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Stop Watching Us: The Video

StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies from across the political spectrum. Join the movement at https://rally.stopwatching.us. This video harnesses the voices of celebrities, activists, legal experts, and other prominent figures in speaking out against mass surveillance by the NSA. Please share widely to help us spread the message that we will not stand for the dragnet surveillance of our communications.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a nonprofit civil liberties law and advocacy center that has been fighting the NSA’s unconstitutional spying for years. Learn more at https://eff.org.

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Census: Welfare Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Workers

Click here: Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov’t Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers

 

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Democrat Harry Reid: ‘Everybody … Willing to Pay More’ Taxes

Click here: Harry Reid: ‘Everybody … Willing to Pay More’ Taxes
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NSA keeps record of every telephone call in the United States

Click here: NSA keeps record of every telephone call in the United States

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$3.7-Trillion spent on Welfare in only 5-years

Click here: U.S. Spent $3.7 Trillion on Welfare Over Last 5 Years

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Census: 49% of Americans Get Gov’t Benefits

Click here: Census Bureau estimates 151,014,000 Americans out of a  population of 306,804,000 receive benefits from one  or more government programs.
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Obituaries

Donald Owen Riley, 68, Burlington, died Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Helen Mae Sperfslage, 94, Burlington, died Thursday, October 24, 2013

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Doctors: Carbs more damaging to arteries than butter or cream

Click here: Cutting back on butter, cream and fatty meats may have done more harm to heart health than good.
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W.B. Advances to Region-8 Quarterfinal

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington’s Tori Moore celebrates the Falcon’s first round Region-8 win over Danville Tuesday night in West Burlington. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-11, 25-21, 25-13. West Burlington will meet Van Buren in the Region-8 Quarterfinal next Tuesday in West Burlington.
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West Burlington’s Tori Moore celebrates the Falcon’s first round Region-8 win over Danville Tuesday night in West Burlington. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-11, 25-21, 25-13. West Burlington will meet Van Buren in the Region-8 Quarterfinal next Tuesday in West Burlington.
Photo by Dan Hockett Danville’s Alexis Hite bumps the ball to the net against West Burlington in Region-8 first round play Tuesday night in West Burlington. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-11, 25-21, 25-13. West Burlington will meet Van Buren in the Region-8 Quarterfinal next Tuesday in West Burlington.
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Danville’s Alexis Hite bumps the ball to the net against West Burlington in Region-8 first round play Tuesday night in West Burlington. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-11, 25-21, 25-13. West Burlington will meet Van Buren in the Region-8 Quarterfinal next Tuesday in West Burlington.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington Libero Stephanie Wills returns a Danville serve in Region-8 first round play Tuesday night in West Burlington. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-11, 25-21, 25-13. West Burlington will meet Van Buren in the Region-8 Quarterfinal next Tuesday in West Burlington.
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West Burlington Libero Stephanie Wills returns a Danville serve in Region-8 first round play Tuesday night in West Burlington. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-11, 25-21, 25-13. West Burlington will meet Van Buren in the Region-8 Quarterfinal next Tuesday in West Burlington.
Photo by Dan Hockett Danville’s Emily Cameron sends the ball over the net against West Burlington in Region-8 first round play Tuesday night in West Burlington. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-11, 25-21, 25-13. West Burlington will meet Van Buren in the Region-8 Quarterfinal next Tuesday in West Burlington.
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Danville’s Emily Cameron sends the ball over the net against West Burlington in Region-8 first round play Tuesday night in West Burlington. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-11, 25-21, 25-13. West Burlington will meet Van Buren in the Region-8 Quarterfinal next Tuesday in West Burlington.
Photo by Dan Hockett Danville’s Alex Heston sets for the ball for her teammates against West Burlington in Region-8 first round play Tuesday night in West Burlington. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-11, 25-21, 25-13. West Burlington will meet Van Buren in the Region-8 Quarterfinal next Tuesday in West Burlington.
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Danville’s Alex Heston sets for the ball for her teammates against West Burlington in Region-8 first round play Tuesday night in West Burlington. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-11, 25-21, 25-13. West Burlington will meet Van Buren in the Region-8 Quarterfinal next Tuesday in West Burlington.
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Iowa Computer Programmer Finally Buys Health Care Through Obamacare Site After 100+ Tries

Click here: Even though he was eventually successful, Voss criticized the website for resembling one from the 1990s, saying it was one of the worst he’s seen. He recommended that the administration consider shutting the site down for at least a week in order to address the problems. “It’s “hard to fix things while you’re up and running,” he said.