrey from her temporary home at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where she's been in stable condition for the last nine months. "Things happen in life that you can't change. It's a tragedy, but things happen," she said.
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David Tennant Says Goodbye To The Tardis
VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO AND TEXT. . . As befitting the end of an era, the second of the specials, entitled The Waters Of Mars, which is co-written by Phil Ford and Russell T Davies, who is also leaving the show, is set to be one of the most terrifying and dramatic yet. The teaser trailer reads: “Mars, 2059. Bowie Base One. Last recorded message: ’Don’t drink the water. Don’t even touch it. Not one drop’.” It’s an an episode which sees The Doctor and his companion Adelaide, played by the acclaimed actress Lindsay Duncan, face true terror on the Red Planet.
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Jury Convicts Ark. Man In Death Of TV Anchor
VIDEO REPORT. A man who told police he had been hoping to steal a laptop was convicted of capital murder Wednesday in the beating of an Arkansas TV anchorwoman so brutal that her face was shattered and she never regained consciousness.
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Victim Was Worried About Violence, Family Says
VIDEO REPORT. The brother of a woman killed Tuesday by her estranged husband said she was worried about violence after he bought several guns.
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12-Year-Old Girl Cannot Stop Sneezing
VIDEO REPORT. A 12-year-old girl in Virginia is suffering from sneezing that will not stop, up to 16 sneezes a minute, all day until she falls asleep. Doctors are struggling with a diagnosis.
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Sneezing Girl's Plea For Help On 'Today'
VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO AND TEXT. . . The Chesapeake girl who can't stop sneezing took her plea for help to the nation Wednesday morning. Desperate for help, she and her mother sat down with Dr. Nancy Snyderman on NBC's "Today" show.
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Who Stole The Prison’sToilets?
VIDEO REPORT. Lexington police are looking for the person or persons responsible for stealing 150 stainless steel toilets from an old jail. Each toilet is worth $800 (unless, of course, you need one NOW).
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Lights Back On In Brazil After Hours Of Darkness
VIDEO REPORT. Brazil emerged early Wednesday from a widespread power outage that plunged its major cities into darkness for hours. Problems at one of the world's biggest hydroelectric dams caused the outage.
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Worst Blackout To Hit Brazil In Years
Energy Minister Edson Lobao said the bad weather cut the transmission lines in Sao Paulo state, leading the huge Itaipu dam to shut down automatically. "Our grid is strong and resistant, but there are moments that the system simply can't withstand," he told reporters in the capital Brasilia. The outage caused chaos on the streets of major Brazilian cities, including Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, which will showcase the 2014 World Cup and host the 2016 Olympics.
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Taiwan, The 'Alternative China'
VIDEO REPORT. In the 60 years since Chinese Nationalists moved to Taiwan, the country has grown up in a very different way from mainland China; how culture, democracy and economics there offer a look at an alternative China.
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Palestinians Remember Arafat Amid Brewing Political Crisis
VIDEO REPORT. Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Wednesday to honour their iconic leader Yasser Arafat but there were no ceremonies in the Gaza Strip where Hamas banned people from marking the fifth anniversary of Arafat's death.
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Priest Released In Philippines
VIDEO REPORT. A kidnapped Irish priest was released unharmed after a one-month ordeal.
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Freed Priest Says Filipino Captors Wanted Money
A 79-year-old Irish priest said he hiked through jungles, survived raging seas and slept in a swamp under a tarpaulin before his captors released him Thursday after a month, apparently without getting the ransom they demanded. The Rev. Michael Sinnott said he was never harmed but complained of uncertainty of being released amid arduous conditions and a monotonous diet of sandwiches and rice.
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Uncertainty Regarding Abbas' Plans For The Future
Only a week ago he declared that he did not intend to run again for the presidency of the PA. In what appears to have been a well-planned and calculated display of support, void of any spontaneity, the speakers at the rally urged Abbas to recall his announcement. But Abbas is avoiding any direct reference to his plans. Instead, he once more charged Israel with scheming against the Palestinians.
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ARTS SECTION.
 
Comic Book Author Founds Library In Abidjan
VIDEO REPORT. Successful author Marguerite Abouet returns to her hometown Abidjan to open a library. The Paris-based writer of the "Aya de Yopougon" comic books hopes to boost literacy in the Ivory Coast.
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Warhols Send Sotheby's Soaring
Andy Warhol’s 200 One Dollar Bills (1962), a rare, prime piece that last sold at auction 23 years ago (for a then-record $385,000) made a whopping $43,762,500 at Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale, a gonzo price that helped push the house’s total tally to $134,438,000 for the 52 lots that sold, soaring above the $67.9-97.7 million pre-sale estimate.
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BOOKS SECTION.
 
Palin Book Tour Launches In Grand Rapids
Some political observers say Michigan is a natural place to open her tour. Recall that Palin took issue with John McCain's presidential campaign last year when it decided to pull staff and ad dollars out of Michigan in early October and concede this state to then Democratic candidate Barack Obama. That was the first time Palin publicly challenged a McCain camp call and was seen as "going rogue." The tour will take Palin to friendly territory, including Republican-rich West Michigan. Obama won Michigan by 14 percentage points, but McCain ran nearly even with Obama in Kent County.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
AB InBev's Net Boosted By Merger Savings
Belgium-based brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev Thursday reported a $1.55 billion third-quarter net profit as cost savings from last year's merger of Anheuser-Busch and InBev offset sluggish sales and currency losses. AB InBev also said it was still on track to achieve $2.25 billion in total cost cuts from the merger, which have helped boost profits during the past year as sales have slumped in the weak global economy.
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Geithner Says Global Economy Needs A `Strong' Dollar
VIDEO REPORT. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talks with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin about the importance of a ``strong'' dollar and the prospects for global recovery. Speaking in Singapore following a meeting between members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group, Geithner also comments on China's plans to shift its economy toward domestic demand and away from a reliance on exports.
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Crude Little Changed; Focus On Us Stocks
Crude remains little changed Thursday, holding above $79 as the market awaits directional cues from U.S. oil inventory data to be released later in the day. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in December traded at $79.31 a barrel at 0606 GMT, up 3 cents in the Globex electronic session. December Brent crude on London's ICE Futures exchange rose 4 cents to $77.99 a barrel. Crude prices have remained in a trading band between $77 and $81 a barrel this week on the lack of market-moving data, analysts and traders said.
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More U.S. States Face Economic Problems
VIDEO REPORT. The report by the Pew Center on the States warns that nine more U.S. states face an economic crisis similar to California.
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HEALTH SECTION.
 
Medical Marijuana Gets A Boost From Major Doctors Group
The American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal government to reconsider its classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use, a significant shift that puts the prestigious group behind calls for more research. In changing its policy, the group said its goal was to clear the way to conduct clinical research, develop cannabis-based medicines and devise alternative ways to deliver the drug.
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FORT HOOD SECTION.
 
Fort Hood Suspect A Loner
People who knew and studied Maj. Nidal Hasan say he was a loner who had no luck finding a wife, and a criminal profiler said the Fort Hood shooting suspect fits the profile of a mass murderer better than that of a terrorist. Investigators are searching for any missed "red flags" that might have prevented last week's fatal shooting, which left 12 soldiers and one civilian dead and 40 other people wounded. However, the FBI has said its investigations indicate the "alleged gunman acted alone and was not part of a broader terrorist plot."
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No "Case Quite Like This Before," Said One Expert On Military Law.
Complicated by a federal investigation into possible terrorist ties and the prospect of mental issues, the prosecution of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will likely be a lengthy and intricate process, military legal experts say. A former Army staff judge advocate and military law expert at Texas Tech University suggested that it could take two years to go to the military equivalent of a trial, depending on the defendant's health, and the outcome would likely end up mired in appeals.
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The P.C. Crowd Has Blood On Their Hands
What on earth could possibly possess our armed forces, or our "intelligence" community, to not just ignore, but to actually perpetrate and reward what can only be described as sheer lunacy? The desire, burning so brightly in the breasts of the multicultural politically correct crowd, to not offend anybody.  Have we gone so far into cultural and intellectual bankruptcy that we would sacrifice the lives of true and honest patriots in the name of not antagonizing terrorists, killers and thugs?
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
Philip Seymour Hoffman On New Film
VIDEO REPORT. "Pirate Radio," a new comedy from the director of "Love, Actually," stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a renegade rock DJ on the high seas, broadcasting illegally to the sixties-era British public.
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
Brooks And Dunn Splitting Up
“After 20 years of making music and riding this trail together, we have agreed as a duo that it's time call it a day. This ride has been everything and more than we could ever have dreamed ... We owe it all to you, the fans. If you hear rumours, don't believe them, it's just time."
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Taylor Swift Makes History At CMAs
VIDEO REPORT. It's been Taylor Swift's year, and Wednesday was her night as she became the youngest person and the first solo female act in a decade to win CMA's entertainer of the year award. Swift won all four awards for which she was nominated.
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OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
Carl Ballantine Dies At 92
The comedian, magician and actor who played on the 1960s sitcom McHale's Navy has died. He was 92. His daughter said he died in his sleep at his home in Hollywood, Calif.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
Obama Requests Changes To Afghan Options
Mr. Obama asked for the revisions Wednesday during the latest review of his Afghanistan policy. The official says the president wants his advisors to determine how and when U.S. troops can hand over security responsibility to the government in Kabul.  Administration officials say Mr. Obama wants to make clear to Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan is not "open-ended."
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US Ambassador To Afghanistan Warns Against Troop Surge
Karl Eikenberry, a retired army general who commanded US forces in Afghanistan from 2005-2007, detailed his concerns in two classified cables last week. Mr Eikenberry's concerns reportedly focused on the behavior of Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president recently re-elected for a five-year term in a poll tainted by allegations of systematic fraud. He is said to have questioned Mr Karzai's suitability as a long-term strategic partner, because of widespread corruption in his first administration and the presence of warlords and drugs smugglers in positions of influence.
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SCAM ALERT SECTION.
 
Online Vendors Scam Consumers With Anti Swine Flu Products
VIDEO REPORT. As millions continue to wait for the swine flu vaccine, a whole new industry of anti-flu products is booming online. The F-D-A has sent warnings to more than 100 websites advertising unapproved H1N1 flu remedies, and taking advantage of people who are already afraid.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Larry Johnson Talks About Leaving KC
VIDEO REPORT. Embattled running back Larry Johnson talks about leaving the Kansas City Chiefs.
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No Team Claimed Johnson
VIDEO, AUDIO AND TEXT REPORTS..No team claimed running back Larry Johnson off waivers, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, which means Johnson now is free to sign with any team and the Kansas City Chiefs must pay him the balance of the $2.1 million left on his contract this season.
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Mike Tyson In Photog Scuffle At LAX
VIDEO REPORT. Mike Tyson allegedly hit a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport and was booked and released on suspicion of battery Wednesday, police said.
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Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN.

Lou Dobbs Says He's Leaving CNN
VIDEO AND TEXT.  CNN's Lou Dobbs announced Wednesday night on his show that he is leaving the network. Here is a video and text transcript of those remarks.
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Is Fox His Next Stop?
Well known for his political positions, Mr. Dobbs, who had been with CNN since its founding, is an outlier at CNN, which has sought to position itself as a middle ground of sorts in the fractious cable news arena. The CNN employees said Wednesday that they did not know if Mr. Dobbs was moving to another network. Mr. Dobbs met with Roger Ailes, the chairman of the Fox News Channel, in September. At the time Mr. Dobbs was viewed as a potential hire for the Fox Business Network. But a Fox spokesperson said Wednesday, "We have not had any discussions with Lou Dobbs for Fox News or Fox Business."
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CNN Finding That Prime-Time Success Is Elusive
CNN's average prime-time audience was third behind Fox and MSNBC during October, and it was even eclipsed by sister network HLN among younger viewers, according to the Nielsen Co. Perhaps more ominous, CNN finished well behind Fox when big news was breaking - Election Night and the Fort Hood massacre. Big stories usually sent viewers flocking to CNN. Of people who say their main source of news is CNN, 46 percent identify themselves as Democrats and 13 percent as Republicans, according to a July survey by the Pew Research Center (the rest say they're independent or don't identify themselves politically). The same study found that Fox's main source audience was 38 percent Republican and 18 percent Democratic.
To a certain degree, it stands to reason: If so many Republicans find Fox a comfortable home, there are fewer remaining for CNN, particularly in a country where Democrats have an enrollment edge.
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Families Of Victims Celebrate DC Sniper's Execution
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Steven Tyler Says He’s Not Quitting Aerosmith
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Letterman's Lawyer Says He May Testify
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Letterman Lawyer: He May Testify
VIDEO REPORT. David Letterman's attorney dismisses the claim by Joe Halderman's lawyer that his client was merely attempting a legal business transaction and not extortion.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091111.html#2009-11-11-A11
 
 
U.S. SECTION.
 
DC Sniper Executed
VIDEO REPORT. John Allen Muhammad, convicted of killing ten people in a shooting spree in 2002, is put to death by lethal injection at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia.
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Families Of DC Sniper Victims Celebrate John Allen Muhammad's Execution
"I feel better. I think I can breathe better," Nelson Rivera said as he watched the execution of convicted killer John Allen Muhammad. "I'm glad he's gone because he's not going to hurt anyone else." Rivera's wife Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera, was one of Muhammad's 10 victims in a three-week killing spree in the Washington, D.C., area in October 2002. She was gunned down as she vacuumed her van at a Maryland gas station in 2002. After the execution, Steven Moore, whose sister, FBI analyst Linda Franklin, was one of the victims, said he thought Muhammad's accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, should also have been executed. "Well, myself, I wish Malvo was right there beside Muhammad," Moore said. "They both committed the same crimes. No, I don't feel any closure. I mean, it's ... it ... nothing changes."
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DC Region Reacts To Sniper Execution
VIDEO REPORT. People across the DC area react to the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad.
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First Person: Witness To Muhammad Execution
VIDEO REPORT. Associated Press Reporter Dena Potter was one of the witnesses to the execution of John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the DC-area sniper attacks in 2002.
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Executed With Lethal Precision
Five minutes is the time it took for the cocktail of chemicals to work. He was given 15 to 20 seconds to make a final statement, but chose to remain silent. Before the execution, the media had been briefed about the exact procedure. "The condemned man is injected first with thiopental sodium, which induces a state of unconsciousness. The second chemical, pancuronium bromide, stops the breathing. And the third -- potassium chloride -- stops the heart," we learned from a statement sent by the Virginia Department of Corrections before even arriving at the prison. Muhammad's last meal: chicken in red sauce and strawberry cakes.
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Texas Family Wonders If Sniper To Blame For Man's Slaying
Sarah Dillon spent part of Tuesday praying at her son's grave site, asking for a last-minute miracle. Her desire: That the killing of her oldest son in 2002 would somehow be solved by convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad before his execution. "I need to know something," said Dillon, 62, regarding why her son, Billy Gene Dillon, was killed in Denton County. "I still don't know why this happened. It's very hard."
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Before Execution, Little Sympathy For D.C. Sniper
In 2002, John Allen Muhammad terrorized the Washington, D.C. area when he and an accomplice went on a 23-day murder spree, killing 10 people before he was apprehended. Muhammad, better known as the "DC Sniper," was executed for his crimes in Virginia after the Supreme Court denied Muhammad's request for an appeal. Across the political spectrum, pundits have scant sympathy for the convicted killer, but his execution has elicited a rash of opinions about capital punishment, reigniting a longstanding debate.
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Nowak Case: A Look At What Happened At Airport
VIDEO REPORT. As former astronaut Lisa Nowak pleads guilty, we look at what happened at Orlando International Airport in 2007.
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Witnesses To Calif. Gang Rape Speak Out
VIDEO REPORT. A man who was arrested but later released in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl outside a high school homecoming dance in California says he didn't take part in the attack, but was trying to help the girl.
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United Airlines Pilot Charged With Being Drunk
A United Airlines pilot, Erwin Washington, 51, from Lakewood, Colorado, has been charged after being arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk shortly before he was about to fly a transatlantic airliner, police said on Wednesday. United, a unit of UAL Corp, said he had been suspended pending a full investigation. "United's alcohol policy is among the strictest in the industry, and we have no tolerance for violation of this well-established policy," a spokeswoman said.
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Cadaver Dogs To Search For Bodies In Bates City Child Sex Investigation
VIDEO AND TEXT. According to authorities, the five were arrested on active warrants for sex crimes against children. Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., 77, Independence, Missouri, is charged with five counts of child rape. Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., 53, also of Independence, is charged with three counts of child rape. David A. Mohler, 52, Lamoni, Iowa, is charged with one count of child rape. Jared Leroy Mohler, 48, Columbia, Missouri, is charged with four counts of child rape, and Roland Neil Mohler, 47, Bates City, Missouri, faces one charge of felony use of a child in a sexual performance.
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Honoring Past And Present Fallen Heroes
VIDEO REPORT. A ceremony in Buffalo, NY to honor and remember those who served our nation.
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Base Dispute Strains US-Japan Ties
VIDEO REPORT. A dispute over where to relocate a controversial U.S. Marine base in Okinawa strains the U.S.-Japan alliance as Barack Obama visits Tokyo this week.
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Japan To Tell Obama It Wants Okinawa Marine Base Closed
AUDIO AND TEXT. In a recent poll by one of Japan's national newspapers, nearly 70 percent of Okinawans said they opposed moving Futenma to another part of the island. The same percentage think Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama should negotiate with the U.S. to move Futenma out of the prefecture or the country altogether. Washington, however, has dismissed that idea. "Without the Futenma realignment, the Futenma facility, there will be no relocation to Guam," U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. "Without relocation to Guam there will be no consolidation of forces and return of land in Okinawa."
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Pakistanis Bury Bomb Victims
VIDEO REPORT. Mourners in northwestern Pakistan buried the victims of another market bomb blast on Wednesday. Authorities charge the the Taliban are responsible for the attack in Charsadda city, but many mourners believe the blame lies elswhere.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Interview With Rupert Murdoch
VIDEO REPORT. News Corporation chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch talks about paywalls, politics, and more.
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Adobe To Cut 9% Of Workforce
VIDEO REPORT. Design software icon Adobe Systems (ADBE) said last night it has slashed 680 jobs, totaling about 9 percent of its work force. As of September 15, Adobe had more than 7,500 employees.
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Chafing Under Government Oversight, Aig's Chief Executive Benmosche Tells Board He's 'Done'
Last week, Robert Benmosche and other AIG board members met with Obama administration pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg in New York. During the three-hour meeting, board members discussed difficulties of complying with pay policies and retaining talent at the company. Mr. Benmosche's frustrations "hit a crescendo," said a person familiar with the matter. "Bob feels he is in an impossible situation," the person added. Mr. Benmosche didn't respond to a request for comment.
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Billionaire John Paulson Raises Cadbury Stake
Paulson, who became the industry's highest-paid manager in 2007 by betting that US house prices would fall in defiance of conventional wisdom, doubled his stake in the British confectioner to 2.08% on Monday, the day Kraft took its £9.8bn offer direct to shareholders. Yesterday Paulson announced he had bought another 6.3m shares on Tuesday at 759.96 pence each.
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Third Quarter Home Prices Fall While Home Sales Rise
VIDEO REPORT. The National Association of Realtors announcedTuesday that national home prices have fallen during the 3Q while home sales rose.
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Toll Brothers Shows New Foundation
The rather exceptional October-ending fourth-quarter performance turned in by Toll Brothers (TOL) offered a fresh read on the state of the housing market. While some recent data on new-home sales, notably the quarter reported by Beazer Homes (BZH), gave Wall Street reason to be increasingly constructive - pardon the pun - on the state of the homebuilding market, the performance of a luxury builder like Toll suggests that any incremental improvement in homebuilding isn’t confined to entry-level buying driven by tax credits.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Steven Tyler Says He’s Not Quitting Aerosmith
On Tuesday night, the British music publication New Musical Express reported, Mr. Tyler made a surprise appearance at a performance by Mr. Perry’s band, the Joe Perry Project, at the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza. There, Mr. Tyler told the crowd, “I just want New York ­ New York, I just want you to know I am not leaving Aerosmith,” before launching into a performance of “Walk This Way” with Mr. Perry and his group.
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Video Of The Reunion
VIDEO REPORT. Steven Tyler sings Walk This Way with the Joe Perry Project at the Fillmore New York.
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Sir Michael Caine: 'I Was A Gang Member’
VIDEO REPORT. At the London premiere for 'Harry Brown,' Michael Caine talks about combating gang crime and growing up on the housing development that is featured in the film.
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Showbiz Minute: Jackson, Woods, Rihanna
VIDEO REPORT. Michael Jackson's father makes accusations of fraud against administrators of singer's will; James Woods sues Kent Hospital in Warwick; Rihanna honored by Glamour Magazine.
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Judge Says Joe Jackson Can't Challenge Will Executors
Beckloff ended a contentious all-day hearing by telling Joe Jackson's lawyer, Brian Oxman, that his client had no standing to prolong the legal fray over Jackson's estate and would gain nothing from doing so. "I don't think he gets to step into this and create further litigation," the judge declared. "Joe Jackson takes none of this estate. This is a decision his son made." In another development, the court released an accounting that the estate had paid nearly $1 million in expenses for the private family funeral held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Recording: Lindsay Lohan Was Dating Heath Ledger
"She was dating Heath when he died," Dina Lohan says. "I don't know if you know that, but I know 'cause I would drop her off and they were friends -- very, very close, OK?" Ledger died at 28 from an accidental combination of prescription medications. He'd recently separated from his girlfriend, actress Michelle Williams, the mother of their daughter, Matilda, who's now 4. In the recording, posted on RadarOnline.com, Dina Lohan blames her daughter's recent behavior on the Australian actor's death. "That [messed] her up," Dina Lohan said.
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Shaq's Wife Files For Legal Separation
Shaunie  O'Neal filed legal papers yesterday in L.A., even though the couple lives in Florida. The petition says although Shaunie is filing for legal separation, she intends to file for divorce. She lists "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for separation. Shaunie pulled her kids out of school in Florida several days ago and they are with her now in L.A.
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FORT HOOD SECTION.
 
Military Not Told About Ft. Hood Suspect's E-Mails
Defense officials said Tuesday that the department did not learn about Hasan's contacts with Awlaki until after the Ft. Hood shootings. "There was no U.S. Army or other Department of Defense organization that knew of any contact he had with Muslim extremists," said the senior Defense official, who requested anonymity when discussing the ongoing investigation.  The FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Forces investigated e-mails that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan sent over the last year to Anwar al Awlaki, an imam in Yemen who espouses a radical Islamist ideology and who has ties to militants. Task force members concluded that the communications posed no threat and had been undertaken as part of Hasan's research on Muslims, the military and post-traumatic stress disorders.
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Who Is Anwar Al-Awlaki? Imam Contacted By Fort Hood Gunman Nidal Malik Hasan Has Long Radical Past
Anwar al-Awlaki is back in the news after praising Nidal Malik Hasan's actions in the rampage on the U.S. Army base that claimed the lives of 13, calling the disgruntled major "a hero" on his blog. "He is a man of conscience who could not bear the contradiction of being a Muslim and fighting against his own people," Awlaki writes. Investigators have had Awlaki on their radar for a long time -- at least since the Sept. 11 attacks. The FBI questioned him about his role as "spiritual adviser" to Sept. 11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hamzi and Hani Hanjour at the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va.
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
Brad Paisley: Official CMA 'Zipper Tech'
VIDEO REPORT. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are preparing to host the CMA Awards for the second year and Paisley says he's ready to fulfill his chief duty -- making sure Underwood is zipped up properly after her many costume changes.
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Illegal Files On Your Computer?
VIDEO REPORT. Illegal files could be on your computer and you might not even know it. The pictures and videos can be deposited by Internet viruses. The aftermath can ruin lives. It's a cautionary story for us all.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091111.html#2009-11-11-A14
 
Government Demanded The IP Address Of Every Visitor To A Political News Site
Recently, the Justice Department subpoenaed the system logs of left-leaning news aggregator site IndyMedia. According to tech journalist Declan McCullah, it instructed [System administrator Kristina] Clair to “include IP addresses, times, and any other identifying information,” including e-mail addresses, physical addresses, registered accounts, and Indymedia readers’ Social Security Numbers, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and so on. The sweeping request came with a gag order prohibiting Clair from talking about it.
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The Subpoena
PDF FILE. This is the Subpoena served on Kristina Clair for IndyMedia's logs and confidential information.
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DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad Dies Tonight
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NATO, Afghan Forces Seize 250 Tons Of Bomb Material
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Carrie Prejean: ‘I Was Not Having Sex’ In Video
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FORT HOOD SECTION.
 
Imam Connected To Fort Hood Shooter
VIDEO REPORT. An American-born Muslim radical, Imam Anwar Al Awlaki may be a man who connects the dots. On his web site Monday, he praised major Nidal Hasan as a hero for the killings at Fort Hood. The FBI confirms the Imam and Major had even exchanged e-mails.
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Hasan Communicated With Radical Imam
Counterterrorism officials said today Hasan’s communications were with Anwar al Awlaki, who news reports said was the imam at a Falls Church, Virginia, mosque when Hasan and his relatives worshipped there. U.S. authorities, who intercepted the communications before the attack at Fort Hood, determined the messages didn’t pose a threat and no formal investigation was opened, said the official, who requested anonymity. Lawmakers are asking if authorities missed signs that Hasan, 39, was dangerous.
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Fort Hood Suspect Warned Of Muslim Threat Within Military
The Army psychiatrist suspected of killing 13 people at Fort Hood reportedly warned senior Army physicians in 2007 that the military should allow Muslim soldiers be released as conscientious objectors instead of fighting in wars to avoid "adverse events." Major Nidal Malik Hasan was supposed to make a presentation on a medical topic during his senior year as a psychiatric resident at Walter Reed Medical Center. Instead, Hasan lectured his supervisors and two dozen mental health staff members on Islam, homicide bombings and threats the military could encounter from Muslims conflicted about fighting against other Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. A source who attended the presentation told the paper, "It was really strange. The senior doctors looked really upset."
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Va. Imam Condemns Support Of Hasan
VIDEO REPORT. The outreach director for the mosque where the suspected Fort Hood shooter sometimes attended prayer services says Maj. Nidal Hasan was not an active member.
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WH Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Refuses To Say Massacre Is "Terrorism"
Gibbs, in his daily briefing, declined several times to say whether last week's massacre at Fort Hood should be classified as "terrorism" or the act of one individual (though it's not entirely clear that those are mutually exclusive). Either way, he said, "everybody has been shocked and dismayed" at what happened.
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Are Intelligence Officials Hiding Information About Fort Hood Shooter?
Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, announced Monday that he's asked the heads of the FBI, NSA and CIA to "preserve" all documents and material connected to the attack. He said the administration has "critical information" that it is "refusing to release" to Congress and the public about the attack, and that lawmakers will want to "scrutinize" how intelligence officials handled information about the shooter before the attack. Hoekstra's announcement came as ABC News reported that intelligence agencies knew for months that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was trying to contact people associated with Al Qaeda. The report said it was unclear whether the agencies informed the Army. Sen. Joe Lieberman also told "Fox News Sunday" that he will launch a congressional investigation into the attack­including into whether there were "warning signs" that the U.S. Army should have acted upon.
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
Can Swift Make History At The CMAs?
VIDEO REPORT. Is Taylor Swift set to become the youngest-ever Entertainer of the Year? CMT's Katie Cook previews the top prize at the Country Music Awards.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091110.html#2009-11-10-A31
 
 
OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
Alice S. Rossi, One Of The Founders Of NOW, Dies At 87
A past president of the American Sociological Association and one of the founding members of the National Organization for Women, Rossi, who lived in Amherst, Mass., died of pneumonia. At her death, Rossi was the Harriet Martineau professor of sociology emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, where she had taught from 1974 until her retirement in 1991.
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Rossi And Her Daughter On Reconciling Their Past
AUDIO REPORT. Duration 00:05:30. The late Alice Rossi helped found the National Organization for Women, and she sparked controversy when she called for equality in parenting. But her daughter, Nina, 47, a single mother, says Alice was not as successful a mother as she was a feminist. In this interview, from October 28, 2007, the two women discuss their mutual history and problems.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
The House's Gigantic Health Care Bill
PDF FILE. Here's all 1,990 pages of the bill, which we can safely say no one in the House actually read before voting on it. This was sent to MarchReport.com by a Democratic Congressman who seemed quite pleased with himself.
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White House Leans Toward Sending More Than 30,000 Troops To Afghanistan
The plan under serious consideration would split the difference between troop requests made by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. McChrystal had put forward a "high risk" request for only 10,000-15,000 troops, and a "medium risk" request of 40,000-45,000. Obama is expected to formally receive four options for troop levels on Tuesday, two senior administration officials said. All of them call for an increase and are expected to be the focus of a strategy meeting Wednesday.
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White House Communications Director Dunn Leaving
White House communications director Anita Dunn will step down from her post at the end of the month and Dan Pfeiffer, her deputy, will take over, according to sources familiar with the move. Dunn will return to Squier Knapp Dunn, the consulting firm where she is a partner, but will remain as a consultant to the White House.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Scientists Grow New Penile Tissue In The Lab
The advance raises hopes of being able to restore full function to human penises that have been damaged by injury or disease. Rabbits given the engineered tissue by the scientists from Wake Forest University in North Carolina had normal sexual function and produced offspring. Professor Anthony Atala said: "Further studies are required, of course, but our results are encouraging and suggest that the technology has considerable potential for patients who need penile reconstruction.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Jazz Knock Off Knicks
VIDEO REPORT. Hear from Mehmet Okur after the Jazz beat the Knicks. Okur scored 18 points in the 95-93 victory.
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"Ask New York Knicks Announcers" Web Exclusive
VIDEO REPORT. Al Trautwig and Kelly Tripucka answer fan-submitted questions.
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Red Sox Planning A Spending Spree?
So we're talking to Theo Epstein Monday afternoon and he mentions that restructuring Tim Wakefield's deal will save the Sox $1.5 million on the CBT, which is GM-speak for the payroll luxury tax, or collective bargaining tax. "That's important because there's some things we want to do this winter and we don't have a ton of room under the CBT," Epstein said. Are the Red Sox leaving room for Roy Halladay and some other superstar?
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Sesame Street Turns 40
VIDEO REPORT. The stars from the world's most famous children's show turn out to celebrate 'Sesame Street's 40th year on air.
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Letterman Accuser Wants Charges Against Him Dismissed
Halderman's lawyer, Gerald Shargel, wrote that his client "discovered evidence that Letterman had created and fostered an environment of workplace sexual misconduct that under any definition, amounted to actionable sexual harassment." He said Halderman did not engage in extortion, calling it "a pure commercial transaction."
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Apparently, Leno’s Not A "10"
“It’s an enormous flop,” said widely-read Mediaweek industry columnist Marc Berman, who doesn’t see the show’s ratings improving any time soon. “NBC is not popping open bottles of champagne celebrating Jay Leno.” Then there is what Bill Carter and others have been calling “the Leno effect.” The New York Times television columnist and author of “The Late Shift” (the book on the Leno/David Letterman toss up over “Tonight”) said Leno’s low 10 p.m. score has hurt NBC’s entire schedule.
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Principal Held Hostage At New York School
VIDEO REPORT. A Pine Plains town official says the gunman was holding the administrator in an office. He is described as a former student in his 40s.  Pine Plains Town Supervisor Gregg Pulver told Fox 5 News that the office were the gunman was holding the hostage had been surrounded and there was no way out.
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Gunman In Custody After Reportedly Taking Principal Hostage At N.Y. School
The students at Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, N.Y., are said to be safe, after police placed the campus on lockdown, according to Pine Plains Town Supervisor Gregg Pulver. During the standoff, Pulver told a cable network that police were talking to the gunman, who is an adult --not a student­and said the situation was contained to one room.
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DC Sniper To Be Executed Tonight
VIDEO REPORT. Convicted murderer John Allen Muhammad is set to die by lethal injection in a Virginia prison, seven years after he and a teenage accomplice went on a spree the Washington DC region with a shooting spree that claimed 10 lives.
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Injection Will End Killer's Life, But Not The Questions
John Allen Muhammad's path to notoriety took him from the U.S. Army to the Nation of Islam and finally on a coast-to-coast killing rampage, stopping in New Jersey to buy the used Chevy Caprice that he and his young accomplice used as a sniper's nest to gun down 10 strangers in the Washington, D.C., area. About 9 p.m. tonight, Muhammad's violent American odyssey is slated to end in silence, with the long-anticipated death of the so-called "Beltway Sniper" by lethal injection in a Virginia prison.
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DC Sniper's Ex-Wife: 'Purged Myself Of Shame'
VIDEO REPORT. Mildred Muhammad, the second ex-wife of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad says she worries about her children as her ex-husband's execution looms but has tried to purge herself of shame and guilt brought by the events of 2002.
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Tropical Storm Ida
VIDEO REPORT. Tropical Storm Ida comes ashore near Mobile Bay in southern Alabama.
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Ts Ida Still Sending Waves Into Pensacola
VIDEO REPORT. Christina Leavenworth reports live from Penascola Beach.
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NC McDonald's Customers Sickened By Pepper Spray
Eastern Wake Emergency Medical Services was among the emergency responders sent to the McDonald's restaurant at 7141 Knightdale Blvd., Knightdale, NC, shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday. More than 30 customers and employees were evacuated, complaining of burning sensations in their noses and eyes. Thirty-one people, including customers and employees, were treated by emergency medical personnel, said Jeffrey Hammerstein, district chief for Wake County, SC EMS.
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WORLD SECTION.
 
NATO, Afghan Forces Seize 250 Tons Of Bomb Material
A patrol investigating a warehouse found 1,000 bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, a material that is illegal in the country and is often used by insurgents to make bombs, and detained 15 people, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s force said today in an e-mailed statement. Another 4,000 bags were later found at a nearby compound, NATO said. Some 5,000 components used for making bombs were also discovered.
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Rep. Cantor Says Congress's Broad Support For Israel Could Be Weakening
"There have been incidences of late that do indicate that we have challenges on that front, and I'm very committed to doing everything I can to make sure that Congress remains Israel's strongest ally in the quest for what it needs in terms of its security." Cantor said, before addressing the Jewish Federations of North America's annual General Assembly. "I have a lot of concerns about what I have seen lately, about the continued desire to try to engage with Iran and about pressure being applied to Israel in terms of concessions in the name of peace," said Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House and its only Jewish Republican. "Israel is a pillar in our national security strategy and we ought to be emphasizing every bit of our commitment to Israel right now as it faces an existential threat," he said.
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Prominent Member Of Awakening Movement Arrested In Iraq
A Sunni paramilitary leader and budding politician who had been trying to avoid arrest on murder charges since the summer has been jailed by Iraqi security forces, authorities said Monday. Brig. Gen. Mustafa Kamal Shibeeb was taken into custody last week in connection with the deaths of five known members of the group Al Qaeda in Iraq who were killed in 2007 in Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, where Shibeeb commanded paramilitary fighters better known as the Awakening.
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Palestinians Tear Down Wall, 20 Years After Berlin
VIDEO REPORT. Palestinians tore down a chunk of Israel's West Bank separation barrier on Monday in a protest staged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall came down. A truck was used to pull down the wall, to the cheers of an estimated 150 Palestinian activists and foreign supporters near the Qalandia refugee camp just outside Ramallah.
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Mass Grave Exposes Australia's Bloodiest Day
VIDEO REPORT. A team of 30 archaeologists and forensic scientists have finished exhuming the remains of 250 British and Australian soldiers killed at the Battle of Fromelles in northern France during the Great War. It's the first World War I mass grave to be found for over 80 years.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Strategy For Global Risk
VIDEO REPORT. Report on a currency hedge strategy to help soften the blow of natural disasters, war or other potentially catastrophic geopolitical events. Barclays Plc has designed currency investment guidelines to follow under various scenarios.
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Cisco Systems Far Short Of Needed Tandberg Shares
Cisco's tender offer for the company was due to elapse Monday, but the San Jose, Calif.-based networking company extended the deadline Nov. 18. Tandberg said on Tuesday that it has been told that Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) will decide soon after that whether to continue to pursue the acquisition. Several groups of minority shareholders in Tandberg have said they are opposed to Cisco's offer because they believe it is too low.
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MBA Grads' Job Choices Signal Stock Outlook
VIDEO REPORT. The career choices of Harvard Business School graduates may be an indicator of the future of the stock market.
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International Sales Lift McDonald's October Sales Growth
VIDEO REPORT. Strong sales overseas helped offset mostly flat domestic sales during the month of October for McDonald's, which saw total sales rise 10.3% globally.
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Qatar Tops Up War Chest By Selling Vw Pref Shares
Qatar plans to sell up to half its Volkswagen preference shares, cashing in on recent gains and raising around $2.4 billion for possible future deals. The news sent VW preference shares­widely expected to join Germany's blue-chip DAX index once VW ordinary, voting shares drop out due to low free float­down more than 13 percent by 1149 GMT. A source close to the deal said that Qatar would make about 750 million euros ($1.224 billion) from the sale.
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CERTIFI-GATE SECTION.
 
We Stand At The Precipice, With A Usurper In The Oval Office
We stand at the precipice of the totalitarian state with a man occupying the White House, usurping the Oval Office, who isn't an American; who has, by his own actions and words, declared himself a Marxist. The United States Congress, assembled, has refused to remove this usurper sitting illegitimately as our president. The United States Supreme Court, and lower courts, have refused to address the growing body of evidence that Barack Hussein Obama is not our legitimate president; going so far as to make the ludicrous claim that they cannot overturn the vote of millions, in essence saying that popular vote (if it could even be claimed to be uncorrupted) is above the law.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Steve Tyler Quits, Jennifer Lopez Sues, Kenny Chesney Comes
VIDEO REPORT. The latest celebrity and entertainment headlines including Steve Tyler may have quit Aerosmith, Jennifer Lopez sues ex over sex tapes and Kenny Chesney coming to a theater near you.
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Aerosmith 'Seeking New Frontman'
The band's troubles began in August when Tyler fell off stage, breaking his left shoulder, at a gig in South Dakota. The rest of the tour was cancelled after doctors told the singer he needed time to recuperate from his fall. However, they regrouped last week to play a show at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The show was deemed a success by local media - with the Khaleej Times reporting that Tyler "dipped and dived on stage in a performance one might normally expect from a teenage boy band". But, Perry said, none of the band had set eyes on the frontman before the show's opening number.
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Carrie Prejean: ‘I Was Not Having Sex’ In Video
Prejean admitted to making the video of herself and sending it to her boyfriend when she was 17 years old. “You can call it whatever you want to call it. If you want to call it a sex tape, that’s fine,” Prejean told Vieira. “I sent it to my boyfriend at the time. I was a teenager. I cared about him. I trusted him,” she added. “I think now they call it ‘sexting.’ Did I think it would come back now and haunt me? No. But I think that a lot of young people can learn from this. Nothing is private anymore. Nothing is private.”
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Monday, November 9, 2009 issue.
Go to  http://www.marchreport.com/20091109.html to read the complete stories.
 
 
HEADLINES:
 
Orlando Shooter: "They Know Why I Did It; They Left Me To Rot."
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Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Hasan Conscious, Talking
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"Can you imagine your life without electric power?"
U.S. Unprepared For Cyber Attacks
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Steven Tyler Quits Aerosmith, Says Guitarist Joe Perry
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
U.S. Unprepared For Cyber Attacks
VIDEO AND TEXT. "Can you imagine your life without electric power?" Retired Admiral Mike McConnell asked. "If I were an attacker and I wanted to do strategic damage to the United States, I would either take the cold of winter or the heat of summer, I probably would sack electric power on the U.S. East Cost, maybe the West Coast, and attempt to cause a cascading effect. All of those things are in the art of the possible from a sophisticated attacker," McConnell explained.
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App Watch: HD Radio Goes Portable
VIDEO REPORT. Less than two months after Microsoft launched the Zune HD with HD Radio capabilities, HD Radio is now coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch via a new app.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
House Passes Health Care Bill
VIDEO REPORT. The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
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Healthcare Bill Faces Tough Path In Senate
After a landmark win in the House of Representatives, Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed. On a 220-215 vote, including the support of one Republican and opposition from 39 Democrats, the House backed a bill late on Saturday that would expand coverage to nearly all Americans and bar insurance practices such as refusing to cover people with pre-existing medical conditions.
 
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Sen. Lindsey Graham: "The House Bill Is Dead On Arrival In The Senate"
VIDEO AND TEXT. The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people." The problem is that the Senate won't run with it. The government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. If a government plan is part of the deal, "as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent whose vote Democrats need to overcome GOP filibusters.
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Health Plan To Cost More Than Estimated
VIDEO REPORT. Jeffrey Kraws, chief executive officer of Crystal Research Associates, talks about the cost of the government's plan to overhaul the health-care system. Kraws also discusses the impact of the health-care bill on insurers and drugmakers.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Mini Space Elevator Race Winner Gets $900k Prize
The competition asked entrants to build a prototype of a machine that could one day shuttle people from the Earth's surface into outer space along a cable tethered to an orbiting satellite. The idea has existed in science fiction for decades but so far has been impossible to achieve.  A team from a new company, LaserMotive, sent a climbing robot nearly a kilometer into the air along a cable suspended from a helicopter.  The team aimed a land-based laser beam at photovoltaic cells on the bottom of the machine to power it to the top. The fastest attempt, on Thursday,  took three minutes and 48 seconds, fast enough to qualify for the prize.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Lakers Handle Hornets
VIDEO REPORT. Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 28 points en route to a 104-88 win over the visiting Hornets. Hear from Bryant after L.A. won its fifth straight game.
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Alaska Vs. Duke
Anyone familiar with UAA's record against Division I competition knows there's a great divide between the divisions. UAA historically fields a strong men's team and of late has boasted an even stronger women's team.
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Not Debatable: Clinton, Bush Cancel N.Y. And L.A. Visits
Clinton spokesman Matt McKenna said Clinton was upset because the New York promoters advertised their forum as “the hottest ticket in political history,” implying a clash between the 42nd and 43rd chief executives rather than a moderated panel discussion. “It’s unfortunate that an overeager promoter ruined the opportunity to hear a serious discussion on the issues between two former presidents, who have a great deal of respect for each other,” McKenna said. 
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Trucker Dies As Big-Rig Plummets Off San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
A trucker died Monday after his big-rig plummeted 200 feet from a new section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that has seen more than 42 crashes since it opened, authorities said. The rig hauling pears was traveling at high speed when the driver lost control on a westbound S-curve, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Trent Cross said. The rig went over the side and landed on Yerba Buena Island. The name of the trucker was not immediately released.
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Philly Riders Relieved To Learn Strike's Over
VIDEO REPORT. Monday's news is another early-morning surprise, but commuters seem happy the six-day work stoppage has ended.
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"If They're Going To Continue To Do This, Then The Days Of Unions Are Going To Be Over"
This morning, commuters spoke of being "thrilled," "happy" and "relieved" the strike was over - although anger lingered. "They should have never gone out to begin with," said Ed Costello, 45, a teacher from Glenolden, coming off the Broad Street Line. Binding arbitration should be mandated for transit workers, just as it is for police and firefighters, said Robert Boughner, 63, heading to the University of the Sciences, where he's a professor of Latin. Last week, he had to take taxis - at $20 a day - instead of trolleys."
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Day The Berlin Wall Fell
VIDEO REPORT. Germany marks the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall came tumbling down.
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He Was There: Congressman Recalls Berlin Wall Falling
VIDEO REPORT. Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind recalls being in Berlin when the Wall fell on November 9, 1989, and the emotions he felt then and still carries with him now.
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World Leaders In Berlin To Mark Fall Of Wall
World leaders past and present gathered in the German capital on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall, which led to German reunification and hastened the demise of the Soviet Union.  Images of the historic night of November 9, 1989, when East Berliners trapped behind the 3.6 meter (12 feet) high concrete barrier rushed checkpoints to force it open, have dominated German television and newspaper coverage for the past week.
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Dalai Lama Visits India China Border
VIDEO REPORT. Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama criticises China for calling all his movements "splittist" while on a visit to India.
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China Protest Over Dalai Lama Visit
VIDEO AND TEXT. The Dalai Lama has held a mass audience with tens of thousands of devotees on a visit to a region near India's border with Tibet drawing protests from China.
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Dalai Lama Defends Visit To Disputed Indian State
"I was surprised" at China's criticism of the planned visit, the Dalai Lama told reporters when asked about the motive behind his trip. "Because in (19)62, the People's Liberation Army already reached that area, already occupied... then India sort of pushed them back. The Chinese government unilaterally (made) ceasefire, withdrawal," he said. "So what's the problem?" China has said it is "firmly opposed" to the Dalai Lama's trip to Arunachal Pradesh. "One reason why India is successful in democracy is ... that (for) more than 2000 years India (has had) this strong tradition to respect different views," the Dalai Lama said, stressing the importance of respecting different religions and the views of non-believers.
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Media Kept From Dalai Lama
VIDEO REPORT. Media access to the Dalai Lama appeared to be restricted Monday, as he continued a week-long visit to a disputed border region near Tibet. China had asked that his trip be cancelled entirely, but India refused.
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Chavez Tells Troops To Prepare For War
VIDEO REPORT. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez tells his troops on Sunday (November 8) to prepare for a possible attack from Colombia.
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Venezuelan Perspective: Chavez Says, “Let Them Not Make A Mistake, Because We Are Ready For Anything”
Before shouting “Fatherland, socialism or death,” Chavez ordered members of the armed forces “to prepare yourselves for war as the best way to avoid it.” He went on, “This world is infected by the virus of the terrible disease of violence by the most powerful against the weakest,” he said, adding that “many people have been having illusions” of change in the United States with the coming of Obama. “One must speak with love and therefore I say to the (U.S.) president, (Barack) Obama: don’t make a mistake and order an open attack on Venezuela using Colombia,” said the Venezuelan leader on his Sunday radio and television program “Alo Presidente.”
 
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Colombian Perspective: "Uribe Uses Venezuela To Secure Re-Election"
According to Francisco Javier Arias, deputy Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Colombia signed a pact with the U.S. allowing the Americans to freely use Colombian military bases and airports to secure the "continuity of the empire." "President Uribe is putting the region at risk to secure his re-election, dragging an elephant like the United States into a china shop, with the idea of solve problems that this northern country is not interested in," the official told Colombian Caracol Radio.
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Why "Lulaplomacy" Will Not Save The Day
Genuinely concerned that a war could erupt between two of his neighbors, President Luis Inacio Lula of Brazil has given clear signals that he is willing to mediate. According to Mr. Lula, an upcoming summit in the Brazilian city of Manaus for countries that share the Amazon forest, would be the perfect opportunity for Presidents Uribe and Chavez to sit down and talk. President Lula is respected by both presidents, and he has been successful in the past acting as mediator in rows between Colombia and Venezuela. Since when are we expected to believe that there is a thread of economic sensibleness in the head of Hugo Chavez? Why are we supposed to believe that President Chavez is a rational decision maker who would prefer peaceful trade and coexistence with the neighbor he regards as the 51st state in the American Union? Have we forgotten that he hates capitalism (and commerce, by extension) with every ounce of his body and soul, that his deepest desire is to transform Venezuela into an autarkic nation that feeds itself and sustains itself on its own? Really, I cannot be the only one who sees that the Venezuelan President couldn’t care less about trade with Colombia. That is simply not a factor in his war calculations, and it will certainly not deter him from attacking.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Dish Network Profit Down; Customer Growth Up
Dish, Englewood, Colo., had broken a string of quarterly customer defections by returning to growth in the prior quarter, and saw a nearly ten-fold increase in new subscribers in the most recently reported period. The company was helped by DirecTV Group Inc. (DTV), which let some of its lower end customers leave the service after cutting back on its retention programs.  Dish was able to pick up some of those customers, as well as cable subscribers through discounted services and promotional pricing, but the growth came at a cost: the company's revenue fell shy of Wall Street expectations.
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Kraft May Have To Raise Cadbury Bid As Deadline Looms
VIDEO REPORT. Kraft Foods Inc., the world’s second-largest food maker, may have to increase its 9.8 billion-pound ($16 billion) bid for confectioner Cadbury Plc by today’s deadline to keep its takeover attempt alive, investors said.
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Kraft's Hostile Bid For Cadbury Rejecte
The British firm’s rejection of Kraft’s hostile takeover isn’t surprising. Under the proposal, the U.S. company is offering a cash-and-stock offer that values Cadbury at $16.5 billion. That’s considerably less than most Cadbury shareholders had wanted, and mirrors the terms first offered to the company in late August. Since then, though, Cadbury’s share price has jumped more than 30%, while Kraft’s stock has fallen roughly 5%. No wonder, then, that Kraft’s bid was quickly turned down. So what next? Under Britain’s so-called ‘Put Up or Shut Up’ rule, Kraft now has 28 days to convince Cadbury shareholders of the deal’s value.
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Supreme Court Patent Limits Case Splits Industries
VIDEO REPORT. The U.S. Supreme Court today considers a patent dispute that will determine how much legal protection is afforded abstract business innovations. The case, stemming from a patent application for a method of hedging weather-related risks when buying and selling energy, has split industries, dividing companies that rely on their own intellectual property from those aiming to head off expensive infringement lawsuits.
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ORLANDO, FL. SHOOTINGS SECTION.
 
Orlando Police Chief Comments On Shooting
VIDEO REPORT. One person is dead and five others wounded after a shooting in a Florida office tower. Police say the gunmen opened fire at an engineering firm that let him go two years ago. Orlando Police Chief Val Demings comments on the investigation.
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Accused Was 'Mentally Ill'
Jason Rodriguez, who allegedly opened fire randomly in an office building in Orlando on Friday, "is a compilation of the front page of the entire year – unemployment, foreclosure, bankruptcy, divorce – all of the stresses", said Bob Wesley, a public defender. "He has been declining in mental health."
Mr Rodriguez, 40, allegedly went on a shooting spree at the offices of Reynolds, Smith & Hills, an engineering company which had sacked him in 2007 for what it said was substandard work. According to prosecution papers, Mr Rodriguez later told the police: "I'm just going through a tough time right now, I'm sorry." Prosecutors said that when asked by a reporter to explain what he did, he replied: "They know why I did it; they left me to rot."
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Picking Up The Pieces After Friday's Shooting Spree
Workers at the Gateway Center are due to return to work this morning for the first time since Friday's shooting, though employees of the company where the shooting happened will not be there. Instead, workers will report to the College Park Baptist Church, where grief counselors will be on hand to help those impacted cope with the violence.
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Jason Rodriguez Bankruptcy Petition
PDF FILE. Rodriguez filed for bankruptcy in May, listing $4,675 in  assets and liabilities of $89,873 as well as 11,085 in child support.
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FORT HOOD SECTION.
 
“When A Guy Shoots Up A Post Office, They Call That Going Postal, But When A Muslim Does It, They Call It Jihad."
“Ultimately it was Brother Nidal’s doing, but the command should be held accountable,” said Victor Benjamin II, 30, a former member of the Army. “G.I.’s are like any equipment in the Army. When it breaks, those who were in charge of keeping it fit should be held responsible for it.” Major Hasan was one of about 10 men from Fort Hood who attended prayers in their uniforms, said a mosque leader, Dr. Manzoor Farooqi, and he was shocked to see the major’s face on television identified as that of the gunman. “He is an educated man. A psychiatrist,” he said. “I can’t believe he would do such a stupid thing.”
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Fbi Set To Probe Fort Hood Gunman Nidal Hasan's 9/11 Links
It has emerged that Major Nidal Malik Hasan's family attended the Dar al Hijrah Islamic Centre in Falls Church, Virginia, and that the funeral of his mother, Hanan, was held there on May 31 2001. At that time the imam of the mosque was Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim radical who saw Islam and America as enemies. Interviewed by the FBI after the September 11 terror attacks, Mr Awlaki admitted meeting hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi several times in San Diego before he moved to Virginia in early 2001. Al-Hazmi was at the time living with Khalid al-Mihdhar, another hijacker. The two Saudi Arabians were on the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Pentagon.
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Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Conscious, Talking
VIDEO AND TEXT. Hasan's ventilator was removed over the weekend, and he began talking afterward, hospital spokesman Dewey Mitchell said. He is speaking with hospital staff, but Mitchell was unable to say whether Hasan has been speaking with Army investigators. The development comes a day after Army investigators asked troops and civilians for help gathering clues about the shooting, saying some who fled the gunfire might have evidence.
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
Movie Trailer: “New Moon”
VIDEO REPORT. Watch the trailer for Twilight: New Moon.
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
Aerosmith Guitarist: Steven Tyler Has Quit The Band
Last week, rumours emerged that Aerosmithwere considering replacing their long-time frontman, after he said his new focus would be on "Brand Tyler". Perry's response to this sounds like the barbs of a jilted lover. "Hasn't called me in months. A bit cold," he wrote on Twitter. "What about fans? The people that also love him and put him where he is. After 40 years? ... Last time I phoned him he hung up on me."
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OBAMALOT SECTION.
 
Obama's Secret Deal With Palestinians Against Israel
The reports indicated that Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has reached a secret understanding with the Obama administration over U.S. recognition of an independent Palestinian state. Such recognition would likely transform any Israeli presence across the Green Line, even in Jerusalem, into an illegal incursion to which the Palestinians would be entitled to engage in measures of self-defense.
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No Prompter, No Facts
In his remarks about the Fort Hood shootings, Barack Obama did it again, illustrating  the dangers of his giving shout outs without a teleprompter. "I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow was around, and so I want to give a shout out to that Congressional Medal of Honor winner. It's good to see you," Obama said. The problem: Crow is not a Medal of Honor recipient; he is a recipient of the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
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OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
Russian H-Bomb Physicist Ginzburg Dead At 93
Ginzburg said the bomb "saved" his life during an anti-Jewish campaign. But he had drawn controversy in recent years with fierce public criticism of the Russian Orthodox Church, which has enjoyed surging popularity and political influence since the fall of the atheist Communist regime. "He died from heart failure," Irina Presnyakova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Academy of Sciences, said. News agencies reported that Ginzburg died late Sunday after long suffering from ill health.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Carrey's "A Christmas Carol" Tops Box Office
VIDEO REPORT. The latest celebrity news including results from the weekend box office, Joe Jackson asking for help and Britney's recent conert snafu.
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Gossip Gram: Robert Pattinson, Brad & Angelina, The Glamour Girls
VIDEO REPORT. New York Nonstop's Roseanne Colletti and Bonnie Fuller of Hollywood Life dish on the latest celebrity comings and goings.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091109.html#2009-11-09-A34
 
 
HEALTH SECTION.
 
Hip Pain And Replacement
VIDEO REPORT. Every year thousands of people undergo hip replacement surgery to get rid of pain caused by arthritis. The good news is that most hip replacement operations are successful, and people who have them are pain free. But sometimes, after years of wear, those replacement joints can loosen. New technology is making that happen much less often. But for people who do experience pain because of a worn out replacement, doctors at Mayo Clinic have ways to fix the problem.
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Friday, November 6, 2009 issue.
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Massacre at Fort Hood.
Shooter Shouted "Allahu Akbar!" As He Fired.
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Teen Mayor Takes Over Grandpa's Job
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Brazilian Crashes His Own Funeral
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FORT HOOD SECTION.
Video Reports:
In addition to the stories listed below, we have a selection of dozens of videos that are being constantly updated throughout the day.
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Muslim Major Screamed 'Allahu Akbar'
He strode into a deployment center, shouting "Allahu Akbar," which means "God is great" in Arabic, before targeting military personnel and warning civilians to get out of the way. Retired Col. Terry Lee, who said he had worked with Hasan, told Fox News he was being sent to Afghanistan. "We've known over the last five years that was probably his worst nightmare," cousin Nader Hasan said of the deployment.
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Fort Hood Shooting: How The Massacre Unfolded
At about 1.30pm local time on Thursday (7.30pm GMT), 39-year-old US Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan walked into one of the busiest parts of Fort Hood, a 50,000-strong military town in Texas, and opened fire with two pistols. After a few long minutes 11 lay dead and at least people 32 were injured, including two civilians. Two more of those injured have since died, bringing the death toll as of 8am GMT to 13.
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World Reacts To Fort Hood Shooting Through Internet
From Ireland, one poster tweeted, "I mourn the loss of the soldiers." Others simply stated, "God bless our troops." Some messages came from inside Fort Hood from soldiers wanting to let friends and families know that they were OK. "I know I could have been one of the ones that lost my life, but you spared me another day," wrote one woman. "Thanks to everyone for your concern. I am safe as are those in my unit," one soldier wrote.
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Fort Hood Shooter Has D.C. Ties
VIDEO REPORT. For six years before Nidal Malik Hasan reported to Fort Hood, he lived and worked in the Washington, DC area. His most recent stop was at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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Nalid Malik's Imam: "These Are Not The Actions Of A Good Muslim At All"
Imam Faizul Khan said he knew Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for more than 10 years. They met at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring.
Mr Khan said he was shocked and dismayed to find the person suspected in the incident was his old friend. "I keep asking what could have made him do something like that? I was stunned and very surprised," he said.
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Troubling Portrait Emerges Of Fort Hood Suspect
There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Most of all, his motive. But details of his life and mindset, emerging from official sources and personal acquaintances from officials and are troubling. While an intern at Walter Reed, Hasan had some "difficulties" that required counseling and extra supervision, said Dr. Thomas Grieger, who was the training director at the time. Grieger said privacy laws prevented him from going into details but noted that the problems had to do with Hasan's interactions with patients. "He swore an oath of loyalty to the military," Grieger said. But, at least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades.
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Military Jihadists Fill 'Every Branch'
Security officials at Gitmo have been investigating a possible new spy ring involving several "dirty" Arabic linguists who are accused among other things of omitting valuable intelligence from their translations of detainee interrogations; slipping notes to detainees inside copies of the Quran; coaching detainees to make allegations of abuse against interrogators; andmeeting with suspects on the terrorist watchlist while traveling back in the United States. More than 75 former Gitmo detainees have returned to the battlefield or anti-American jihad. Some met with the suspect Muslim translators. Others were privately counseled by chaplains also under investigation for security breaches.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Comex Dec. Gold Tops $1,100/Oz
U.S. gold futures topped $1,100 an ounce Friday for the first time as stocks and the euro recover in volatile trading in the wake of the monthly U.S. employment report. Around 10:08 a.m. EST (1508 GMT), December gold was up $8.40 to $1,097.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. December silver was up 11 cents to $17.52.
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Insider Trading Probe Widens
VIDEO REPORT. 14 people are charged with fraud and conspiracy, as an investigation into insider trading in America's hedge fund community, deepens.
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Jobless Rate Tops 10 Percent, A First Since '83
VIDEO REPORT. The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983, and is likely to go higher. This is the 22nd month the economy has lost jobs, the longest on record.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Stars At AFI Festival
VIDEO REPORT. Charlize Theron, Lily Cole and Mariah Carey are among the stars attending the AFI Festival in the USA.
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Rihanna Embarrassed
VIDEO REPORT. The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Rihanna embarrassed about assault, Madonna's Malawi school causing protests, and No Doubt file lawsuit.
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HEALTH SECTION.
 
Involving Men In South Africa's Fight Against HIV
VIDEO REPORT. More people are HIV positive in South Africa than in any other country in the world. Yet many men still refuse to face up to the problem. A new scheme in Johannesburg hopes to change that, by talking directly to guys in the bars and clubs around town.
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Swine Flu Vaccine Is In Short Supply On College Campuses
VIDEO REPORT. The swine flu has hit college campuses nationwide, but few college students have been able to get the vaccine. Some students are concerned, but most seem to think their invincible. They all know people who have gotten swine flu on campus, but they don't think it will happen to them.
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
Scene From 'The Men Who Stare At Goats'
VIDEO REPORT. Watch a scene from the new movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats, starring George Clooney and Ewan McGregor, where a reporter in search of his next story stumbles upon a person claiming to be part of an experimental U.S. military unit. Video courtesy of Overture.
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Review: The Men Who Stare At Goats Is Good, Not Great
The Men Who Stare at Goats is an attempt nearly identical to Air America to bring a very good book about very messed up things to the big screen. This time, rather than Gibson and Downey Jr., the film stars Ewan McGregor and George Clooney as the humorous duo, and the story of what they are up to is much further beyond the fringe of a secret force. It is about the military's investigations into psychic super soldiers: Jedi warriors, as they openly refer to them. Reportedly based upon true accounts, the book -- and portions of the movie -- purport to expose the strange investigations into clairvoyance, telekinesis and, as the title refers to, the ability to stop a being's heart just by staring at them. It is a strange, occasionally goofy comedy about how far a supposed branch of the military named the "New Earth Army" went into trying to activate psychic powers within its soldiers.
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
U2 Rocks Berlin Ahead Of Wall Anniversary
VIDEO REPORT. Irish rockers U2 warmed up the German capital with a concert broadcast live during the MTV Europe Music Awards, the first in a series of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
Pages Of Health Care Bill Thrown To Crowd
VIDEO REPORT. Protesters of the health care bill in the House rallied with GOP lawmakers, as pages of the bill were given to the crowd to pass along to their representatives during visits to their congressmen.
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Small Businesses Brace For House Health Bill
Many small business groups oppose the House’s 1,990-page health care reform bill, contending it would raise insurance premiums for many firms and create disincentives for hiring new workers. The upcoming vote on the House bill is the first step in the end game for health care reform.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Red Wings Win In Shootout
VIDEO REPORT. Hear from the Red Wings' Henrik Zetterberg after a 2-1 win over the Sharks. Find out how Detroit got it done at home.
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Microsoft: Only Six Patches Next Week
Microsoft has announced in their Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2009 that next Tuesday, November 10, 2009, they will release 6 security bulletins and updates to fix the security problems the bulletins address. 4 of the bulletins are for Windows and 2 for Office. 3 of the Windows bulletins have a maximum rating of Critical. The other bulletins max out at Important.
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
At 40, 'Sesame Street' Is In A Constant State Of Renewal
"When we started doing it, I asked, 'Who's going to watch this?' " says Frank Biondo, 71, a camera operator with the series since it first aired on Nov. 10, 1969. "Back then, Big Bird had a different type of head, and Oscar the Grouch was orange. Then they changed some things, and we all thought it made more sense." It is indisputably the most beloved children's show in history, and one of television's biggest and most enduring success stories.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091106.html#2009-11-06-A34
 
 
U.S. SECTION.
 
Meet Iowa Town's New Teen Mayor
VIDEO REPORT. Voters in the Iowa town of Dawson chose an 18-year-old candidate Tuesday in a tight race for town mayor. Colton Morman, 18, won the election with 29 votes or 53.7 percent. He defeated Jeffrey Anspaugh, who had 21 votes or 38.8 percent. There were four write-in votes.
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New Teen Mayor Takes Over Grandpa's Job
Until his election, the most exciting thing in the Dallas County town has been the farmers bringing their corn to the elevator, but Colton Morman's election has given people something new to talk about. Morman is a high school senior and barely eligible to vote.
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Kerik Pleads Guilty, Faces Time In Prison
VIDEO REPORT. Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has pleaded guilty to lying to the White House and tax crimes. The plea bargain includes the prosecution's suggestion that the crimes are punishable by 27 to 33 months in prison.
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Kerik Confesses To Cheating I.R.S. And Telling Lies
Bernard Kerik led the Police Department through the 9/11 attack, meeting President George W. Bush at the ruins of the World Trade Center. Mr. Kerik impressed the president enough that the White House tapped Mr. Kerik to lead Homeland Security in 2004. The bid quickly collapsed and Mr. Kerik withdrew his name from consideration, citing unpaid taxes for his family’s nanny. More serious allegations then began to surface, marking the beginning of Mr. Kerik’s downfall. As he sat in court Thursday, peering through reading glasses, Mr. Kerik seemed a lifetime removed from his days of power.
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Clergy Support Families Of Missing Ohio Women
VIDEO REPORT. Pastors in Cleveland are calling on the families of missing people to provide DNA samples that may help the coroner's office identify the remains of 10 people found in a home.
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Ohio Alleged Serial Killer In Court
VIDEO REPORT. A convicted rapist from Cleveland is charged with multiple murders after police found 10 corpses and a partial skeleton on his property.
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How Could 11 Killings In A Neighborhood Go Undetected?
How, Clevelanders are asking, could this happen? How could a man who was required by law to check in every 90 days with the sheriff's office, who was subject to spot checks by deputies and who was known to behave violently on the streets have managed to kill 11 people over a period of years, keep their bodies at his residence and not get caught? And how could the disappearances of 11 women have not produced more of an outcry? While Clevelanders await the official explanations -- which must include a thorough evaluation of whether their Police Department acted on Sowell's case with sufficient speed and diligence -- some unofficial answers suggest themselves, and they are sobering.
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Texas FLDS Sect Member Guilty Of Sex Assault
VIDEO REPORT. The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following the raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas last year was convicted Thursday of sexual assault of a child.
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Defense Attorney Asks, "Can You Guess A Man Into A Guilty Verdict?"
The state used birth records, a marriage certificate and FLDS church records to show Jessop, already married, took the girl as a spiritual wife in 2004 when she was 16. She conceived a child several months later and gave birth to a daughter in August 2005. DNA experts testified there was virtually no doubt that Jessop is the child's father. The defense objected to much of the state's evidence on constitutional grounds and tried to raise doubt with the jury about the DNA test linking Jessop to the victim's child.
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WORLD SECTION.
 
UK Prime Minister Brown Warns Karzai
VIDEO REPORT. The Prime Minister defended Britain's military mission in Afghanistan, saying that the 9,000-strong UK force forms "our first line of defence" against terror attacks at home.
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Brazilian Crashes His Own Funeral
VIDEO REPORT. A Brazilian man has shocked his family by showing up at his own funeral. Family members had incorrectly identified Ademir Jorge Goncalves as a car crash victim Sunday night.
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What's Left Of The Berlin Wall?
VIDEO REPORT. Get behind the wheel of a Trabant, the iconic East German car, to discover what remains of the Berlin Wall, 20 years after its collapse.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
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Berlin Wall Remembrances Vary
AUDIO AND TEXT. “It was the happiest moment in German history,” said Matthias Rueb, Washington bureau chief of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. At the same time, however, he described his initial reaction to the events of 9 November 1989 when the Wall fell as overly optimistic. “But this optimism faded quite quickly, and I realized that it takes a generation to overcome not only this outer, but especially inner, division. There is still this wall in the head, die Mauer im Kopf -- a lot of quarreling going on between East Germany and West Germany,” Rueb explained.
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Mahmoud Abbas's Big Bluff
Mahmoud Abbas's decision to hold new presidential and parliamentary elections at the beginning of next year is seen by some of his aides as one of the strangest moves he has made since he was elected to succeed Yasser Arafat five years ago. These aides are now trying to persuade Abbas to find an honorable way to come down from the high tree he climbed when he issued a "presidential decree" a few weeks ago calling for a vote on January 24. One aide in Ramallah said that Abbas was "actually digging his own grave" by insisting on holding the elections before reaching an agreement with Hamas.
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Thursday, November 5, 2009 issue.
Go to  http://www.marchreport.com/20091105.html to read the complete stories.
 
HEADLINES:
 
9/11 Hero Bernard Kerik Pleads Guilty
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A39
 

Flash Forward Could Be The New Lost
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A06
 

BUSINESS SECTION.
 
FBI Arrests Former Galleon Office Worker, 13 Others
VIDEO REPORT. FBI agents arrested 14 people as part of an ongoing insider trading investigation, including a former worker at the offices of the Galleon Group hedge fund firm, the center of an alleged $20 million scheme.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A24
 
GM Slashing Jobs
VIDEO REPORT. GM is to slash 10,000 jobs across Europe as it restructures Opel and Vauxhall. The Bank of England extends its quantitative easing program as the ECB leaves interest rates unchanged.
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Gore Benefits From Investments In 'Green' Movement
VIDEO REPORT. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's recent business ventures and investments in environmental projects have him raking in the moolah.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A25
 
Microsoft Cuts 800 More Jobs
Once these cuts are made, it will have eliminated approximately 5,800 jobs since January, said Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos. Wednesday's job cuts were spread across multiple businesses and around the globe, Gellos said. Microsoft didn't announce any specific products that are getting the axe as a a result of Wednesday's cuts, although it has cut a variety of products in recent months, including Microsoft Money, Windows Live OneCare and, just this past week, its small business accounting product line.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Prejean Sex Tape Triggers Settlement
Carrie Prejean demanded more than a million dollars during her settlement negotiations with Miss California USA Pageant officials -- that is, until the lawyer for the Pageant showed Carrie an “adult” home video of her handiwork. Let's just say, Carrie has a promising solo career.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A26
 
Latest Celebrity Gossip
VIDEO REPORT. All the latest celebrity news from Hollywood.
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Mickey Mouse Finding His Inner Rat
Mickey Mouse started out as a bit of a rascal, who got into fistfights and chased after love interest Minnie Mouse. He was a mischievous, if adorable, culprit as the sorcerer's apprentice in "Fantasia." For decades, however, he has been type cast as the sympathetic friend to all, who gives advice to dog Pluto, cheerfully MCs Disney shows and revels in doing good deeds. Disney is now carefully seeking to revamp Mickey's personality, giving game developer Junction Planet, which Disney owns, permission to develop a new "naughty ... even be a little selfish" side to its melioristic mouse.
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Rihanna Trailed By Photographers Upon Arrival In Los Angeles
VIDEO REPORT. Pop superstar Rihanna arrives in Los Angeles in the middle of a media blitz where she has been talking about her new album and detailing events surrounding her assault by former boyfriend Chris Brown.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
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HEALTH SECTION.
 
How Germy Is Your Local Gym?
VIDEO REPORT. Catching the H1N1 virus is a big concern with the flu season in full swing, especially when you're in a public place.
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
Foo Fighters Warm Up For MTV's EMAs
VIDEO REPORT. Foo Fighter in rehearsals ahead of the 2009 MTV European Music Awards.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
RNC Chair Michael Steele On Successful Elections
VIDEO REPORT. RNC Chairman Michael Steele interviewed by Neal Cavuto.
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Obama One Year After Election
VIDEO REPORT. One year after his historic victory --- President Barack Obama is receiving mixed reviews for his handling of both domestic and foreign policy issues.
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Parties Ask Themselves 'Do People Think We're Tending To The Things They Care About?'
Democrats on Capitol Hill began a nervous debate Wednesday about the course President Obama has set for their party, with some questioning whether they should emphasize job creation over some of the more ambitious items on the president's agenda. Moderate and conservative Democrats took a clear signal from Tuesday's voting, warning that the results prove that independent voters are wary of Obama's far-reaching proposals and mounting spending, as well as the growing federal debt.
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Health-Care Bill Could Sink Democratics In 2010.
Tuesday's elections should put a scare into red state Democrats­and a few blue state ones, too. Barack Obama was said to have redrawn the electoral map by winning Virginia last year with 53% of the vote. On Tuesday, Republican Bob McDonnell flipped the state back to the GOP, winning his election for governor with 59% of the vote. Mr. Obama carried New Jersey easily last year with 57% of the vote. This year, despite being outspent 3-to-1, Republican Chris Christie ousted Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine there by 49% to 45%. Mr. Obama carried Pennsylvania last year by 10 points. On Tuesday, Republican Judge Joan Orie Melvin was elected to the state's Supreme Court by 53% to 47%, leading a GOP sweep of six of seven statewide contests. Even a five-point swing in 2010 could bring a tidal wave of change.
 
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This Weekend's Vote Presents A Defining Moment For Blue Dogs
Blue Dog Democrats face a dilemma this weekend: Should they oppose legislation they believe is flawed, or move the bill out of the House in the hopes of it changing in conference? That core question was on the minds of many of the 52 fiscally conservative Democrats after a meeting Tuesday with Douglas Elmendorf, the director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), to get an in-person explanation of the differences between the House and Senate healthcare bills. The number of Blue Dogs leaning toward or committed to “no” votes could be in the 30s.
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Pro-Life Dems Could Block Health Care Bill
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., and other anti-abortion rights House Democrats are vowing to oppose the bill if it allows for federal funds to go to abortion procedures. Reports are circulating that Democratic leaders are working toward a compromise with the pro-life Democrats, but no clear amendment to the bill has surfaced. “I worry that the House bill does not clearly prevent federal funds from being used for abortion services,” Skelton said. “As a pro-life member of Congress, I cannot support a reform bill that would allow taxpayers to fund abortions.”
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Republicans Try To Rally Resistance To Health Care Bill, As House Vote Nears
With health care reform tracking toward a possible vote in the House Saturday, Republicans are making a last-ditch bid to derail or at least delay the legislation by bringing public pressure to the steps of Congress. The GOP is organizing a "House Call" Thursday afternoon on Capitol Hill, where they plan to rally constituents concerned about the implications of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bill. Republicans are calling on those who attend to corner, politely, their elected representatives in Congress and put pressure on them to think twice about voting for the more than $1 trillion health care overhaul.
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Fiorina: "What's With The Hair?"
VIDEO REPORT. Carly Fiorina talks about politics and more during a visit to LA.
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Amid GOP Optimism, Fiorina Announces Senate Run
GOP moderate Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard chief executive, announced her bid to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer at a green technology firm in Orange County, promising to pound on what she said was the California junior senator's record on issues at the top of the political agenda: jobs, the economy and the deficit. "Our most pressing problems today are too few jobs for Americans and too much spending in Washington," said Fiorina, who winds up a three-day state announcement tour in Pleasanton on Friday. "As California's senator, economic recovery and fiscal accountability will be my priorities."
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Yankees Win World Series
VIDEO REPORT. FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal recaps the Yankees' World Series title. Hear his thoughts on Andy Pettitte's performance and more.
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The Reaction In New York
“It doesn’t get old,” Jorge Posada said. “This is amazing. I think you can take it for granted how tough it is.” “I forgot how good it felt,” Derek Jeter said before flashing that trademark smile that has made him the face of baseball. “You don’t ever know if you’ll get back here again, which makes this one so sweet. This is something that never gets old.” “I don’t think it’s going to set in for a couple days,” Nick Swisher said, soaked in champagne. “This is the most amazing feeling ever. I don’t ever want it to end.”
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For Phillies, Yankees' Matsui Has Meant Frustration
Dare ga Goshujin-sama da? That, loosely, is how you say, "Who's Your Daddy?" in Japanese. Such mockery never would fall from the lips of Hideki Matsui, an honorable Yankee, nor, probably, from his legion of fans. And we don't know who Matsui's daddy is. But we know this. It ain't Pedro.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A21
 
Mike Tyson Welcomed In Wales
VIDEO REPORT. Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson speaks about dealing with his inner demons and the hard times many boxers face.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A15
 
 
TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Google Dashboard: Convenient, Useful, But No Big Deal
As an enthusiastic Google user, I must admit that I probably have a great deal of personal information being stored in that company's servers -- more, perhaps, than I should be completely comfortable about. So I was immediately interested when I saw the headlines that proclaimed that Google was boosting its users' privacy with its new Dashboard. Well, as often happens, the reality wasn't quite up to the hype.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A28
 
HTC HD2
VIDEO REPORT. HTC launched the HD2 smartphone on Wednesday in Taipei.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A27
 
 
TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Flash Forward Could Be The New Lost
VIDEO REPORT. Joseph Finnes says the new hit US sci-fi drama is an amazingly exciting series to work on.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A06
 
 
U.S. SECTION.
 
Bernard Kerik Guilty Plea
Former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik entered a guilty plea in a White Plains courtroom on Thursday morning. The plea could send him to prison for around 2 1/2 years.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A39
 
Most Likely Sentence 27 To 33 Months
The case against Mr. Kerik centered on claims that a construction company, Interstate Industrial Corporation, which has been accused of having ties to organized crime, paid for about $255,000 in renovation work at Mr. Kerik’s apartment in Riverdale while Mr. Kerik helped a related company in its ultimately unsuccessful effort to obtain a city license.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A40
 
The Bling Ring
VIDEO REPORT. A criminal ring responsible for ripping off Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox and other hot young stars has finally been stopped. Find out how these teenagers managed to pull of their daring heists.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A19
 
'Bling Ring' Fugitive Surrenders To LAPD
Jonathan Ajar, whom police dubbed "Johnny Dangerous," is suspected of selling some of the luxury items allegedly stolen in at least 10 burglaries. Investigators are still piecing together the case but said the ring was largely composed of young women who attended Indian Hills Continuation High School in Agoura Hills and had a taste for the luxury goods and accessories young celebrities wore. The group is suspected of taking merchandise from the residences of Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom, Brian Austin Green, Megan Fox, Audrina Patridge and Ashley Tisdale.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A20
 
Missing Fla. Baby Found Alive 5 Days Later
VIDEO REPORT. Florida authorities have found a missing baby alive under her baby sitter's bed and say they're planning to charge the baby sitter, her husband and the child's mother.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A11
 
Report: Mistakes Made In Garrido's Parole
VIDEO REPORT. California's corrections secretary apologized Wednesday for mistakes made in Phillip Garrido's parole supervision, while the state police union deflected blame.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A01
 
Family Of Chimp-Mauling Victim Files Lawsuit
VIDEO REPORT. The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee sought Wednesday to sue the state for $150 million, saying officials failed to prevent the attack.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A07
 
 
WORLD SECTION.
 
Taliban Blamed For Five Soldier Deaths
VIDEO REPORT. The British Government says it's pressing ahead with training Afghan forces to take over security in the country despite five British soldiers being shot dead by a 'rogue' poiceman.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A32
 
UN Pulls Out Half Its Afghanistan Staff And Threatens Total Withdrawal
VIDEO AND TEXT. Amid an atmosphere of increasing gloom in Afghanistan, the UN Special Representative in Kabul, Kai Eide delivered a pointed warning to the government of Hamid Karzai. “There is a belief among some, that the international community (presence) will continue whatever happens because of the strategic importance of Afghanistan,” he told a press conference this morning. “I would like to emphasise that that’s not true.”
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 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A33
 
Ousted Honduran Leader Asks Clinton Stand On Coup
Ousted President Manuel Zelaya is asking the Obama administration why, after pressing for his reinstatement, it now says it will recognize upcoming Honduran elections even if he isn't returned to power first.
In a letter sent to the U.S. State Department on Wednesday, Zelaya asked Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "to clarify to the Honduran people if the position condemning the coup d'etat has been changed or modified."
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A36
 
Israel Seizes Major Arms Haul 'Headed To Hezbollah'
VIDEO REPORT. Israeli naval commandos intercepted a ship carrying "hundreds of tonnes" of arms which officials said were being sent from Iran to the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The haul from the Francop ship is among the largest ever seized by Israel, containing hundreds of ammunition crates packed into shipping containers, many hidden behind sacks of cement.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A29
 
Iran Shipping Arms Under The Guise Of Civilian Cargo
The containers on the ship Francop, which the Israel Navy raided yesterday, were marked with the acronym IRISL. That stands for Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. IRISL is a state-controlled company with a fleet of 95 commercial ships, including 18 container ships. It plies routes to the Far East, the Gulf, Egypt and Europe. And it is one of the companies the UN Security Council listed in its sanctions resolutions against Iran, due to its role in transporting equipment for Tehran's nuclear and missile programs.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A34
 
Italians Cross About Crucifix Ban
VIDEO REPORT. Catholics in Italy are up in arms after a European Court ruled that crucifixes should be removed from the country's classrooms.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A30
 
Mahmoud Abbas Will Not Seek Re-Election As Palestinian President
Abbas, who was elected nearly five years ago, had been expected to run again, despite the deep factional divisions among his own people and the deadlock in returning to peace talks with the Israelis. "The president insists on not running in the upcoming election," an official from the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation told Reuters. Abbas announced his decision today at a meeting of the PLO, which he chairs. He was expected to give a speech later in the day, but some senior Palestinian figures said they were still trying to dissuade him from stepping down.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091105.html#2009-11-05-A35
 

EDITORIAL SECTION.
 
How Freeing Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One From The Borg Collective Provoked a Constitutional Crisis On 21st-Century Earth
Actress Jeri Ryan, best known to the American public as "Seven of Nine" on the series "Star Trek -- Voyager," is responsible for the whole mess. No, I haven't taken leave of my senses ... not yet anyway ... as the following narrative will show. Click the link to read the whole story.
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The following Editorial Appears in The Thursday, November 5, 2009 Issue of MarchReport.com.
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How Freeing Seven of Nine,
Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One
From The Borg Collective Provoked
a Constitutional Crisis On 21st-Century Earth
... or ...
Bait for the "Birther"-debunkers
by Robert Jay March

Actress Jeri Ryan, best known to the American public as "Seven of Nine" on the series "Star Trek -- Voyager," is responsible for the whole mess. No, I haven't taken leave of my senses ... not yet anyway ... as the following narrative will show.

In 1990, then-Jeri Lynn Zimmermann met future political candidate Jack Ryan, married him on June 15, 1991, and ultimately divorced him on August 27, 1999. When Jack Ryan was running for the Senate on the Republican ticket in 2004, WLS-TV, the Chicago ABC affiliate, sought to have his divorce and child custody records released. In print, if it bleeds it leads; on TV, if it skewers, it attracts viewers.

When the custody records were released after a protracted court battle, it was revealed that Jack Ryan had repeatedly asked, begged and cajoled Jeri to perform sexual acts in public in various sex clubs. Ms. Ryan described one of these clubs as "a bizarre club with cages, whips and other apparatus hanging from the ceiling." Obviously not a "family values" kind of guy, Jack Ryan's poll numbers were plummeting faster than an ejected warp-core falling into a black hole. He was force to withdraw from the race, and was replaced by Alan Keyes, who lost to ... wait for it ... Barack Obama!

Barack Obama's very first act as "President" made it illegal to release any of his records. "EXECUTIVE ORDER 13489 -- PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS," signed by Barack Obama on January 21, 2009, begins as follows: "By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America ..."

As I have said over and over and over again, if there is nothing to hide, why hide it? Yet, the very first thing he did as alleged-President was sign an Executive Order that locks all of his records -- including his personal ones -- away from public view. This leaves us in a legal mobius loop: If his personal records prove that he is ineligible, then he is not President, and the Executive Order is null and void, but in order to prove that he is ineligible, one must have access to his personal records. Quoting the eminent philosopher Homer Simpson,  "DOH!"

It is interesting to note that, in the private sector, Obama was employed by the law firm of Miner, Barnhill & Galland, which describes itself as "one of the best-known and most experienced firms in the country in large-scale voting rights cases." As such, they have done extensive Constitutional research, such as that cited in a case wherein Obama was one of the lawyers representing ACORN, ACORN V. EDGAR.

It is rumored that Miner, Barnhill & Galland also researched ways and means of getting around Article II Section 1 of the Constitution ("No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President...") Now, read that Executive Order again.
(The link is on the web site: http://www.marchreport.com/20091105.html#editorial)

If only Jeri had let her hubby get his freak on, the nation may have been spared all of this; but nooooooo, she left us with a typically-Republican sex scandal (two straight people and no sex) which ultimately led to a Constitutionally unqualified man being elected President.

By now, many of you are asking yourselves why I even bothered to write about this. Simple: half the country believes that Obama is not legally qualified, and the other half simply has not looked at the evidence, assuming we're all nuts, racists, or both.

Those people won't be able to resist reading this article: It embarrasses Republicans, it involves science fiction, has sex, intrigue, and a gorgeous woman whose talents let her rise to the top (or vice versa). They'll pass this around as evidence that the "Birthers" have finally lost it; and, a very few of them will be intrigued enough to actually check the facts, just as I did when I did not believe it, and realize that we're right.

Resistance is futile. It just takes a while.
 
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Wednesday, November 4, 2009 issue.
Go to  http://www.marchreport.com/20091104.html to read the complete stories.
 
HEADLINES:
 
A Big, Fat Win For The GOP
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A03
 

The "Liquid Parchment" Campaign Against State Sovereignty
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A24
 
Maine Voters Reject Gay Marriage Law
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A22
 
POLITICS SECTION.
 
Republican Christie Captures NJ Governor's Seat
VIDEO REPORT. Republican Chris Christie, a former corruption-busting prosecutor, unseated the deep-pocketed but unpopular Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday in a bruising contest that focused on New Jersey's ailing economy.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A03
 
Corzine: "May Be Retiring From Politics, But Not From Life"
VIDEO REPORT. Republican Chris Christie has defeated incumbent Jon Corzine, a Democrat, in a hotly contested campaign for governor of New Jersey. Corzine said he called Christie just before 11 p.m. "and congratulated him on becoming New Jersey's next governor." He said his administration would work with Christie to ensure a smooth transition.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A01
 
Republicans Account For Just One In Five New Jersey Voters
Christie, 47, became the first Republican elected to statewide office in New Jersey in 12 years and promised a crowd of cheering supporters in a Parsippany hotel ballroom that he will “turn Trenton upside down.” “Times are extraordinarily difficult, but I stand here tonight full of hope for our future, full of hope and dreams,” he told supporters. Christie received 49 percent of the vote to 44 percent for Corzine with 99 percent of the precincts counted, according to data compiled by Associated Press. Republicans, who account for just one in five New Jersey voters, last won a statewide election in 1997.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A02
 
Deeds Elected Governor Of Virginia
VIDEO REPORT. Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell pledges action and results for Virginia.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A04
 
Deeds' Concession
VIDEO REPORT. Creigh Deeds' Concession Speech
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A05
 
"Tonight, You Have Hired Me"
VIDEO REPORT. Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell promises to strengthen the free enterprise system and create jobs so that every Virginian can pursue the American dream.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A06
 
Democrat Owens Captures U.S. House Seat In New York
Democrat Bill Owens won a vacant U.S. House seat in New York in a race that divided the Republican Party and attracted national attention. Owens, 60, succeeds Republican John McHugh, who was named secretary of the Army by President Barack Obama. Owens’s victory gives the Democrats 27 of New York’s 29 House seats. Republicans lost three New York seats in 2008. Owens, became the first Democrat to represent the northeast corner of New York in more than 100 years, according to Congressional Quarterly. “Although we did not succeed in winning this election, we have succeeded in making sure political parties and special interests no longer take the people for granted,” Hoffman said on his Web site. “I believe we have sent a powerful message and laid the groundwork for future conservative campaigns.”
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A09
 
Hoffman Conceded Just After Midnight
The election drew even more attention over the weekend when Scozzafava unexpectedly suspended her campaign and subsequently endorsed Owen, 60, a Plattsburgh attorney. Scozzafava, a labor-friendly Republican assemblywoman who supports abortion rights and gay marriage, began the race as the front-runner but quickly slid to third place as she was attacked from both the left and the right by her opponents and their supporters.
 
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
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NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg No Longer Invincible
For the first time in years, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg finds himself governing New York City from a most unaccustomed vantage point: Vulnerability. Ninety million dollars and a near-constant loop of negative commercials about his opponent later, the mayor ended election night in possession of a surprisingly modest margin of victory -- far narrower than pollsters had predicted and with 100,000 fewer votes than he won in 2005. This could have profound implications for the tenor of a third Bloomberg term, not least that it is likely to hinder the mayor’s well-honed ability to cow Democrats and liberal interest groups.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
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Republicans Win On Obama's Anniversary
In New Jersey, Republican Chris Christie pulled off an upset to defeat the incumbent Jon Corzine, by a margin of 55-44, according to preliminary results. The Republicans also won back the governorship of Virginia. In New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has won a third term in office after engineering a change in the city's term-limit laws so he could run again.
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Bad Night For Billionaires
Republicans can claim shouting rights in Virginia and New Jersey, and the Democrats have picked up that furiously contested House seat in northern New York state (which gives the Democrats 49 House members and the Republicans two in America’s northeast corner -- New England and New York). But there can be no joy on Wall Street. The two aging financial whiz kids on tonight’s ballots -- former Goldman Sachs CEO Jon Corzine and Bloomberg’s Michael Bloomberg -- seriously underperformed.
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The "Liquid Parchment" Campaign Against State Sovereignty
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence's Dennis Henigan is apparently as unimpressed with the 10th Amendment as he is with the 2nd.  This can be seen by his reaction to passage in Tennessee and Montana (and consideration elsewhere) of bills that would exempt firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories made and sold within the state, from federal gun laws. Henigan, we can be sure, will try to find some way of dismissing the 10th Amendment's relevance--just as he dismissed the 2nd Amendment's relevance in the lead-up to the District of Columbia v. Heller decision, a landmark legal case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for private use in federal enclaves.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
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District Of Columbia V. Heller
PDF FILE. This is the text of the District of Columbia v. Heller decision.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
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Amnesty To Be 'Coup De Grace' To United States?
The chief of an organization that has been fighting plans to grant amnesty to millions, perhaps tens of millions of illegal aliens now within the United States, has launched a campaign for a series of "tea parties" on Nov. 14 to let Washington know what Americans want. "I'm not going to mince words," said William Gheen, chief of Americans for Legal Immigration, "We are calling for a peaceful, political revolution and uprising in America now." Dozens of events already have been planned, but more are needed, Gheen said today. That's simply because while President George W. Bush's plans for immigration reform and amnesty for illegals were bad, under Obama the situation is deteriorating quickly.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A27
 
 
SPORTS SECTION.
 
Rangers Players Postgame
VIDEO REPORT. Chris Higgins, Dan Girardi and Henrik Lundqvist talk about the loss to Vancouver and the melee that took place during the game.
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Suns Streak Past Heat
VIDEO REPORT. Grant Hill talks about Phoenix's 104-96 win over Miami. Hill scored 10 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in the Suns' victory.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Apple's Cable TV Killer
VIDEO REPORT. Apple pitches TV networks on a plan to offer an iTunes-based TV subscription service. Plus, Bob Moffat leaves IBM and good news for the chip industry.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A21
 
 
TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Chris Christie On Don Imus. (Ouch. That's Gotta Hurt)
CHRISTIE: "Don Imus is a funny guy. He asked me a lot of really funny open-ended questions and I decided to have fun with it. And that's who I am. And so I don't have any second thoughts at all. I had a great time and I think everybody enjoyed it."
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
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Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin Will Co-Host The Oscars
Hugh Jackman decided not to return as host of the 82nd annual Academy Awards. But former host Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, the Emmy Award-winning star of NBC’s “30 Rock,” are taking the plunge and co-hosting the star-studded event on March 7 at the Kodak Theatre. The announcement was made this afternoon by Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman. 
 
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Raw Video: Courtroom Scuffle With Stalking Suspect
VIDEO REPORT. Police in a northern Vermont court room had their hands full Tuesday. Stalking suspect Patrick Andrews tried to kill himself after stabbing.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A15
 
Lincoln, Nebraska Man Accidentally Shot And Killed Friend
VIDEO REPORT. Chance Paap was arrested Tuesday and charged with manslaughter.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A41
 
Maine Voters Reject Gay Marriage Law
VIDEO REPORT. Maine voters repealed a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A22
 
No Bond Set For Ohio Rapist
VIDEO REPORT. Anthony Sowell, a rapist who lived at a Cleveland house where 10 bodies were found, has been ordered held without bond.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A42
 
Time Gap In Investigation Of Rape Complaint Against Anthony Sowell Questioned
Thirty-seven days passed between the time a woman told police Anthony Sowell choked and raped her in his house and when police went to Imperial Avenue to arrest him. That time gap has raised the question -- among the crowds of neighbors gathered outside Sowell's home, victims' advocates and at least one city councilman -- if more could have been done to track Sowell, whom police charged Tuesday with five counts of aggravated murder for some of the people found dead at his home.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A43
 
Wisconsin Supreme Court Hears Gay Marriage Case
VIDEO REPORT. A Door County, WI man made his case to the state Supreme Court Tuesday that the wording of a 2006 referendum on gay marriage and civil union rights was unconstitutional.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A23
 
US Special Forces Tracking And Counter-Tracking, TC 31-34-4
PDF FILE. The second of our co-operative efforts with Wikileaks to release documents that were classified, confidential, censored or otherwise withheld from the public, this September 2009 distribution restricted Special Forces guide covers tracking and counter-tracking; it includes numerous photographs of the techniques.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A26
 
 
WORLD SECTION.
 
Vaclav Klaus Signs Lisbon Treaty: Prague Press Conference
VIDEO REPORT. Czech President Vaclav Klaus on Tuesday reluctantly signed the Lisbon Treaty on the future of the European Union. The signature followed a Czech constitutional court ruling earlier in the day saying the treaty does not clash with the Czech constitution.  The Czech Republic was the last EU country that did not ratified the treaty. With Klaus's signature, the ratification has been completed.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A34
 
Five British Soldiers Die At The Hands Of A "Rogue" Afghan Policeman
The deaths of five British soldiers at the hands of a "rogue" Afghan policeman in Helmand Province have focused attention on the role British service personnel play in training local police in war and post-conflict areas. Two of the soldiers who were killed were from the Royal Military Police (RMP), while the others were from the Grenadier Guards.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A36
 
Afghanistan's Abdullah Says Karzai Re-Election Lacks Legitimacy
Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah withdrew days ago from a second-round runoff vote because of concerns over fraud.  On Wednesday, he said the election commission that canceled the runoff vote and awarded Mr. Karzai another five-year term did not have the legal authority to do so.  Abdullah told reporters in Kabul that a government installed under such circumstances cannot be expected to fight corruption or deal with the many other challenges facing Afghanistan.  He said he has no plans to form a coalition with Mr. Karzai and is urging his supporters to maintain peaceful opposition.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A37
 
UK Tory MPs Europe Backlash
VIDEO REPORT. Tory backbench MPs urge David Cameron to reconsider after the abandoned plans for his promised European referendum.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A16
 
Cameron To Blame Brown As He Faces Backlash Over Abandoning Lisbon Treaty Referendum Pledge
David Cameron will today blame Gordon Brown for the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty as he faces a Eurosceptic backlash over his decision to abandon plans for a referendum. Mr Cameron has indicated that he will today unveil a promise that power will never again be handed over to Brussels without the approval of the British people. And the Tory leader will attempt to deflect attention away from the crisis by blaming Gordon Brown for allowing the treaty to become law without a referendum in the first place.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A28
 
Iran's Anti-US Protests Could Turn On Ahmadinejad
November 4 has been a big day in Iran for the past 30 years, ever since the "students following the imam's line" stormed and seized the American embassy in Tehran in one of the most memorable moments of the Islamic revolution of 1979. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the man who says he won in June, plans to exploit the occasion to remind Iranians -- and the world -- that the flame of democracy has not been extinguished despite a crackdown that has seen about 70 dead, thousands of arrests, show trials, a gagged media, divisions at the top and a profound crisis about the legitimacy of the Islamic system.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A35
 
Sri Lanka General Avoids US Questioning
The head of Sri Lanka's military has been allowed to complete a US visit without being questioned over alleged war crimes against Tamil civilians, the foreign ministry here said on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry praised US authorities' "receptive and constructive attitude," which allowed General Sarath Fonseka to complete his visit without being quizzed by the US Department of Homeland Security. Sri Lanka had said it feared the Department of Homeland Security would try to force Fonseka to provide evidence against Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, who holds US citizenship, over alleged human rights violations.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A38
 
 
ARTS SECTION.
 
Matisse And Rodin: Two Artists Face To Face
VIDEO REPORT. French artist Henri Matisse used Auguste Rodin, who was 30 year older, as a constant source of inspiration for his sculptures. The Matisse-Rodin exhibition at the Rodin Museum in Paris until the end of February, revisits the link between the two great masters.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A14
 
 
BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Buffett On His Railroad Bet
VIDEO REPORT. Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett talks about buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A12
 
Warren Buffett: 'Newspapers Have Got A Terrible Future'
Warren Buffett, the second richest man in the world and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, doesn't have much faith in the future of print media. In an interview on CNBC's Nov. 3 "Squawk Box," following the announcement of his purchase of Burlington Northern (NYSE:BNI), Buffett was asked to comment on the future of news media, in particular newspapers and business news by "Squawk Box" co-host Becky Quick.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A29
 
Comcast Profits Up 22%
The results were closely scrutinised on Wall Street as the company is in negotiations with General Electric to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal, GE’s entertainment company. The deal, which could be worth $30 billion could transform Comcast into one of the world’s most powerful media companies.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A40
 
Fed Likely To Say Economy Improving, Keep Rates Low
Federal Reserve officials may today indicate their $1 trillion injection into the economy is helping to revive growth without requiring an increase in interest rates from near zero, economists said. Policy makers will probably maintain their commitment to keeping rates low for an “extended period,” said Laurence Meyer, vice chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers LLC in Washington and a former Fed governor. They may also start a discussion about altering the wording of their policy statement, to leave them more leeway to signal a change in the future.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A39
 
 
GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Top Celebrity News
VIDEO REPORT. A round-up of all the day's best celebrity news.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A18
 
Kate Gosselin: Not So Much In The Ratings Monday
"Kate: Her Story," an hourlong interview of Kate Gosselin by NBC News correspondent Natalie Morales, drew an audience of 3.795 million viewers. That is up from 3 million the week before. But it is long way from the audience on 10 million with which the reality TV show, "Jon & Kate Plus 8," started the season in June. The program was promoted as a special hour of the most "intimate" conversation yet with Gosselin, who seems to have been interviewed a lot about herself in recent months. The only thing "special" about it was the peculiar arrangement of its production that saw TLC hire NBC's Peacock Productions to make the program.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A11
 
 
HEALTH SECTION.
 
Vaccine Fears
VIDEO REPORT. The National Institutes of Health released this week results of a study that shows that the H1N1 vaccine is safe and effective in pregnant women. In an effort to allay fears, health leaders also announced the formation of an independent panel to monitor overall safety of the vaccine, but fears persist.
To See the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A32
 
 
MOVIES SECTION.
 
This Premiere Is A Disaster!
VIDEO REPORT. John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet and Thandie Newton all joined Roland Emmerich, the director of the new disaster movie '2012,' at the film's world premiere.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091104.html#2009-11-04-A13
 
"2012" Premieres In Los Angeles
VIDEO REPORT. Director Roland Emmerich's latest version of the end of the world, "2012," premieres in Los Angeles.
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All of the stories below are in the “Politics” Section of our special Election Extra Issue
 
Republican Christie Captures NJ Governor's Seat
VIDEO REPORT. Republican Chris Christie, a former corruption-busting prosecutor, unseated the deep-pocketed but unpopular Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday in a bruising contest that focused on New Jersey's ailing economy.
 
Corzine: "May Be Retiring From Politics, But Not From Life"
VIDEO REPORT. Republican Chris Christie has defeated incumbent Jon Corzine, a Democrat, in a hotly contested campaign for governor of New Jersey. Corzine said he called Christie just before 11 p.m. "and congratulated him on becoming New Jersey's next governor." He said his administration would work with Christie to ensure a smooth transition.
 
Republicans Account For Just One In Five New Jersey Voters
Christie, 47, became the first Republican elected to statewide office in New Jersey in 12 years and promised a crowd of cheering supporters in a Parsippany hotel ballroom that he will “turn Trenton upside down.” “Times are extraordinarily difficult, but I stand here tonight full of hope for our future, full of hope and dreams,” he told supporters. Christie received 49 percent of the vote to 44 percent for Corzine with 99 percent of the precincts counted, according to data compiled by Associated Press. Republicans, who account for just one in five New Jersey voters, last won a statewide election in 1997.
 
Deeds Elected Governor Of Virginia
VIDEO REPORT. Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell pledges action and results for Virginia.
 
Deeds' Concession
VIDEO REPORT. Creigh Deeds' Concession Speech
 
"Tonight, You Have Hired Me"
VIDEO REPORT. Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell promises to strengthen the free enterprise system and create jobs so that every Virginian can pursue the American dream.
 
Democrat Owens Captures U.S. House Seat In New York
Democrat Bill Owens won a vacant U.S. House seat in New York in a race that divided the Republican Party and attracted national attention. Owens, 60, succeeds Republican John McHugh, who was named secretary of the Army by President Barack Obama. Owens’s victory gives the Democrats 27 of New York’s 29 House seats. Republicans lost three New York seats in 2008. Owens, became the first Democrat to represent the northeast corner of New York in more than 100 years, according to Congressional Quarterly. “Although we did not succeed in winning this election, we have succeeded in making sure political parties and special interests no longer take the people for granted,” Hoffman said on his Web site. “I believe we have sent a powerful message and laid the groundwork for future conservative campaigns.”
 
Hoffman Conceded Just After Midnight
The election drew even more attention over the weekend when Scozzafava unexpectedly suspended her campaign and subsequently endorsed Owen, 60, a Plattsburgh attorney. Scozzafava, a labor-friendly Republican assemblywoman who supports abortion rights and gay marriage, began the race as the front-runner but quickly slid to third place as she was attacked from both the left and the right by her opponents and their supporters.
 
 
Republicans Win On Obama's Anniversary
In New Jersey, Republican Chris Christie pulled off an upset to defeat the incumbent Jon Corzine, by a margin of 55-44, according to preliminary results. The Republicans also won back the governorship of Virginia. In New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has won a third term in office after engineering a change in the city's term-limit laws so he could run again.
 
Bad Night For Billionaires
Republicans can claim shouting rights in Virginia and New Jersey, and the Democrats have picked up that furiously contested House seat in northern New York state (which gives the Democrats 49 House members and the Republicans two in America’s northeast corner -- New England and New York). But there can be no joy on Wall Street. The two aging financial whiz kids on tonight’s ballots -- former Goldman Sachs CEO Jon Corzine and Bloomberg’s Michael Bloomberg -- seriously underperformed.
 
 
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New York, Virginia and New Jersey Races Referendum on Obama
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Civil-Rights Era Kidnapping And Murder Case
The US Supreme Court has declined to decide whether the federal statute of limitations bars the prosecution of a former man accused of kidnapping and murdering two black teens in 1964. James Ford Seale was tried, convicted, and sentenced to three life prison terms in 2007. His lawyers challenged the prosecution on grounds that a five-year statute of limitations for kidnapping had long since passed.
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Nun Murdered In Reservation Home
VIDEO REPORT. A nun who spent 10 years at a mission church on the Navajo Reservation -- which spills over into the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah -- was murdered over the weekend, according to the FBI which is seeking witnesses and the woman's car.
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"Everyone Is In Shock In That Area"
Sister Bartz was a 40-year member of the order of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. She served since 1999 in Navajo, and prior to that at the Guadalupe Indian Mission in Peña Blanca, Saint Joseph in Laguna and Saint Catherine Indian School in Santa Fe. "She was always passionate for justice and peace," said Lee Lamb, spokesman for the Diocese of Gallup, which encompasses the entire Navajo Nation. Lamb learned of Bartz from her superior, Patricia Suchalski, president of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, based in Bensalem, Pa. Her death is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New Mexico State Police. Both agencies searched Bartz's residence Monday for evidence.
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Karzai Vows To Wipe Out Corruption, Forge Unity
VIDEO REPORT. Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on Tuesday his new government would eradicate corruption and offered an olive branch to Taliban insurgents, launching his program for another five years in office.
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Options For Re-Elected Afghan Leader Karzai
Newly re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday he wanted an inclusive government and vowed to tackle corruption after stern warnings from Western supporters following a flawed election process marred by fraud. Here are some scenarios about how Karzai could approach his next five-year term and what shape his new government might take.
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Court Clears Way For Czech President To Sign EU Lisbon Treaty
Mr Klaus is the last head of state not to sign the Treaty and remains the final barrier to it entering into legal force across the European Union's 27 countries. He has signalled that he will put pen to paper after getting a British-style opt-out to the Charter of Fundamental Rights at an EU summit in Brussels last week.
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Hamas Rocket Can Reach Tel Aviv
Hamas has a missile that can reach Tel Aviv, an Israel Defense Forces official said. Israeli General Amos Yadlin on Tuesday told the Knesset foreign affairs and defense committee that Hamas recently test-fired a missile that can hit a target 37 miles away, which is enough to strike Tel Aviv.
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North Korea Says It Possesses Weapons-Grade Plutonium
"We have finished reprocessing 8,000 spent fuel rods as of August. We have made substantial achievements in weaponising plutonium from the extraction," Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said. Experts said North Korea might be able to produce enough material for one more atomic weapon from the fuel rods cooling at the Soviet-era plant, which was being taken apart under a disarmament-for-aid deal. The announcement is seen as a fresh attempt to put pressure on the US for direct talks.
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Sri Lanka Objects To US Plan To Interview Army Chief
AUDIO AND TEXT. The Sri Lankan government expects the general to be questioned about alleged war crimes committed during the country's civil war. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama wants the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to drop plans to quiz General Sarath Fonseka. Army chief Fonseka, who is visiting his daughters in Oklahoma City, holds an American permanent-residency card. Sri Lankan officials say U.S. immigration authorities have asked the general to be available for questioning on Wednesday before renewing his card.
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Panic In Ukraine Over Swine Flu
Officials in Ukraine have closed schools for three weeks, imposed travel restrictions and are limiting public events as the country battles to stop the spread of swine flu. More than 60 people are believed to have died of respiratory problems in the past week, and the measures are among the toughest to be implemented in Europe to tackle the virus.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
Republican Has Strong Words For Obama
VIDEO REPORT. Former U.S. Senator from Indiana Dan Coats has some strong words for "President" Obama's job performance.
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Economy Will Decide Tuesday’s Races, Says ‘Morning Joe'
Some conservatives have declared the rise of Doug Hoffman as an indictment of Barack Obama. But all of these interpretations miss the bigger point. Hoffman's ascendancy in NY-23 is less about Barack Obama than it is about a decade of bloated and corrupt Republican leadership in Washington, D.C.
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We Still Hold These Truths ...
A year ago this week, the American people elected a person who had promised during the campaign that he would: “cut taxes for 95% of workers and their families,” expand the Army by 65,000 and the Marines by 27,000, and enact “a net spending cut” for the federal government. Lower taxes, a strong defense and shrinking the size of government. Those are all core conservative beliefs. Accordingly, Barack Obama entered the White House with sky high approval ratings. But since being sworn in, Obama has raised taxes, weakened our defenses, and overseen arguably the largest expansion of government ever. As a result Obama’s approval ratings have steadily declined, and the American people have only become more conservative.
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Conservative Candidate Pulls Ahead In N.Y. House Race, But Undecideds Double To 18%
An 11th-hour poll in a much-watched upstate New York House race shows Conservative Party Candidate Doug Hoffman leading Democrat Bill Owens 41% to 36%, two days after the Republican candidate pulled out and one day before the election. But the race remains fluid. Since Republican Dede Scozzafava withdrew on Saturday, she still retains the support of 6% of the voters, while the number of undecided voters doubled from 9% to 18%, according to the poll released this morning by the Siena Research Institute. The poll has a four percentage point margin of error.
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The Siena Poll
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Fred Thompson Draws Larger Crowd Than Joe Biden Does In NY-23
To be fair, Thompson and Owens did have the advantage of have popular country singer John Rich at their rally. Though the race remains tight according to the latest poll, the mood among supporters was hopeful. Fred Thompson got a little cocky at one point. "You know, the vice president's job is to attend funerals," Thompson said of Biden's visit this morning. "Maybe he came a day early."
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Limbaugh, Palin Urge Right Wing To Step Up Efforts To Purge Moderates From Republican Party
"Moderates by definition have no principles," Limbaugh huffed on his radio show yesterday. He predicted that "RINOs" -- an acronym of "Republicans In Name Only" -- "may become extinct." In response to Joe Biden's mocking of Palin, who said, "Sarah Palin thinks the answer to energy is 'Drill, baby, drill,'" Biden said. "It's a lot more complicated, Sarah," Palin retorted on her Facebook page: "There's one way to tell Vice President Biden that we're tired of folks in Washington distorting our message and hampering our nation's progress: Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman!"
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Virginia, New Jersey Races May Test Obama Influence
Republicans seeking a comeback from recent losses may pick up the governor's seats in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday in campaigns that tested the limits of Barack Obama's influence. Democrats were bracing for the unhappy possibility they could go down to defeat not just in those two states but in a congressional district in upstate New York where a conservative candidate was leading. The election outcome could give some clues as to the national mood a year after Obama was elected and a year before 2010 congressional elections that will represent the first clear referendum on Obama's time in office.
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Denver Sends Ballot To Dead Resident
VIDEO REPORT. A well-known Denver doctor received a ballot for Tuesday's election despite the fact that he died in 2003.
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BOOKS SECTION.
 
Obama's Manager: FOX News-Ready
In the cause of a certain book's promotion, it appears, a waiver is being granted in the White House's war with FOX News. That book is Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's “The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory.” For whatever complaints that Plouffe has about FOX, it appears, Greta Van Susteren's regular audience of about 2 million viewers is too much to resist in an inevitable book promotional tour of the networks.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Berkshire Buying Burlington Northern Railroad
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed to acquire the 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. it doesn't already own for $26 billion in cash and stock. The deal would mark Berkshire's largest acquisition ever. The transaction values all of Burlington Northern at $34 billion. The $100 a share Berkshire is paying is a 31% premium to the railroad's closing price Monday. Berkshire also will assume $10 billion of outstanding Burlington Northern debt.
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U.S. Stocks Rise On Ford Profit And Economic Data
VIDEO REPORT. Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rebounding from its biggest weekly drop since May, as Ford Motor Co.’s profit and gauges of manufacturing, home sales and construction spending topped projections.
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Dolan Expects A Dollar Rebound Into End Of 2009
VIDEO REPORT. Brian Dolan, chief currency strategist at Gain Capital's Forex.com, talks with Bloomberg's Bernard Lo about the outlook for the U.S. dollar. He also discusses Federal Reserve monetary policy and the economy.
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Greenhaus Says Executive Pay Rules May Hurt U.S. Banks
VIDEO REPORT. Dan Greenhaus, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Matt Miller about regulation of executive compensation at financial firms. Greenhaus also discusses President Obama's statment that the U.S. economy has pulled "back from the brink" and the government must now "get serious" about reducing debt.
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Fed Leaders Meet Bankers To Stress Limits On Pay
Some analysts questioned whether the meetings -- and the Fed’s newfound focus on pay -- were largely a public relations exercise. Some of the bankers called them a waste of time and said they learned little beyond news reports last month that outlined the new pay guidelines and examinations, said people briefed on the meetings. But former regulators said that the pay reviews represented a more interventionist approach to bank oversight. Previously, Fed officials had been reluctant to weigh in on compensation issues, believing those decisions should be left to bank boards and managers. Now, they are viewing pay practices as basic safety and soundness issues for the financial system
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RBS And Lloyds Shake Up
VIDEO REPORT. The part-nationalized Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group are being forced to sell off hundreds of branches.
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Lloyds Avoids Government Insurance; Royal Bank Of Scotland Revises Terms
Both banks also outlined likely sales that will be needed to satisfy European Union regulators, including the disposal of branch networks as well as RBS' insurance business. The agreements followed months of speculation about whether either bank could avoid taking the government insurance deal as market conditions have gradually improved. Shares in Lloyds rose 2.8% in early trading, while RBS declined 2.4%.
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UBS Reports Fourth Consecutive Loss On Debt Charge
UBS fell as much as 5.1 percent in Swiss trading after the third-quarter net loss of 564 million Swiss francs ($552 million) exceeded analysts’ estimates. The results included a 1.44 billion-franc accounting charge that reflects rising costs to UBS should it buy back outstanding debt. Chief Executive Officer Oswald Gruebel, who joined in February, is trying to halt redemptions by rich clients and rebuild the investment bank after more than $50 billion of losses and asset writedowns tied to the financial crisis
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Kate Gosselin Confesses: “I Was Very Hard” On Jon
In another confessional TLC special, Kate: Her Story, the mom-of-eight expressed remorse at the way she bossed Jon around. “I was very hard on him and I would never deny that,” she said on the show, which aired last night, “I felt very much like a lot of weight rested on my shoulders ... I was wrong to treat him that way,” the 34-year-old added. “Was it good, healthy and wonderful? No. Am I proud of those moments that were captured? No.”
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Mel Gibson A Father For Eighth Time
Gibson's publicist, Alan Nierob, confirmed Oksana Grigorieva, 39, gave birth on Friday. Grigorieva, a pianist and songwriter, also has a teenage son with former James Bond actor Timothy Dalton. Gibson, 53, already has seven children with estranged wife Robyn, who filed for divorce to end their 28-year marriage in April.
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Oprah And Mariah At "Precious" Premiere
VIDEO REPORT. Oprah Winfrey and Mariah Carey were among the top celebrities to walk the red carpet for the Hollywood premiere of the film "Precious."
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HEALTH SECTION.
 
Deaths May Be Linked To Recalled Beef
VIDEO REPORT. A federal health official says two deaths and 26 other illnesses may be linked to ground beef recalled by a New York meat company because it might have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
Carrey's 'Christmas Carol' Challenge
VIDEO REPORT. Jim Carrey says playing eight different roles in motion capture animation 'A Christmas Carol' was "a huge challenge." The actor was speaking at a London press conference for the Robert Zemeckis movie.
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Katzenberg “Optimistic” For Dreamworks On 3-D Innovation
VIDEO REPORT. Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive officer of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., talks about the outlook for the movie industry. Katzenberg sees a very "bumpy" road ahead for the movie industry but remains "optimistic" for DreamWorks due to its 3-D innovation.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Victorino Angry At Bowa For Saying Phils Steal Signs
Shane Victorino erupted before Game 5 here last night when told Bowa had said the Phillies had a reputation for stealing signs, calling the allegations "weak." "I guess he knows something that I don't know about, obviously," Victorino said. "You know, everybody makes excuses. Everybody is going to find a reason. For Bowa to come out and say something like that if he doesn't know what he's talking about, if he doesn't have cold, hard facts, he shouldn't say something like that.
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Woods And Mickelson Renew Battle In China
Tiger Woods renews battle with Phil Mickelson in China this week as Asia hosts its biggest golf tournament ever with the HSBC Champions now elevated to World Golf Championship status. The last time the world's top two players met, Mickelson surged to victory at the Tour Championship, leaving Woods trailing in second. It will be another intriguing showdown at the Sheshan International Golf Club in an event that has attracted a compelling list of the sport's best players, with a seven million dollar purse.
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Subject: 112-Year-Old Bridegroom And His 17-Year-Old Bride 		robmarch@...
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“Twin Towers” Warship Arrives In New York.
The U.S.S. New York, Made With 7.5 Tons Of Steel From The World Trade Center, Arrives In N.Y.C. Today On Its Maiden Voyage
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Karzai Handed Second Term After Afghan Election Run-Off Cancelled
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Halloween Dress-Up West Hollywood Style
VIDEO REPORT. The sights and sounds of the 2009 West Hollywood Costume Carnaval as thousands of adults show their creativity and that they are kids at heart.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A13
 
Boy Killed Trick-Or-Treating
VIDEO REPORT. A 10-year-old Massachusetts boy who was killed after a birch tree snapped and struck him Saturday evening while he was trick-or-treating has been identified by police.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A11
 
U.S.S. New York Sets Her Sights On Manhattan
VIDEO AND TEXT. The U.S.S. New York,  the naval ship forged from World Trade Center steel, will dock in its namesake city this morning, for a ceremony complete with a 21-gun salute and a tribute to those lost in the September 11th terrorist attacks. The $1 billion New York, named after the city to honor those lost in Sept. 11 attacks, was made with 7 1/2 tons of steel from the Twin Towers. And there 's no shortage of hometown homages on the vessel: The main passageway is called Broadway, and the ship's insignia references the NYPD and the FDNY. The diner-inspired galley, the Skyline Cafe, features a pre-9/11 blue-neon outline of the city, and there's even a 34th Street and a 42nd Street on board. The ship's bow is made with the Ground Zero steel  -- so where ever it goes the Trade Center metal leads the way -- and features an image of the Twin Towers behind a rising phoenix and the words “Never Forget.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A33
 
Six Bodies Found At Rapist's Home
VIDEO REPORT. Cleveland police arrested a convicted rapist after finding six decomposed female bodies on his property.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A08
 
 
WORLD SECTION.
 
Abdullah Pulls Out Of Afghan Run-Off Election
VIDEO REPORT. Opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday pulled out of Afghanistan's run-off election, plunging the war-torn country into fresh political turmoil less than a week before the scheduled contest. After President Hamid Karzai snubbed a series of demands promoted as a bid to avoid a repeat of massive first-round fraud, Abdullah said he saw no point in standing in the second round, while stopping short of calling for a boycott. But Karzai's camp insisted the contest should still go ahead, with analysts saying a one-horse race could still take place on November 7 even if turnout is likely to be well below the 38 percent recorded last time.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A05
 
Karzai Handed Second Term After Afghan Election Run-Off Cancelled
Daoud Ali Najafi, the IEC chief officer, gave no details to explain the legal process expected to usher Mr Karzai back into power, but Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General, was in Kabul to negotiate a possible power-sharing deal between Mr Abdullah and Mr Karzai. A few minutes before the announcement, Mr Ban said: “If and when the Independent Election Commission makes a decision consistent with the constitutional procedures... the United Nations will respect and support that decision.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A35
 
Brit P.M. Believes Karzai Can Bring Unity
VIDEO REPORT. Gordon Brown says President Hamid Karzai can bring unity and harmony for the Afgan people but he has a lot of work to do.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A07
 
Mexicans Honor Their Departed
VIDEO REPORT. Residents in Mexico gather to decorate the graves of the departed celebrating an ancient rite that dates back to pre-Hispanic times.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A09
 
Palestinians Say Clinton Hurt Peace Talks
VIDEO REPORT. The Palestinians on Sunday accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton of undermining progress toward Mideast peace talks after she praised Israel for offering to curb some Jewish settlement construction.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A06
 
Pakistan Blast Kills 35
VIDEO REPORT. A suicide bomber kills at least 35 near army HQ in Rawalpindi.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A36
 
Taliban Blamed
The explosion came soon after the government had announced £3m in rewards for the capture of the Taliban leadership. Newspapers carried advertisements offering a £360,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the Taliban leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, or his top lieutenants, Wali-ur Rehman and Qari Hussain. "These people are definitely killers of humanity and deserve exemplary punishment," newspaper ads offering the reward read.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A37
 
U.K. Flood Alert
VIDEO REPORT. Much of the UK is on flood alert after torrential rain and strong winds caused scores of rescues and travel misery.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A29
 
Winter Crisis Could See U.K. Run Out Of Gas In Hours
The revelation has sparked a row between the Conservatives and Labor over who is doing more to keep the heating on. Last winter, the UK was left with only three days of reserves when foreign energy companies started exporting gas to supply their European customers after Russia cut supplies that used a pipeline through Ukraine. A spokeswoman for Ed Miliband's energy and climate change department said that under a civil contingency act he had the power to halt exports from the UK if the Queen had signed the order.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A34
 
POLITICS SECTION.
 
The Million Med March
The Million Med March is a physician grassroots movement to re-establish honor, dignity and worth to the medical profession. Its sole mission is to protect the relationship between the doctor and the patient. The Million Med March is marching state by state on November 21, 2009.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A25
 
N.J. Gov. Race May Hinge On Turnout
VIDEO REPORT. Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie says his bid to unseat Democratic incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine will come down to turnout.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A30
 
N.J. Gubernatorial Candidates Campaign In Last Weekend Before Election
VIDEO AND TEXT. The focus was clearly on Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine, whose effort was boosted by dual rallies with Barack Obama, imploring adoring urban audiences to "do the same thing you did last year." But Republican Chris Christie would not be outdone. He rode his spaceship-like bus through GOP strongholds as voters hungry for a return to power shouted and tried to get close enough to touch their standard-bearer. "It’s within our reach," he yelled.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A31
 
Scozzafava Drops Out Of N.Y. Race
VIDEO REPORT. Scozzafava Drops Out
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A14
 
Ex-Candidate Scozzafava Endorses Democrat In New York
The gulf between the moderate and conservative factions of the Republican Party appeared to spread Sunday when the Republican former candidate in a contentious congressional race endorsed the Democrat. New York State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava's decision was essentially a rebuke of conservative activists who had mounted a wildcat effort to ensure her defeat. She had ended her campaign a day earlier after it became clear she could not win Tuesday's special election.It remained uncertain, however, whether her endorsement could tilt the race toward Democrat Bill Owens.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A15
 
Limbaugh Assails Obama's 'Radical' Agenda, Predicts One-Term Presidency
Barack Obama is pursuing a "radical" agenda that is putting the economy and national security in peril, talk show host Rush Limbaugh told "Fox News Sunday," giving the young president failing grades across the board and standing by his sustained criticism of the administration. The conservative radio host assailed the administration for its economic stimulus package, health care reform plan and alleged uncertainty over the way forward in Afghanistan. In a wide-ranging interview, he called Obama a "child" driven by his "out-of-this-world ego." And he predicted that Obama, who built a broad-based majority over Republican candidate John McCain a year ago, would not win a second term.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A32
 
 
EDITORIAL SECTION.
 
“Immeltdown Interruptus"
Or
"Is That A Cable Box In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Wired?"
Given that Comcast is about to acquire NBC-Universal, is there any hope that NBC News and MSNBC will become more than just a press release service for the Obama Administration? Will the new management realize that Keith Olberman is the Worst Person in the World -- for their business? Will their Human Resources Department send Chris Matthews for treatment of his Obamica -- that being the sciatic tingling he gets from his ischium to his lower-leg every time our Monarch-wannabe opens his mouth to warble from the teleprompter? (I hate when that happens!)
 
To read the entire Editorial, click the link.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#editorial
 
 
BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Global Monetary Policy In Focus
VIDEO REPORT. The Federal Reserve, ECB, BoE and RBA will be meeting this week. The central banks will be announcing their interest rate decisions.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A20
 
CIT Bankruptcy
VIDEO REPORT. U.S. lender CIT files for bankruptcy in the wake of the global financial crisis, pushing the dollar and Asian financial stocks lower.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A21
 
CIT’s Bankruptcy May Help Bondholders And Erase Taxpayer Stake
CIT Group Inc.’s decision to seek court protection probably will keep money flowing to bondholders and 1 million customers of the 101-year-old commercial lender. Shareholders and taxpayers won’t be as fortunate. CIT’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy may give bondholders new notes at 70 cents on the dollar plus new common stock, and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Peek said clients will be able to get funds. Common stock owners could be mostly wiped out, and the U.S. Treasury Department said it won’t recoup much, if any, of the $2.33 billion of taxpayer money that went into CIT, the largest firm to go bankrupt after getting a federal bailout.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A22
 
Galleon Gone In 45 Days: Who Said Hedge Funds Were Illiquid?
“I have decided that it is now in the best interest of our investors and employees to conduct an orderly wind down of Galleon’s funds while we explore various alternatives for our business,” Raj  Rajaratam, the 52-year-old billionaire founder of the firm, wrote in a letter to clients. It’s not so surprising that the firm is winding down. Indeed, as we hit “publish” on this piece, Galleon had already reportedly liquidated practically all of its holdings, mostly large-cap equities like Apple, Google and Bank of America, but also some not-so-liquid securities traded over the counter or in emerging markets. According to sources quoted by Dow Jones Newswires, the firm is on track to pay out investors by January 1, 2010 -- at a profit.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A23
 
Buying Into Big Media's Recovery
All eyes will be on Comcast for any updates on its very pregnant proposal to buy NBC Universal; the deal, of course, is dependent on moves from Vivendi, the French entertainment conglomerate. Vivendi is still playing hard to get, saying last week that an IPO of the firm's 20% stake in NBCU is a possibility. But many executives from both NBCU and Comcast expect the deal to be announced imminently, and then take 12 to 18 months to complete. “I thought it would be announced [last] week, to be honest,” said one NBCU insider, who was not permitted to speak on the record. One Wall Street player confirmed market rumors that bankers have already descended on the MSO's Philadelphia headquarters to work with management on selling the NBC Network and stations to a third party. Comcast had no immediate comment on that still-hypothetical possibility.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A24
 
 
GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Jon Gosselin Following Celeb Rabbi
VIDEO REPORT. Jon Gosselin now says he’s rededicated his life to the teachings of Michael Jackson’s rabbi, and he wants to reconcile with Kate Gosselin.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A27
 
Jon Gosselin Admits He Failed To Check His Moral Compass
Jon Gosselin has set himself upon the road to redemption and hopes to set the record straight about his relationships and reputation. During a public dialogue Sunday night with celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at New York City's West Side Jewish Center, the reality star, 32, said, "I think I'm just misunderstood. I'm not a fame seeker. Everyday I look in the mirror and I wonder [why I'm famous]. I don't sing. I don't dance. I'm not a Nobel Peace Prizewinner. I just had eight kids and I had a show on TLC."
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The 112-Year-Old Bridegroom And His 17-Year-Old Bride
He is old enough to be her great-great-grandfather. But Ahmed Muhamed Dhore, a Somalian who claims he is 112 years old, said he had realized a "dream" by marrying a 17-year-old bride. Dhore, who says he was born in 1897, the year that Queen Victoria celebrated her diamond jubilee, already has 13 children by five wives, but said he would like more with his newest, Safiya Abdulle.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A02
 
Scones ...
Jam Then Cream, Or
Cream Then Jam?
America Wants To Know!
British Copywriter Hollie Newton was faced with a conundrum: in what manner shall I serve my scones? Unwilling to make a faux paux (heaven forfend!), she wrote to the Ritz Hotel in London, England soliciting their advice. The link takes you to her letter and their reply. Cheerio! (Count Chocula, anyone?)
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A01
 
 
MUSIC SECTION.
 
Rapper Lil Wayne Faces Bars, But “No Ceilings”
It seems as though Lil Wayne will not go to prison quietly. The chart-topping rapper, who will be sentenced in February 2010 for the felony gun charge that he pled guilty to this past week in New York, is kicking off his extensive to-do-list with the release of a brand new mixtape entitled, “No Ceilings.”
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A17
 
 
SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Probe To Track Impact Of Warming On Earth Cycles
VIDEO REPORT. A 315-million-euro satellite that will gauge the impact of climate change on the movement of water across land, air and sea was hoisted into space early Monday. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) probe will shed new light on how water circulates around Earth's oceans.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A28
 
 
SPORTS SECTION.
 
Yankees Take A 3-1 Lead
VIDEO REPORT. Hear from the Yankees after their 7-4 win over the Phillies in Game 4 of the World Series. The Yankees are one win away from winning their 27th World Series championship.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A03
 
Florida Gators Coach To Have `Serious Talk' With Brandon Spikes
Florida coach Urban Meyer said he planned to speak with star Gators linebacker Brandon Spikes on Sunday about Spikes' apparent unsportsmanlike conduct during the Gators' 41-17 win against Georgia. Several times during the game, the emotions of both teams' players boiled over and resulted in unsportsmanlike penalties, confrontations and verbal exchanges. At one point during the game, Spikes, a senior and team captain, appeared to let his emotions get the better of him when he reached into the facemask of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey, in an apparent attempt to gouge Ealey's eyes.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A19
 
American Wins Men's Marathon
VIDEO REPORT. American Meb Keflezighi wins his first marathon, while Derartu Tulu becomes the first Ethiopian woman to be victorious in the New York City marathon.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A04
 
Payton Family Honors Walter's Legacy
VIDEO REPORT. Connie Payton and her two children talk about honoring her late husband, Walter Payton, at Soldier Field on the 10th anniversary of his death.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A12
 
Ravens Played Like Ravens Of Old
Oh, did the Ravens need this one. For their playoff chances. For their self-esteem. To get the media off their backs. To get their nervous fans back onto the bandwagon. Here's all you need to know about Sunday's 30-7 knockout of the previously undefeated Denver Broncos at M&T Bank Stadium: The Ravens finally played like the Ravens again.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A18
 
Disconnect Continues For Tony Romo And Roy Williams
Tony Romo and Roy Williams aren’t on the same page. Coach Wade Phillips even acknowledged it after the Dallas Cowboys’ 38-17 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday afternoon at Cowboys Stadium. "They’re getting closer. They talk to each other afterward, but a couple of times, Tony thought he was going to go here and he went there and vice versa. We’ve just got to keep working at that," Phillips said.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A16
 
 
TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
U.S. Coal Plant Deploys Carbon Capture, Sequestration
VIDEO REPORT. Banking that coal power plants will come under legal and financial pressure to reduce emissions as part of efforts to reduce global warming, French firm Alstom on Friday unveiled the world's largest carbon capture facility at a coal plant. It's a technology backers hope will fuel a new multi-billion dollar industry and keep the coal industry alive.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091102.html#2009-11-02-A10
 
 
 
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Saturday, October 31, 2009 issue.
Go to  http://www.marchreport.com/20091031.html to read the complete stories.
 
HEADLINES:
 
Lieberman To Campaign For Republicans In 2010
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A36
 
House, Senate Get Separate Bills To Kill Net Neutrality
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A30
 
Third Party Challenges In N.J. And N.Y. Are Warning Sign
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A43
 
OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
Michelle Triola Marvin Died Friday At 76
Michelle Triola Marvin whose landmark lawsuit against her former lover, "Dirty Dozen" actor Lee Marvin, placed the word "palimony" into the family law lexicon and changed the legal rights of unmarried cohabiting partners, died Friday at age 76. She underwent surgery for lung cancer last year and died at the Malibu home of actor Dick Van Dyke, her partner of 30 years, said family spokesman Bob Palmer.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A13
 
 
POLITICS SECTION.
 
G.O.P.: Dems Health Care Plan Will Kill Jobs
VIDEO REPORT. Republicans say the Democrats' proposal to overhaul health care is far too complicated, intrusive and expensive.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A18
 
Lieberman To Campaign For Republicans In 2010
Dissecting Sen. Joseph Lieberman's motives has become a cottage industry among political commentators, especially since he staked out a high-profile stance against a government-run insurance plan put forth by Democratic leaders. Then Lieberman added more fuel to the critics' fire, telling ABC News he will campaign for Republicans in 2010. Lieberman is an independent who caucuses with the Democrats. In a conference call Friday with some Connecticut reporters, Lieberman chuckled at the critics' attempts to, as he called it, "psychoanalyze" him. He said his rejection of the government-run insurance plan isn't a bid for attention or quest for relevance but, rather, a matter of principle.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A36
 
House, Senate Get Separate Bills To Kill Net Neutrality
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have each introduced an anti-net neutrality bill into their respective chambers. McCain's is known as the "Internet Freedom Act of 2009," but Blackburn's is billed as the "Real Stimulus Act of 2009." This "real stimulus" consists of a single line, which is identical in both bills: "The Federal Communications Commission shall not propose, promulgate, or issue any regulations regarding the Internet or IP-enabled services." While the bills target network neutrality, they appear to go much further by banning any sort of new rules on all IP services.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A30
 
Third Party Challenges In N.J. And N.Y. Are Warning Sign
"What it says is the public is looking for less self-interested parties and candidates who can reflect the needs of a very frustrated public," said Douglas Astolfi, a history professor at Florida's St. Leo University. "We have two wars and we're in a recession that neither party seems to address in any positive way. There's a deep sense that government has abandoned the common man. People are frustrated and angry."
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 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A43
 
Republican Suspends New York Congressional Campaign
Republican state Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava has suspended her campaign for upstate New York's 23rd Congressional seat, leaving Democratic nominee Bill Owens and Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in the race that will conclude Tuesday. The move comes on the heels of a new poll that showed Scozzafava had fallen behind her two competitors in a race too close.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A42
 
Obama Lifts Travel Ban For HIV-Positive
barack Obama said today that he is lifting a longstanding ban on travel to the United States or immigration to the country by HIV-Positive individuals. He made the announcement at the signing of an extension of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS bill at the White House.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A01
 
Edmunds.Com Fires Back At White House Cash-For-Clunkers Slam
According to Edmunds, only 125,000 of the 690,000 cars sold during the taxpayer-funded promotion were sales inspired by the program as opposed to those that would have happened anyway. Edmunds then divided that number by the total price tag and voilè: Each car purchased cost the American taxpayer $24,000. “We got real math behind this for the first time,” says Mr. Anwyl in a phone interview, before landing a friendly jab referencing this summer’s “Beer Summit” at the White House. “We need to send an invitation to the President to come out, we’ll have a beer and a photo opportunity, and walk him through the data. He might find it eye-opening.”
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 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A37
 
 
SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Ares 1-X Rocket Booster Damaged On Return
The recovery team sent to retrieve the stage from waters east of the Kennedy Space Center found a large dent in the side of the booster.
NASA said the damage resulted from failures in the parachute system.
The Ares 1-X was a demonstrator for the vehicle NASA plans to use in the next decade to launch astronauts into orbit.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A31
 
 
SPORTS SECTION.
 
World Series Game 3 Preview
VIDEO REPORT. FOX Sports's Ken Rosenthal previews Game 3 of the World Series. Find out what Rosenthal thinks of the starting pitchers and more.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A34
 
Yankees Seek To Break World Series Tie In Philly
VIDEO AND TEXT. After tying the World Series Thursday night, the Yankees will try to take a 2-1 lead over the Phillies tonight in Philadelphia. The Bronx Bombers yesterday held their first workout in Citizens Bank Park, where they last played in 2006. Andy Pettitte, who won the decisive Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, will take the mound for the Yankees tonight against Cole Hamels, the Most Valuable Player of last year's World Series.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A35
 
New York Preps For The Marathon
VIDEO REPORT. 40,000 runners are expected to compete alongside defending champions Paula Radcliffe and Marilson Gomes Dos Santos.
To See the Video, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A33
 
 
TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
ICANN Approves Domain Names We Can't Type
This was bound to happen after the U.S. recently recanted on its "ownership" of the Internet in a new agreement with ICANN, the Internet's primary governing body. "The coming introduction of non-Latin characters represents the biggest technical change to the Internet since it was created four decades ago," ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush said in a statement. "Right now Internet address endings are limited to Latin characters--A to Z. But the Fast Track Process is the first step in bringing the 100,000 characters of the languages of the world online for domain names."
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 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A29
 
Review: The Motorola Droid
VIDEO AND TEXT. The Droid is Motorola's second attempt at an Android phone but the first one they've actually gotten right. More importantly, it's one of the first phones that can legitimately stand head-to-head with the iPhone -- and come out ahead in some significant respects (like get decent reception).
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 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A28
 
"Krab Krawler" Detects Malware In Twitter Links
The tool looks at every public post as it appears on Twitter, extracts any URLs in them and analyzes the Web page they lead to, expanding any URLS that have been shortened, Costin Raiu, a senior malware analyst at Kaspersky, said in an interview. The company is scanning nearly 500,000 new unique URLs that appear in Twitter posts daily, he said. Of those, anywhere between 100 and 1,000 are malware attacks. Twitter has also been targeted by the Koobface virus which posts malicious links from infected users' accounts.
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091031.html#2009-10-31-A11
 
 
TELEVISION SECTION.
 
David Letterman Vs. John Edwards: When Someone Comes Clean About Their Wrongdoing, Are You More Willing To Forgive Them?
When someone comes clean about their wrongdoing (Don Imus, David Letterman), are you more willing to forgive them than when someone lies about their wrongdoing (Martha Stewart, John Edwards)? Candice Bergen, Mary Wells, Liz Smith and Joan Ganz Cooney opine
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Teen Frantic On 911 Call After Brother Stabbed
VIDEO REPORT. William Gorzynski, 15, was breathless and frantic on a 911 call after fatally stabbing his younger brother Matt in the chest with a kitchen knife in an argument over loud music. Hear the just-released 911 recordings.
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Tragedy Tearing Family Apart
With one brother dead from a fatal stab wound, and another brother behind bars in connection with the stabbing, Shirley Gorzynski -- paternal grandmother of the boys -- said her family is mourning two losses. Tuesday morning, the Gorzynski family will bury 14-year-old Matthew Gorzynski. Her family, she said, cannot fully grieve until William Gorzynski, 15, is out of jail and by their side.
 
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Slain Detroit Imam's Followers Deny F.B.I. Claims
VIDEO REPORT. A mosque on Friday dismissed as "utterly preposterous" the FBI's allegations that its slain leader was part of a radical Islamic group. Luqman Ameen Abdullah was killed by the F.B.I.after he failed to surrender his weapon.
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Abdullah Was An Ex-Convict Who Found Islam In Prison
Abdullah often threatened to kill police if they came to take his gun and arrest him, according to federal informants. When authorities did come to arrest him, Abdullah killed a police dog. Ultimately, 11 men in the mosque were charged with conspiracy to sell stolen guns and trying to fence fur coats that were purchased from undercover agents. "Are there some people in this mosque involved in criminal activity?" Rafael asked. "Yeah, probably. There are criminals in every organization. That don't make you public enemy No. 1. I'll tell you what, there's a lot of paranoia around here. I still think there's one or two snitches in here."
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Quran Doesn't Justify Crime, Muslims Say
"The Quran patently forbids things like stealing," said Nadir Muhsin, who teaches Islam at Wayne County Community College. Someone who would use the Quran to justify criminal activity "would actually be putting words in the Quran" that are not there. He also quoted a verse from the Quran that says: "If you have killed one person unjustly, it is as though you killed the entire world."
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Slain F.B.I. Dog To Be Honored
An FBI dog killed in the line of duty Wednesday will have his name added to a memorial wall at FBI headquarters in Quantico, Va., the agency said Thursday. Freddy, a Belgian Malinois, was killed by gunfire at a Dearborn warehouse during a raid on members of a group the FBI described as a radical, violent and separatist black Muslim group.
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San Diego Mid Air Collision News Conference
VIDEO REPORT. News Conference discussing the search for survivors.
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Rescuers Find Debris But No Survivors In Area Of Midair Military Collision
The collision between a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules transport plane and a Marine Corps AH-1 Super Cobra helicopter occurred about 7:10 p.m. Thursday, 20 miles east of San Clemente Island. A nearby pilot reported a fireball in the sky. The Coast Guard plane from Sacramento, with seven crew members, was searching for a 12-foot skiff reported adrift near the island, which is owned by the Navy and used for training.
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4 Utah Teens Busted For "Rapping" Their Mcdonald's Order
VIDEO AND TEXT. A rap by four teenagers at a McDonald's has gotten them a bad rap in one Utah city. The teens were cited by American Fork police earlier this week for disorderly conduct after they rapped their order at a McDonald's drive-through. The teens said they were imitating a popular video on YouTube. They rapped their order, which begins with, "I need a double cheeseburger and hold the lettuce ..." once quickly before repeating it more slowly. Employees at the restaurant told him and his friends they were holding up the line and needed to order or leave.The 18-year-old said nobody was in line.
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Marked Men
Two would-be robbers in Iowa made up a bizarre disguise which did not help hide their identity. They didn't have masks, so they blackened their faces with permanent marker. Joey Miller, 20, and Matthew McNelly, 23, were arrested Friday night in Carroll, Iowa after police pulled their car over after responding to
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Hamid Karzai's Rival On Verge Of Quitting Afghan Election
Abdullah Abdullah, the main challenger in the Afghan presidential election, had laid down conditions for his participation in the second round of the elections but the deadline for Karzai's government to meet them passed today without an agreement being reached. The former Afghan foreign minister demanded the resignation of key election officials, cabinet ministers and provincial governors as a way to avoid a repeat of the massive fraud in the presidential vote in August. He will officially announce whether he will boycott the election tomorrow.
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Sarkozy Sinks Blair's Chances Of President Job
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has emerged as the frontrunner to become the EU's first 'foreign minister' as French President Nicolas Sarkozy killed off Tony Blair's remaining hopes of becoming EU President. Influential European leaders described Mr Miliband as a 'strong candidate' for the role of EU High Representative for foreign and security policy. Mr Sarkozy went on to reveal that France and Germany will effectively seal the deal, saying: 'With Chancellor Merkel, we completely agree that we are going to support the same candidate.' Mrs Merkel has made it known she would prefer the EU's first permanent president to come from one of the EU's smaller states.
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Chirac To Face Embezzlement Trial
VIDEO REPORT. Former French president Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial on embezzlement charges dating back to his time as mayor of Paris; an unprecedented move against a former French head of state.
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Jacques Chirac Says He Is "Serene"
The unprecedented move against a former French head of state was ordered by Xaviere Simeoni, a Paris magistrate. The charges investigated by Judge Simeoni related to 35 work contracts allegedly awarded by Paris city hall as favours to friends or associates of Mr Chirac's political camp. She concluded that 21 out of the 35 were for non-existent jobs.
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Deal May Return Ousted Honduran Leader
VIDEO REPORT. Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and his opponents have agreed to a U.S.-brokered deal that he says will return him to power four months after a coup forced him to leave the country.
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Zelaya To Return To Presidency Within Days
The U.S. had warned that Honduras' presidential elections, scheduled for Nov. 29, would not be recognized if held under the interim government. The secretary-general of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza, said Friday that he was confident the accord would lead to Zelaya's return to the presidency within days and to the formation of a power-sharing government.
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Iran's Mousavi Hints At New Opposition Rally
Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi appeared to urge his supporters on Saturday to take part in rallies on November 4 marking the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. If they gather in the streets on Wednesday, there may be clashes with police and government backers, as happened during annual demonstrations in Iran in support of the Palestinians on September 18.
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Iranian Lawmakers Reject Nuclear Deal
The head of the parliament's national security committee, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, told state media Saturday the committee is opposed to the plan to have Iran ship its uranium abroad for further enrichment. Tehran is reported to have told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it wants nuclear fuel for its reactor before it will send enriched uranium overseas.
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Swiss Diplomats Visit 3 American Hikers Held In Iran
A native Minnesotan and two other American hikers detained in Iran for the past three months were visited for a second time by Swiss diplomats in a notorious prison near Tehran, the captives' families said today. Shane Bauer, who grew up in east-central Minnesota, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were seen for about 40 minutes at Evin Prison, north of Tehran, the families said in a statement. "We were informed via the State Department that Shane, Sarah and Josh are in good physical shape, and we're obviously happy they received another visit," the statement said. "We urge the Iranian authorities to let our children speak to us directly. Every time our telephones ring, we hope they it is them calling to tell us they've been released."
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Passports Linked To 9/11 Found In Pakistan
Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to 9/11 suspects, as they confront an enemy skilled in operating in a mountainous terrain with endless ways to wage a guerrilla war. Soldiers displayed passports seized in the operation, among them a German document belonging to a man named Said Bahaji. That matches the name of a man thought to have been a member of the Hamburg cell that conceived the 9/11 attacks.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Moody's Downgrades Connecticut's Bond Ratings
States’ increasing use of borrowing to resolve their financial problems is not escaping detection by the  agencies that rate bonds. Moody’s Investor Services rapped Connecticut by downgrading the state’s credit outlook from stable to negative. Moody’s specifically mentioned the General Assembly's issuing of $947 million in bonds to help cover last fiscal year’s shortfall.  Moody’s said these one-time budget fixes “create future structural budget gaps and leave the state with significantly reduced flexibility to address additional fiscal pressures that may arise due to a delayed and/or weaker than expected recovery from the worst economic recession since the depression.”
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Nine Banks Closed By Regulators
The nine banks had 153 offices, which will reopen as branches of U.S. Bank beginning Oct. 31. Depositors of the nine banks will automatically become depositors of U.S. Bank. Deposits will continue to be insured by the FDIC.
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Carl Icahn Discusses His Support For CIT Bankruptcy Plan
VIDEO REPORT. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn talks with Bloomberg's Television about his decision to change his vote in favor of CIT's proposed pre-packaged bankruptcy plan due to material enhancements which have been made.
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HEALTH SECTION.
 
Vertigo Treatment
VIDEO REPORT. Health Alert: Virtual Treatment for Vertigo.
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"The Room Just Spins And Spins And Spins"
For people with vertigo, going to the grocery store can be a dizzying experience. Researchers are treating the balance disorder by forcing people to face their fears in a virtual world. Six weeks of wheeling through the virtual store eased dizziness in the real world for 75 percent of patients. "It's wonderful," vertigo patient Susan Dearden told Ivanhoe. "It's like I got my life back."
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
Martin Scorsese Picks 11 Scariest Horror Movies Of All Time
VIDEO AND TEXT. Just in time for Halloween the man who brought you Taxi Driver and The Departed shares his favorite horror movies of all time. Plus, watch clips of the scariest scenes.
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
Miley Cyrus Says "Everyone Should Leave Twitter"
VIDEO REPORT. Cyrus: "I think Twitter should just be banned from this universe."
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Turns 25
U2, Metallica, Jeff Beck, Aretha Franklin and a string of sharp guests played Part 2 of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's two-night 25th anniversary concerts to a 19,500-plus crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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OBAMALOT SECTION.
 
Obama's Violations Of Posse Comitatus (18 USC § 1385) And 10th Amendment
 
The unconstitutional use of American military forces within the United States is back in the news as reports have recently been released reviewing the progress the US Army Northern Command (NORTHCOM) has made in training with other federal, state, and local peace officers and agencies. Constitutionalists will find these maneuvers worrisome as they are gross violations of the black letter and the spirit of the Posse Comitatus Act. Former NYPD detective and U.S. Marine intelligence officer, Sid Frances has called upon the state houses and Governors to assert their constitutionally guaranteed sovereignty and outright refuse to place their state forces under the command of federal officers. “I cannot understand why the federal government is so intent on using such military force within our borders. It reminds me of the Branch Dividian massacre in Waco, Texas, when the feds used that deadly physical force based on false information.”
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News and Opinion Presented with Gales of Derisive Laughter by Robert Jay March
 
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Is Glenn Beck a Hero, a Coward ... or BOTH?
 
Indisputibly, Glenn Beck has provided heroic service to this country on his radio and cable-tv program by exposing the unconstitutional socialization of the United States by the Obama Administration. That said, it appears that he has caved to pressure regarding Certifi-Gate, the occupation of the White House by a constitutionally ineligible electee. Robert Jay March thoroughly analyzes this, exposing the pressures that he and other on-air talent have had placed them by corporate honchos who care more about their profits than our country.
 
     Fox News was set up by Roger Ailes, a former president of CNBC and the late, lamented America's Talking Network, the pre-cursor of MSNBC. March discusses the hidden motivation behind Ailes' building of Fox News into the only television news operation that is not a press-release service for the Obama Administration, not to mention crushing MSNBC and CNN. Do you think the execs at GE are wishing they could turn the clock back?
 
     What does the late, unlamented Hernando Cortés have to do with MarchReport.com? Robert Jay March explains the two-month gap since his last podcast, as he worked behind the scenes to make MarchReport.com bigger and better, while burning all his other boats behind him. March describes how he came to be disabled and home-bound eight years ago, yet continued to work 100 to 120 hours a week running two businesses throughout it all.
 
     Manuel Zelaya, the deposed President of Honduras, who was legally removed from office in accordance with the Honduran Constitution, is being returned to office as a result of pressure from the Obama administration. Hmmm ... they pressured the Honduran Government to restore a President who had violated their Constitution and been legally removed from office. Wonder why? March thinks he knows.
 
 
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Thursday, October 29, 2009 issue.
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Imam Killed In Detroit Raid; Wanted Islamic Nation In U.S.
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Forbes Halves Their Staff: Cuts 100 People
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Jon Gosselin And Nadya Suleman To Date For A TV Pilot
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Forbes Halves Their Staff: Cuts 100 People
The news was broken on Twitter by Silicon Alley Insider's Dan Frommer a/k.a @fromedome: "Forbes just cut 100, including my very talented girlfriend, @lapresmidi.”
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Amazon’s New PayPhrase Has Definite Shakeup Potential
On Thursday Amazon.com introduced Amazon PayPhrase, the first real acceleration of E-Commerce checkout in years, ever since one-click. But PayPhrase does one-click one better. Once set up, it allows shoppers to choose their own short phrase, which is then coupled with a password. After that, PayPhrase allows for purchases right from the product page.
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Fed Could Shrink Firms
VIDEO REPORT. Analysis and discussion with C.E.O. of BlackRock Larry Fink; We need to make sure that we remain a leader in the global economy.
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Global Stocks Hit Three-Week Low On Recovery Jitters
Wednesday's data showed sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly tumbled in September, posting their first drop in six months. Improvement in the U.S. housing market -- the epicenter of the credit crisis -- is essential for a global recovery to be sustainable. Investors are also nervous about Thursday's third-quarter U.S. growth data. The world's biggest economy is expected to have grown an annualized 3.3 percent in the period after a contraction of 0.7 percent in the previous quarter.
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Graham Summers Warns Of Impending Crash
Summers: "I’ve been forewarning of a potential Crash for months now. And the market’s current action is PRECISELY what you would expect for ... increased volatility."
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Make It Stop! Jon Gosselin And Nadya Suleman To Date For A TV Pilot?
The pilot, to be called "Jon - Kate = Jon + Octomom" and produced by Goldstein and a former producer of "The Jerry Springer Show," will follow Jon "as he contemplates what hooking up with Octomom could really be like."  For his part, Jon is horrified by the idea that if they got married, they'd have 22 kids.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
N.J.'S Republican Legacy Leaves Chris Christie On The Defensive
New Jersey taxpayers are on the hook for pensions and lifetime health benefits to more than 400,000 state, county, municipal and school employees. The state pension fund does not have the money to pay those pensions and benefits. In fact. Gov. Jon Corzine has already stated he plans to shortchange the fund by $2 billion in the first year after his putative re-election. Yet there was Corzine behind a microphone at a union hall Tuesday night proclaiming his support for programs that would add billions in new costs. The GOP in the Whitman-Donald DiFrancesco era also laid the groundwork for the pension crisis, by hiking pensions 9 percent. As for our debt crisis, the single biggest component is the $11 billion in bonding the GOP authorized back then without voter approval.
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Pentagon Prepares To Persuade Obama To Approve Afghanistan Surge
Tomorrow’s war council comes amid intense lobbying by senior military figures for a strategy that would deploy at least four extra NATO brigades to protect Afghan towns and cities. Implicit in the strategy would be an admission that the forces could not hope to eliminate the Taleban entirely from the country’s rural areas. Given normal U.S. brigade strengths of 3,000 to 4,000 troops, this would mean deploying up to 16,000 extra soldiers. Policy on Afghanistan “has been reviewed time and again” and yet more delay was “not helpful to our effort”, Senator John McCain said. However, behind the “dithering” alleged by the former Vice-President Dick Cheney, some observers believe that Mr Obama may be close to making up his mind.
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White House Denies Allegation That Big Donors Get Special Access To White House
"Bill Clinton turned the White House into a hotel and coffee shop," RNC Chairman Michael S. Steele said. "Now President Obama has turned the White House into a full-service resort complete with amenities for the highest Democrat bidder." White House officials rejected that criticism. "Many of the people mentioned in this story have been friends and associates of the Obamas for decades -- including college roommates and family friends whose relationships predate and are separate from the president's career in public service," White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said. "Given that nearly 4 million Americans donated to the campaign, it's no surprise that some who contributed have visited the White House, as have grass-roots organizers who didn't contribute financial support and people who actively opposed the president's candidacy."
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Cheney To Back Hutchison For Governor Of Texas
VIDEO REPORT. The battle for conservative credibility in the GOP race for governor just got more interesting thanks to Dick Cheney.
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Is Cheney Key To Conservatives' Vote In Texas Governor's Primary?
"Kay Bailey Hutchison is pleased to have Vice President Cheney's endorsement," said Hutchison spokeswoman Jennifer Baker. "He knows she's a conservative who walks the walk, not just talks the talk." A Rick Perry campaign spokesman dismissed Cheney as part of the "Washington establishment" and touted the governor's support among Texas conservatives. "The Washington establishment likes to stick together," said Mark Miner of the Perry campaign.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Neocutis Skin Care Creams Use Tissue From Aborted Babies
"There's a company by the name of Neocutis, and they make several different types of skin care creams," Debi Vinnedge, executive director of a ministry called Children of God for Life,  explains. "They have a product called PSP, which is a skin protein, actually purified skin proteins, that are taken from the tissue from an aborted baby." According to the Neocutis website, the technology for the product "relies on the use of cultured fetal skin cells obtained from a cell bank."
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Neocutis' "Scientific Newsletter"
PDF FILE. From the Neocutis Scientific Newsletter: "Neocutis , a bio-pharmaceutical company headquartered in Switzerland, develops products for wound healing and treating inflammatory related skin conditions using cultured fetal skin cells or the cellular lysate, called ‘Processed Skin Cell Proteins’ or PSP®."
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NASA Launches Ares 1-X
VIDEO REPORT. NASA is calling the test flight launch of its Ares 1-X rocket "the next step in human exploration."
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 http://marchreport.com/20091029.html#2009-10-29-A12
 
Russia Planning Nuclear-Powered Manned Spaceship Aimed At Moon, Mars Missions
Russian space chiefs are considering plans for a manned spacecraft with a nuclear powerplant aboard. Indications are that the nuclear kit would provide electrical power rather than being used directly for propulsion. Anatoly Perminov, chief of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, revealed the scheme at a meeting yesterday. Perminov specifically mentioned Megawatt-class nuclear space power systems (MCNSPS), which would normally refer to "an appropriate nuclear reactor heat source" generating electrical power aboard a spacecraft by one of several conversion methods.
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Scientists Make Cells That Form Eggs And Sperm In Lab
"We are really trying to look at the origins of normal and abnormal human development by going to the source," said Dr. Renee Riejo Pera of Stanford University in California, whose study appears in the journal Nature. "For years and years, we haven't had the ability to look at how germ cells -- the cells that give rise to eggs and sperm -- how they are made -- what genes are required, what pathways are active," Pera said.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Lack Of World Series Tickets Angers Yankees Fans
VIDEO REPORT. Hopeful fans have been gathering at Yankee Stadium, some since Monday, to try and buy tickets for game one of the World Series. But many left angry and empty-handed.
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Chase Utley Strikes For Two Home Runs Against Yankees' CC Sabathia In Game 1
A year after belting a two-run homer in the first inning of Game 1 against Tampa Bay's Scott Kazmir in St. Petersburg, Utley twice homered off another lefthander, CC Sabathia, Wednesday night to account for the opening two runs in Philadelphia's 6-1 win over the Yankees at the Stadium. "That's not your goal," Utley said about taking the team on his shoulders. "Your goal is to try to put good at-bats together and see what happens."
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Meet Glenn Beck's Publicist:
Former Hillary Clinton Campaign Employee Matthew Hiltzik
It is worth noting that Hiltzik has clients on all sides of the spectrum, including Katie Couric, Alec Baldwin, Annie Leibovitz and Don Imus. The author of this story spoke to Hiltzik last a few weeks ago when Couric interviewed Beck for the debut of her web show. He acknowledged he was still working with Beck, but like most adept PR pros, wouldn't comment on strategy or even if he set up the interview.
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CNBC’s Ratings Tumble
CNBC’s ratings have fallen by 50% in October when compared to the rating in the same month a year ago. However, CNBC’s smaller competitor Fox Business seems to be unaffected. Its morning host Don Imus seems to do the trick for it.
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CNN Slips To Fourth In Weeknight Prime Demographic
The meager showing in primetime marks a decline of 78% in the demo compared to October 2008, when the election was juicing cable news numbers across the board. Fox News remained dominant across all day-parts. In primetime (Mon-Sun, 8-11 p.m.), Fox News averaged 2.1 million viewers with 560,000 in the demo. MSNBC was second with 699,000 viewers, 234,000 in the demo followed by CNN and HLN. Fox News also had all ten of the top-ten shows in cable news in both the demo and total viewers led by The O’Reilly Factor (3.3 million viewers, 875,000 in the demo), Glenn Beck (2.7 million viewers, 712,000 in the demo), Hannity (2.3 million, 659,000 in the demo) and On the Record with Greta Van Susteren (1.9 million, 533,000 in the demo).
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Chelsea Handler's Chagrin
VIDEO REPORT. Jay Leno Confronts Chelsea Handler with her Playboy cover, and hilarity ensues; well, sort of.
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Imus Calls Obama "A Girly Man"
VIDEO REPORT. "The President is a whiny little ... baby, and a girly man and doesn't have enough guts to figure out what to do in Afghanistan ... he's gonna take on Fox News?" said the I-man. Imus also ranted about N.Y. Times columnist Maureen Dowd and esteemed Literary Agent Esther Newberg -- and they're his friends.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091029.html#2009-10-29-A16
 
 
U.S. SECTION.
 
Detroit-Dearborn Imam Killed In Raid
VIDEO REPORT. The FBI reports the leader of a group called "Ummah" (the brotherhood) was gunned down in a raid. Luqman Ameen Abdullah was killed after he failed to surrender his weapon. 10 others are charged with conspiracy to commit federal crimes.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091029.html#2009-10-29-A22
 
Feds Say Mosque Leader's Goal Was Islamic Nation In U.S.
Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, leader of the Masjid Al-Haqq mosque in Detroit, known to some as Christopher Thomas, died after firing on officers during the raid, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.  Abdullah is accused in a federal complaint of heading a Sunni Muslim group with the mission of establishing a separate Islamic nation within the United States. An FBI dog also was fatally wounded. The suspects "are members of a group that is alleged to have engaged in violent activity over a period of many years and known to be armed," a joint statement from the Detroit FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office said.
 
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No Estimate When Bay Bridge Will Open
VIDEO REPORT. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, closed after 5,000 pounds of metal broke off during rush hour Tuesday, won't reopen to traffic in time for Thursday morning's commute, a state transportation spokesman said Wednesday.
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Bay Bridge Repairs Will Face Extra Scrutiny
The failure of the Labor Day fix called into question whether Caltrans could be trusted to provide a safe and speedy solution. Caltrans officials assured the public Wednesday that they had the best engineers on hand now and during the Labor Day weekend designing the repairs. However, they declined Wednesday evening to say when the bridge would reopen. Once the work is finished, the newly installed tie-rods and brackets, or saddles, attached to the structure need to be properly tightened -- a process that will take at least three hours, said Caltrans spokesman Bart Ney. Then the teams of inspectors -- from the Federal Highway Administration and an independent seismic safety advisory board -- will examine the work.
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F.A.A. Revokes Northwest Pilots' Licenses
VIDEO REPORT. The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles.
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F.A.A.: Military Should Have Been Told Sooner
"We're not going to equivocate on this. Any kind of distraction, whether it's trains, planes or automobiles is a distraction and we should figure out ways to get these cell phones, the texting, ... and the use of laptops out of the hands of people who are supposed to be delivering the public to somewhere safely," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. The pilots of Northwest flight 188 told safety investigators they lost track of time and place while using their laptops to work out crew schedules. They said they were out of communications with air traffic controllers and their company's dispatchers for 91 minutes while cruising at 37,000 feet, unaware that they had flown past their destination of Minneapolis until a flight attendant called them on an intercom.
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Homeless Man Stuffs Ferret Down His Pants; Hilarity Ensues
Rodney Bolton, a homeless man in Jacksonville Beach, FL is in now in jail after police say tried to steal a ferret by stuffing it down his pants. Sgt. Thom Bingham has a hard time believing what happened. "Stuffing a ferret down your pants in order to steal it is not only stupid but a little dangerous".
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Firsthand View Of Firefight In Afghanistan
VIDEO REPORT. A firsthand look at a firefight between the French forces and the Taliban from an embedded reporter. The troops are based at a village on the front line between government-held and insurgent-held parts of Afghanistan.
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Taliban Vow More Pre-Poll Attacks In Afghanistan
"We'll intensify our attacks in the coming days. We'll disrupt the elections," Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi said by telephone from an undisclosed location. "We have new plans and tactics for attacks to disrupt the elections," the spokesman emphasised. Attacks by the Taliban, toppled by US-led forces in late 2001, were a major deterrent to voters in the first round of the election on August 20 when turnout in some provinces was as low as five percent.
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Ahmadinejad Says Conditions Ready For Nuclear Cooperation
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that conditions were now ripe for a deal on Iran's nuclear program as a result of a change in Western policy from "confrontation to cooperation." But Ahmadinejad insisted that his government, for so long on a collision course with the West over its refusal to heed repeated UN Security Council ultimatums to suspend uranium enrichment, was keen to strike a deal.
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Iraq Makes Arrests Over Deadly Blasts
The Iraqi military says it has arrested more than 60 security force members in connection with the recent series of bombings in Baghdad that killed about 155 people. A military spokesman said Thursday the arrests included 11 military officers.
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Clinton Offers Support To Pakistan
VIDEO REPORT. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, continuing her visit to Pakistan, has again pledged support for the country.
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Car Bomb Kills Scores In Pakistan Market
VIDEO REPORT. A car bomb has torn through a packed market in Pakistan killing 92 people and trapping casualties under pulverised shops, in one of Pakistan's deadliest attacks. The explosion brought down buildings in the northwestern city of Peshawar just hours after US Secretary Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan to bolster the two countries' troubled alliance against Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091029.html#2009-10-29-A34
 
Pakistan Car Bomb Toll Passes 100
At least 200 others were injured in the attack. Overnight, more bodies were recovered and some of the wounded died. Similar bombings have killed hundreds of people in recent weeks, as the army carries out an operation against Taliban militants in South Waziristan. The head of the Pakistani Taliban has denied responsibility for the attack. Hakimullah Mehsud said that the latest attack was orchestrated by the Americans and Pakistani intelligence agencies "to malign the name of the Taliban".
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Pakistani Army To Confront "Large Group Of Uzbek Extremists"
Most of the Uzbek militants in South Waziristan belong to the al Qaeda-linked group, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). Renowned for their fanaticism, Uzbek militants initially fled their home country in the early 1990s after a government crackdown on people who advocated the introduction of Sharia law in secular Uzbekistan. Not all Uzbeks there are active militants; some are merely supporters of the Taliban while others are little more than "hired guns".
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Booed By Audience After Angry TV Rant
It was the Berlusconi's first response to an Italian court's decision to uphold a four-and-a-half year prison sentence against British tax lawyer David Mills for accepting a massive bribe from Mr Berlusconi in exchange for lying in court about his business dealings. Mr Berlusconi, who is suffering from a dose of scarlet fever that he contracted earlier this week, phoned into the late-night discussion show on Tuesday night and raged against Italy's judicial system, which he said was infested with "communist" judges and magistrates bent on destroying him.
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British Couple Held At Somali Pirate Base
A British couple whose Indian Ocean yachting holiday was cut short when their yacht was hijacked joined hostages on another captured ship on Thursday and were taken to the Somali pirate lair of Harardhere. Pirates continued their rampage around the Seychelles and also seized a Thailand-flagged trawler Thursday, bringing to nine the total number of ships hijacked off Somalia.
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Wednesday, October 28, 2009 issue.
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Former Letterman Writer Describes Sexcapades At Show
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Lieberman Opposes Public Option In Challenge To Reid
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Arrests Made In Fatal UConn Stabbing
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Michelle Contradicts Obama Nativity Story
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Former Letterman Writer Describes "Hostile, Sexually Charged Atmosphere"
One of the few women ever to write for Late Night with David Letterman, the author remembers a hostile, sexually charged atmosphere. What’s to be done? Start by breaking late night’s all-male gag order. She writes, "Without naming names or digging up decades-old dirt, let’s address the pertinent questions. Did Dave hit on me? No. Did he pay me enough extra attention that it was noted by another writer? Yes. Was I aware of rumors that Dave was having sexual relationships with female staffers? Yes. Was I aware that other high-level male employees were having sexual relationships with female staffers? Yes. Did these female staffers have access to information and wield power disproportionate to their job titles? Yes. Did that create a hostile work environment? Yes. Did I believe these female staffers were benefiting professionally from their personal relationships? Yes. Did that make me feel demeaned? Completely. Did I say anything at the time? Sadly, no."
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Billy Bell, We Hardly Knew Ye
Last night, the reality dance show "So You Think You Can Dance" tried something new. Instead of immediately launching into elimination rounds, the show aired a "Meet the Top 20" episode that allowed the contestants to dance in their favored styles, be it hip hop, contemporary or jazz, without fear of being harshly criticized by the judges. The show also offered a glimpse of what could have been regarding contemporary dancer Billy Bell, who announced on Monday that he was dropping out of the competition due to an undisclosed illness.
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Golden Globes’ Ricky Gervais Coup
In a direct shot at the Oscars, the Golden Globes organizers have tapped Ricky Gervais to host next January’s awards ceremony. The dry-witted British comedian, who will be the Globes’ first emcee since 1995, brought down the house as a presenter at the 2009 awards show. Can he summon the same magic to push the Globes past the increasingly bloated and feckless Academy Awards?
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A37
 
 
U.S. SECTION.
 
Arrests Made In Fatal UConn Stabbing
VIDEO REPORT. A Bloomfield, CT man has been charged with the murder of a UConn student athlete. John William Lomax III is one of three arrests police made today in the stabbing death of Jasper Howard.
To See the Video Report, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A02
 
Bay Bridge Cable Snaps
VIDEO REPORT. Traffic crawled on the Bay Bridge upper deck after a cable snapped and hit vehicles.
To See the Video Report, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A16
 
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Closed
VIDEO REPORT. Authorities closed the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Tuesday after a cable snapped on the upper deck of the span during the evening commute.
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Closed After Repair Falls Apart
Three pieces of an emergency repair to the Bay Bridge's cantilever section made over Labor Day weekend snapped and crashed onto the upper deck of the span late Tuesday afternoon, striking three vehicles and forcing the indefinite closure of the region's busiest bridge. The pieces that snapped were two high-strength steel rods and a crossbeam from a steel saddle, said Tony Anziano, Caltrans toll bridge program manager. Those parts were installed over Labor Day weekend during a repair job that delayed the reopening of the bridge following scheduled work. With an extended closure of the Bay Area's busiest bridge possible, Bay Area transportation officials were preparing contingency plans.
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Back Story: Glitch Caused Delay In Reopening Of Bay Bridge
VIDEO REPORT. In this video from last September 8, transit crews scrambled to repair an unexpected crack in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and finish a long-planned seismic upgrade with just a day to go before the crush of morning commuters. This is the same area that caused yesterday's new closure.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A17
 
John W. Lomax III Charged With Murder And Conspiracy
Police also charged Hakim Muhammad, 20, of 11 Barry Circle, Bloomfield, with conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. He was being held, with bail set at $750,000, pending arraignment today. Jamal Todd, 21, of 75 Hampton St., Hartford, was charged with falsely reporting an incident and reckless endangerment and was released without having to post bail. UConn police Maj. Ron Blicher said that Todd pulled a fire alarm, forcing about 300 people at the party to leave the Student Union. None of the three is a UConn student. Todd attends Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic. Police would not answer questions about what might have led to the killing.
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D.C.-Area Sniper Set To Die Next Month
VIDEO REPORT. Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad will die by lethal injection when he is executed next month. Muhammad is scheduled to be executed November 10th.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A06
 
2 Chicago Men Charged In Terror Plot Over Muhammad Cartoons
Two Chicago men are charged with planning terrorist acts against overseas targets, including a Danish newspaper that sparked riots in the Muslim world when it published cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, prosecutors said Tuesday. David Coleman Headley, 49, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, were charged in separate complaints filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Headley told FBI agents that the initial plan called for an attack against the newspaper building in Copenhagen, but he later proposed just killing the paper's cartoonist and former cultural editor, according to an FBI affidavit released Tuesday.
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Targeted Cartoonist: "I'm Angry Because I Have To Live With Threats, Just Because I Have Done My Job"
David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who shared an extreme hatred for cartoons that depicted the prophet Mohammed, arranged for a flight to Copenhagen to "commit terrorist acts against overseas targets," authorities said. The Chicago men are accused of plotting to target employees of the Danish newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, which published cartoons of the prophet Mohammed in 2005, sparking violent riots across the Muslim world. Any depiction of the prophet, even a favorable one, is forbidden by Islamic law as likely to lead to idolatry.
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Criminal Complaint: David Headley
PDF FILE. Click the link to read the criminal complaint against David Headley
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Criminal Complaint: Tahawar Rana
PDF FILE. Click the link to read the criminal complaint against Tahawar Rana
 
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WORLD SECTION.
 
U.N. Staff Leave Guesthouse Following Taliban Attack
VIDEO REPORT. Afghan police evacuated foreign nationals from a guesthouse in central Kabul, after a bold attack by Taliban suicide gunmen left six foreign staff dead.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A19
 
6 U.N. Employees Killed In Assault On Kabul Guesthouse
Militants armed with automatic rifles, grenades and suicide vests attacked a guesthouse in central Kabul at dawn today, killing six U.N employees, including an American, U.N. and U.S. Embassy officials said. Three Afghans and the three attackers were also killed, said Sayed Abdul Ghafar Sayedzada, the Kabul criminal investigation police chief. Later, two rockets slammed into the grounds of the Serena Hotel, said Interior Ministry spokesman Zamarai Bashari. Only one of the rockets detonated, and it did not cause any casualties. The Taliban insurgency claimed responsibility for the attack on the Bakhtar guesthouse, which is used by foreigners working for U.N. agencies in the capital.
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Video Of Detained U.S. Hikers Released
VIDEO REPORT. The families of three Americans being detained in Iran release video which they say shows the hikers were on vacation.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A18
 
Explosion Rocks Pakistan's Peshawar City, 16 Dead
An explosion rocked a women's market in Pakistan's main northwest city of Peshawar on Wednesday, killing five people in the latest attack to shake the country as the army battles Islamist militants along the Afghan border.
At least 35 people were wounded in the blast, police said. It coincided with a trip to Pakistan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was in the capital, Islamabad, some three hours drive away.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A04
 
 
BOOKS SECTION.
 
Andre Agassi: “Open: An Autobiography”
Tennis star Andre Agassi serves up a bombshell in his new memoir: In the late '90s he began regularly using crystal meth. "I can't speak to addiction, but a lot of people would say that if you're using anything as an escape, you have a problem," he tells PEOPLE magazine. Agassi's book, Open, details his descent into drug use, as well as his hair loss, his troubled marriage to Brooke Shields and the love he eventually found with his current wife, Steffi Graf. See Related Video in Sports section.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A10
 
 
BUSINESS SECTION.
 
"These Banks Have Gotten Away With Murder"
VIDEO REPORT. Hundreds of protesters on Monday targeted the offices of Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo to demand accountability from big banks.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A29
 
Ex-Chief Of AMD Is Linked To Galleon
One of the technology industry's highest-profile executives has become ensnared in an alleged insider-trading case that is shaking the corporate and financial worlds. A criminal case filed by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office earlier this month alleged that an unnamed Advanced Micro Devices Inc. executive shared confidential information about the chip maker with a defendant in the case. The AMD executive is Hector Ruiz, then AMD's chairman and previously chief executive, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A30
 
 
CERTIFI-GATE SECTION.
 
Michelle Contradicts Obama Nativity Story
In little noticed remarks, Michelle Obama stated at a public event that her husband's mother, Ann Dunham, was "very young and very single" when she gave birth to the future U.S. "president." Her comments further undermine the official story as told by Barack Obama: that Dunham was married to his father, Barack Obama Sr., at the time of birth. The official story claims Dunham and Obama, Sr. were married Feb. 2, 1961. The pair separated two years later and they divorced in 1964. Obama's father returned to Kenya and saw his son only once more before dying in an automobile accident in 1982. In actuality, it isn't clear Obama's parents were married, since official records have never been produced showing a legal ceremony took place. No wedding certificate or photograph of a ceremony for Dunham and Obama Sr. has ever been found or published.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A23
 
 
GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Hollywood Awards Gala Kicks Off Awards Season
VIDEO REPORT. The race for the Oscars kicks off with the 13th Annual Hollywood Awards gala in Beverly Hills.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A05
 
Michael Lohan Fears Lindsay Could Be Dead In A Year
Lindsay Lohan's father Michael, has spoken to the press once again about his concerns for his famous daughter, this time saying that he fears she could be "dead in a year." "It could be a year, a month, a week -- who knows?" Michael said. "She has a plethora of medicine you can't mix and can't drink with." He added, "She needs long-term rehab. I fear the worst. Look at Elvis, Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger -- who was a close friend of hers."
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A34
 
Did R&B Star Monica's Boy Friend Kill Himself Or Not?
Monica's boy friend, Jarvis Weems, allegedly shot himself in a car in July 2000, but now his family is insisting that she had not told them the truth. Tyra Weems, the mother of Jarvis Weems, said “I don’t believe my son killed himself. I feel Monica knows a lot more than she’s admitting.”
To Access the Whole Story, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A13
 
 
HEALTH SECTION.
 
Doctors Operate Away From Table
VIDEO REPORT. Doctors use the DaVinci Robot, the latest technology to operate from a distance, away from the operating table.
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Robot Does Prostate Operations
VIDEO AND TEXT. Royal Berkshire Hospital in the UK has a DaVinci Robot, but needs to raise money to keep it. This story describes the surgeries performed and their fundraising efforts.
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Americans In No Rush For Flu Shots Despite Swine Flu Outbreak
Forty percent (40%) do not intend to get a flu shot. In October of last year, 44% said they weren’t getting one. In similar surveys in 2006 and 2007, Americans were more evenly divided when asked whether they intended to get a flu shot or not.
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
“Invictus” Trailer
VIDEO. Warner Brothers has debuted the official trailer for Clint Eastwood's Invictus tonight on Apple in HD. I think with Eastwood directing you never know what to expect (especially for Gran Torino), but this looks like it promises to be quite an incredible film. Invictus stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon (who we also saw earlier today in Green Zone) as rugby player Francois Pienaar. At first glance, it looks like Freeman should be getting an Oscar nomination out of this, as should Eastwood.
To See the Trailer, Go To:
 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A35
 
 
MUSIC SECTION.
 
Chris Brown Begins Performing Again, Vows To Be A Better Man
Tuesday night at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., Chris Brown did something that many artists do, thanking his fans for their support. Then he added something you don't hear public figures say very often, vowing, to his fans, to be a "better man." He didn't have to explain why he was making the statement. It was his first concert appearance since he turned his life upside-down with the horrific February domestic violence incident involving his then-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown pled guilty to an assault charge in June, and is currently on probation
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
Obama Endorses U.S. House Financial Overhaul Bill
In a letter to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, Obama said the belief among financial executives that the government would ultimately protect them creates a "perverse incentive" for large firms to take reckless risks. "Taxpayers simply must not be put in the position of paying for losses incurred by private institutions," Obama wrote. Under Frank's proposal, a council of regulators would be established to monitor financial firms regarded as so big and influential that their collapse could bring down the U.S. economy.
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U.S. Congressional Panel Backs New Rules For Hedge Funds
Democratic Representative Paul Kanjorski amended his own bill to add the offshore funds, saying it would help regulators get a better grasp of financial system risks. "There is a common psychology to use the Cayman Islands to hide funds. The whole point of these bills is to get a large enough understanding of the total amount of capital that the systemic risk regulator should be aware of," said Kanjorski.
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Public Option Lacks Votes
VIDEO REPORT. U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid does not have the 60 votes he needs to win approval of the public option.
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Lieberman Opposes Public Option In Challenge To Reid
Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, an independent who generally votes with Democrats, said he opposes a government-run health-insurance program and won’t support the party in allowing a final vote on the measure. “The last thing that we want to do now is create another Washington-run health insurance company,” Lieberman told reporters today in Washington. Lieberman’s comments represent the first challenge to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan to include a so-called public option in legislation to overhaul the U.S. medical system. Reid needs all 60 votes controlled by Democrats, including Lieberman’s, to pass the measure.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
NASA Tries Again To Launch Rocket
VIDEO AND TEXT. The U.S. space agency will make another attempt to launch a prototype rocket designed to replace the ageing shuttle. Tuesday's launch of the Ares I-X had to be scrubbed due to bad weather, and the forecast for Wednesday is no better. There is just a 40% chance of acceptable weather for today's launch attempt, according to NASA.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091028.html#2009-10-28-A25
 
 
SPORTS SECTION.
 
In Book, Agassi Admits Using Crystal Meth
VIDEO REPORT. Andre Agassi's upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997, the year he dropped out of the top 100 in the rankings and started playing in tennis' equivalent of the minor leagues. See related story in today's Books Section.
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Woman Tried To Trade Sex For World Series Tickets?
VIDEO REPORT. A Philadephia woman is facing prostitution charges after she allegedly offered to perform sexual favors for an undercover police officer in exchange for World Series tickets.
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Polanski's Victim Wants Case Dropped
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New York Race At Epicenter Of A G.O.P. Mutiny
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People Being Deported From U.S. By INS Based On False Claim They Are Not U.S. Citizens
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If Your Kid's A Dummy, Get A Refund
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
New York Race At Epicenter Of A G.O.P. Mutiny
Many conservatives want to use a Nov. 3 special election to teach the GOP a lesson about sticking to conservative values -- even though that lesson could mean the party loses a House seat it has held for decades. The conservatives are backing a third-party candidate, splitting the Republican vote and giving the Democrat a lead in some recent opinion polls. "Both parties seem to be more for big government," said Silvan Johnson, a probation clerk in Fulton, N.Y. "The Republicans need to learn that the people they are running [for office] do not represent the views of the people."
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People Being Deported From The U.S. By The INS Based On A Claim That They Are Not U.S. Citizens When In Fact They Are
PDF FILE. The Department of State holds a different interpretation than the Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding Derivative Citizenship. Derivative Citizenship refers to U.S. citizenship that a child may derive after birth through the naturalization of a parent or parents. The reason it is important is because thousand of people are being deported from the US by the INS based on a claim that they are not US Citizens when in fact they had derived US citizenship through the naturalization of  parent(s). The passing of Child Citizenship Act loosens the requirements for derivative citizenship for people born after 2001, but also makes the standards used by people born before 2001 prove US citizenship much harder. The link takes you to United States Department of State Passport Bulletin 96-18, so that regular people the "inside scoop". This is the first effort of a cooperative relationship between MarchReport.com and WikiLeaks. If you are concerned as to your immigration status, we urge you to download this report.
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Dodd: Freeze Credit Card Interest Rates Now
Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd on Monday announced plans to introduce a bill to immediately freeze credit card interest rates on existing balances. It is unlikely that there are the votes in the Senate to pass Dodd's new legislation, but it may help him in a 2010 reelection campaign that is expected to be hard-fought. The longtime Democratic senator from Connecticut has faced criticism this year amid reports that he received preferential treatment from Countrywide Financial Corp. in securing a pair of home loans. He was cleared of wrongdoing by the Senate Ethics Committee.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091027.html#2009-10-27-A35
 
Schumer Says Public Option Likely In Health Care Plan
VIDEO REPORT. Schumer Says Public Option Likely in Health Care Plan.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091027.html#2009-10-27-A06
 
Harry Reid, Shopping For Reelection Insurance
What Harry Reid did Monday afternoon gave new meaning to the phrase "public option." The Senate majority leader, after haggling behind closed doors with members of his Democratic caucus, realized that he couldn't cobble together the 60 votes he needed to pass health-care legislation with a government-run health plan. So Reid chose another option: He shut down the private talks, booked the Senate TV studio and went public with his own proposal. "I've concluded," he told the roomful of cameras and reporters, "that the best way to move forward is to include a public option."
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Despite W.H. Worries, Reid Rolls Dice
VIDEO AND TEXT. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid dismissed White House worries -- and bucked his own reputation as a cautious lawmaker -- by announcing Monday he’ll push ahead with a public health insurance option, even though he’s short of the 60 votes needed to pass it. Democratic Senate aides expressed worries that Reid was going too far, too fast with a strategy that allows no room for error.
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Obama Administration Trading Barbs With Cheney
VIDEO REPORT. The Obama administration has responded sharply to a new barrage of criticisms by former Vice President Dick Cheney.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091027.html#2009-10-27-A11
 
Senate Climate Bill Revives Complaints Of Coal-Dependent States
Climate change legislation proposed in the U.S. Senate has revived a fight over the cost of combating global warming between coal-dependent states and those that get energy from cleaner sources. In a draft of a letter to the climate legislation’s sponsors, Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, said the House and Senate bills put coal at a disadvantage and that he wants to revise how free pollution permits would be distributed. Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat who is chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, on Oct. 23 proposed a climate bill that requires emissions cuts of 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, 42 percent by 2030 and 83 percent by 2050. Limits passed in the House are similar, except the 2020 reduction target is 17 percent.
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Distribution Of CO2 Permits In U.S. Senate Cap-And-Trade Bill
The climate bill introduced by Democrats in the U.S. Senate would initially give away the majority of permits to emit greenhouse gases to entities like electricity distributors and big energy users, such as steel and cement plants, in a cap-and-trade program.  The distribution of the permits in the Senate bill, announced late on Friday, was similar to that of the bill that was narrowly passed in the House of Representatives in June.
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How Environmentalists Boost Oil Company Profits
Environmentalism is a necessary new paradigm and we’re all environmentalists because we realize we must live within the physical constraints of our planet. However, a few with a political agenda claim the title of environmentalist for themselves. From the moral high ground of the new religion they try to convince the world that only they care. Only they can save the planet. Obsession with this objective has created an opportunity for despised oil companies to increase profits and improve the corporate image yet with possible harmful effects to the planet. If you create false problems you’re obliged to find unnecessary and usually false solutions.
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SCAM ALERT SECTION.
 
U.S. Teaches Homeowners To Spot Loan Rescue Scams
Sun Valley, a sun-baked and struggling corner of Los Angeles, is fertile ground for mortgage rescue scams with its high proportion of subprime borrowers, Spanish speakers and a sharp drop in home values. And it is one of the first places targeted in the homeowner education campaign launched on Monday by government agencies, local leaders and housing advocates to stop scammers preying on desperate borrowers nationwide. Some of the places with the highest subprime loan and foreclosure rates also have the biggest scamming industries -- like Los Angeles, where Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa rolled out the "Loan Modification Scam Alert" campaign with federal agencies like the Federal Trade Commission and the advocacy group NeighborWorks America.
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Response To 911 Call Probed In Priest's Killing
VIDEO REPORT. Authorities are looking into why a 911 call made from the cell phone of a slain New Jersey priest Reverend Edward Hinds didn't result in police response.
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Slain Priest Planned To Lay Off Suspect
Jose Feliciano, the 64-year-old janitor accused of killing the Rev. Edward Hinds, pastor of St. Patrick Church in Chatham, was beset with financial worries and health problems, those who know the family say. He and his wife, Marisol, of Easton, Pa., both worked two jobs, but Feliciano, who authorities say confessed to stabbing Hinds 32 times, lost his second job at an electronics store earlier this year, friends said.
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Crews Get Control Of Loma Fire
VIDEO REPORT. Evacuation orders for about 85 homes that were threatened by a wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California have been lifted as crews continue to make progress.
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Police: Drunk Mom Found With Kids In Backseat
VIDEO REPORT. A Florida mother is facing child neglect charges after police find her passed out drunk with her two kids and nephew inside a running car.
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FBI: Prostitution Rings Target Children
VIDEO REPORT. FBI officials say they have rescued 52 children in a series of raids around the country aimed at under-age prostitution. Authorities say the suspects are targeting social networking sites to lure children in.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091027.html#2009-10-27-A23
 
 
WORLD SECTION.
 
Castro's Sister Says She Collaborated With C.I.A.
One of Fidel Castro's sisters says in a memoir released Monday that she collaborated with the CIA against her brother, starting shortly after the United States' failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. Juanita Castro, 76, initially supported her brother's 1959 overthrow of the Batista dictatorship but quickly grew disillusioned. In a Spanish-language memoir published by Santillana USA and co-written by journalist Maria Antonieta Collins, Castro said, "My Brothers Fidel and Raul. The Secret Story," that she traveled to Mexico City under the pretense of visiting her younger sister Enma. There she also secretly met a CIA officer who identified himself as "Enrique" at the elegant Camino Real hotel. A spokesman for the CIA in Langley, Va., declined to comment on Castro's account.
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Sean Penn Playing "Journalist" In Cuba
Sean Penn is playing "journalist" once again and has landed in Cuba, a country that routinely censors journalists, ranks near the bottom of the Press Freedom Index and has imprisoned more journalists than any other country except for China. So it makes sense the ideological actor is donning his amateur press hat in a country where any actual independent press is virtually illegal. He's supposedly on assignment for The Huffington Post and Vanity Fair.
 
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Why Pro-Arab France Is Warming Up To Israel
Watching France run interference for Israel in the run-up to the recent U.N. vote on the Goldstone inquiry into last winter's Gaza war, Arab governments may have felt a pang of nostalgia for the era before President Nicolas Sarkozy took power. Sarkozy has shaken up France's foreign policy by mending Franco-American ties battered by the Iraq war, restoring France to full NATO membership, and taking a a more hawkish line in the nuclear show-down with Iran than his American counterpart. But nowhere has Sarkozy's imprint been more visible than in the Middle East, where he has rebalanced France's customarily pro-Arab positions with a warn embrace of Israel, a state regarded frostily as a troublemaker by past French presidents.
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Light Sentence For Disgraced Korean Cloning Scientist
South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk got a light sentence Monday for faking stem-cell research in a case that scandalized the scientific community and shocked Koreans who had elevated him to the status of a national hero.
A court here said Mr. Hwang's offense was "grave" since he had "violated laws to use human eggs" for his research and then bilked the government of more than $700,000 in grants. But it dismissed charges that he had also cheated two companies by accepting nearly $2 million from them on the basis of his fraudulent claims.
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Journalist Spared Lashes By Saudi King
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has pardoned a woman journalist who was sentenced to 60 lashes for her involvement in a controversial TV show in which a Saudi man boasted publicly about his sex life. Rosanna al-Yami was sentenced to be flogged on Saturday for her role in the July broadcasting on the Lebanese satellite channel LBC of the taboo-breaking episode of the Bold Red Line program. Yami expressed relief today after the royal pardon, thanking the king for his intervention. "I am not a heroine," she told al-Arabiya TV channel. "I am just an ordinary human being. Society sentenced me to death before the judge even passed sentence."
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
If Your Kid's A Dummy, Get A Refund
Millions of American parents who bought Disney educational DVDs in the hope that they would supercharge their children’s brains are being offered a refund amid claims by researchers that watching any kind of television may be harmful to the under-twos. Disney continues to defend its bestselling Baby Einstein DVDs, but is now offering money back on up to four DVDs returned per U.S. household. The move comes after a parents’ group threatened to sue the company.
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Online Halloween Costume Company Stays Busy Filling Orders
VIDEO REPORT. Buy Seasons' giant distribution company ships out more than 40,000 Halloween costume orders per day.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091027.html#2009-10-27-A19
 
Food Fight At KFC, Boston Market, El Pollo Loco
KFC was looking to grow its “Grilled Nation” roster of consumers who have tried its Kentucky Grilled Chicken with a third national giveaway on Monday, but faced competition from rivals Boston Market and El Pollo Loco, which launched their own offers. KFC, a Louisville, Ky.-based chain, handed each customer a free piece of Kentucky Grilled Chicken as part of its “UNFry Day” promotion. Costa Mesa, Calif.-based El Pollo Loco ran a competing promotion awarding free chicken for a year to one person drawn from fans who left a comment on the chain’s Facebook or Twitter pages. Meanwhile, Golden, Colo.-based Boston Market entered the fray by offering $1 value meals featuring a quarter chicken, mashed potatoes and cornbread. The deal, which will be offered through this week, was promoted via e-mail blast to the chain’s VIP Club, but any customer can print a coupon off Boston Market’s website.
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U.S. Newspaper Circulation Plunge Accelerates
The plunge in U.S. newspaper circulation is accelerating, according to the latest figures released on Monday, as more people cancel their subscriptions and publishers cut distribution and sales of discounted copies. Average weekday circulation at 379 daily newspapers fell 10.6 percent to about 30.4 million copies for the six months that ended on Sept. 30, 2009 from the same period last year, according to the U.S. Audit Bureau of Circulations. The pace of decline more than doubled compared with last year.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Polanski Victim Wants Case To Go Away
VIDEO REPORT. Roman Polanski's victim says scrutiny caused by the director's arrest is causing her health problems and job worries. Samantha Geimer is urging a California appeals court to dismiss the criminal case against the director.
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Samantha Geimer: Dismiss These Charges
Can you blame Samantha Geimer for wanting the whole Roman Polanski thing to just go away? The 45-year-old wife and mom, who at 13 was sexually assaulted by the filmmaker, is again pleading with the California justice system to drop the 32-year-old case against Polanski­this time for the sake of her physical and mental health. All the media attention, first when Polanski petitioned to have the case dropped last year and again since his arrest in Switzerland last month, "has caused her to have health-related issues," attorney Lawrence Silver stated in documents filed with the state's Second District Court of Appeal.
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Madonna Builds School
VIDEO REPORT. The latest celebrity and entertainment headlines including Madonna breaks ground on a new school, Andrew Lloyd Webber has cancer and Ricky Gervais will host the Golden Globes.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091027.html#2009-10-27-A05
 
Jon Gosselin Gets Chatty Outside Court
VIDEO REPORT. Jon Gosselin opens up to reporters about his relationship with Kate and how he wants to go to therapy.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091027.html#2009-10-27-A02
 
Kate Gosselin Is 'Pleased' That Jon Gosselin Returned $230,000! Are You?
Kate Gosselin is happy about getting Jon Gosselin to fork over the family funds. Her lawyer released a statement about Jon's returning cash he withdrew from the couple's joint bank account.
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BOOKS SECTION.
 
Could Kindle For PC Trigger E-Book Piracy?
Barely one year and 11 months after the launch of the Kindle e-book and Amazon is set to allow to to read the books you have bought on your computer. Like Kindle for iPhone, Kindle for PC will let you download and enjoy your DRM’ed Kindle titles when you don’t have the Kindle with you. You will have access to your bookmarks and annotations, although it doesn’t look like you can actually add notes to your books, which a PC keyboard is surely better suited to than the chiclet buttons on the Kindle. You’ll also be able to browse the store and buy books from within the application.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091027.html#2009-10-27-A31
 
 
HEALTH SECTION.
 
Drum Circle For Alzheimer's
VIDEO REPORT. Music therapy has been found to help some sufferers of Alzheimer's disease, as well as their family and caregivers. In one home for Alzheimer's and dementia patients, residents take up drumming and singing as a means of connecting to others in the midst of these isolating illnesses.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091027.html#2009-10-27-A24
 
 
MOVIES SECTION.
 
Oscar-Winning Director Paul Haggis Parts With Scientology In Scathing Letter
While many of Hollywood's elite have long adhered to Scientology, last week, Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis broke rank, resigning from the church in a scathing letter to Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis. Haggis, famous for films that include "Crash," "Million Dollar Baby" and "Letters From Iwo Jima," cited ideological and personal reasons for breaking with Scientology.
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 http://marchreport.com/20091027.html#2009-10-27-A14
 
 
MUSIC SECTION.
 
"This Is It" Showcases Jackson's Last Days
VIDEO REPORT. Michael Jackson fans will get an idea of what the pop star's last days were like in the new film "This Is It."
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Mixed Signals For Michael Jackson Album
The new Michael Jackson record "This Is It" hit stores around the world on Monday, kicking off a week of money-spinning events dedicated to the "king of pop," but the outlook for the two-disc album is decidedly mixed. Experts predict that it will top charts in several key countries, most notably the biggest U.S. market, but with album sales in seemingly terminal decline, even relatively modest returns can secure the coveted No. 1 slot.
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OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
Wisconsin Justice Official Takes Own Life
A high-ranking Wisconsin Justice Department official has committed suicide in the parking garage under the agency's headquarters. Craig Klyve, director of the agency's Bureau of Investigative Services, used his service weapon to kill himself in his car Friday evening, said his stepmother, Susan Gruber. Klyve's wife, Assistant Attorney General Rebecca Weise, found his body, Gruber said. Klyve, 52, had been feeling overwhelmed at work and mandatory furlough days made his job even harder, Gruber said. His bureau oversees the agency's Internet Crimes Against Children unit and the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children. It also manages all case records and provides technical support for investigations.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
Particles Are Back In The Large Hadron Collider
During the last weekend (23-25 October) particles have once again entered the LHC after the one-year break that followed the incident of September 2008. Friday afternoon a first beam of ions entered the LHC clockwise beam pipe through the TI2 transfer line. The beam was successfully guided through the ALICE detector until point 3 where it was dumped.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
Redskins' Cooley Breaks Right Tibia
Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley has never missed a game in his six-year career. But that streak seems to be in severe danger after he broke his right tibia on the opening play of the second quarter. His leg appeared to buckle as he was running a route. He had to be taken to the locker room on a cart, and the team said later he broke his leg. "We're quite certain it's broke or fractured in some way," coach Jim Zorn said. "He'll be out awhile. I don't know if it's going to be a season-ending injury yet." As for other injuries, defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin left in the first quarter after hurting an elbow. Linebacker H.B. Blades and cornerback Byron Westbrook also suffered knee injuries.
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Yahoo Mail Suffers Outage
Yahoo Mail is currently the No. 1 Web mail service with 300 million people using it worldwide, so even a smaller outage could result in a large amount of people not having access to their email accounts. Competitor Gmail also succumbed to a serious outage recently, leaving users with nearly eight hours of downtime.  Coincidentally, Yahoo was shutting down Geocities yesterday, so perhaps they pulled the wrong plug?
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham Launches Show
VIDEO REPORT. Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham launches new show on Comedy Central with his cast of puppet characters.
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Fox News Ratings Soar After Snub From Obama
Gee, do you think Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch love being The White House's least-favorite news channel? Duh, of course they do. Their ratings are up 14% in the coveted 25-54 year old demographic since the Obama administration started trying to demonize Fox. Click the link to see the data that proves it.
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The stories summarized below appeared in our Monday, October 26, 2009 issue.
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Helicopter Crashes Kill 14 Americans In Afghanistan
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Priest Stabbed To Death by Church Janitor
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ESPN Fires Baseball Analyst Steve Phillips
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U.S. SECTION.
 
Priest Stabbed To Death
VIDEO REPORT. On Friday, Detectives worked a crime scene inside a rectory in Chatham, N.J., where the body of a priest was found. The body of Reverend Edward Hinds, 61, the pastor of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church on Washington Avenue, has wounds "consistent with a homicide," according to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi.
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Janitor Confesses In 32-Stab Priest Slay
The janitor at a wealthy New Jersey church confessed to viciously stabbing a beloved Catholic priest to death in the parish rectory -- plunging a blade 32 times into the cleric's face, neck and back because he feared he was going to be fired, authorities said yesterday. Jos&eacute; Feliciano, 64, was picked up in his hometown of Easton, Pa., yesterday and charged with murder and possession of a weapon in the brutal attack on the Rev. Edward Hinds on Thursday afternoon, Morris County officials announced.
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Fill-In For Slain Priest David Hinds Asks Flock To Pray For Suspected Killer
During a somber sermon inside St. Patrick's Church in Chatham, N.J., a visiting priest took the Rev. Edward Hinds' pulpit to tell the wounded congregation to pray for the man who cops say confessed to the brutal crime, church janitor Jos&eacute; Feliciano. "We pray in a very special way for Jos&eacute;, a prayer of hope and conciliation," the Rev. Owen Moran said of Feliciano, the "friendly" janitor who confessed to killing Hinds, 61. "I was friends with Jos&eacute;," said Moran. "The Jose we knew was a hardworking man, well-loved by everyone. There is just so much we don't understand." But some parishioners said they're not ready to forgive.
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WORLD SECTION.
 
Helicopter Crashes Kill 14 Americans In Afghanistan
Seven US troopers and three US civilians working for the government died when their helicopter went down in western Afghanistan, a US statement said. In the south of the country two US helicopters collided, killing four American troops and wounding two others. US authorities have ruled out hostile fire in the collision but have not given a cause for the other crash. The Taliban said they shot down a helicopter in Badghis province in north-western Afghanistan but it was unclear if this was the same incident and the claim could not be verified.
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U.S. Tested 2 Afghan Scenarios In War Game
The Pentagon's top military officer oversaw a secret war game this month to evaluate the two primary military options that have been put forward by the Pentagon and are being weighed by the Obama administration as part of a broad-based review of the faltering Afghanistan war, senior military officials said. The exercise, led by Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, examined the likely outcome of inserting 44,000 more troops into the country to conduct a full-scale counterinsurgency effort aimed at building a stable Afghan government that can control most of the country. It also examined adding 10,000 to 15,000 more soldiers and Marines as part of an approach that the military has dubbed "counterterrorism plus."
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Bombings Target Government In Baghdad, 147 Killed
VIDEO REPORT. A pair of suicide car bombings Sunday devastated the heart of Iraq's capital, killing at least 147 people in the country's deadliest attack in more than two years. The bombs targeted two government buildings and called into question Iraq's ability to protect its people as U.S. forces withdraw.
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Baghdad Blasts Bode Ill For Barack Obama's Withdrawal Plan
Fewer Iraqis, even in the once volatile Sunni Triangle, are prepared to support violence these days. Encouragingly, political parties seeking to broaden their electoral appeal are reaching across the sectarian divide. But that spirit of reconciliation has come unstuck in the Iraqi parliament, where bickering over electoral systems and the future of the city of Kirkuk has seen an Oct 15 deadline for a new election law expire. A postponement of the election, which is constitutionally required to be held before the end of January, now looks possible.
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U.N. Nuclear Inspectors Tour Once-Secret Iran Site
VIDEO REPORT. International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA) inspectors  got their first look Sunday inside a once-secret uranium enrichment facility that has raised Western suspicions about the extent of Iran's nuclear program.
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Iran Says Two Nuclear Fuel Options Still On Table
Iran said on Monday it could deliver abroad some of its low-enriched uranium to be upgraded or buy the fuel directly, as a UN team was due to carry further checks on a newly-revealed atomic plant. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran was mulling the UN-brokered deal which envisages shipping out Tehran's low-enriched uranium (LEU) abroad to be converted into nuclear fuel and would announce a decision within days. "For the supply of (nuclear) fuel, we may buy it like in the past or we may deliver a part of our (low-enriched uranium) fuel that we don't need now," Mottaki told the official IRNA news agency.
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Karadzic Boycotts Opening Of Genocide Trial
The international court hearing war crimes charges against Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic adjourned after just 15 minutes on Monday as he boycotted the trial opening, but the court said the prosecution would open its case Tuesday. Judge O-Gon Kwon made it clear in a statement that he had already warned Mr. Karadzic he would either continue the trial without him, sending transcripts and tapes to his cell, or would impose counsel if he continued to insist he will only attend the trial when he feels he is ready. Mr. Karadzic has opted to represent himself and has told the court he needs some eight more months to prepare.
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Lashes For Saudi Woman Journalist
A female journalist in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 60 lashes over a TV show in which a Saudi man described his extra-marital sex life. Mazen Abdul Jawad, the Saudi man who talked about how he picked up Saudi women for sex, has already been jailed.
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BUSINESS SECTION.
 
Madoff Friend Picower Dies
VIDEO REPORT. Jeffry Picower, the man known as the largest beneficiary of Bernard Madoff's scheme, was found at the bottom of his swimming pool.
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Death Complicates Madoff Investment Case
Picower's wife, Barbara, on Sunday discovered the 67-year-old's body at the bottom of the pool at their oceanside mansion and pulled him from the water with help from a housekeeper, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at Good Samaritan Medical Center at about 1:30 p.m. Palm Beach police are investigating the death as a drowning, but have not ruled out anything on the cause of death. Picower had been accused by jilted investors of being the biggest beneficiary of Madoff's schemes. In a lawsuit to recover Madoff's assets, trustee Irving Picard demanded Picower return more than $7 billion in bogus profits. In an e-mailed statement Sunday, Picard said only that "litigation will continue."
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ING To Raise $11.3 Billion, Sell Insurance Units
ING Groep NV plans to raise 7.5 billion euros ($11.3 billion) in a rights offering and sell its insurance units as the biggest Dutch financial services company seeks European Union approval for a taxpayer-funded bailout. ING, which traces its roots to 1743, fell the most in five months after saying it planned to sell shares to finance the repurchase of 5 billion euros of core tier 1 securities held by the government.
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GOSSIP SECTION.
 
Eva And Tony's Steamy Ad
VIDEO REPORT. Eva Longoria and Tony Parker heat it up in a London Fog ad.
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Ivanka Weds In Typically Trump Fashion
We've gotta hand it to them­understated is just not a Trump thing.
Ivanka Trump wrapped her three-month engagement on Sunday, tying the knot with New York Observer publisher fianc&eacute; Jared Kushner before 500 friends and famiy members in a private ceremony. The intimate lavish affair took place at one of The Donald's countless stomping grounds, Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey, with Ivanka walking down the aisle in a Grace Kelly-inspired Vera Wang gown. 
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HEALTH SECTION.
 
KISS Drummer Fights Male Breast Cancer
VIDEO REPORT. Former KISS drummer Peter Criss talks about his recovery from breast cancer.
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MOVIES SECTION.
 
"Paranormal Activity" Takes Top Spot
VIDEO REPORT. The latest celebrity news including a victory at the box office for "Paranormal Activity" and a Thriller dance routine.
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MUSIC SECTION.
 
U2 Concert Packs The Rose Bowl
VIDEO REPORT. Some 96,000 people attended Sunday night's U2 concert at the Rose Bowl -- the largest concert crowd in Rose Bowl history -- and millions more watched the performance live on YouTube.
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U2 Disappointed At Lack Of Hits
"We weren't really in that mindset," Bono said when asked about the poor performance of 'Get On Your Boots', 'Magnificent' and 'I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy'. "We felt that the album was a kind of an almost extinct species, and we should approach it in totality and create a mood and a feeling, and a beginning, middle and an end. And I suppose we've made a work that is a bit challenging for people who have grown up on a diet of pop stars."
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OBAMALOT SECTION.
 
Obama's 1-World Government
Flying deep under Washington's radar is an upcoming (December) global climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, under the guise of the "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change." Virtually nothing has been said about it from the White House. But then again, I'm sure they think, who could be against working together for climate change? It all sounds pretty politically benign, doesn't it? Like with Congress' drafts of Obamacare, should we not be concerned because the current draft of the treaty may not be the final version, especially when the present language smacks of an abandonment of the principles upon which our republic was founded?
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OBITUARIES SECTION.
 
Chief Bodyguard Of Pope John Paul II Dies
Camillo Cibin was one of the most faithful papal servants. In 2006, he retired as head of the papal bodyguards after a 58-year globe-trotting career in the Vatican's security services. Cibin died Sunday morning at the Pius XI clinic in Rome, Vatican Radio said. Cibin was often was seen running alongside popemobiles to protect the pontiff in John Paul's 104 pilgrimages abroad.
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POLITICS SECTION.
 
"This Week" Roundtable: The White House's War On Fox News
VIDEO REPORT. Referring to comments made by White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, George Will said that Fox News might be "opinion journalism," but that also "describes The New York Times, and certainly MSNBC." Will also tells George Stephanopoulos that there is "a bullying aspect" in the Obama administration's tactics toward the cable network.
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Fox News Relishes Obama Administration Scorn
The White House's stance also gave extra lift to the network at a time when it is on track to record its best ratings year ever. This year, Fox News has averaged nearly 1.2 million viewers across all its programming, a 16% increase over the same period last year, according to Nielsen. In the two weeks since aides to Barack Obama took after the coverage, the audience has been 8% larger than the previous two weeks. If anything, the Obama administration has succeeded in reinforcing Fox News' identity as a thorn in the side of the establishment -- a role the network loves to play. "We may be No. 1, but there is sort of an insurgent quality to Fox News," said senior political analyst Brit Hume. "And that's kind of our attitude: 'Hoist a Jolly Roger, pull out our daggers and look for more throats to slit.' This is tremendous fodder for us. My lord, we've been living on it." "There is something very disturbing about the Obama administration fighting harder against Fox News than against the Taliban," Bill O'Reilly said last week.
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Obama's Approach To Fox Similar To That Of Dictators
Like those Cold War truth-tellers, the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, Fox is simply delivering information to a rapidly growing audience (partly due to criticism from the White House) that wants to see and hear what the other media are not telling them. Fox -- and talk radio -- are reporting on the backgrounds and statements of Obama administration officials. Fox didn't create the statements and actions of Van Jones, the now former ``energy czar,'' who signed a petition questioning whether Bush administration officials allowed 9/11 to happen as a possible pretext for going to war. Fox didn't force Jones to advocate for cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, or associate himself with Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM), a left-wing radical group with Marxist roots.
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Fact Check: Health Insurers' Profits 35th Of 500
In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making "immoral" and "obscene" returns while "the bodies pile up." But in pillorying insurers over profits, the critics are on shaky ground. Ledgers tell a different reality. Health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent, give or take a point or two. That's anemic compared with other forms of insurance and a broad array of industries, even some beleaguered ones.
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SCIENCE SECTION.
 
'We're Ready To Go' With Ares, But Weather May Halt Launch
Forecasters say a tropical wave south of Cuba may merge with a warm front and produce clouds and showers on launch day. NASA has a four-hour launch "window" Tuesday morning, and again Wednesday, but there are strict rules prohibiting liftoff in the event of rain or heavy cloud cover. The rules are partly because NASA wants to ensure optimum conditions in order to get the best data about how the rocket performs in flight. More significant, however, is the risk of a condition called "triboelectrification." It's a buildup of static electricity on the rocket's skin caused by friction when the vehicle rubs against raindrops, ice or dust particles as it roars aloft.
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SPORTS SECTION.
 
ESPN Fires Baseball Analyst Steve Phillips
VIDEO REPORT. Baseball analyst Steve Phillips was fired by ESPN on Sunday night, less than a week after he admitted having an affair with a production assistant at the cable network.
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“Time To Part Ways”
A spokesperson for the cable network released the following statement: "[Phillips'] ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparably damaged, and it became evident it was time to part ways."
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Steve Phillips 'Girlfriend' Photo: Tight-Lipped Jilted Mistress Brooke Hundley Blows By Reporters
A photographer for the New York Daily News captured 22-year-old Hundley leaving her house Friday as she breezed by reporters without comment. Phillips' wife, Marni, called police Aug. 19 when she came home to find Hundley in her driveway.
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Cleveland Indians Hire Of Manny Acta As Manager
Apparently, Cleveland is not the only organization that wanted the 40-year-old who managed the veeran-talent-deficient Washington Nationals for 2 1/2 seasons before being fired in July. The Houston Astros courted Acta, too.
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Angels Gave Their Best, But Yankees Were Better
When young pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a horrible auto accident just hours after he had pitched the game of his life in Anaheim Stadium in early April, the Angels became a national sentimental favorite. But sentiment was no match for the mighty Yankees. Mike Scioscia, the Angels' manager, who is now among the most respected in the game, congratulated the Yankees afterward and said what was obvious and accurate. "They played an incredible series," he said. "They outplayed us, and they deserved to win."
 
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George Steinbrenner Will Attend Series Opener
"I think all these players are doing this for him," Hal said. "We want to win this whole thing for him. I think we feel like he's here being a big part of it" Hal Steinbrenner said last night.
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TECHNOLOGY SECTION.
 
Robotics And Virtual Reality On Show In Tokyo
VIDEO REPORT. The Digital Contents Expo highlighted some of the latest university research.
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TELEVISION SECTION.
 
Kate Bags Court For Maria Shriver Gig
The Gosselins are still scheduled for a Monday court hearing, but Kate Gosselin will be hanging with Maria Shriver instead. Lawyers for Jon Gosselin and Kate Gosselin were set for an 8 a.m., hearing in Montgomery County family court in Norristown, Pa., in a huge argument over money. The hearing was scheduled to hear complaints over that issue and the couple's joint assets. However, Kate Gosselin had a previous date to appear at a women's leadership conference run by Shriver in California.
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