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FOCUS: William Boardman | Attempted Left-Wing Lynching Attacks Personal Integrity

William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "Doug Lamborn is pretty much a lamebrain of the run-of-the-mill Republican variety."
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RSN: Solar Power Is Growing So Fast That Older Energy Companies Are Trying to Stop It, Republican-Backed Voter ID Law in North Carolina Struck Down by Judge

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Elizabeth Warren: We Need Regulators Who "Work for the American People"

Eyder Peralta, National Public Radio
Peralta reports: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, says newly released recordings of conversations between Federal Reserve officials show that the same kind of cozy relationships that led to the 2008 financial crisis still dominate Wall Street."
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Republican-Backed Voter ID Law in North Carolina Struck Down by Judge
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
Pilkington reports: "A federal appeals court has blocked two key elements of a new law introduced by Republicans in North Carolina that civil rights groups have criticised as a brazen attack on the ability of African Americans to vote."
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Two Days After Egyptian President Assures Press Freedom, Egypt Seizes All Copies of Newspaper to Censor Article
David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times
Kirkpatrick reports: "The Egyptian authorities on Wednesday confiscated all the copies of one of the country's largest private newspapers in order to censor an article."
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Michael Dunn Guilty of Murdering Black Teen Over Music
News 13
Excerpt: "Less than six hours of deliberations, and the jury returned in the first-degree murder retrial of Michael Dunn with a guilty verdict."
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Accused of Stealing a Backpack, High School Student Jailed for Three Years Without Trial
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Last week, the New York City Department of Corrections announced it will stop using solitary confinement to punish adolescents held in its troubled Rikers Island jail complex."
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Solar Power Is Growing So Fast That Older Energy Companies Are Trying to Stop It
Brad Plumer, Vox
Plumer reports: "If you ask the people who run America's electric utilities what keeps them up at night, a surprising number will say solar power. Specifically, rooftop solar."
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RMI: Why the Net Energy Metering Debate Misses the Point

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RSN: The Florida Farce: Rick Scott Vs. Charlie Crist, Here's What Happened the One Time When the U.S. Had Universal Childcare

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Joseph C. Wilson | Pat Roberts, Congenital Liar

Joseph C. Wilson, Reader Supported News
Wilson writes: "Does Senator Pat Roberts, the Republican from Kansas, live in Kansas? That's the issue that's tripped him up as he runs for reelection. But I have known for a decade where he really lives. Like Dorothy, he is no longer in Kansas anymore. Like Oz, he is a charlatan. He lives in a land of lies and deception of his own making."
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Tom Engelhardt | Entering the Intelligence Labyrinth
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
Engelhardt writes: "Never have so many had access to so much information about our world and yet been so unprepared for whatever happens in it."
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NM Officer Spoke of Shooting Before Killing Homeless Man
Jonathan Turley, Jonathan Turley's Blog
Turley writes: "The Albuquerque police have long been criticized for a high rate of shootings and the increasing militarization of their operations. This month, many have joined in that criticism after the release of a videotape of police shooting a homeless camper, James Boyd, in the foothills outside of the city."
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Meet the Prison Bankers Who Profit From the Inmates
Daniel Wagner, Center for Public Integrity
Wagner writes: "JPay and other prison bankers collect tens of millions of dollars every year from inmates' families in fees for basic financial services. To make payments, some forego medical care, skip utility bills and limit contact with their imprisoned relatives, the Center for Public Integrity found in a six-month investigation."
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The Florida Farce: Rick Scott Vs. Charlie Crist
Jeb Lund, Rolling Stone
Lund writes: "If you want a picture of America two terms from now, ignore the national stage and gaze instead at the states, where failure is confirmed before it's applied to the rest of the country. Look to a Ponzi state running eternally on the next out-of-town sucker, administered by a gerrymandered GOP hammerlock and overseen by a man who the president of Public Policy Polling once said could be trounced by 'a ham sandwich.'"
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Here's What Happened the One Time When the U.S. Had Universal Childcare
Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress
Covert writes: "Nothing before or since has been like the Lanham Act, though you probably haven't heard of it. It wasn't even legislation that was supposed to have anything to do with child care. It was a bill to fund infrastructure projects that were needed for the war effort in 1940."
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What 35,000 Walruses Forced to the Beach Tell Us About Global Warming
Heather Saul, The Independent UK
Saul writes: "An estimated 35,000 pacific walrus have been spotted ashore on a beach in north-west Alaska."
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Airborne Lexus crashes into apartment

Car crashes into first floor apartment

 

A lucky couple made a narrow escape when an out-of-control silver Lexus crashed into their first floor master bedroom in the early hours of the morning.

 

Police said that the car had mounted the front of a vehicle parked outside the property before colliding with the side of the house.

 

Three people were pulled out of the wreckage with only minor injuries.

 

The crash caused damage to the master bedroom and ensuite, as well as five cars on the street, a post box and a fence.

- See more at: http://www.novafm.com.au/article/car-crashes-first-floor-apartment#sthash.x4wlzJNA.dpuf

Toyota’s acceleration mystery lingers

Toyota’s acceleration mystery lingers

Toyota said it’s solved the sudden acceleration problem in its recalled cars, but experts disagree.



http://consumersadvocateleague.com/2014/10/02/toyotas-acceleration-mystery-lingers/

Michelle Weber

October 2, 2014 at 8:21 am

TOYOTA IS FULL OF IT!!! I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA 4RUNNER v8, THAT HAS THE SAME
PROBLEM….PROBLEMS WERE DOCUMENTED BEFORE THIS WAS EVER EVEN IN THE
MEDIA!!! THEY CONTINUE TO DENY DENY DENY…AND PUT THE SAFTEY OF MY FAMILY
IN DANGER EVERY SINGLE DAY……NEVER EVER WILL I BUY A TOYOTA
AGAIN…….I HAVE ALMOST BEEN KILLED IN THIS CAR SEVERAL TIMES!! SHAME ON
YOU TOYOTA…ADMIDT THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND QUIT KILLING PEOPLE EVERY
DAY KNOWING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TOYOTA RECALL

NHTSA Campaign ID Number :	14V604
Manufacturer :	Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Make / Model Years :	TOYOTA / 2005-2011
Subject :	Leaf Spring may Fracture and Puncture Tank

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Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)


RECALL Subject : Leaf Spring may Fracture and Puncture Tank

Report Receipt Date: SEP 29, 2014
NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V604000
Component(s):
Potential Number of Units Affected: 690,000

All Products Associated with this Recall

Vehicle MakeModelModel Year(s)

• TOYOTATACOMA2005-2011

Details

3 Associated Documents

Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

SUMMARY:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2005-2011 Toyota Tacoma Pre-Runner and 4x4 vehicles manufactured September 14, 2009, to October 11, 2010. In the affected vehicles, one of the leaf springs may fracture due to stress or corrosion. While being driven, the broken leaf could move out of position and contact surrounding components including the fuel tank, possibly puncturing the tank and causing a fuel leak.

CONSEQUENCE:

If the fuel tank leaks fuel from being punctured, there is an increased risk of a fire.

REMEDY:

The remedy for this recall is still under development. The recall is expected to begin November 28, 2014. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.

NOTES:

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety