url='http://nowtnews.com/05998/former-student-plans-to-blow-up-freedom-high-school-in-tampa-fl/';size='small';Jared Cano, a 17 year old student who had been expelled from Freedom High School in Tampa, Florida had minute by minute detailed plans to blow up the school laid out in a manifesto written by him. Tuesday police searched the home of Cano after receiving consent from his mother. They found not only...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05996/a-stolen-life-by-jaycee-dugard-claims-top-best-seller-spot/';size='small';It has been nearly two years now since Jaycee Lee Dugard was discovered, and rescued, from the clutches of her kidnappers, the Garrido’s. Recently released is a book penned by Jaycee herself, in her own words and with her own unique style of writing, describing what she went through over the past eighteen years....
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05989/new-york-stocks-take-another-beating/';size='small';After posting handsome gains in Tuesday’s late trading, the Dow-Jones Industrial Average fell sharply again Wednesday, losing 4.4% of its value and closing at 10,719.  Bank stocks led the decline, giving up approximately 7% of their value despite last week’s encouraging earnings reports from most major American financial institutions.  Analysts suggested Wednesday’s steep decline...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05987/yingluck-shinawatra-thailands-first-female-prime-minister/';size='small';On August 5, 2011, over half of Thai parliament (296/500 lawmakers) supported the candidacy of Yingluck Shinawatra for 28th Prime Minister.  Yingluck, a woman, must only await King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s proclamation and she will become the first female prime minister of Thailand. Her primary agenda is economic reform, improvement of people’s livelihoods and to...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05984/debt-talks-come-closer-to-compromise/';size='small';With less than two weeks to spare before the United States government stands to default on debt obligations, it would seem that there is hope for those that support raising the debt ceiling.  President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, might actually be close to finding a compromise with which they can...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05982/bernanke-says-gold-is-not-money/';size='small';Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve was once heralded as the man who averted the second Great Depression but today things might look a bit different.  Most people are aware that gold has value and has been used as money for thousands of years, even in the US in the not so...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05980/no-social-security-checks-unless-debt-ceiling-rises/';size='small';If it is any indication as to how truly severe the economic situation is, President Obama stated on Tuesday, “I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven’t resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it,” It would seem that...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05978/netflix-rate-hike-spurs-outrage/';size='small';If you have a facebook account, no doubt you have seen people venting their animosity about Netflix increasing their prices.  Many threaten to cancel the service and some will likely follow through with the threat.  The Netflix Facebook page has about 1.5 million fans out of 23.5 million subscribers in North America, and showed...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05976/when-budget-limits-are-reached-easy-solution-is-to-raise-the-limits/';size='small';The legal borrowing limit of $14.3 trillion… that’s TRILLION with a T that is needed in order to raise the debt ceiling that is absolutely necessary or the Federal Government will be out of money and unable to pay their bills. We, the public, must pay our own bills or else we find our...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05974/new-york-judge-releases-dsk/';size='small';In what almost all reporters have characterized as a “stunning reversal,” Justice Michael J. Obus Friday released Dominque Strauss-Kahn on his own recognizance, lifting all restrictions on him except withholding his passport.  Justice Obus’s order followed the District Attorney’s presentation of documents indicating “serious doubts about whe housekeeper’s credibility.”  District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr....
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05972/boston-mob-boss-whitey-bulger-captured-in-california/';size='small';Ending one of the longest manhunts in FBI history, agents closed-in on and captured legendary mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger outside his modest Santa Monica, California apartment late Wednesday, taking him into custody “without incident.”  Just days after launching a series of public service announcements in fourteen cities where Bulger and his long-time girlfriend,...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05970/casey-anthony-defense-drills-down-on-the-details/';size='small';After nearly a week of debate, delay, drama, and nonsense, Joez Baez and the Casey Anthony defense team finally found their story, their rhythm, and their style on Friday, apparently scoring big points with extremely emotional testimony from Cindy and Lee Anthony, tot mom’s mother and brother.  Finally returning to the main theme in...
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