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America Wasted Billions ‘Rebuilding’ Iraq
 Kim Gamel
As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, it is leaving behind hundreds of abandoned or incomplete projects. More than $5 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds has been wasted on these projects — more than 10 percent of the $53.7 billion the US has spent on reconstruction in Iraq, according to audits from a U.S. watchdog agency.
Northern Border Sweeps Reach Miles Into U.S.
 Nina Bernstein
The Lake Shore Limited runs between Chicago and New York City without crossing the Canadian border. But when it stops at Amtrak stations in western New York State, armed Border Patrol agents routinely board the train, question passengers about their citizenship and take away noncitizens who cannot produce satisfactory immigration papers.
Five Years After Katrina, New Orleans Still Caught Between Storms
 Kim Murphy & Richard Fausset
The last few months have provided a roller-coaster run-up to Hurricane Katrina's fifth anniversary, which New Orleans was to observe Sunday with solemn prayers, a reunion of Superdome survivors, and a jazz funeral for the more than 1,800 dead along the Gulf Coast.
Beck’s Success Means Big Problems for Democrats
 Philip Elliott
If Democrats had doubts about the voter unrest that threatens to rob them of their majority in Congress, they needed only look from the Capitol this weekend to the opposite end of the National Mall.
WikiLeaks War Logs Posting 'Will Lead to US Free Speech Ruling'
 David Batty
US supreme court justice Sonia Sotomayor has said the court is likely to have to rule on the issue of balancing national security and freedom of speech due to WikiLeaks posting a cache of US military records about the Afghan war.
Recession May Have Pushed US Birth Rate to New Low
 Associated Press
The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century.
 Our Terrifyingly Crowded Solar System: New Video Reveals Just How Many Asteroids Are Out There
 Daily Mail UK
A fascinating colour-coded video illustrates how we have become increasingly aware of the number of asteroids flying close to Earth as telescopes improve.
Obama's Weekly Address: The End of Combat Operations in Iraq
 The White House Blog
With the end of combat operations in Iraq days ahead, the President salutes our troops for their service and pledges to fulfill America’s commitment to them as veterans.
Venezuela Finds Big Cocaine Haul, Bound for Mexico
 Diego Ore
Venezuelan authorities found four tonnes of cocaine buried on a ranch on Thursday after stopping a plane presumably on its way from Mexico to pick up the illegal drug haul, state media said.
New Video Gives Tour of Trapped Miners' Refuge
 Associated Press
A new video released late Thursday showing the 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground provides the best images yet of the conditions in the mine in northern Chile.
Women's Equality Day: Remembering the 90th Anniversary of the Passing of the 19th Amendment
 Marina Mecl
Women's Equality Day was designated by a joint resolution of Congress on August 26, 1971 at the behest of Bella Abzug. Bella insisted on an official designation of this day so that we can never forget the significance of the signing of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
ACLU Report: Spying on Free Speech Nearly At Cold War Level
 Ms. Smith
Political spying is nearly as bad now as it was during the Cold War. The ACLU reports that Americans are harrassed and under surveillance for exercising their First Amendment rights.
Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans
 Andy Greenberg
As the privacy controversy around full-body security scans begins to simmer, it’s worth noting that courthouses and airport security checkpoints aren’t the only places where backscatter x-ray vision is being deployed. The same technology, capable of seeing through clothes and walls, has also been rolling out on U.S. streets.
US Stem Cell Ruling Will Be Appealed
 Sheryl Gay Stolberg & Gardiner Harris
The Obama administration said Tuesday that it would appeal a court ruling challenging the legality of President Obama’s rules governing human embryonic stem cell research.
Escalating Drug Violence on the US/MEX Border
 Fox News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner responds to Mexico's deteriorating security situation.
Obama’s Ratings Take Another Nosedive
 Richard Cowen
More Americans now disapprove of President Barack Obama than approve of him as high unemployment and government spending scare voters ahead of November’s midterm elections, Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Tuesday.
Mexico Violence Crosses the US Border?
 Fox News
Stray bullets paralyze El Paso neighborhood, but how widespread is the cartel war in Mexico becoming?
Crews Wrestle With Pipe Stuck in BP Well
 Richard Fausset
Engineering crews working on the BP oil well disaster Monday continued efforts to remove an obstacle to their undersea endgame: a 3,000-foot drill pipe that is stuck in the blowout preventer and extends far down the well.
U.S. Election 2012: Stewart Alexander Dismisses Obama’s Jobless Recovery
 Socialist Party USA
The Freedom Socialist Party dismissed President Obama’s jobless recovery in 2009; the Socialist Party has dismissed any signs of an economic recovery; now, Stewart Alexander, a 2012 U.S. presidential hopeful says, “A majority of Americans no longer believe Barack Obama has a plan to revive the U.S. economy or to create jobs”.
Brazil Aims for World's "Most Perfect" Population Census
 Thalif Deen
Come Dec. 31, about 68 countries are expected to complete the arduous task of taking an accurate head count of the number of people living within their geographical borders.
Rescuers Expand Lifeline to Trapped Chile Miners
 Mauricio Cuevas
Engineers reinforced a lifeline Monday to 33 miners entombed deep inside a Chilean gold and copper mine, preparing to keep them supplied with food, water, medicine and communications during the four months it may take to carve a tunnel wide enough to pull them out.
US Homeland Security to Expand 'Secure Communities' Nationwide
 Joshua Philipp
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to broaden its Secure Communities program nationwide by 2013, according to a DHS release.
Gulf Coast Tourism Suffers from Perception of Oil-Coated Towns and May Take Years to Recover
 Noaki Schwartz
Beaches have been cleaned of crude, the leak has been plugged and some cities never had oil wash ashore at all. Still, tourists stay away from what they fear are oil-coated coastlines — a perception officials say could take years to overcome and cost the region billions of dollars.
America's Mosque Debate Ignores Facts
 Calvin Woodward
A New York imam and his proposed mosque near ground zero are being demonized by political candidates — mostly Republicans — despite the fact that Islam is already very much a part of the World Trade Center neighborhood. And that Muslims pray inside the Pentagon, too, less than 80 feet from where terrorists attacked.
Why Isn't the World Rushing to Rescue Pakistan?
 The Real News Network
Snehal Shingavi: US has blamed Pakistan for failed policies in region.
Jailed Drug Lord's Sex Tape Sells in Caribbean
 Daniel Hernandez
It's selling like "hot bread" on the streets of Santo Domingo and it's the item "mas caliente" in San Juan. A DVD of a leaked sex tape belonging to a jailed Puerto Rican drug boss has become a sensation in the neighboring Caribbean capitals of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
In Nicaragua, a Return of the Contras?
 Tim Rogers
A former commando known as 'Comandante Jahob' says he is rearming a group of contras to oppose the reelection of President Daniel Ortega. Former contra leaders and ex-military intelligence tell the Monitor it would be a mistake for the military to dismiss the threat.
Obama's Weekly Address: No Corporate Takeover of Our Democracy
 The White House Blog
The President calls out Republicans for blocking campaign finance reforms that would address the Supreme Court decision opening the floodgates of corporate money into elections.
Poll: 'No' To US Wars At All Time High
 PressTV
A new opinion poll says the number of Americans opposed to the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is at an all time high.
Iraqis React to US Troop Withdrawal
 The Real News Network
Al Jazeera reports from Baghdad, Iraq's capital, on the public's reaction to the US withdrawal.
Does Washington Want Normal Diplomatic Relations With Venezuela?
 Mark Weisbro
While President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and the new President of Colombia, Manuel Santos, met in Santa Marta, Colombia, last Tuesday and agreed to normalize relations after a fierce diplomatic fight, there are no indications that such détente is in the cards for Venezuela and the United States.
Costa Rican President Wants US Anti-Drug Aid Program for Central America
 Marianela Jimenez
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said Tuesday she wants the United States to offer an anti-drug aid program just for Central America.
Illegal Immigrants Account for 8% of U.S. Newborns, Study Shows
 Jeff Bliss
As many as 340,000 of the 4.3 million babies born in the U.S. in 2008 had at least one parent who was an illegal immigrant, according to a Pew Hispanic Center study of Census Bureau data.
US Election 2012: Stewart Alexander Will Seek Green Party Presidential Nomination
Socialist Party USA
In July, U.S. Socialist Stewart Alexander announced that he would seek the 2012 Presidential Nomination for the Socialist Party USA; now Stewart Alexander has announced that he will also seek the Presidential Nomination for the Green Party in 2012.
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