3,000 more six-figure pensions in Calif. | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner

3,000 more six-figure pensions in Calif. | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner: "More than three thousand California public employees have retired since 2010 with six-figure tax-paid pensions, even as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided the pension system up to $200 million in health insurance subsidies."

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Public broadcasting: How viewers’ money is spent | ajc.com

Public broadcasting: How viewers’ money is spent | ajc.com: "When Georgia Public Broadcasting and Public Broadcasting Atlanta were tirelessly seeking your support during fall pledge drives this week, they were also asking you to support six-figure salaries for several executives."

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» Video: ACORN Front Group Pays Homeless People ‘$10 a Hour, $100 a Day’ to Protest at Occupy Wall Street - Big Government

» Video: ACORN Front Group Pays Homeless People ‘$10 a Hour, $100 a Day’ to Protest at Occupy Wall Street - Big Government: "In the video, an activist named Channing, who has been at the Occupy Wall Street protests from the beginning, volunteers the information that the former ACORN organization–through its new front group, New York Communities for Change–is paying $10 per hour and $100 per day to homeless people to attend the demonstrations."

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Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Express Yourself :: Global warming is over, says expert

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Express Yourself :: Global warming is over, says expert: "IT'S one of the hottest feuds in science - climate chance zealots insist that we're still destroying the planet but now another scientist has warned the cast-iron evidence just isn't there."

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Texas Gun Instructor Refuses to Teach Muslims How to Handle Firearms « CBS Houston

Texas Gun Instructor Refuses to Teach Muslims How to Handle Firearms « CBS Houston: "On a YouTube clip that has gone viral, brash Texas handgun instructor Crockett Keller defiantly tells Muslims and non-Christian Arabs he won’t teach them how to handle a firearm."

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French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo firebombed after prophet Mohammed announcement - Telegraph

French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo firebombed after prophet Mohammed announcement - Telegraph: "The offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo have been destroyed by a petrol bomb, a day after it named the Prophet Mohammed as its “editor-in-chief” for this week’s issue."

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Longtime Democrat Toby Keith donates to Perry | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner

Longtime Democrat Toby Keith donates to Perry | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner: "n spite of his longtime identification with the Democratic Party, country music superstar Toby Keith donated $2500 to Rick Perry last quarter according to FEC records."

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Despite rules, Congress' travel takes big jump | wtsp.com

Despite rules, Congress' travel takes big jump | wtsp.com: "WASHINGTON - Four years after Congress imposed restrictions on travel funded by outside groups, federal lawmakers are frequent fliers again, taking 415 privately funded trips between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 - a nearly 75% jump in the number of trips they took during the same period in 2010, records show."

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Colorado voters reject raising taxes to support education - latimes.com

Colorado voters reject raising taxes to support education - latimes.com: "In what could be a harbinger of the 2012 election, Colorado voters Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have raised nearly $3 billion for education by temporarily increasing state income, sales and use taxes. "

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DOE IG: 100+ stimulus-related criminal probes - Darius Dixon - POLITICO.com

DOE IG: 100+ stimulus-related criminal probes - Darius Dixon - POLITICO.com: "The Energy Department's inspector general has launched more than 100 criminal investigations related to 2009 economic stimulus spending."

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Some 15% of U.S. Uses Food Stamps - Real Time Economics - WSJ

Some 15% of U.S. Uses Food Stamps - Real Time Economics - WSJ: "Nearly 15% of the U.S. population relied on food stamps in August, as the number of recipients hit 45.8 million."

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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu Considers Pre-Emptive Attack On Iran To Prevent Nuclear Capability | World News | Sky News

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu Considers Pre-Emptive Attack On Iran To Prevent Nuclear Capability | World News | Sky News: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to rally support in his cabinet for an attack on Iran, according to government sources."

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Iran Rattles Saber at Israel, US - Middle East - News - Israel National News

Iran Rattles Saber at Israel, US - Middle East - News - Israel National News: "Iran would cause serious damage to the United States and Israel should Jewish state strike the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, Iran's top military official said on Wednesday."

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Israel test-fires missile as Iran debate rages | Reuters

Israel test-fires missile as Iran debate rages | Reuters: "Israel test-fired a missile from a military base on Wednesday, two days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of the "direct and heavy threat" posed by Iran's nuclear program."

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