Cook up a big batch of your favorite grain and you can add it to a taco, toss it in a green salad, or eat it for breakfast with brown sugar and milk. …
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Full article: MSNBC shows that online votes from Ron Paul supporters are only worth a fraction of other votes. RON PA [Obvious]

Questions regarding Panthers rookie Cam Newton have turned from if he’ll be a good NFL quarterback to how good he’ll be….
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The US has relied on the military to hit back when attacked or even threatened; to place first priority on building up defenses; to sometimes shoot first, ask questions later. But the most difficult challenges ahead will require greater reliance on diplomacy and traditional statecraft. …
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Nevada voters go to the polls Tuesday to make their pick in special House election….
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that two American men arrested near Iran’s border with Iraq and sentenced for espionage will soon be released in a humanitarian gesture. …
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Full article: POLITICO Playbook - DRIVING BACK-TO-BUSINESS WEEK: 1) Will Rick Perry look like a frontrunner after Wed. debate? 2) Do markets start to assume a double dip? 3) Can Obama deliver on huge expectations

Entergy, Vermont battle over nuclear plant’s fate BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (Reuters) - Power company Entergy faces off against the state of Vermont in U.S. court on Monday to fight a landmark effort to force the closure of its aging nuclear power plant. Entergy in April lodged its lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the state and Gov. Peter Shumlin, saying the state violated the terms of Entergy’s deal to buy the reactor in 2002 by giving politicians the power to shut it down. The battle over the 620-megawatt (MW) Vermont Yankee plant, which produces almost enough electricity to power the entire state, comes six months after an earthquake in Japan triggered the world’s worst nuclear accident in 25 years and raised new doubts about the safety of the technology. Kurt Cobb: A guide for the perplexed energy policymaker If you are an energy policymaker (or layperson interested in energy) and you are NOT perplexed by the last decade, read no further. You have little to gain from what I write below. However, if you ar…
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The Slandering Of The American Conservative Movement Has Begun Tim Stanley September 5th, 2011 The slandering of the conservative movement has begun. For the past month, American newspapers have been awash with stories about the religion of various Republican presidential candidates. Michele Bachmann was portrayed in the New Yorker as a fanatical wingnut. Like Rick Perry, she has been labelled a follower of Dominionism

Attorneys for a Port Aransas, Texas, man claim that he was severely beaten by police for riding a bicycle after dark without a headlight. Martin Garcia Ortiz, 48, is hospitalized in critical condition after an Aug. 10 arrest for public intoxication and resisting arrest. Attorneys claim he was knocked to the ground, kicked and beaten by officers. …
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