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U.S. and Swiss at impasse over IRS accord!

NEW YORK/GENEVA - June 28, 2011 - Advanced talks have bogged down on a multibillion-dollar deal between Switzerland and the United States over Swiss banks helping Amerikans to shield their money from the U.S. taxman, two sources briefed on the matter said Tuesday.

The sticking point centers on a renewed Swiss insistence that any deal leave Swiss bankers and executives employed by the

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Hackers unearth FBI report on KopBusters filmmaker!

ODESSA, Texas - June 27, 2011 - Computer hackers with the group "Lulz Security" have unearthed a Federal Bureau of Investigations intelligence assessment of Barry Cooper, the former Texas narcotics officer who turned against the drug war and began setting up hidden camera stunts looking to catch corrupt police in the act.

The document, composed in February 2009 by the FBI field offic

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International court issues arrest warrant for Qaddafi!

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (PNN) - June 27, 2011 - The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Col. Moammar Qaddafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity.

The court said it had grounds to believe he had ordered attacks on civilians during Libya's four-month uprising. The Hague-based court also issued warrants for two of Col Qaddafi's top aides - his

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Commentary: Corporations are psychopathic!

by Kaitlyn Moore

June 25, 2011 - Corporations play a big role in our day-to-day activities and they are constantly making decisions that have a profound effect on our daily lives. For example: a corporation makes the decision to empty its chemical vats into a nearby river - the water supply is poisoned and residents of the adjacent town fall sick; or a corporation makes the decision

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U.S. ready to arm Philippines amid China tension!

WASHINGTON - June 23, 2011 - The United States said Thursday it was ready to provide hardware to modernize the military of the Philippines, which vowed to "stand up to aggressive action" amid rising tension at sea with China.

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, on a visit to Washington, said the Philippines hoped to lease equipment to upgrade its aged fleet and called for the allie

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Nuclear experts killed in Russian plane crash!

MOSCOW, Russia - June 23, 2011 - Five Russian scientists who assisted in the design of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant were among the 44 fatalities of Monday's Russian plain crash, Moscow's International News Agency RIA Novosti reported Thursday.

The Tupolev-134 plane broke up and caught fire upon making an emergency landing outside the northern city of Petrozavodsk. A preliminary

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Man flies in women's underwear!

SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia - June 21, 2011 - Six days before a college football player was arrested at San Francisco International Airport in a dispute that began when a US Airways employee asked him to pull up his sagging pants, a man who was wearing little but women's undergarments was allowed to fly the airline, a U.S. Airways spokeswoman conceded Tuesday.

A photo of the scantily c