TEXAS: Bible back in classroom, classified as “history and literature”

The Bible is back in the Ector County Independent School District, according to the trustees
? decision. Vote: 4 to 2. High schoolers will have a course published by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools.

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‘Unique Creature’ Cheney Refuses To Say He’s Part Of The Executive Branch

After rolling back his claims doesn’t have to obey an executive order designed to protect classified national security information because he believes that the Office of the Vice President is not an ?entity within the executive branch,? Vice President Dick Cheney refused to say today whether the OVP is part of the executive branch.

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NBC News: ‘Has the vice president gone too far?’

NBC News reported on Monday that “Dick Cheney is back in a very uncomfortable place for him: the headlines.” Both a Washington Post series on the vice president and Cheney’s feud with the National Archives over his handling of classified information are drawing attention to his style of governing.

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(NYT) Cheney Attempted To Abolish Agency That Tried To Oversee Him

For four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has resisted routine oversight of his office
?s handling of classified information, and when the National Archives unit that monitors classification in the executive branch objected, the vice president?s office suggested abolishing the oversight unit, according to documents released yesterday.

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Cheney tells agency that VP’s office is not part of the executive branch

The Office of Vice President Dick Cheney told an agency within the National Archives that for purposes of securing classified information, the Vice President’s office is not an ‘entity within the executive branch’ according to a letter released Thursday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Exclusive screenshots of Google Payment

Google have built a reputation system that allows buyers to rate sellers and leave comments. It is not yet known if Google will use the ratings with other Google services, but this news further confirms that Google are taking aim at eBay and the classifieds market and want to facilitate transactions.

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BIN LADEN may be DEAD

A classified note from the Saudis says that Osama Bin Laden is likely to have died a few days after the 23rd of August 2006. The news hasn’t hit the world yet and there is still no English translation for this Associated Press (French branch) article.

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Spy caught in the White House!

Aragoncillo, a naturalized citizen from the Philippines and US marine, used his top secret clearance to steal classified intelligence documents from White House computers. Both the FBI and CIA are calling it the first case of espionage in the White House in modern history.

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Wal-Mart challenges Craigslist

The discount retailer, which clobbered toy stores and consumer-electronics chains after encroaching on their turf, is offering free classified ads online.

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In Pictures: Declassified UFO Files

The National Archives is displaying previously classified files on UFOs. They include this diagram, whose author believed alien craft used decoy methods to avoid detection, carrying not humans but “fallen angels”.

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