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New federal database will track Americans’ credit ratings, other financial information

Click here: New federal database will track Americans’ credit ratings, other financial information
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Brain Surgeon: Bicycle helmets are useless

Click here: A leading neurosurgeon says cyclists who wear helmets are wasting their time.
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Obama’s Directive outlines plan to use the military against U.S. citizens in America

Click here: Obama’s Directive outlines plan to use the military against U.S. citizens in America

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Waves of immigrant minors present crisis for Obama

Click here: 60,000 children unaccompanied by parents or relatives are flooding across the southern U.S. border illegally.
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Ramos: Reporters ‘Cozy with Power,’ Act Like They’re in a Club

Click here: “You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power. They laugh with them. They go to the [White House] correspondents’ dinner with them. They have lunch together. They marry each other. They’re way too close to each other. I think as journalists we have to keep our distance from power.”
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Obituaries this week

Joseph “Joe” G. Nebergall, 59, Burlington died Monday, May 26, 2014

Vera Katherine Berry, 86, Danville, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Jack L. Williams, 81, Burlington died Tuesday, May 27, 2014

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Teenage girls more prone to depression because hormones affect blood flow to brain

Click here: Teenage girls are more prone to depression because their hormones affect blood flow to the brain
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Hunger Games

Photo by Dan Hockett A baby robin and two siblings in the nest are looking for a meal Monday afternoon in West Burlington.
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A baby robin and it’s two siblings are in the nest looking for a meal Monday afternoon in West Burlington.
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Feds Want Data Collection on Every Child

Click here: Study: New Technology Development Pushed by Feds Allows for Data Collection on Every Child
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318,000 Federal Government Workers owe $3.3Billion in back taxes

Click here: 318,000 fed workers owe $3.3B in back taxes