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The bird flu virus that infected a Vietnamese girl was resistant to the main drug, Tamiflu, that’s being stockpiled in case of a pandemic, a sign that it’s important to keep a second drug on hand as well, a researcher said Friday.

Michelle Duggar in Little Rock just delivered her 16th child, and she’s already thinking about doing it again

Dutch authorities detained seven terrorist suspects believed to be plotting attacks on politicians and the bombing of a government building, officials said.

The story in the Washington Post regarding Robert Loria, his left hand blown off but still stiffed with debt collection and bills, despite having to recover and readjust, is not typical but it is a shame.

AN INGENIOUS fraudster is believed to be sunning himself on a beach after persuading leading banks to pay him more than €5 million (£3.5 million) in the belief that he was a secret service agent engaged in the fight against terrorist money-laundering.

Bruce Schneier goes to town talking about the two bills before Congress for Domestic Spying inside the US:

The Pentagon would be granted new powers to conduct undercover intelligence gathering inside the United States — and then withhold any

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A Beethoven manuscript found by a librarian will go on sale in December for more than $2 million.

This from Euphoric Reality, a statement from the Chechen terrorists to the Kavkaz Center.