Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Florida Prisoner Suing Over ‘Cruel And Unusual’ Soy-Based Meals « CBS Tampa

Florida Prisoner Suing Over ‘Cruel And Unusual’ Soy-Based Meals « CBS Tampa: " A Florida inmate is suing the state’s prison system for pulling the pork from his meals."

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Busted! Two New Fed GPS Trackers Found on SUV | Threat Level | Wired.com

Busted! Two New Fed GPS Trackers Found on SUV | Threat Level | Wired.com: "As the Supreme Court gets ready to hear oral arguments in a case Tuesday that could determine if authorities can track U.S. citizens with GPS vehicle trackers without a warrant, a young man in California has come forward to Wired to reveal that he found not one but two different devices on his vehicle recently."

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Penn State Said to Be Planning Paterno’s Exit - NYTimes.com

Penn State Said to Be Planning Paterno’s Exit - NYTimes.com: "STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno’s tenure as coach of the Penn State football team will soon be over, perhaps within days or weeks, in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal that has implicated university officials, according to two people briefed on conversations among the university’s top officials."

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Alaska faces one of its worst storms ever, forecasters say – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

Alaska faces one of its worst storms ever, forecasters say – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs: "Alaska is facing a life threatening winter storm with near hurricane force winds, more than a foot of snow and severe coastal flooding, the National Weather Service says."

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Holder: 'Fast and Furious' tactics will not be tolerated - CNN.com

Holder: 'Fast and Furious' tactics will not be tolerated - CNN.com: "Washington (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the controversial tactic that allowed illegal guns to be smuggled to Mexico "should never have happened, and it must never happen again.""

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Massive, unstoppable rock hurtles toward Earth - WTOP.com

Massive, unstoppable rock hurtles toward Earth - WTOP.com: "An asteroid the size of the U.S.S. Nimitz is bearing down on Earth. NASA's Near-Earth Object Program says the impact of the rock, dubbed 2005 YU55, would equal a 4,000-megaton blast and create 70-foot high tsunami waves, CBS News reports."

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Witness: Cain accuser hugged him during Tea Party meeting a month ago - Chicago Sun-Times

Witness: Cain accuser hugged him during Tea Party meeting a month ago - Chicago Sun-Times: "They hugged each other backstage in a full embrace like old friends.

She grabbed his arm and whispered in his left ear.

She kept talking as he bent to listen, and he kept saying “Uh, huh. Uh, huh.”"

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Iran Worked to ‘Miniaturize’ Weapon Design - Bloomberg

Iran Worked to ‘Miniaturize’ Weapon Design - Bloomberg: "Iran sought to miniaturize a Pakistani nuclear weapon design to fit on its ballistic missiles and continued working to raise the potential power of the weapons at least until 2010, United Nations inspectors reported today, citing “credible” intelligence from more than 10 countries."

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Berlusconi signals intention to resign - FT.com

Berlusconi signals intention to resign - FT.com: "Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s embattled prime minister, signalled on Tuesday night that he would resign after parliament passes a new financial stability law that will implement fresh austerity measures demanded by the European Union."

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