Scientist Who Testified in Support of Mining Around the Grand Canyon Stands to Make $225,000 From It

As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, Republican members of Congress have been waging a war to open 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon to uranium mining.

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Arizona Wildfire 2011 Pictures | EgoTV

These Arizona Wildfire 2011 photos don’t really do the blaze proper justice, because the fire that’s currently engulfing Arizona and New Mexico is enormous.

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The Larger MidEast Picture | IsraelSeen.com

by David Bedein. As events in the Middle East unfold, it is hard to gain perspective on the larger picture of what is developing .

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California blows $100 million building one new school, but doesn't have enough money to open it | IHTM

We don’t know what it’s like in the other 56 states, but in California we have an interesting situation in which morons are in charge of the education system. In Riverside, California (the Editor’s hometown) the voters approved construction of a new high school …

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The Egyptian Bill of Rights

Here is my suggestion for the Egyptian Bill of Rights, which I have spent the past week discussing with many civil forces and groups, and has managed to get a lot of support for it.

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Al-Qaeda had warned of Pakistan strike

By Syed Saleem Shahzad This is the first article in a two-part report. ISLAMABAD - Al-Qaeda carried out the brazen attack on PNS Mehran naval air station in Karachi on May 22 after talks failed between the navy and al-Qaeda over the release of naval officials arrested on suspicio …

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The Islamists' Enablers: The Western Sellout to Sharia Law :: Hudson New York

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The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine

The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum Wooden masks, portraits and the occasional human skull mark the collections of this small museum near the French Quarter

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Pajamas Media » Iran's Leader Orders Murder of Protesters in Syria

The Obama administration has substantiated charges of Iranian complicity in Syrian repression. On April 26, U.S.

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No Pin Drops

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Mississippi floods force evacuations near Memphis - Yahoo! News

The levee system in Mississippi is holding for now but it has never been tested like this before, officials said.

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Plastic-eating bacteria found in 'ocean desert,' scientist says – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

Scientists have found an organism that may be eating plastic in the ocean, according to a report in Nature News. But whether the bug is green or mean remains to be seen, a scientist told CNN on Wednesday.

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Digging for Diamonds

Last month I reported than an Arkansas couple had found a flawless 2.44-carat silver white diamond at the Crater of Diamonds. A 3.86 ct. diamond found at Crater of Diamonds State Park. Image courtesy fox16.com A 3.86 ct. diamond found at Crater of Diamonds State Park.

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Earth Day Ends Obama's 53,300 Gallon Trip - Washington Whispers

President Obama declared today's 41st annual Earth Day proof of America's ecological and conservation spirit—then completed a three-day campaign-style trip logging 10,666 miles on Air Force One, eating up some 53,300 gallons at a cost of about $180,000.

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gulfnews : Have Gaddafi's tanks gone underground?

Security experts feel most of Libya's lethal hardware is hidden inside the tunnels of Great Man-Made River project

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CBO exposes Budget deal as a Sham!

CBO : Budget deal cuts this fiscal year's deficit by just $352 million, not $38 billion touted - The Washington Post

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Cars, whole houses and even severed feet in shoes: The vast field of debris from Japan earthquake and tsunami that's floating towards U.S. West Coast | Mail Online

A vast field of debris, swept out to sea following the Japan earthquake and tsunami, is floating towards the U.S. West Coast, it emerged today. More than 200,000 buildings were washed out by the enormous waves that followed the 9.0 quake on March 11.

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Updated: Leaked EPA Document Says Bayer's Clothianidin Kills Honey Bees

"Clothianidin is highly toxic to honey bees." - Leaked EPA Document, November 2, 2010 [ See Websites below for 101-page Memo.]

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Radiation Network- Mapping Radiation Levels by Private Citizens

A growing number of Radiation Monitoring Stations across the country, using various models of GeigerCounters, upload their Radiation Count data in real time to their computer using a Data Cable, and then over the Internet to this web site, all of this accomplished through GeigerG …

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Sen. Paul Unveils 5-Year Budget Plan: Eliminates Four Federal Agencies - The Note

ABC News' Mary Bruce reports:

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Iran Orders Attacks on Saudi Interests Worldwide

Pajamas Media-(PJM Exclusive) The Iranian leaders, furious over the Saudi intervention in Bahrain and what they call crimes against the Shiites of that country, have openly created centers to recruit volunteers for suicide bombings against Saudi Arabia's interests worldwide:

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In a Field of Flowers, the Wreckage of War in Libya - NYTimes.com

Littered across the landscape, some 30 miles south of Benghazi, the detritus of the allied airstrikes on Saturday and Sunday morning offered a panorama of destruction: tanks, charred and battered, their turrets blasted clean off, one with a body still caught in its remnants; a sm …

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