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		<title>Buildings at St. Louis Zoo evacuated after bomb threat</title>
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A bomb threat was called in around 8:30 a.m. on Friday.
Video is Here
Officials evacuated parts of the Zoo so that police and security could search  the buildings.
Bomb-sniffing dogs were brought in to aid in the investigation.
It took four hours to search the area.
Nothing suspicious was found, but police are investigating where that  threatening [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Buildings at St. Louis Zoo evacuated after bomb threat", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/buildings-at-st-louis-zoo-evacuated-after-bomb-threat" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>State Passes Internet Harassment Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Video is Here
Responding to the suicide of a Missouri teenager who was teased over the  Internet, state lawmakers Friday gave final approval to a bill making cyber  harassment illegal.
The bill updates state laws against harassment to keep pace with technology  by removing the requirement that the communication be written or [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "State Passes Internet Harassment Law", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/state-passes-internet-harassment-law" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>What came first - the egg or the gecko inside? - Telegraph</title>
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Australian scientists are trying to crack the mystery of how a tiny lizard found its way inside a chicken&#8217;s egg. 


The bizarre discovery was made by a doctor in Darwin as he made dinner earlier this week. 
Peter Beaumont broke open an egg and was shocked to find a dead gecko inside. &#8220;I was cracking [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What came first - the egg or the gecko inside? - Telegraph", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/what-came-first-the-egg-or-the-gecko-inside-telegraph" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Congressmen Ask Charter to Freeze Web Profiling Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wired.com
Two powerful House members asked Charter Communications Friday to put a hold on its plans to monitor its customers&#8217; web habits in order to serve them targeted ads, questioning whether the scheme complies with federal privacy laws.
In a letter (.pdf) to Charter CEO Neil Smit, Massachusetts Democrat Edward Markey and Texas Republican Joe Barton asked [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Congressmen Ask Charter to Freeze Web Profiling Plan", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/congressmen-ask-charter-to-freeze-web-profiling-plan" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Can Charter Broadband Customers Really Opt-Out of Spying? Maybe Not</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wired.com
Three days after it emerged that broadband provider Charter Communications plans to begin eavesdropping on its subscribers&#8217; web serving to build profiles for advertisers, serious questions about the technology remain unanswered &#8212; including whether it&#8217;s really possible to opt-out of the data collection.
Charter Communications, one of the largest ISPs is the country, confirmed Tuesday that [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Can Charter Broadband Customers Really Opt-Out of Spying? Maybe Not", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/can-charter-broadband-customers-really-opt-out-of-spying-maybe-not" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>US soldier refuses to serve in &#8216;illegal Iraq war&#8217;</title>
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Matthis Chiroux is the kind of young American US military recruiters love.
&#8220;I was from a poor, white family from the south, and I did badly in school,&#8221; the now 24-year-old told AFP.
&#8220;I was &#8216;filet mignon&#8217; for recruiters. They started phoning me when I was in 10th grade,&#8221; or around 16 years old, he added.
Chiroux joined [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "US soldier refuses to serve in &#8216;illegal Iraq war&#8217;", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/us-soldier-refuses-to-serve-in-illegal-iraq-war" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Woman, 49, charged over MySpace hoax &#8216;which drove 13-year-old U.S. girl to suicide&#8217;</title>
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Suicide: Megan Meier, 13, killed herself after receiving cruel messages via MySpace
A woman has been charged with perpetrating a MySpace hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. 
Lori Drew, 49, allegedly helped create a fake MySpace account to convince neighbour Megan Meier that she was chatting with a [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Woman, 49, charged over MySpace hoax &#8216;which drove 13-year-old U.S. girl to suicide&#8217;", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/woman-49-charged-over-myspace-hoax-which-drove-13-year-old-us-girl-to-suicide" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Now NHS doctors refuse to carry out late abortions on moral grounds</title>
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NHS doctors are refusing to carry out late abortions
NHS doctors are refusing to carry out late abortions, forcing hospitals to contract them out to private clinics and charities.
Growing moral objections mean three-quarters of the 7,000 terminations performed after 17 weeks of pregnancy each year are outside the Health Service.
The revelation comes as MPs prepare to [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Now NHS doctors refuse to carry out late abortions on moral grounds", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/now-nhs-doctors-refuse-to-carry-out-late-abortions-on-moral-grounds" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Operation Terminal Stinger&#8221; Set for Pennsylvania Airport</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity will be the site of an emergency response training exercise.
“Operation Terminal Stinger” is scheduled for June 6 and 7 at the facility near Latrobe. The exercise is required by the Federal Aviation Administration and will feature a scenario in which a terrorist cell will down an aircraft with a [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8220;Operation Terminal Stinger&#8221; Set for Pennsylvania Airport", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/operation-terminal-stinger-set-for-pennsylvania-airport" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>How scheming power firms rig prices to con families out of &#163;400 every year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Households are being overcharged by more than £400 a year for gas and electricity because power companies are fixing prices, it is claimed.
The official consumer body Energywatch says the power supply industry in Britain and Europe is rigged against consumers.

It also accuses the Government of being docile and complacent while millions struggle to pay their [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How scheming power firms rig prices to con families out of &#163;400 every year", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/how-scheming-power-firms-rig-prices-to-con-families-out-of-400-every-year" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Happy-slapping&#8217; video shows teenage girl being kicked in the face in playground attack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A terrifying &#8220;happy slapping&#8221; of a teenage girl has fuelled concerns over the rise in violent &#8220;ladette&#8221; culture.
Footage of the girl, believed to be 14, shows her being kicked and kneed in the face by another girl and then left in a bloodied heap on the ground after being battered 15 times.
It emerged today in [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8216;Happy-slapping&#8217; video shows teenage girl being kicked in the face in playground attack", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/happy-slapping-video-shows-teenage-girl-being-kicked-in-the-face-in-playground-attack" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Concerns Over Posse Comitatus Violations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recently released letter from Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) has raised a concern by the Committee on Homeland Security regarding the National Applications Office (NAO) and their plans to use military satellites to spy on the American people.
Specifically, we believe the NAO raises major issues under the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C. § 1385) as [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Concerns Over Posse Comitatus Violations", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/concerns-over-posse-comitatus-violations" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Cattle Congress thought grounds would be used for Homeland Security training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cattle Congress president Wally Mochal said he and the members of the board were under the impression that the grounds and facilities would be used by the Homeland Security Administration for training purposes.
The board did not know the grounds and facilities would be used to establish a detention center and a trial court for those [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Cattle Congress thought grounds would be used for Homeland Security training", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/cattle-congress-thought-grounds-would-be-used-for-homeland-security-training" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Pomona Police &#8220;Gestapo&#8221; Checkpoint Angers Residents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[POMONA - A weekend checkpoint caused residents to express concern and accusations to fly at a City Council meeting on Monday.
Councilwoman Cristina Carrizosa said residents were frightened and that the behavior of officers reminded her of movie scenes depicting the Gestapo.
Several people spoke at the meeting about Saturday afternoon&#8217;s DUI checkpoint at Mission Boulevard and [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Pomona Police &#8220;Gestapo&#8221; Checkpoint Angers Residents", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/pomona-police-gestapo-checkpoint-angers-residents" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Top Cop Wants Militarized Police to &#8220;Fight Crime&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago&#8217;s top cop revealed some new strategies Friday to fight crime in the city&#8211; adding semi-automatic weapons, an armor-plated vehicle, and full SWAT dress in crime hot spots.
Tracking homicide numbers has long been - whether fair or not - an important measure of how well the police department is doing its job. In the first [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Chicago Top Cop Wants Militarized Police to &#8220;Fight Crime&#8221;", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/chicago-top-cop-wants-militarized-police-to-fight-crime" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>No Refusal Weekend: Illinois Cops Will Forcibly Take Blood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometime soon, drunken driving suspects in Kane County will have a new choice: Get your blood-alcohol level measured in a breath, blood or urine test, or have your blood drawn involuntarily.
On No Refusal Weekend the option of refusing to take a test will not be available. At least not to drivers arrested by St. Charles, [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "No Refusal Weekend: Illinois Cops Will Forcibly Take Blood", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/no-refusal-weekend-illinois-cops-will-forcibly-take-blood" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Programs the Government Claims Are Aimed At Foreign Enemies are being Used Against American Citizens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government has repeatedly claimed that it was launching aggressive programs solely at foreign enemies, and then launched them at American citizens. For example: 
&#8226; In 2002, the Pentagon announced that it was considering spreading false propaganda in the foreign press. However, the military has spread propaganda within the U.S. in an operation so [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Programs the Government Claims Are Aimed At Foreign Enemies are being Used Against American Citizens", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/programs-the-government-claims-are-aimed-at-foreign-enemies-are-being-used-against-american-citizens" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.t1production.com/programs-the-government-claims-are-aimed-at-foreign-enemies-are-being-used-against-american-citizens</link>
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		<title>9-year-old girl&#8217;s twin is found inside her stomach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece - A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece  suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin,  doctors said Thursday.
Doctors at Larissa General Hospital examined the girl and surgically removed  a growth they later discovered was an embryo more than two inches long.
&#8220;They could [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "9-year-old girl&#8217;s twin is found inside her stomach", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/9-year-old-girls-twin-is-found-inside-her-stomach" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.t1production.com/9-year-old-girls-twin-is-found-inside-her-stomach</link>
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		<title>Child-killing virus hits Beijing</title>
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The death toll in China&#8217;s outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 42  children, with the capital Beijing reporting its first case Wednesday, state  media said.
Parents sit with children being treated for the virus in Fuyang, China, last  month.
The child died on the way to a hospital Sunday, health authorities told the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Child-killing virus hits Beijing", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/child-killing-virus-hits-beijing" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Richardson substitute teacher drunk in class</title>
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A substitute middle school teacher suspected of being drunk in class was too  intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said.
Thomas Brownlee, 56, was in a classroom Tuesday with students and another  staff member for about 20 minutes, Richardson school district spokesman Tim  Clark said. Another teacher suspected Browlee [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Richardson substitute teacher drunk in class", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/richardson-substitute-teacher-drunk-in-class" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-trained forces reportedly helping Mexican cartels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many as 200 U.S.-trained Mexican security personnel have defected to drug cartels to carry out killings on both sides of the border and as far north as Dallas, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, told Congress on Wednesday.
The renegade members of Mexico&#8217;s elite counter-narcotics teams trained at Fort Benning, Ga., have switched sides, contributing to a [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "U.S.-trained forces reportedly helping Mexican cartels", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/us-trained-forces-reportedly-helping-mexican-cartels" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The Technocratic Control Grid Advances</title>
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The technological enslavement system is now being implemented on a grand scale by the architects of the global scientific dictatorship. Aviation News reported recently that the TSA will be installing 200 body scanners in airports around the United States. The body scanners are reminiscent out of something you&#8217;d see in the science fiction film Total [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Technocratic Control Grid Advances", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/the-technocratic-control-grid-advances" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Congressmen Highlight Mexican Commando Incursions Into U.S.</title>
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Two representatives have urged Congress to take action to address the worsening situation on the southern border which has been described by reporters and activist groups as &#34;an all out war.&#34; 
Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, has urged the Congress to take action regarding the frequent incursions of military style Mexican commandos into the U.S. that [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Congressmen Highlight Mexican Commando Incursions Into U.S.", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/congressmen-highlight-mexican-commando-incursions-into-us" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Get Ready to Spend $6,000 a Year on Gas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get Ready to Spend $6,000 a Year on Gas  
Two years ago a leading economist published a study provocatively titled: &#8220;What would $120 oil mean for the global economy?&#8221; Answer: a global recession, if the price stayed there for a year.
Now the future has arrived, with the United States and other nations getting a [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Get Ready to Spend $6,000 a Year on Gas", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/get-ready-to-spend-6000-a-year-on-gas" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The Deep South&#8217;s New Second-Class Citizens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Justeen Mancha&#8217;s dream of becoming a psychologist was born of the tropical heat and exploitation that have shaped farmworker life around Reidsville, Georgia, for centuries. The wiry, freckle-faced 17-year-old high school junior has toiled in drought-dry onion fields to help her mother, Maria Christina Martinez. But early one September morning in 2006, Mancha&#8217;s dream was [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Deep South&#8217;s New Second-Class Citizens", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/the-deep-souths-new-second-class-citizens" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Man kept posing as cop to get drugs, police say</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Arlington pharmacy cashier had every reason to believe the man standing at the counter was a cop.
He wore a navy-blue nylon jacket with what appeared to be a State Patrol patch on the chest. At his side was a German shepherd who wore a harness and a vest with a star-shaped badge.
The cashier later [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Man kept posing as cop to get drugs, police say", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/man-kept-posing-as-cop-to-get-drugs-police-say" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>CDC recommends shingles vaccine for age 60 and up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended that people ages 60 and above should get Merck &#38; Co Inc&#8217;s vaccine Zostavax to protect against shingles. 
The CDC said the recommendation replaces a provisional one it made in 2006 after the vaccine was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "CDC recommends shingles vaccine for age 60 and up", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/cdc-recommends-shingles-vaccine-for-age-60-and-up" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Pentagon Carpet Bombs the Opposition in Cyberspace</title>
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Kevin Poulsen, writing for Wired, declares the Pentagon&#8217;s DDoS scheme to be &#8220;the most lunatic idea to come out of the military since the gay bomb.&#8221; DDoS, or distributed denial-of-service, is an attack on a server, flooding it with so many requests it is for all purposes knocked out, unable to respond. Col. Charles W. [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Pentagon Carpet Bombs the Opposition in Cyberspace", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/pentagon-carpet-bombs-the-opposition-in-cyberspace" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Euro 2008 Attack Hype May Be Veiled Neo-Con Threat</title>
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Threatening to capsize a $2.1 billion injection into the European economy and making hundreds of thousands of people fear for their lives, authorities and the media today lent credence to an anonymous Internet posting that alleged Al-Qaeda were planning to attack the Euro 2008 soccer tournament.
Presumably disinterested in attacking &#8220;the Great Satan&#8221; of America the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Euro 2008 Attack Hype May Be Veiled Neo-Con Threat", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/euro-2008-attack-hype-may-be-veiled-neo-con-threat" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Werewolf boy&#8217; begs for cure to rare condition</title>
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Pruthviraj Patil has suffered from hypertrichosis, a rare genetic condition also known as Werewolf Syndrome, since birth. He is believed to be one of only 50 people in the world with the condition.
Pruthviraj’s family have tried a range of treatments - including homeopathy, traditional Indian Ayurvedic remedies and more recently laser surgery – but none [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8216;Werewolf boy&#8217; begs for cure to rare condition", url: "http://blog.t1production.com/werewolf-boy-begs-for-cure-to-rare-condition" });</script>]]></description>
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