Thursday, July 10 2008

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Israel dismisses Iran's long-range missile message

Again today, the Iranian State press is reporting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is test-firing missiles. Yesterday, Iran fired at least nine missiles.... which state officials boasted could hit Israel. They also said they are meant to show Iran's readiness to strike back if attacked by the United States or Israel. The tests triggered swift reactions in diplomatic circles and nervousness in the world economy.

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Judge tells Justice Department to move ahead on Guantanamo

A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to put other cases aside and give Guantanamo detainees their day in court. The Bush administration had hoped never to have civilian judges review evidence against terror suspects. Will detainees be let go to prevent judges from scrutinizing potentially controversial evidence?

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Pentagon meets Tinseltown

After countless movies about Iraq and Afghanistan, Lt. Col. J. Todd Breasseale just wants filmmakers to tell it like it is… or perhaps how the Army says it is. But is Breasseale’s Army Media Relations division concerned with telling the truth, or promoting its own agenda?

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The documentary "Dinner with the President" reveals Pervez Musharraf's Pakistan

It took documentary filmmaker Sabiha Sumar six months to persuade President Musharraf of Pakistan to have dinner with her and film it. In “Dinner with the President: A Nation’s Journey,” Sumar traveled around Pakistan, trying to work out why democracy is so elusive in her country. Sumar talked with clerics, farmers, youngsters partying, truckers and the liberal elite in her quest.

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Peace, love, lyrics and loot

Today, Christie's auctions a memento from John Lennon: his scrawled lyrics for “Give Peace a Chance.” Lennon gave the page to then-16-year-old Gail Renard in 1969 after she and a friend climbed up a fire escape to see him and Yoko Ono during their Montreal “bed-in.”

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Congress speeds through Medicare, surveillance legislation

If last week was the week to stall on Capitol Hill, Congress seems to be making up for it this week. We now know the fate of both the FISA and Medicare bills. The rising price of oil is next up for discussion.

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The plight of the honeybee

Hundreds of beekeepers, researchers and vendors are gathering in Huntington, W. Va., today for the Heartland Apiculture Society’s 7th annual bee conference. The buzz this year is the honeybee crisis. Since 2006, they have been disappearing en masse and the cause for the collapse remains unknown.

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With a missile test, Iran tries to manage perceptions in the Middle East

Again today, the Iranian State press is reporting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is test-firing missiles. Yesterday, Iran fired at least nine missiles which state officials boasted could hit Israel. They say they are meant to show Iran's readiness to strike back if attacked by the United States or Israel. The tests triggered swift reactions in diplomatic circles and nervousness in the world economy.

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Chicago on the move -- and not always by choice

This past weekend, the Chicago Tribune launched the first installment in an ongoing series about the city’s public housing. Chicago is home to the largest redevelopment of public housing in the nation, and it’s being viewed as a model for other cities. Should it be? Thousands of families have been displaced by demolition or the shuttering of its projects. New housing plans are years behind schedule, with hundreds of millions of dollars already spent. Reporter Jason Grotto pitched the series and he joins us to answer the question: “What went wrong with Chicago's grand experiment?”

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