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U.S. / NEWS Wed Jul 4, 2007 @ 11:02pm neoform

Yahoo News -- When the United States invaded Iraq more than four years ago, war opponent David Gross asked his bosses for a radical pay cut, enough so he wouldn't have to pay taxes to support the war. "I was having a hard time looking at myself in the mirror," Gross.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 12, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

CBS News -- For eight months, Joni Grandin, who never smoked, has been receiving an experimental treatment for advanced lung cancer, thanks to a federally funded clinical trial at the University of North Carolina, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric reports. "I t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 12, 2007 @ 2:16am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- In an experiment that's opening a new front in the culture wars, a growing number of states are paying antiabortion activists to counsel women with unplanned pregnancies. At least eight states — including Florida, Missouri and Pennsylvania — use pu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 8:31am neoform

Yahoo News -- In the neighborhood President Bush visited right after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government gave $84.5 million to more than 10,000 households. But Census figures show fewer than 8,000 homes existed there at the time... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 2, 2007 @ 4:43pm neoform

MSNBC -- The Bush administration will ask for another $100 billion for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan this year and seek $145 billion for 2008, a senior administration official said Friday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

Washington Post -- The Department of Homeland Security increased counterterrorism funding for Washington and New York City yesterday but warned that doling out more federal cash to the nation's largest urban areas would require the virtual elimination of aid to mid-size cit.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 6:12pm neoform

ABC News -- A congressional investigation is under way to see if Walter Reed Army Medical Center is funding a well-appointed ward for lawmakers and other VIPs at the expense of soldiers, following disclosures of dilapidated facilities and excessive red tape at the na.. Read More