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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Ex-Minn. governor sues over body scans, pat-downs - Yahoo! News
Ex-Minn. governor sues over body scans, pat-downs - Yahoo! News: "MINNEAPOLIS – Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Ventura is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to issue an injunction ordering officials to stop subjecting him to 'warrantless and suspicionless' scans and body searches."
Ventura is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to issue an injunction ordering officials to stop subjecting him to 'warrantless and suspicionless' scans and body searches."
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Panel Recommends Women Be Allowed in Combat Units
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Hu Visit A Reminder Of One Way China Leaves U.S. In The Dust
Hu Visit A Reminder Of One Way China Leaves U.S. In The Dust: "As Chinese President Hu Jintao visits the United States, much of the domestic commentary is focused on how his country should be more like the United States -- how it should properly value its currency, improve its human-rights record, open its borders to free trade, consume more and save less.
But as the leaders of the two biggest economies meet, it's hard to overlook the fact that one is lagging and the other is booming. That raises the question: Are there ways that the United States should be more like China?
And the answer is: Maybe one.
China, after all, has one heck of an industrial policy. Its government is actively involved in growing its manufacturing base, using vast government subsidies, tariffs and incentives to make sure more and more of its citizens have jobs making things"
But as the leaders of the two biggest economies meet, it's hard to overlook the fact that one is lagging and the other is booming. That raises the question: Are there ways that the United States should be more like China?
And the answer is: Maybe one.
China, after all, has one heck of an industrial policy. Its government is actively involved in growing its manufacturing base, using vast government subsidies, tariffs and incentives to make sure more and more of its citizens have jobs making things"
Monday, January 17, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Gun Control Debate Reignited After Giffords Shooting
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