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Guantanamo Unrest Linked to Navy-Army Guard Switch

The new Army guards have attempted to break the hunger strikers' resolve by placing them in solitary cells.

(BOSTON) - There are currently 166 people imprisoned in Guantanamo, the majority of whom are known to be innocent.

86 of them have already been cleared for release by the US government since many years. Yet their indefinite detention without trial continues.

Military Pulls Out of Annual Air Shows Across the Nation

"Having the Thunderbird's or the Blue Angels is like having the Super Bowl, it's a household name" - Bill Walkup, manager of the Martinsburg airport in West Virginia

(EUGENE, OR) - Military grounds its jet and demonstration teams because of automatic federal budget cuts which is projected to cost the economy Millions if not Billions!

The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels,the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbird's, and the U.S. Army Parachute Team, known as the Golden Knights will not be doing their annual shows over American airspace this year...

The Moon Landing and Paul Kagame of Rwanda - 2 Conspiracy Theories

Melvern’s largest error is that she blames Europe and the United States for this conspiracy against Rwanda. Nothing can be further from the truth.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Moon Landing and the Presidency of Paul Kagame of Rwanda have much in common. Both are shadowed in conspiracy theories.

There is a network of those who believe that the Moon Landing was a great conspiracy on the part of the United States Government and faked in order to intimidate the then Soviet Union.

President Obama Calls Jason Collins

Doesn't President Obama really know what courage is? It seems his priorities are way off.

(CLEVELAND) - Jason Collins, NBA player and Stanford graduate, recently announced that he is gay, more power to him. But President Obama cited his courage.

Bayer AG Announces Intention to Buy California-Based Conceptus

Bayer will pay up to $1.1 billion dollars to control the company.

(FRANKFURT) - The Germany based drug company known as "Bayer AG" announced today their intention to buy California-based "Conceptus" so that they can "expand their ability to offer birth control" globally.

Conceptus caught Bayer's attention because the company makes a product called "Essure", an irreversible birth control method...

Egypt Walks Out of Nuclear Talks in Geneva

Arabs want Israel to give up its unacknowledged arsenal of nuclear weapons.

(GENEVA al Jazeera) - Egypt walked out of global nuclear talks in protest over failure to implement a 1995 resolution for a Middle East as a zone free of nuclear weapons.

Egypt's foreign ministry ended its participation out of frustration that the zone has yet to be created.

Oregon Proposal to Tax Fuel Efficient Cars Gains Speed

To date, there are 1,200 cars registered in Oregon that would meet the 55 miles per gallon criteria.

(SALEM) - A proposal to tax fuel efficient cars could be getting some mileage in the Oregon legislature.

Though the bill that would put a per-mile fee on cars that get 55 miles to the gallon or more still sits in committee, it’s far from dead.

Syria and Sarin Gas: US Claims Have a Very Familiar Ring

Reports of the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons are part of a retold drama riddled with plot-holes

(DAMASCUS) - Is there any way of escaping the theatre of chemical weapons?

First, Israeli "military intelligence" says that Bashar al-Assad's forces have used/have probably used/might have used/could use chemical weapons...

Southern California Woman Found Guilty for Severing Husband`s Penis in their Garden Grove Home

During the trial, the man testified that his penis could not be reattached and that he felt as though he had "been murdered".

(GARDEN GROVE) - Jurors in Santa Ana, California, finally reached a decision to convict Catherine Kieu (Becker) on charges of torture and aggravated mayhem against her husband.

Kieu, 50, was found guilty of drugging her husband's tofu & chicken soup with sleeping pills, and then proceeding to sever his penis with a 10 inch kitchen knife...

8 Year Old California Girl Stabbed to Death by Intruder

Police have no suspect leads at this point and are asking the public in to use great caution.

(VALLEY SPRINGS, CA) - 8 year old Leila Fowler was found by her 12 year old brother Saturday after she had been stabbed to death in their family home in Valley Springs, California. He encountered a male intruder in the home. at which point the man fled.

Leila was pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to officials.