Defense chief Gates orders review of Marines' role

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is ordering a review of the future role of the Marine Corps amid " anxiety" that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had turned the service into a "second land army."

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A changed climate on climate change

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Fires, flooding fit into climate change predictions

This summer's weather disasters fit into the pattern forecast by climate scientists in key 2007 report on global warming Floods, fires, melting ice and feverish heat: From smoke-choked Moscow to water-logged Pakistan, the planet seems to be having a midsummer breakdown.

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US 'Virtually Certain' to Fall Into a New Recession: Rosenberg - CNBC

"The US economy is almost certainly headed back into a double dip recession, and economists aren't seeing it because they're using "the old rules of thumb" that don't apply this time, well-known economist David Rosenberg told CNBC.

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William K. Black: Algebra for Dummies: Mathematical 'Proof' of the Inferiority of Homosexuals

Most forms of open revulsion for despised minorities have been banished from academic literature. But the academic campaign against rights for gays is proud about its descent into ever more virulent attacks on gay people and homosexuality.

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Facing Ethics Charges, Rep. Waters Points Finger at Bush Administration

Embattled Rep. Maxine Waters on Friday blamed the Bush administration for her ethics problems

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Congressman flips out when challenged on "terror babies"

Sometimes you just gotta have faith that evil things can happen.

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Should government subsidies for electric cars be rescinded? No!

Another reason to use subsidies is that the U.S. needs to become a global competitor in innovative energy technologies.

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Wall Street in "Plunder: The Crime of Our Time"

"Capitalism was about the business of providing goods and services, making money by making and selling things we produced. It has changed into a system that increasingly makes money from money as the financial sector grows in importance and centrality.

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