Why Florida Will Be Huge

Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
We’re just a few months away from the start of primary elections, and the Republican race is clearly shaping up as a two-man contest between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. And, so far, all signs point to Florida being a big deal this cycle, perhaps the decisive battle.This is a role that the Sunshine State has played in the past. In 1976 Jimmy Carter’s solid victory over George Wallace in Florida ended the latter’s candidacy, and helped Carter enormously in his pursuit of the Democratic nomination. On the Republican side, Florida was hugely important in 2008; it...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/09/23/why_florida_will_be_huge_264086.html

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David Attenborough Takes Wing With Pterosaurs

David Attenborough has produced dozens of shows and books about how plants and animals live. But his latest, Flying Monsters 3D, takes a look at creatures that have been extinct for around 65 million years--pterosaurs, or flying reptiles--and examines why they may have evolved to fly.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/09/30/140954015/david-attenborough-takes-wing-with-pterosaurs?ft=1&f=1007

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Privacy Group Sues for List of Members on Panel Overseeing Intelligence Agencies

A privacy advocacy group is suing the Office of Director of National Intelligence in effort to force the agency to turn over records of who is on the Intelligence Oversight Board, (IOB), the presidentially appointed panel responsible for oversight of the nation's intelligence agencies.


Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/ChLM-sS6jjY/

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Conditional Aid For Pakistan: Change Not Guaranteed

The recent rocky path between the U.S. and Pakistan has many in Congress reevaluating the billions of dollars in aid it sends the country. Appropriations bills from both the House and Senate propose limits to economic and military assistance, but withholding aid may not bring the desired results.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/01/140970143/conditional-aid-for-pakistan-change-not-guaranteed?ft=1&f=1004

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