Sen. Ben Nelson (D - NE) failed to disclose that his son is a manager at a company that received millions in federal tax money, much of it requested by the senator himself.

Since 2000, 21CSI has given more than $160,000 to political candidates, mostly Democratic incumbents on the Armed Services and Appropriations subcommittees. During that time, it obtained $40 million, or roughly 80 percent of company revenues, in federal taxpayer money through congressional earmarks.

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Senate reformers fear that by running an end-around on a conference on the lobbying and ethics bill, Reid will manage to pass a bill that does not include earmark transparency in the Senate. The plan is to "ping-pong" the bill -- to scrap the current bill, which reform Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) will not allow to go to conference because he cannot get a commitment from the majority to keep the transparency rules in the conference report, and pass a new bill through both houses. This move would allow a bill to go through that has big loopholes for earmarks

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The Democratic presidential hopefuls faced CNN host Anderson Cooper and a handful of citizens who submitted questions in video format. We found a few misstatements.

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"I'm convinced that America is going to change course and the question is which way it is going to go: Are we going to take a sharp left turn represented by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and John Edwards, or are we going to march forth with the American values that have always helped us be the strongest nation on earth. And I believe we'll do the latter," Romney said.

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Unless we counteract the influence of Saudi money on the education of the young, we’re going to find it very difficult to win the war on terror. I only wish I was referring to Saudi-funded madrassas in Pakistan. Unfortunately, I’m talking about K-12 education in the United States. Believe it or not, the Saudis have figured out how to make an end-run around America’s K-12 curriculum safeguards, thereby gaining control over much of what children in the United States learn about the Middle East. While we’ve had only limited success paring back education for Islamist fundamentalism abroad, the Saudis have taken a surprising degree of control over America’s Middle-East studies curriculum at home.

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Conservative Christians and military veterans are part an emerging group of Americans who say they are upset by the recent prosecutions of soldiers and marines based in Iraq on war crimes charges, and are coming to their defense with words, Web sites and money.

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House Democrats, led by Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, sought changes in the immunity language but were ultimately overwhelmed by the Lieberman-GOP coalition on the conference committee.

"This is a huge win—a hard-fought victory for House Republicans and, more importantly, for the American people," said Rep. Peter King, the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee. "In a post-9/11 reality, vigilance is essential to security. Despite the Democratic opposition to this important homeland security measure, I’m thrilled to announce that common sense has prevailed and heroic Americans who report suspicious activity will be protected from frivolous lawsuits."

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The downsizing of the National Guard forces will be detrimental to the Border Patrol's efforts to slow illegal immigration, said agency officials, the local union and a former agency supervisor.

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After two-and-a-half years together, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren have split. The 26-year-old actress broke up with Warren, a 28-year-old producer, last week over the phone, sources tell Usmagazine.com.
Sources tell Us that Alba, who was abroad over the weekend promoting Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, called Warren on July 22 and told him, "I'm not in love with you anymore."

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Stretched taut across the top of a vial, the thin cream-coloured material feels almost like rubber. Barely 1 centimetre in diameter, this is a sample of Episkin - a reconstructed human skin which has been approved for testing if cosmetics are likely to irritate the skin. It is the first complete replacement for animal testing.

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Iraqi soccer fans celebrate in the streets of the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Wednesday, July 25, 2007, after the country's national soccer team beat South Korea in the Asia Cup to reach the tournament's final. Two suicide bombers took advantage of the large crowds and killed at least 50 people. 

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Red's manager Ryan Horsley

A team of inspectors from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives fled an Idaho gun shop where they were inspecting sales records when they learned their actions were being recorded on a blog.  The federal agency and Red's Trading Post of Twin Falls, Idaho, have been disputing for six years already over the store's license to sell firearms, with regulators using rules infractions such as a missing poster to attack Red's business operations.

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An anonymous tip led authorities to raid a home and confiscate all of his guns to see if any might be stolen. So far the man has not been charged with anything and none of the guns have been identified as being illegal. Guilty until proven innocent now I guess.

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In every age, taboo questions raise our blood pressure and threaten moral panic. But we cannot be afraid to answer them.

Do most victims of sexual abuse suffer no lifelong damage?

Did Native Americans engage in genocide and despoil the landscape?

Do men have an innate tendency to rape?

Did the crime rate go down in the 1990s because two decades earlier poor women aborted children who would have been prone to violence?

One very excellent series of questions.

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The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan formally presented an Arab peace plan during a historic visit to Israel on Wednesday.

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You're Fired... People Do Indeed get angry when you say the victims of 9/11 Deserved It..

As reported Monday, a writer named Corey Mitchell (pictured above) posted an amazingly disgraceful blog at the liberal website Daily Kos Thursday stating that the United States armed forces were creating serial killers and mass murderers.

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A mysterious blonde paid a visit to a petrol station shop in the small eastern German town of Doemitz on Sunday -- wearing nothing but a pair of golden stilettos and a thin gold bracelet.

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Would you believe that the photos of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt had a reported price tag of $4.1 million?!

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Gaywheels.com, the sole source of information specifically targeted to and about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) car-shoppers, today announced its list of the Top 10 Most-Researched Vehicles during the second quarter of 2007.

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Anyway, Jordan is 29 years old with three kids from two different fathers. Big deal, right? Consider the following: As reported in The Sun, one of her fans, Sasha Bennington, is so obsessed with Jordan that she bleaches her hair, sports extensions, plucks her eyebrows, has acrylic nails, gets spray tans and wears Jordan-esque makeup. Also? Sasha is 11 years old.

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