Real bad news in Afghanistan
Taliban regains control of much of country, Pakistan
In a report by Paul L. Williams, author of the new book, "Dunces of Doomsday," and David Dastych, one-eyed Mullah Omar and his army of radical Islamic students are currently in control of all of the rural and mountain areas of Afghanistan, including Khost, Paktia, Paktika, Ghazni, Zabul, Helmand, and Oruzgan, as well as a vast expanse of eastern and southern provinces including sections of Kandahar. They also have become the central governing body in South and North Qaziristan and other tribal territories of Pakistan.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49807
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Snip: State police said the men drove up to the Beaver Valley Power Station in a tractor-trailer on Tuesday night to pick up two large containers of tools for a contractor for whom they worked. Security guards stopped the men for a routine inspection, but they drove away, police said.
The guards became suspicious and called police, who pulled the truck over about a mile from the plant. A state trooper got a warrant to search the vehicle and found a duffel bag, which he said contained $504,230 in mostly small bills.
Beechnut recalls baby food with bone
Snip: Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation, a Canajoharie, N.Y., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 9,465 pounds of chicken product due to the possible presence of pieces of bone, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
Oregon emergency medical services decaying
Snip: Oregon's emergency medical services system, which licenses ambulance services and emergency medical technicians and oversees hospital trauma centers, was once so good it could have been a model for the nation.
But things have decayed badly. A federal study released Monday found that the state's EMS system has undergone such "dramatic deterioration" that it places Oregon residents at risk, and it called for "immediate, dramatic change."