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A Friendship Tested By Deep Gaza-Israel Divide
Mohammed Saqar from Gaza and Dana Levy from Israel met when they were teenagers at a peace camp in the U.S. They once both believed in peace in the Middle East. Now, 14 years later, they are still friends -- but both have lost hope for Israel and Gaza.
News Item · NPR World News · Sep 3, 2010
Exclusive: Major human trafficker is huge GOP donor who fought illegal immigration
"A business owner indicted for the human trafficking of 400 laborers from Thailand is a frequent donor to the Republican Party and recently waged war against other companies involved with hiring illegal immigrants.....The FBI considers this the largest human-trafficking case in US history,...
News Item · BuzzFlash · Sep 3, 2010
Slate V: Could Today's Tennis Pros Win With Wood?
As the U.S. Open Tennis Championship gets underway, Slate V asks two world-class players what would happen if today's pros had to play with old-fashioned wooden rackets.
News Item · Slate · Aug 31, 2010
Editorial: Mistrust and the Mosque
A poll has found that even New York City sadly harbors a robust disapproval of the proposal to build a mosque near ground zero.
News Item · New York Times Op-Ed · Sep 3, 2010
Tax dollars thrown away on pointless animal experiments
Wasteful and cruel addiction experiments on animals are being conducted all over the country--and taxpayers are footing the bill for many of them. Federal tax dollars would be much better spent funding cash-strapped addiction treatment centers and studying drug addictions in humans in a clinical...
News Item · OpEdNews · Sep 3, 2010