Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year's Gift, Dismisses All Charges In Iraq Massacre: "
Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down 14 innocent Iraqis in Baghdads Nisour Square in 2007.
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Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year's Gift, Dismisses All Charges In Iraq Massacre: "
Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down 14 innocent Iraqis in Baghdads Nisour Square in 2007.
Executive Order Reduces Total Of Classified Papers: "
President Obama signed an executive order on Tuesday that sets new rules for when government agencies can keep documents classified. The order is full of provisions that should make government transparency activists swoon. For example, within the next four years, the government will strive to declassify 400 million pages of historical documents.
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The Worst That Could Happen: "Greg Craven - Dec. 13 (Opinion) - Science teacher Greg Craven makes a powerful case for taking immediate action to ameliorate the effects of global warming, with a simple logical exercise that demonstrates the consequences of failing to do so in a very graphic way.
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"Obama Plan Could Limit Records Hidden from Public: "Associated Press - By Manuel Balce Ceneta - Dec. 23 (News Report) - President Barack Obama plans to deal with a Dec. 31 deadline that automatically would declassify secrets in more than 400 million pages of Cold War-era documents by ordering government-wide changes that could sharply curb the number of new and old government records hidden from the public.
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"GOP Argues Insurance Mandate Violates Constitution: "
Republicans claim a health overhaul requirement that everyone in the country have health insurance should be found unconstitutional. They argue the mandate violates Fifth Amendment protections against the government taking private property without just compensation.
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After health-care reform, Senate reform: "Washington Post - By Ezra Klein - Dec. 27 (Opinion) - To understand why the modern legislative process is so bad, why every Senator seems able to demand a king's ransom in return for his or her vote and no bill ever seems to be truly bipartisan, you need to understand one basic fact: The government can function if the minority party has either the incentive to make the majority fail or the power to make the majority fail. It cannot function if it has both.
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