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Arrests Made in Alleged Obama Assassination Plot

Posted by theangryindian from TruthDig

A possible plot to kill Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama during his acceptance speech Thursday at the Democratic National Convention was foiled in Denver on Monday night when at least three suspects were arrested, authorities reported.

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Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies

Posted by theangryindian from Yahoo News!

LOS ANGELES - LeRoi Moore, saxophone player for the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of injuries suffered in an accident on an all-terrain vehicle in June. He was 46.

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IDF vets who trained Georgia troops say war with Russia is no surp

Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot

For the past few days, since fighting broke out in the Caucasus, 24-year-old L. from central Israel has been trying to phone the group of Georgian combat soldiers he had been training in Georgia up to a few months ago.

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More than 'Shaft': Hayes was goldmine of influence

Posted by okami from Yahoo News!

Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop music's iconic songs, but also the defining work of Hayes' career. Yet the "Theme from Shaft" was just a snippet of the groundbreaking music for which Hayes - who died Sunday at age 65 - was responsible.

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Obama Opposes Slavery Reparations - AOL Black Voices

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Black Presidential Candidate is against Slavery Reparations.)

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China: Bloggers take stand against web activist’s arrest

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Following his apprehension last month as he was pitching in with the earthquake relief in his native Sichuan province, web activist Huang Qi was this weekend formally arrested for "illegal possession of state secrets".

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Dead Black Man Was Tasered Nine Times by White Cop

Posted by theangryindian from Alternet

A 21 year old black man in Winnfield, Louisiana, named Baron "Scooter" Pikes, was tasered 9 times in 14 minutes by a white police officer in January after he was arrested and handcuffed. He died. Seems a tad excessive to me. However, here's the story of his arrest and subsequent death according to the police report by the arresting officers:

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Israel reneges on settlement pledge | World news | guardian.co.uk

Posted by theangryindian from Guardian UK

An Israeli ministerial committee has approved construction of new homes in a West Bank settlement despite a pledge to the US to stop building on the site, Israeli media reported today.

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Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Key Benazir Bhutto assassination witness shot dead

Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot

Khalid Shahenshah, who was the former Pakistan prime minister's security chief at the time of her assassination, was killed in a drive-by shooting as he left his house in the southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, police said.

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Alabama Blueberry U-Pickin

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J.T., his wife Shirley and their daughter all toiled together to plant the first hundred or so bushes. There are now 900 bushes directly beside his house and more than 650 across the road.

Link to "Shelby County Reporter"

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Deadly Jerusalem bulldozer attack

Posted by Damianmann from BBC News

A Palestinian man has driven a bulldozer into a bus and several cars in Jerusalem, killing three people, before being shot dead.

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German Toymaker Launches Barack Obama Doll

Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot

Notice anything? According to the Spiegel Online International, in an article titled "Change You Can't Quite Believe In: German Toymaker Launches Barack Obama Doll:"

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