NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation Iraqi
Freedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actual
experience. UPDATE!!: CNN now reporting up to 500 dead in Yazidi...
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The United States seems to be one step closer to a face-off with the radical theocratic governing regime in Iran. Recent indications have shown Tehran playing an active role in anti-American...
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A man who claims that he and his wife have been having troubles since 1999 has been living out of his car in the backyard of the couples Pittsburgh, KS home. Neighbors have filed a petition in...
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I have been telling people since I was a kid that before I die I would be able to go into outer space for a weekend getaway. Of course I was met with the usual blank stare that a backwoods, east...
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Imagine hundreds of thousands of freethinking individuals scouring the net bringing the stories that matter to them back to the front of accessible, free, news page; all with a little help...
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A new study released in the Journal of American Plastic Surgery has linked breast implants to increased risk of suicide. The symptoms usually do not appear until 10 years after the procedure and indications are that the suicide risk may be...
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Worry about the world economy increased today with the European Central Bank sending shockwaves through markets by padding banks with over 130 billion euros to ease...
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With circulation down and sales flagging, times are tough at the New York Times. The once iconic behemoth of the American journalism industry has seen recent years pass by with the ever...
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Rock fans brace yourselves, the mullet and big band hair is back in style.... Well not exactly but, the kings of the 80's rock, Van Halen, are back in action, and with David Lee Roth no less. The cork is popped...
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Wth the market battered and investors worried over corporate debt and the subprime mortgage mess futures still posted slightly higher this morning. It seems traders are taking a breath and a...
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The recent flap stirred over a GAO report indicating that hundreds of thousands of U.S. supplied weapons in Iraq have gone missing may be a bit premature. In January 2005 I was deployed as part...
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Another score for America's favorite morning beverage. A recent study finds that coffee might help fight age related illness in women. Coffee, shown to be rich in antioxidants, is an $18 billion dollar...
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The U.S. stock market is nearing meltdown armageddon according to Jim Cramer, former Goldman Sachs analyst and Host of CNBC's Mad Money. Cramer lambasted fed chairman Ben Bernanke as clueless to market conditions...
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Chrysler has tapped former Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli as its new chief executive. The move follows the recent acquisition of Chrysler LLC by private equity firm Cerberus from German based...
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In a first for a major television series, agent Jack Bauer will come out with all barrels blazing against global warming next season in Fox Networks hit series 24. Bauer, played by actor Kiefer Sutherland, is set...
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