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Pentagon provides military grade weapons to local police -With Max Blumenthal
Inside Story Americas: Are there any winners of the Iraq war?
The Vote Heard Around the World - Corporations Are Not People
Dramatically increased US drone strikes under Obama questioned
Anniversary: Divided U.S. Supreme Court halts Florida recount, making George W. Bush president
Massachusetts Suing 5 Largest Banks Over Allegations They Violated Foreclosure Laws
Economist Jeffrey Sachs on the failure of government and the collapse of the financial system
Detroit on brink of bankruptcy
Huge rally in Moscow over election results, arrests made in St Petersburg
Extreme Violence continues across Syria
Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald on horrible online privacy & Defense bills
Iran displays purported US drone