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There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking), that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them did not find it necessary to conscript themselves into wars of disinformation. Propaganda was relatively straightforward. The lies were much simpler. The control of information flow was easily directed. Rules were enforced with the threat of property confiscation and execution for anyone who strayed from the rigid socio-political structure. Those who had theological, metaphysical or scientific information outside of the conventional and scripted collective world view were tortured and slaughtered. The elites kept the information to themselves, and removed its...

Governor Scott Walker giving a news conference at State Fair Park in West Allis, WI

Qantas grounded its Airbus A380 fleet after one of the superjumbo jets blew out an engine Thursday, shooting flames and raining large metal chunks before making a safe emergency landing in Singapore with 459 people aboard.

LEWISTON, Idaho -- An Idaho family is out of its gourds thanks to publicity about a tax agency threatening to close their pumpkin stand for lack of a state permit.

NEW YORK -- The JetBlue flight attendant whose job-quitting meltdown landed him in court avoided jail time in a plea deal Tuesday that requires him to undergo counseling and treatment for a least a year.

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CHILTON - Calumet County's top prosecutor calls it an embarassing "lapse of judgement." After an anonymous leak, sexual text messages sent by District Attorney Ken Kratz in October 2009 were exposed. He resigned as chairman from the Wisconsin Crime Victims' Rights Board, but has no intention of leaving his elected post.

ORLANDO -- Hurricane Danielle has unexpectedly weakened, but is forecast to regain strength as it chugs across the Atlantic waters.

ORLANDO -- A huge effort to collect unwanted and dangerous guns kicks off Friday morning across Central Florida. The Kicks 4 Guns event allows anyone to turn in any firearm, no questions asked, in exchange to shoes or a gift certificate. If you have a gun to turn in, make sure it is not loaded, and bring it in a bag. No one will ask for your name or any other information.

NASHVILLE — Rocky, a raccoon living in Tennessee government’s Legislative Plaza that eluded workers’ best effort to capture him for weeks, has been nabbed.

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