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Parents of six-year-old girl patted down at airport want procedures changed!

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - April 13, 2011 (PNN) - The family of the 6-year-old girl who received a pat down at airport security in New Orleans said today there needs to be a different screening process for children.

"We struggle to teach our (children) to protect themselves, to say 'no, it's not ok to touch me in this way in this area,’" the girl's mother, Selena Drexel, said. "Yet h

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San Francisco considers police state ID scans for most events!

SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia - April 13, 2011 - The San Francisco Entertainment Commission was scheduled Tuesday to consider a proposal that would mandate ID scans for every person entering a "place of entertainment" attended by more than 100 people - a move that immediately sparked the fears of civil libertarians, who saw it as yet another encroachment of a creeping police state culture.

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U.S. marks 150th anniversary of start of War of Northern Aggression!

RALEIGH, North Carolina (PNN) - April 12, 2011 - Amerikans on Tuesday marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the U.S. War of Northern Aggression, a bloody conflict that historians say still deeply influences the United States.

"The Civil War is one of the most significant events in Amerikan history in terms of the way the Amerikan nation was defined," said William Link, a histo

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More than 1,000 defy Egyptian army’s order to disburse!

CAIRO, Egypt - April 10, 2011 - More than 1,000 protesters ignored an army order to leave Cairo's main square on Sunday, extending into a third day their calls for a quick move to civilian rule and a deeper purge of corrupt officials.

Barbed wire blocked roads into Tahrir Square, the center of the protests that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on February 11 and a m

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Icelandic voters common sense stance rejects international banks!

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - April 9, 2011 - Icelandic voters appeared Sunday to have rejected a government-approved deal to repay Britain and the Netherlands $5 billion for their citizens' deposits in the failed online bank Icesave.

Partial results of a national referendum suggested the "no" side had gained more than half the votes - a reflection of enduring anger over the economic havoc wr

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State judge demands names of all homeschool students!

JACKSON, Mississippi - April 7, 2011 - A Mississippi state judge has issued an order to public school attendance officers in his judicial district to provide the names of all homeschoolers there, prompting alarm at the Home School Legal Defense Association, which fights for the rights of homeschooling worldwide.

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NYC councilman proposes banning Happy Meals!

NEW YORK - April 6, 2011 - San Francisco’s already done it, and now New York may follow suit. New York City Councilman Leroy Comrie thinks the city should consider a ban on “Happy Meals” and similar fast food promotions aimed at children unless those meals meet certain nutritional standards.