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As Plastic Reigns, the Treasury Slows it’s Printing Presses

The number of dollar bills rolling off the great government presses here and in Fort Worth fell to a modern low in the last fiscal year. Production of $5 bills also dropped to the lowest level in 30 years…. Read More

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Actor from the HBO’s “The Wire” to Open Grocery Store in New Orleans

Food has always been important to the portly actor, who first drew national acclaim in the role of Detective Bunk Moreland on another HBO series, “The Wire,”and now plays the trombonist Antoine Batiste on “Treme,” which is filming episodes in New Orleans for broadcast next fall. … Read More

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Stopping HIV/AIDS in the Black Community

Over the last decade the prevalence of HIV infection in the United States has reached new highs and now rivals the numbers we see in sub-Saharan Africa…….Read More

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Iran May Stop Exporting Oil based on Sanctions

By Daniel Fineren and Amena Bakr Article Reprint Iran said on Tuesday it would stop oil exports if pressure from Western sanctions got any tighter and that it had a “Plan B” contingency strategy to survive

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Former Liberian President Convicted of War Crimes

In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting notoriously brutal rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in return for “blood diamonds.”…. Read More

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America the Illiterate

Statistics indicate that a lot of Americans don’t read at all Chris Hedges Article Submission              We live in two Americas.  One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world. It can cope with

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Louis Farrakhan Praises Scientology for Civilizing White People

Controversial leader supports religion group William Tapscott Article reprint Simultaneously praising a white man (L. Ron Hubbard) and insulting the vast majority of white people (non-Scientologists), Louis Farrakhan recently praised Scientology for “civilizing” white people.

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Gadaffi Son to Have Trail in Libya

Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Saif al-Islam Gaddafi  the son of former Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi will have his trail in Libya instead of International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The difference may mean life or

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