BREVITAS

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FREEDOM BEAT

CIVIL LIBERTIES LOST SINCE 9/11
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=lossofcivilliberties


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MEDIA

NBC STAFFER ON 'PIMPED OUT' INCIDENT - "This is the second time in a
month we've caved to a political campaign, kowtowing under pressure for
what were basically legitimate observations," says the insider. "We're
not even pretending to be journalists anymore."

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OUTLYING PRECINCTS

HOW DEMS AND REPS FEEL ABOUT NEWS PERSONALTIES
http://gawker.com/5002970/the-political-leanings-of-americas-anchors/

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

HEALING A TROUBLED MIND TAKES MORE THAN A PILL
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2008/02/08/AR2008020803272_pf.html


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ECO CLIPS

BBC: Hundreds of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening
the discovery of future cures for disease, according to experts. Over
50% of prescription drugs are derived from chemicals first identified in
plants. But the Botanic Gardens Conservation International said many
were at risk from over-collection and deforestation. Researchers warned
the cures for things such as cancer and HIV may become "extinct before
they are ever found". The group, which represents botanic gardens across
120 countries, surveyed over 600 of its members as well as leading
university experts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk2hihealth7196702.stm

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MONEY

WHAT A REAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM WOULD LOOK LIKE
http://prospect.orgcsarticles?article=the_recovery_plan_america_needs

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FURTHERMORE.. . .

GUARDIAN - The US administration is pressing the 27 governments of the
European Union to sign up for a range of new security measures for
transatlantic travel, including allowing armed guards on all flights
from Europe to America by US airlines. The demand to put armed air
marshals on to the flights is part of a travel clampdown by the Bush
administration that officials in Brussels described as "blackmail" and
"troublesome", and could see west Europeans and Britons required to have
US visas if their governments balk at Washington's requirements. . . To
European ears, the US demands sound draconian. "This would oblige the
European countries to allow US air marshals on US flights. It's
controversial and difficult," an EU official said. At the moment the use
of air marshals is discretionary for European states and airlines.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/11/
usa.theairlineindustry?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews


GAZETTE NEWS UK - Firefighters have called for more protection after a
new report revealed a shocking catalogue of attacks against crews who
face the daily threat of being ambushed, shot at, stabbed and abused. .
. The union estimated there are 40 attacks on firemen and women every
week . . . Firefighters have been pelted with bricks, bottles and stones
as they tried to tackle fires and have been lured into ambushes by hoax
calls, according to the report. Some people have set booby traps for
crews who have also been attacked with knives, petrol bombs and lumps of
wood. . . In Tyne and Wear, crews have been given "spit kits" so that
DNA can be collected from people abusing or spitting at them.

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/national_news/
index.var.183208.0.fire_crews_demand_attack_protection.php


INTERVIEW WITH ON CAMBODIA'S HIMMLER; OVERSAW TORTURE & DEATH OF 17,000
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/
they-all-had-to-be-eliminated-780684.html


GALLERY: TORNADO HITS A NASHVILLE CAMPUS
http://209.67.153.243/wp-content/uploads/2008/photos/uniontornado.html

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FIELD NOTES

WALKING
http://www.walkablestreets.com/

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