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Live in Tennessee? Careful With That Netflix Password | PCWorld

Seeded on Fri Jun 3, 2011 12:35 PM EDT (PC World)

The bill was signed into law by Gov. Bill Haslam and takes effect July 1, the Associated Press reports.

netflix, film, movie, politics, hacking, riaa, torrent, film-industry, password, recording-industry

China Bans Reincarnation Without Government Permission

Seeded on Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:34 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission.

politics, dalai-lama, bizzare, reincarnation, dalai-lamas, state-administration

Highlights of proposals in House GOP spending bill

Seeded on Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:43 PM EST (The Washington Post)

WASHINGTON -- The House Republicans' $1.2 trillion bill for financing federal programs through Sept. 30, when the current budget year ends, includes many spending cuts and prohibitions that make a showdown with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats inevitable.

white-house, politics, associated-press, exchange-commission, house-republicans, budget-cuts, senate-democrats, environmental-protection-agency, tax-cuts, pell-grants

WikiLeaks Reveals That Military Contractors Have Not Lost Their Taste For Child Prostitutes

Seeded on Wed Dec 8, 2010 8:53 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

"Bacha boys are eight- to 15-years-old. They put on make-up, tie bells to their feet and slip into scanty women's clothing, and then, to the whine of a harmonium and wailing vocals, they dance seductively to smoky roomfuls of leering older men."

afghanistan, politics, child-prostitution, dyncorp, drugs-war, military-contractors, wikileaks

Va. lawmaker claims pat-downs part of 'homosexual agenda'

Seeded on Wed Dec 1, 2010 7:06 PM EST (WTOP)

""That means the next TSA official that gives you an enhanced pat-down could be a practicing homosexual secretly getting pleasure from your submission," he wrote. "

politics, gop, republican, tsa, eugene-delgaudio

Interpol puts WikiLeaks founder Assange on most-wanted list

Seeded on Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:26 PM EST (CNN)

He faces one count of rape and one count of sexual molestation related to an instance around August 17 in Enkoping, just outside Stockholm.

politics, interpol, wikileaks, julian-assange, stockholm-criminal-court

Scientists find way to reverse aging in mice

Seeded on Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:00 AM EST (CTV News)

Scientists in Boston have made an astounding discovery, taking aging mice and turning them young again, like tiny little Benjamin Buttons.

aging, science, reverse-aging, science-breakthrough

Food Backpacks Help Kids in Need

Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:22 PM EST (AOL)

(Nov. 22) -- Every Friday afternoon, the backpacks are placed carefully on the floors of the hallways in the elementary schools of Moberly, Mo.

economy, jobs, charity, hunger, help, low-income, us-news, us-economy, starvation, food-bank

House health care bill wins 2 top backers

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 1:32 PM EST (CNN)

Washington (CNN) -- The push to overhaul health care received a major boost Thursday as the American Medical Association and AARP endorsed legislation drafted by top House Democrats.

washington, democrats, politics, health-care, reform, house, republicans, nancy-pelosi, speaker, american-medical-association

Obama to Lift HIV/AIDS Travel Ban

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:41 PM EDT (AOL)

WASHINGTON (Oct. 31) -- President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 20-year-old U.S. travel ban against people with HIV early next year.

america, president, aids, united-states, barack-obama, hiv, us-news, potus

5 Alabama police officers fired over beating caught on camera - CNN.com

Seeded on Thu May 21, 2009 3:52 AM EDT (CNN)

Five police officers brutally kicked and beat an unconscious suspect after a high-speed chase through Birmingham, Alabama, in an incident caught on camera and discovered a year later.

politics, alabama, police-brutality, larry-langford, anthony-warren

National Archives loses hard drive with Clinton era records - CNN.com

Seeded on Thu May 21, 2009 3:41 AM EDT (CNN)

Officials at the Archives say they don't know how many confidential records are on the hard drive. But congressional aides briefed on the matter say it contains "more than 100,000" Social Security numbers, including one belonging to a daughter of then-Vice President Al Gore.

us, clinton, politics, president, social-security, government, united-states, al-gore, national-archives

Boy's death could upgrade Liberty couple's charges

Seeded on Sun May 10, 2009 6:01 PM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)

A 7-year-old boy who loved playing outdoors and riding on the back of his daddy's Harley died Saturday morning after a Liberty County couple opened fire on him and three other alleged trespassers, Liberty County Sheriff's Cpl. Hugh Bishop said.

texas, death, child, shooting, children, father, family, murder, gun-control, trespassing

Turkey criticises Obama comments

Seeded on Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:06 PM EDT (BBC News)

In a January 2008 statement on his campaign website, Mr Obama wrote: "The Armenian genocide is not an allegation, a personal opinion or a point of view, but rather a widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical evidence."

us, turkey, president, armenia, genocide, government, united-states, barack-obama, world-news

Iraqis take control of Baghdad's 'Green Zone'

Seeded on Thu Jan 1, 2009 2:12 PM EST (CNN)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military formally handed authority over Baghdad's "Green Zone" to Iraqis on Thursday as new pacts governing the mission of international troops replaced a U.N. mandate.

iraq, middle-east, politics, military, government, united-states, embassy, green-zone, baghdad, atta

Obama closely monitoring Gaza, adviser says

Seeded on Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:14 PM EST (CNN)

(CNN) -- The president-elect's senior adviser said that while Barack Obama is monitoring the situation in Gaza closely, "the fact is that there is only one president at a time."

middle-east, politics, president, war, united-states, gaza-strip, barack-obama, george-bush, us-government, president-elect

What Obama promised Biden

Seeded on Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:19 PM EST (CNN)

CNN) -- Before he accepted Barack Obama's offer to join his presidential ticket, Joe Biden got a promise from Obama: that he would be there for "every critical decision," Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday.

us, white-house, campaign, politics, president, government, united-states, presidential-race, barack-obama, vice-president

Gay Musicians To Play Inauguration Parade

Seeded on Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:53 PM EST (ktvu.com)

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- For the first time in American history, a gay and lesbian band will be marching in a presidential inauguration.

white-house, gay, politics, lesbian, government, united-states, barack-obama, gay-rights, homosexual, inauguration

Carter meets with political leader of Hamas in Syria

Seeded on Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:49 PM EST (CNN)

(CNN) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met Sunday in Damascus, Syria, with Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas' political wing, a Hamas official said

israel, middle-east, hamas, politics, government, united-states, barack-obama, jimmy-carter, khaled-meshaal, shalit

Supreme Court Weighs U.S. Officials' Liability in Post-9/11 Detentions

Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:23 PM EST (The Washington Post)

A government lawyer told the Supreme Court yesterday that former attorney general John D. Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert S.

pakistan, politics, supreme-court, 9-11, ashcroft, muller, arab-muslims, garre

Obama taps Daschle as 'lead architect' of health care plan

Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:41 PM EST (CNN)

President-elect Barack Obama announced Thursday that he has chosen former Sen. Tom Daschle to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

economy, white-house, politics, healthcare, government, united-states, barack-obama, tom-daschle, department-of-health

Gore Talks Climate Change With Obama and Biden

Seeded on Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:14 PM EST (The Washington Post)

President-elect Barack Obama met with former vice president Al Gore in Chicago on Tuesday to discuss climate change, declaring after the meeting, "The time for denial is over."

energy, oil, global-warming, politics, climate-change, barack-obama, greenhouse-gases, al-gore, joe-biden

Obama makes pick for energy chief, sources say

Seeded on Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:59 PM EST (CNN)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama is likely to name Steven Chu, a physicist who runs the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as his energy secretary, three Democratic officials close to the transition said.

white-house, politics, united-states, barack-obama, carol-browner, steven-chu, energy-chief

Blackwater guards to surrender Monday

Seeded on Sat Dec 6, 2008 5:12 PM EST (CNN)

Five former Blackwater security guards, indicted in a 2007 shooting incident in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqis dead, will surrender to the FBI on Monday, a source told CNN on Saturday.

afghanistan, politics, united-states, george-bush, iraq-war, security-forces, war-on-terror, blackwater

Obama Asks Nation to Discuss Health-Care Reform and Provide Input

Seeded on Sat Dec 6, 2008 2:17 PM EST (The Washington Post)

In between the tree trimming and gift-giving, President-elect Barack Obama is inviting Americans to spend part of the holiday season talking about health care -- and report back to him.

politics, president, united-states, barack-obama, universal-health-care

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