A risky game over Japan's disputed islands

Whether it's a genuine attempt to steer Japan's foreign policy or a clever ploy to annoy political leaders in both Japan and China, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's plan to buy three disputed islands in the East China Sea is a dangerous game that has the potential to drag both Japa …

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India extends its nuclear reach | The Japan Times Online

While international attention has been focused on North Korea's failed "satellite launch," India last week successfully test-fired a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead 5,000 km. This development has the potential to shift the regional strategic balance and introduce ne …

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Our Universe Is A Gigantic And Wonderfully Detailed Holographic Illussion - MessageToEagle.com

MessageToEagle.com - In our daily life we are not aware that we may, in fact, live in a hologram and our existence is a holographic projection, nothing more. All what we believe is real, our whole physical world, is - in fact - an illusion being proved by the holographic un …

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Freeways no longer? Interstates might get more tolls | McClatchy

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EU bans Iranian oil, Tehran responds with threats - Yahoo! News

BRUSSELS/TEHRAN (Reuters) - The European Union banned imports of oil from Iran on Monday and imposed a number of othereconomic sanctions, joining the United States in a new round of measures aimed at deflecting Tehran's nuclear development program. In Ir …

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Why Best Buy is destined to fail

Electronics retailer Best Buy (BBY +0.49%, news) is headed for the exits. I can't say when exactly, but my guess is that it's only a matter of time, maybe a few more years. Consider a few key metrics.

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Wrongfully jailed: Records detail more than 500 mistaken-identity arrests in Denver in seven years Read more: Wrongfully jailed: Records detail more than 500 mistaken-identity arrests in Denver in seven years - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/i

More than 500 people were wrongly imprisoned in Denver's jails over seven years, with some spending weeks incarcerated or pleading guilty to crimes they did not commit before authorities realized they nabbed the wrong person, a federal court filing shows. Civil-rights lawyers su …

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Iowa's razor-thin result indicates a fierce battle for conservatives is ahead

DES MOINES, Iowa--Iowa may not pick presidents. It may not even pick Republican presidential nominees.

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Born This Way Why Ron Paul's anti-gay newsletters don't bother liberal gays.

If pollsters’ predictions hold, and Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul come out on top in Iowa, the Republican primary will boast two front-runners who’ve been pranked by Sacha Baron Cohen. Gingrich got off easy, years ago, with an irritating Ali G encounter.

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Samoa drops Friday from calendar

Just this once, Samoa is making Dec. 30 disappear. It's the key step in the Pacific island nation's plan to move from the eastern to the western side of the International Date Line and mesh its work week with two of its primary trading partners, New Zealand and Australia.

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Gingrich Unloads on Paul: Worse Than Obama - 2012 Decoded

Newt Gingrich has finally found a politician he considers even worse than the president he calls socialist, anti-colonialist and radical. That would be his fellow Republican Ron Paul. "I think Barack Obama is very destructive to the future of the United States.

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In What May Be Final Turn in GOP Roller Coaster, Will Santorum Get Chance at Ascent?

With 45 percent of Iowa Republican voters undecided and a roller-coaster ride about to come to a screeching stop next Tuesday with the GOP caucuses, it may be Rick Santorum's turn to take the final ascent and surprise the political class by ...

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The IRS & DOJ Are Grabbing New Powers In The Hunt For Revenue Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-12-24/home/30553800_1_swiss-banks-john-doe-slippery-slope#ixzz1hezoSbMK

US OFFERS SWISS BANKS A DEAL The United States authorities have offered to lift the threat of legal action against 11 Swiss banks in exchange for information, a Swiss paper reported on Sunday. This is part of a very long story.  The US Justice Department has been doing eve …

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'Thor 2' lands veteran HBO director

Marvel's sequel to "Thor" has found a new director. Alan Taylor, who directed the final two episodes of "Game of Thrones'" first season for HBO, has been hired to helm "Thor 2," Deadline reports.

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Raw footage shows Ron Paul DIDN'T storm out of CNN interview over racist newsletters... the interview was simply done Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078343/Raw-footage-shows-Ron-Paul-DIDNT-storm-CNN-interview-racist-newsletters--inte

Reports that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul stormed out of a CNN interview earlier this week seem to be dramatically over-exaggerated. Raw footage of the Thursday interview shows that it lasted nearly ten minutes, which is not unusually brief on the campaign trail.  …

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Presidential race in Iowa quieter than in the past

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's been a different presidential race in Iowa this year - quieter. Campaign headquarters have hardly been buzzing with activity, unlike the around-the-clock nature of past contests.

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Chris Christie: Sick Leave Payouts for Public Employees is a "Complete Pile of Garbage"

There are a myriad of reasons why Americans across the country pleaded, begged and nearly burst into tears urging New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to run for President this year, not the least of which is his refusal to comply with the demands of public sector unions  …

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Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? | Culture | Vanity Fair

As you stand in endless lines this holiday season, here’s a comforting thought: all those security measures accomplish nothing, at enormous cost. That’s the conclusion of Charles C. Mann, who put the T.S.A.

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Israel harshly rejects European c... JPost - Diplomacy & Politics

After Britain, France, Germany and Portugal say settlementconstruction, settler violence damaging prospects for negotiations, Foreign Ministry responds that countries "losing credibility, making themselves irrelevant." Talkbacks (4)    

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Santa Pulls Man From Burning Car - Yahoo!

Santa Pulls Man From Burning Car 1 hour 56 minutes ago - ABC News 0:35 | 2,628 views Brad Luddeke was in full costume while saving someone near Dallas.  

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Hackers post cops' personal data to avenge Occupy movement - Washington Times

Computer hackers are avenging the Occupy movement by exposing the personal information of police officers who evicted protesters and threatening family-values advocates who led a boycott of an American Muslim television show. In three Internet postings last week, hacke …

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School Bites

How does a sweet girl learn to become a groovy vampire?! What all good ghouls do... got to vampire school! Join Cherri Creeper and her friends in their first adventure at the Shadow Academy.

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Occupy's Next Target: The Iowa Caucus | Mother Jones

group of Occupy Iowa organizers has adopted that very idea and has expanded it to include both parties' caucuses on Tuesday, January 3.

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Exclusive: North Korea's military to share power with Kim's heir - Yahoo! News

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after last week's death of Kim Jong-il, although his untested young son will be at the head of the ruling coterie, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing&nbs …

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It Turns Out That Smoking Marijuana May Actually Make You A Safer Driver

An amazing study authored by professors Mark Anderson (University of Montana) and Daniel Rees (University of Colorado) shows that traffic deaths have been reduced in states where medical marijuana is legalized. According to their findings, the use of medical marijuana has caus …

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