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- Gen. George Casey: 'This Is One Person Out of An Army of a Million’
- How to Help Soldiers, Families Affected by Fort Hood Shooting
- Fort Hood Ground Zero for Innovative Mental Health Training
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- Tragedy at Fort Hood -- 13 Dead, Details on the Shooting
- Breaking News -- Killings At Fort Hood
- One Blogger's Fix For the Economy -- Soup to Nuts
- Quotes of the Day: 'We'll come after you...'
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- Report: New York Gives Wall Street Banks Swine Flu Vaccine Despite Shortage
- What Does Google Know About You?
- Clem's Chronicles: 2009 Elex/Italy & The CIA/Monitoring Sex Offenders
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What Does Google Know About You?
The world’s most popular search engine has been under pressure to reveal what it knows about users. Specifically histories of what folks search for. European regulators have pressed the company to discard user data after a specific period of time....
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November 5, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (4)
Clem's Chronicles: 2009 Elex/Italy & The CIA/Monitoring Sex Offenders
Happy wednesday folks....here's some of what's going on in the world...... VOTE 2009/REPUBLICAN RESURGENCE?-“The Republican renaissance has begun. It has begun in earnest.” So said Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, one day after voters said yes to Republican governors...
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November 4, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (1)
Tracking Registered Sex Offenders in Your Community
How did registered sex offender Anthony Sowell amass bodies of at least 11 victims in his home without anyone knowing? Sowell was visited at his home by the sheriff’s department just last September, but the law actually barred them from...
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November 4, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (84)
Lehman Art Goes for $1.35 Mil at Auction
ABC's Whitney Lloyd reports from New York: A contemporary art collection that once adorned the boardrooms and offices of former-finance pillar and now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers sold at auction this week for $1.35 million -- doubling pre-auction estimates. Freeman...
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November 4, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)
A ‘Moderate’ Problem for Republicans, Democrats and Palin
ABC's Stu Schutzman reports from New York: Webster defines “moderate” as one “avoiding extremes of behavior or expression.” In the political “big tent” era, it’s become a label we liberally toss around. But is there really such an animal as...
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November 4, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (38)
How Much To Read Into Last Night’s Results?
The chairman of the Republican party, Michael Steele, says yesterday’s election results show a “transcendent party”. The GOP is back. Or is it? How much do you read into Republicans winning the high office in New Jersey and Virginia (two...
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November 4, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (12)
Sex Offenders & More Missed Signals
It is a vexing problem. Sex offenders serve jail time, get out, register with local authorities and then go about their lives. Authorities attempt to check up on them to make sure they are not reverting back to crime. But...
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November 4, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (25)
Quotes of the Day: 'Republicans remembered what it was like to win again'
“Independent voters found new homes. Surge voters just plain stayed home. Republicans remembered what it was like to win again. Democrats remembered what it was like to run without Barack Obama on the ballot.” -- Rick Klein, ABC News, on...
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November 4, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (11)
Clem's Chronicles: Toyota accelerator mystery/BPA/North Dakota Students found dead
very busy night for news folks. i am publishing this long before all the 2009 election results are in. Please check back with ABC NEWS.COM for political updates throughout the night and tomorrow. TOYOTA ACCELERATOR PROBLEMS-You’ve heard about this story....
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November 3, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (2)
What Should You Do If Your Car Accelerates Out of Control?
Today federal safety officials said sudden acceleration in some 2,000 Toyotas remains under active investigation. In recent weeks, Toyota has conducted the largest recall for safety in its history. The company warned the owners of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus...
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November 3, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (37)

