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Arizona Republic: On May 9, a 15-year-old girl walked into Arizona through the San Luis port of entry, near Yuma, with 5 pounds of marijuana strapped around her belly. She got busted by Customs and Border Protection officers. Later that same day, a 16-year-old boy tried the same thing with 2 pounds of cannabis taped [...]

CNBC: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is repeating a pattern that appeared just before markets fell during the Great Depression, Daryl Guppy, CEO at Guppytraders.com, told CNBC Monday. “Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it…there was a head and shoulders pattern that developed before the Depression in 1929, then with the recovery [...]

Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Mexico City —In elections marred by violence, intimidation and the growing influence of drug traffickers, Mexicans chose governors or other local officials in 14 states Sunday, a vote that appeared to be handing a sharp rebuke to President Felipe Calderon. Exit polls and a trickle of results showed the opposition [...]

The New York Times: Tired of waiting for spending to rebound on its own, retailers are taking matters into their own hands. Stores like Sam’s Club, Target, Toys “R” Us, Staples and Office Depot are offering unconventional promotions meant not only to attract visitors to stores, but also to get them feeling profligate. Sam’s Club [...]

WAPO: BEALETON, VA. — “Tea party” activists across the nation tried to put the “independence” back in Independence Day this weekend with festivals and other gatherings focused on the Constitution — and how to use it for political gain. Coupled with an upsurge in organized classes and book clubs, the trend reflects a growing effort [...]

The Hill: House Democrats are divided over whether an extension of the Bush tax cuts should be offset with other spending cuts. Under the rules adopted by the House, a two-year extension of tax cuts benefiting the middle class do not have to be offset. But some liberal Democrats think it would be hypocritical for [...]

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Washington Times: As the Iraq and Afghanistan wars persist, some employers are becoming increasingly resistant to rehire service members who return from active duty as federal law requires, some legal analysts say. Washington lawyer Matthew Tully, who specializes in these cases, said that, as the war on terrorism and its heavy reliance on National Guard [...]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash that shocked the country and forced Sunday’s early election. Exit polls showed Komorowski with a slight edge over Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who essentially conceded [...]

Canada Free Press: Not far from where I live in New Jersey, in Montclair, Richard and Cynthia Murphy were arrested as Russian sleeper agents, allegedly in the employ of the SVR, the successor to the famed Soviet KGB intelligence services that waged a covert war throughout the Cold War. Much of the media attention was [...]

Politico: The dust-up this week between President Barack Obama and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), ostensibly about Wall Street regulation, revealed more about the two parties’ midterm campaign strategies than anything else. With polls showing voters deeply concerned about the economy and government spending and souring on Democrats, Obama and his party are seizing [...]

CNN: New York — Like fireworks, it has become an Independence Day weekend tradition unto itself: fireworks-related injury. On Saturday, a man lighting fireworks outside his Long Island home became the latest victim when he completely severed his left arm from his shoulder, Suffolk County police said. Eric Smith, 36, was using a three-foot-long metal [...]