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Economics:

Group: Work half done to clear world of land mines

GENEVA - Significant progress has been made in removing land mines around the world, but the hidden devices killed more than 1,260 people last year, the International Campaign to Ban Land mines said Thursday.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33884118/

Politics:

Someone at the RNC Must be Fired Over This.

Time to find out who.

Source: http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2009/11/12/someone-at-th...

Politics:

OBAMA MAY DROP 'CAP AND TRADE'

After spending binge, White House says it will focus on deficits

Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29471.html

Media:

CBS: Obama 'So Thoroughly Researching Critical' Afghanistan Decision 'a Good Thing'

News that President Barack Obama is demanding new Afghanistan options and answers, after months and eight meetings with top officials on General Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops, led ABC anchor Charles Gibson to express exasperation Thursday night: “What new questions are there to be asked after all this time?”

Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20091113093210.aspx

Media:

CBS's Smith: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars to Blame for Ft. Hood Shooting

Interviewing Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith cited a cause of the shooting at Ft. Hood: “...the Iraq war, the escalation in number of cases of post traumatic stress disorder...the more people go back to these fields, these theaters of war, either in Iraq or Afghanistan, it multiplies the incidence of these kinds of things occurring.”

Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20091111032034.aspx

Politics:

Does Zero Tolerance equal Zero Common Sense?

We all know times have changed. Back when I was in elementary school, a trip to the principal's office could mean a meeting with a big paddle. (Never for me, of course. I'm just giving an example.)

Source: http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=141

Politics:

Bush warns of threats to freedom, economic growth

Former President George W. Bush, outlining plans for a new public policy institute, on Thursday said America must fight the temptation to allow the federal government to take control of the private sector, declaring that too much government intervention will squelch economic recovery and expansion.

Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/12/bush-warns-t...

Politics:

How U.N. redefined 'pandemic' to heighten alarm over H1N1

World Health Organization quietly changed qualification of term in case of 'swine flu'

Source: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=115719

Politics:

ACORN Sues Over 'Unconstitutional' Funding Cuts By Congress

In an attempt to regain the millions in funding it lost in the wake of a hidden-camera scandal, ACORN is suing the federal government over congressional legislation that cut off funding to the community organizing group.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/12/acorn-sues-uncons...