Nearly half of Americans believe
climate change threat is
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Guardian [UK], by Suzanne Goldenberg
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Posted By: fishmonger- 3/12/2010 12:34:18 AM
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Public belief in climate science has seen a precipitous slide in the US, according to new polling that suggests fewer Americans are concerned about the threat posed by global warming. Nearly half of Americans – 48% – now believe the threat of global warming has been exaggerated, the highest level since polling began 13 years ago, the poll published today by Gallup said. (Snip) "These news reports may well have caused some Americans to re-evaluate the scientific consensus on global warming," Gallup said. Half of Americans now believe there is a scientific consensus on climate change. Some 46% believe
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Obama urges China to cut currency
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Washington Times, by Patrice Hill
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/12/2010 12:33:59 AM
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President Obama is stepping up pressure on China to stop fueling the world's biggest trade imbalance by artificially depressing the value of its currency, and Beijing is signaling it may soon heed those pleas. Under political pressure to address burgeoning job losses that many blame in part on China and its aggressive exports policy, Mr. Obama on Thursday reminded the Asian giant that it pledged last year at the Group of 20 economic summit to pare its lopsided trade surplus with the U.S.
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New indictments hit crumbling ACORN
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Washington Times, by Matthew Vadum
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/12/2010 12:30:49 AM
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New election-fraud charges against employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in Wisconsin are a helpful reminder that the scandal-prone, far-left liberal group remains as determined as ever to cause trouble come election time. (Snip) But ACORN isn't worried. To the nationwide network of hundreds of tax-dollar-devouring nonprofit affiliates, it's business as usual: another day, another vote-fraud scheme. Doing voter registration right is unimportant to ACORN because accuracy takes a back seat to volume.
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Sushi chef charged with serving
illegal whale at California restaurant
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: fishmonger- 3/12/2010 12:28:44 AM
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Federal prosecutors filed charges yesterday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant following allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat. Typhoon Restaurant Inc, which owns The Hump restaurant, and sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, were charged with illegally selling an endangered species product. According to a search warrant, marine mammal activists were served whale during three separate visits to the restaurant. Tests confirmed the meat came from a Sei whale, an endangered species protected by international treaties, documents said.
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Oklahoma provides picture
of coming nationwide unfunded
state pension crisis
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Washington Examiner, by Mark Tapscott
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/12/2010 12:26:34 AM
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So you get home in the evening from a hard day at the office and grab your mail. There, you find an official-looking envelope from the State of Oklahoma. You open it and read it. And then you faint. Why? It's a bill for $9,000. That's your family's share of the $14.8 billion required to fund the state's Teacher Retirement System and other state-level public sector pensions that Oklahoma politicians have for years been making more generous without providing a way to pay for that generosity.
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Lehman Brothers bosses could
face court over accounting 'gimmicks'
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Guardian [UK], by Andrew Clark
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Posted By: fishmonger- 3/12/2010 12:23:31 AM
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A court-appointed US bankruptcy examiner has concluded that there are grounds for legal claims against top Lehman Brothers bosses and auditor Ernst & Young for signing off misleading accounting statements in the run-up to the collapse of the Wall Street bank in 2008 which sparked the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. A judge last night unsealed a 2,200-page forensic report by expert Anton Valukis into Lehman's collapse which includes scathing criticism of accounting "gimmicks" used by the failing bank to buy itself time. These included a contentious technique known as "repo 105" which temporarily
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States may hold onto tax
refunds for months
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USA Today, by William M. Welch
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/12/2010 12:22:59 AM
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Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a dozen states to consider freezing refunds, in one case for as long as five months. States from New York to Hawaii that have been hard-hit by the economic downturn say they have either delayed refunds or are considering doing so because of budget shortfalls.
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Internet making it easier
to become a terrorist
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Los Angeles Times, by Bob Drogin & Tina Susman
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/12/2010 12:18:30 AM
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Washington /New York - The abrupt transformation of Colleen R. LaRose from bored middle-aged matron to ''JihadJane,'' her Internet alias, was unique in many ways, but a common thread ties the alleged Islamic militant to other recent cases of homegrown terrorism: the Internet. From charismatic clerics who spout hate online, to thousands of extremist websites, chat rooms and social networking pages that raise money and spread radical propaganda, the Internet has become a crucial front in the ever-shifting war on terrorism.
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Five Lies About the American Economy
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Reason, by Staff
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Posted By: fishmonger- 3/12/2010 12:11:39 AM
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The ongoing recession has raised a troubling question for otherwise resurgent Keynesian economists: How can the American economy keep getting worse under the intensive care of an interventionist economic team almost universally praised for its brilliance? The answer may be that the Obama administration is dealing with a fictional economy, one that bears little resemblance to the economy the rest of us inhabit. And when the difference between fact and fiction becomes too apparent, they just make stuff up. Herewith, five big lies the administration loves to tell and the mainstream media (with some notable exceptions) love to repeat:
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Japanese researchers create
intestine from stem cells
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Mainichi Daily News [Japan], by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/12/2010 12:11:16 AM
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In an apparent world first, Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing intestine from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which can develop into various types of cells in the body. Nara Medical University professor Yoshiyuki Nakajima and other researchers successfully produced the intestinal section in an experiment using mice. (Snip) It exhibited the same peristaltic movement characteristic of intestines, and was observed trying to push out waste matter
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3 teachers in Black History Month
incident to be reassigned,
Cortines says
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Los Angeles Times, by Alexandra Zavis
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/12/2010 12:06:36 AM
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The superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District said Thursday that he would reassign three South Los Angeles elementary school teachers after they had their students display pictures of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul in a Black History Month parade. Supt. Ramon C. Cortines said he had no evidence that the teachers' actions were racially motivated. (Snip) The teachers, who are white men and reportedly had a reputation as pranksters
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Gavin Newsom to enter
lieutenant governor’s race
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Los Angeles Times, by Anthony York
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/12/2010 12:01:18 AM
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will announce Friday that he is running for lieutenant governor, people who have been contacted by him say. Newsom, a Democrat, has been busily lining up big-name support and donors to make the statewide run. He has called elected officials and potential donors to inform them he is in the race. Sources familiar with Newsom's plans say he will unveil a list of endorsements that includes many of the state's top Democratic leaders.
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Voters aren't buying cost
control promises
on Obamacare
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Washington Examiner, by Julie Mason
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 11:56:33 PM
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President Obama's opening pitch for his health care plan was a promise to save American consumers money. A year later, they're still not buying it. A complicated and shifting White House message strategy, an intense, election-year atmosphere of public distrust, and conflicting claims about savings have undermined Obama's efforts to win support for the plan. ''The message up until now has been inordinately complex,'' said John F. Wasik, author of ''The Audacity of Help: Obama's Economic Plan and the Remaking of America.''
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Day the Vikings got their comeuppance
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Independent [UK], by David Keys
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Posted By: Engraved-on-His-hands- 3/11/2010 11:38:51 PM
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They were notorious for their ruthless attacks on England but the Vikings were also victims of Anglo-Saxon barbarism, new archaeological evidence from Dorset has revealed. Detailed forensic examination of human remains found in a mass grave four miles north of Weymouth has found that 55 Viking warriors were executed and mutilated, almost certainly by an Anglo-Saxon death squad some time in the 10th or early 11th century. It is one of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever unearthed in Britain and is of international importance. The most likely date the find dates back to is 1002, when the English king,
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A reluctant farewell to Phila.
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Philadelphia Inquirer, by Daniel Rubin
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Posted By: Ribicon- 3/11/2010 11:30:04 PM
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Heinz Gabel knew three years ago it was time to leave the city, but he couldn't say goodbye. His neighbor Kwok Wai-Ho had been killed - mugged by a neighborhood kid who'd told his friends he wanted to "catch a body." A few days later, Gabel went to go biking in the Pennypack when he passed a group of teens who'd taken over the corner. He didn't go out of his way to avoid them. At 65 he was big and strong, and this was his neighborhood. He just kept looking straight ahead, as though they weren't there. One called out.
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Court: 'Under God' is constitutional
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San Francisco Chronicle, by Bob Egelko
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Posted By: gg- 3/11/2010 11:23:57 PM
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The federal court that touched off a furor in 2002 by declaring the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance to be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion took another look at the issue Thursday and said the phrase invokes patriotism, not religious faith. The daily schoolroom ritual is not a prayer, but instead "a recognition of our founders' political philosophy that a power greater than the government gives the people their inalienable rights," said the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a 2-1 ruling.
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Chavez thanks Sean Penn for support
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 11:17:17 PM
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the US media. (Snip) Penn has visited Chavez several times and frequently defends the president's leftist political policies. Chavez welcomed Penn's comments this week and thanked the actor for standing up to his detractors.
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A note to our readers
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Beaufort Observer [Washington, NC], by Staff
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Posted By: Engraved-on-His-hands- 3/11/2010 11:12:00 PM
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The Beaufort Observer webservers had the biggest day they have ever had yesterday (3-10-10) as a result of this article that was posted on the national www.lucianne.com website under their ''Must Read of the day'' posts. (see the graphic). The piece got over a quarter of a million page views in one day and the servers are still smoking. So if you had difficulty accessing our site yesterday or today you now know why.
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Can you use Botox – and still act?
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Guardian [UK], by Hadley Freeman
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 10:58:15 PM
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Readers, it is my sad lot to inform you that Marina Hyde is MIA and unconfirmed reports are suggesting it's a hostage situation. Hyde, who was on an Oscars fact-finding mission, was last spotted flinging herself in front of Trudie Styler while crying, ''Trudie! Can I cadge a lift back to London?'' (Snip) Due to the amount of poisonous serum injected into her face, one actor was incapable of expressing surprise at yet another Valley-of-the-Dolls-lite plot revelation. So instead, someone allegedly gave her a coffee cup to hold and drop after said revelation. This is known as acting-by-way-of-panto.
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Congress, president set poor
bipartisan spending example
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Detroit News, by Jillian Melchior
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Posted By: Obelisk- 3/11/2010 10:52:37 PM
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Two gentlemen from an older generation sat in a café recently, discussing their memories of the collegiate political scene in the 1960s -- Berkley and riots and flaming cars and tear gas. They were unaware of an eavesdropping youth. "Students went crazy back then," one said. "Well, of course," the other replied. "They saw that their (ahem, futures) were on the line. And they had to react to that threat." Today's youth are slowly realizing that their assets are on the line, too. Political leaders have already acquired debt on their behalf, increasing the rate of deficit spending.
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Scientologists try to block
'intolerant' German feature film
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Guardian [UK], by Kate Connolly
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 10:52:06 PM
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Germany's state broadcaster is locked in a row with the Church of Scientology which wants to block an upcoming feature film that depicts the controversial organisation as totalitarian and unethical. Bis Nichts Mehr Bleibt, or Until Nothing Remains, dramatises the account of a German family torn apart by its associations with Scientology. A young married couple joins the organisation but as the wife gets sucked ever more deeply into the group, her husband, who has donated much of his money to it, decides to leave. In the process he loses contact with his young daughter who, like his wife, is
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CBC: W.H. meet 'frank but cordial'
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Politico, by Lisa Lerer & Nia-Malika Henderson
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 3/11/2010 10:43:35 PM
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In a meeting aides described as “frank but cordial,” members of the Congressional Black Caucus told President Barack Obama on Thursday that he has to do more to help African-Americans. Members of the caucus have complained — both publicly and privately — that they aren’t getting enough from the nation’s first black president. Thursday’s hourlong session was their chance to make that case directly with Obama, and aides said they did just that.
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Don't put burglars in jail
(unless they hurt someone),
courts told
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Daily Mail [UK], by Steve Doughty
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 10:43:18 PM
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Burglars should not be jailed unless they cause damage or hurt someone when committing their crime, Government advisers said yesterday. The Sentencing Advisory Panel called for judges and magistrates not to hand down prison sentences to ordinary burglars who were responsible for 'minimal loss or damage'. But even criminals who operate in gangs or steal large sums of money may walk free under the guidelines, which suggest 'community' punishment for many offenders.
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U.S. Video Game Sales
Earn Low Score
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Investor's Business Daily, by Patrick Seitz
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Posted By: slyscribe- 3/11/2010 10:40:40 PM
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The video game industry posted another disappointing sales month in the U.S. in February, with revenue down 15% from a year ago. Sales of video game hardware, software and accessories totaled $1.26 billion, vs. $1.48 billion in February 2009, the NPD Group said late Thursday. Sales of game consoles took the biggest hit last month, with revenue down 20% to $426 million. “Honestly, I had expected the industry to perform somewhat better this month,”
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Pakistan: Karzai seeks new
ways to talk to Taliban
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ADN Kronos International [Italy], by Syed Saleem Shahzad
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 10:40:09 PM
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Islamabad - Afghan president Hamid Karzai met the head of the Pakistani army General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday in a bid to seek communication with Taliban leaders through the commanders now in Pakistani custody. Karzai reached Islamabad late Wednesday and held crucial talks with Kayani, president Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani during his visit. Sources close to the top Pakistani military leaders revealed that Kayani assured the visiting president that Pakistan's director general of military operations would establish a channel of communication between the Taliban leadership and Karzai in a bid to seek reconciliation.
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Maryland's strong alcohol lobby
likely to quash tax increase
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Washington Post, by Aaron C. Davis
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/11/2010 10:34:36 PM
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In recent years, Maryland has raised its sales tax, income tax, corporate tax and cigarette tax; added a surcharge called the "millionaires' tax"; and created taxes on electronic bingo, tip jars and even septic systems -- the "flush tax." But lawmakers have not touched alcohol taxes. For 37 years, Maryland's levies on beer and wine have remained unchanged, and its pennies-per-drink charge on hard alcohol has not budged since 1955 -- a testament to the influence of the state's alcohol lobby. This week, advocates for the poor and mentally ill have made hours-long pleas
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