Judge in Boston rules federal ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional - CNN.com

"(CNN) -- A federal judge in Boston, Massachusetts, has ruled that the federal ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, because it interferes with an individual state's right to define marriage.
The ruling gives same-sex married couples in Massachusetts the same right to federal benefits that heterosexual couples enjoy."

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Critics call Valdez cleanup a warning for Gulf workers - CNN.com

"Anchorage, Alaska (CNN) -- Two decades ago, Roy Dalthorp helped clean up the rocky shores of Prince William Sound after the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground, producing what was then the largest oil spill in U.S. history."

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Palestinian leader calls for Arab invasion of Israel

"Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, branded a 'moderate' by the international community, let his true colors show during a recent meeting with writers and journalists when he stated that he would favor a pan-Arab military offensive against the Jewish state.

The official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida on Tuesday wrote that when Abbas met recently with media figures at the home of the Palestinian ambassador to Jordan, he recounted that during an Arab League Summit in Libya in March he told his fellow leaders that he still preferred war against Israel, but could not do it alone."

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KSAX.com - Presbyterian Church Leaders Vote to Possibly Allow Same-Sex Marriage

"Church leaders met Thursday for their national convention in Minneapolis, where they're voting to possibly change the definition of marriage. Church leaders met Thursday for their national convention in Minneapolis, where they're voting to possibly change the definition of marriage."

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High threat-level for Israelis abroad -JPOST

Security Council tells Israeli travelers to be on high alert!

"The National Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau issued a general advisory Thursday calling on all Israelis traveling abroad to increase alertness, citing a “concrete, high risk” of terrorist attacks.

While the warning was aimed at all Israelis traveling overseas, the bureau mentioned in particular businessmen and former public officials as possible targets.

Citing solid intelligence, the bureau explained that “threats continue to exist against Israelis abroad, particularly business people and former officials of the security apparatus who are at a high risk for kidnapping or murder.”

Israeli travelers are asked to keep on high alert, to turn down unplanned business offers and to avoid secluded areas. The bureau believes Israelis may be the targets of revenge operations planned by terrorists.

Hizbullah is still seeking vengeance against Israel for the alleged assassination of arch-terrorist Imad Mugniyeh in 2008, it said. Teheran has also blamed Israel for the alleged assassination of a local nuclear scientist."

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Stoning may have been Stopped � Liveshots

"There are unconfirmed reports that the Iranian government has reversed the stoning sentence meted out to a mother of two. Under Iranian law, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was to have been buried to her chest in a pit of sand, then pelted with medium sized stones until she died."

I pray this is true!

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U.S. Muslim Group Wants Islamic Domination

"For most Americans, July is a time to celebrate their country's freedom and independence. But one radical Islamist group will do the opposite this month at a conference on U.S. soil. In fact, Hzib-ut Tahrir believes in the abolishment of the U.S. Constitution in favor of Islamic sharia law."

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Check Out All the Weird New Species Discovered in the Deep | TPM LiveWire

"A group of marine scientists just got back from a science-type voyage with a bunch of totally bizarre, creepily beautiful new species. Wanna see 'em?"

11 beautiful pictures!

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“US is building secret bases in Afghanistan for war against Russia” – journalist - RT Top Stories

"Investigative journalist Daniel Estulin, who has made it his mission to uncover the secrets of the Bilderberg Group, has shared some of his revelations with RT. "

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Harvard Professor: ‘Exploit Gulf Disaster For Carbon Tax’

"Top elitist and Harvard Professor Kenneth Rogoff has shamefully called for the BP oil spill disaster to be exploited in order to create political momentum behind a carbon tax, even going to the lengths of embracing the nightmare scenario of hurricanes pushing the oil onshore as a way to create political momentum behind Obama’s dreaded “green economy”."

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Congress Caught in Google's Wi-Spying Web, House Reps' Wireless Networks Exposed

OMG! "If there's a 'street view' of your home on Google, and you have an unencrypted wireless network, then you have been wire tapped!!

Google WiSpying scandal is one of most shocking betrayals by the Internet Goliath. Now we know that the data of members of Congress, and potentially national security secrets, could have been sucked up by Google's street view cars."

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Where does oil spill clean-up waste go? | Fox10tv.com

Good Point! "MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) - A lot of people are asking what happens to all the oil once it's been collected from the beaches and skimmed off the water.

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Oil Spill: BP Boss Says Relief Well Could Be Ready by End of July

"It would take a 'perfect world,' but a BP executive says the long-awaited relief well -- the 'bottom kill' to block the gushing deep sea oil spill -- could be completed before the end of July."

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Reuters AlertNet - GLOBAL: Could be a busy season for disasters

"The La Nina phenomenon has officially arrived and disaster response teams around the world might need to brace themselves for heavier monsoons, bigger and more frequent hurricanes, and angrier cyclones.
'There is global consensus that we are at the beginning of a La Nina, but we cannot pronounce the intensity of the event yet - we have to wait for it to evolve,' said Rupa Kumar Kolli, Chief of the World Climate Applications and Services Division at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)."

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