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Local officials request a full investigation in the release of the Lockerbie airline bomberThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:57AMTwo local state representatives have united in their push for and in-depth inquiry into BP’s role in the release of the Lockerbie airline bomber, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi.

State of the worldWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:26AMWE OFTEN tend to forget that our country is part of the planet, and that the economies of nations—even their culture and politics—are getting closer and closer to each other, affecting each other more and more. The state of our nation will always be affected by the state of the world, just as it had always been.

Jayne Lyn Stahl: The Skeleton in John Yoo's ClosetMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 1:58PMIf former White House lawyer John Yoo were ever to decide to join the ranks of newfangled conservatives running for office, he would be hard-pressed to hide the skeleton in his closet.

The Informer: Week fourFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:57AMThe Informer is getting bored. Sarah Palin endorsing Ann Marie Buerkle, Dan Maffeis challenger is about the only substantial news bump this week. Otherwise,

Myth-debunking Snopes obscures Israel’s role in 9/11Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 11:29PMSnopes.com, officially known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, has since its humble inception in 1995 come to be regarded as one of the most trusted debunkers of conspiracy theories on the internet . Described by one of its many fans -- it apparently has over 6 million visitors per month -- as “the granddaddy of all fact-checking sites,” Snopes is downright cavalier, however, in its attitude ...

Emerging from a dark winterThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 7:18PMBarbara Kingsolver’s experience of being ‘drawn and quartered’ by the US conservative media in 2001 was so traumatic she stopped writing entirely – thankfully, she found the courage to return, writes KATE HOLMQUIST

Kin of 9/11 victims join AMIA demonstrationThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:12PMRelatives of victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack joined in a demonstration to mark the 16th anniversary of a Buenos Aires Jewish center bombing.

Cameron meets with Wall Street CEOs in NYCWednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 1:46PMBritish Prime Minister David Cameron met with Wall Street CEOs on his first official visit to New York on Wednesday.

Kin of 9/11 Victims Join AMIA DemonstrationTuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 8:54AMRelatives of victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack joined in a demonstration to mark the 16th anniversary of a Buenos Aires Jewish center bombing.