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No Autism to Vaccine Link, Court Confirms

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No Autism to Vaccine Link, Court Confirms

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a lower court decision finding that no link existed between autism and the measles-mumps-rubella or other childhood vaccines containing thimerosal. (more)

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tags: autism, mmr vaccine, vaccinations and autism

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Best and Worst Places to Work in Government

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Best and Worst Places to Work in Government

The U.S. federal government is the largest employer in the world, and as you might expect, there are great government jobs and lousy government jobs. So what are, in the opinions the people who do them, the best and worst government jobs? (more)

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tags: government jobs, working for government

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National Guard Boots Now Walking the Border

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National Guard Boots Now Walking the Border

The National Guard reports that 800 Guardsmen are now in place supporting U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. (more)

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tags: illegal immigrants, mexican border, national guard, southwest border

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NARA Now Has Original Nuremberg Laws

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The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) now houses the original Nuremberg Laws as issued 75 years ago by Adolph Hitler to establish his legal basis for the persecution of Jews in Germany during WWII. (more)

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Even in Recession, Congress' Pay Grew

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Most Americans lucky enough to just keep their jobs since the recession started in December 2007 have paid a price for their good fortune by accepting smaller paychecks. Some Americans who have not paid that price include the members of the U.S. Congress, who saw their salaries increase by 5 percent from 2007-2009. (more)

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Cost of 2009 Economic Stimulus Package Grows

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Cost of 2009 Economic Stimulus Package Grows

Sometimes, dealing with the federal government is like buying a car. You know the sticker price, but when you actually pick up your car, you end up paying a lot of extra "make-ready fees" and "delivery costs." That's pretty much the way it has worked out since taxpayers picked up their 2009 US Government Economic Stimulus Plan. How much has it really cost, and what has it really accomplished? (more)

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Easing Traffic Congestion and Saving You Money

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Easing Traffic Congestion and Saving You Money

How about a plan where the less you drive, the less you pay for your auto insurance? Well, the state of Texas will testing that exact plan with its share of $9.7 million in Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) grants aimed at reducing traffic congestion. (more)

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Sam's Club Offering SBA Small Business Loans

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Sam's Club Offering SBA Small Business Loans

Let's see... bread, milk, paper towels, small business loan. In one of the most innovative alternatives to small business financing to come along in years, retailer Sam's Club announces it is now offering SBA-guaranteed loans to its small business customers. (more)

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Illegal Alien Gang Members Busted in Utah

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Illegal Alien Gang Members Busted in Utah

Way up in Utah, miles from the Mexican border, a task force of federal agents along with state and local police rounded up 158 street gang members. After the rights had been read and the mug shots taken, 125 of the 158 gang members turned out to be illegal aliens from Argentina, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru. (more)

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Did Obama Support the Mosque or Not?

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President Barack Obama broke his months-long silence on the $100 million Islamic center and mosque planned two blocks from ground zero in New York City, which project critics say is offensive to families of those who perished in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The president came out in support of the Cordoba House mosque project. Or ... did he? (more)

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Is the Census Bureau Being too Nosey?

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Seems the Republican National Committee (RNC) thinks the U.S. Census Bureau is being too nosey, calling their ongoing annual American Communities Survey a "dangerous invasion of privacy." Funny thing is that during 2010, the RNC conducted its own 36-question "census," and according to Government Watchdog Tom Murse, it was a lot more "nosey" than the official 10-question U.S. Census. (more)

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Postal Service Moves into Office Depot

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Even while moving ahead with plans to close almost 200 small post offices in an attempt to cut its operating costs, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is now selling postal products and services at 1,083 Office Depot stores nationwide. (more)

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Federal Court Upholds the Right to Lie

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Xavier Alvarez flat-out lied when he claimed he had been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and was convicted of violating the federal Stolen Valor Act. Appealing his conviction, Alvarez argued that his lie - although an admitted whopper - was protected by the First Amendment. Lo-and-behold, the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed and overturned his conviction. (more)

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tags: First Amendment, freedom of speech, medal of honor

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Scientists See Summer Full of Global Warming Signs

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Scientists See Summer Full of Global Warming Signs

This summer's wildfires in Russia, floods in Pakistan, torrential rainfall in China and sweltering heat waves in 15 (out of 50) U.S. states are all signs of the effects of global warming identified by scientists in the U.S. Global Change Research Program, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). (more)

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Jury Finds Pro-gun Blogger Took Freedom too Far

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Jury Finds Pro-gun Blogger Took Freedom too Far

After two mistrials due to deadlocked juries, a federal court jury in Brooklyn, New York has convicted New Jersey internet radio host and blogger Hal Turner of threatening to murder three federal judges in retaliation for their 2009 ruling upholding a strict Chicago area handgun ban. (more)

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Court Upholds Stripping ACORN Funding

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When a district court judge issued an injunction blocking Congress from cutting off federal funding for ACORN, she was just wrong, found the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. (more)

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How Did Bank Bailout Money Wind up Overseas?

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How Did Bank Bailout Money Wind up Overseas?

In October 2008, Congress bailed out major U.S. financial institutions to the tune of $700 billion in taxpayer money. While some of the banks have actually started paying their bailouts back with interest, a new Congressional Oversight Panel report shows that the TARP bank bailout actually helped banks in foreign countries more than U.S. banks. (more)

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Ban on Mailing Tobacco Peeves Soldiers Overseas

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Ban on Mailing Tobacco Peeves Soldiers Overseas

A federal anti-smoking law that took effect in June 2010 cracked down on the sale of black market tobacco by terrorists and further restricted tobacco sales to children. That's fine, but a provision in the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act also effectively bans families and friends of U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan from mailing them cigarettes. (more)

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2010 Census Comes in $1.6 Billion Under Budget, But ...

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2010 Census Comes in $1.6 Billion Under Budget, But ...

Months before we even know how many Americans they actually counted, the Census Bureau proudly announced that their 2010 Census cost taxpayers $1.6 billion less than expected. That's great, but for an agency dedicated to counting things accurately, the Census Bureau could have applied a little more perspective to its census cost accounting. For instance, the fact that despite achieving no improvement in response rate, Census 2010 cost twice as much as Census 2000. (more)

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FWS Okays Watering Stations for Illegal Immigrants

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FWS Okays Watering Stations for Illegal Immigrants

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has decided it will allow humanitarian organizations to place more emergency watering stations in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge to aid illegal immigrants attempting to cross the desert preserve in southern Arizona along the Mexican border. (more)

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tags: arizona border, illegal immigration, mexican border, watering stations for illegal immigrants

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No Autism to Vaccine Link, Court Confirms

Best and Worst Places to Work in Government

National Guard Boots Now Walking the Border

NARA Now Has Original Nuremberg Laws

Even in Recession, Congress' Pay Grew

Cost of 2009 Economic Stimulus Package Grows

Easing Traffic Congestion and Saving You Money

Sam's Club Offering SBA Small Business Loans

Illegal Alien Gang Members Busted in Utah

Did Obama Support the Mosque or Not?

Is the Census Bureau Being too Nosey?

Postal Service Moves into Office Depot

Federal Court Upholds the Right to Lie

Scientists See Summer Full of Global Warming Signs

Jury Finds Pro-gun Blogger Took Freedom too Far

Court Upholds Stripping ACORN Funding

How Did Bank Bailout Money Wind up Overseas?

Ban on Mailing Tobacco Peeves Soldiers Overseas

2010 Census Comes in $1.6 Billion Under Budget, But ...

FWS Okays Watering Stations for Illegal Immigrants

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