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LBN-INVESTIGATES: The IRS employees tax manual has instruction for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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CBS: OBAMA WANTS 40,000 TROOPS: After months of deliberation, has President Obama finally decided on a course for Afghanistan? CBS News is reporting that Obama wants about 40,000 new troops to Afghanistanfour combat brigades plus thousands more support troops, giving General Stanley McChrystal nearly all the troops he’s asked for. The White House issued a statement through National Security Advisor Jim Jones, saying CBS’ report is “absolutely false.” The Associated Press, meanwhile, is saying that Obama plans to add tens of thousands of new troops, but not quite the 40,000 McChrystal wanted.
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OBAMA: DROP ABORTION FROM HEALTH BILL: After some silence on the issue, President Obama is finally speaking up about the abortion clause attached to the House’s version of the health-care reform bill. “I laid out a very simple principle, which is this is a health-care bill, not an abortion bill,” Obama told Jake Tapper on ABC’s World News Tonight.
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HASAN’S RADICAL IMAM: AS AUTHORITIES DIG INTO FORT HOOD GUNMAN NIDAL MALIK HASAN’S PAST, ONE NAME KEEPS COMING UP: Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical imam Hasan worshipped under in 2001, who first fell under FBI scrutiny as a “spiritual adviser” to two 9/11 attackersand who was born in America. The Times of London reports that al-Awlaki, who now lives in Yemen, was born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents. He served as an imam in Denver and San Diego before landing in the Falls Church, Virginia, mosque that Hasan and the 9/11 hijackers attended. Al-Awlaki praised Hasan as “a hero” in his blog after the Fort Hood shootings, calling him “a man of conscience who could not bear the contradiction of being a Muslim and fighting against his own people.” Al-Awlaki has raised eyebrows outside of the U.S., too: Yemen held him for more than a year as part of a “secret investigation” in 2006, and British authorities banned him from addressing, by video, an East London mosque this year. Authorities intercepted communications between the Army major charged in the Fort Hood killings and a radical cleric but took no action.
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 KOREAN NAVIES EXCHANGE FIRE: North and South Korea said their naval forces clashed Tuesday in disputed waters, and each blamed the other for what is the first such violent incident in seven years. South Korean Rear Adm. Lee Ki Sik said the nation’s forces issued three verbal warnings to a ship from the Communist north once it had crossed a demarcation line late Tuesday morning. The South Koreans then fired a warning shot, but when the North Korean vessel continued southward, the South Koreans opened fire. Lee said the North Koreans returned fire before heading back, their ship damaged in the exchange.
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PIGS PROVE TO BE SMART, IF NOT VAIN: Recent discoveries from the nascent study of pig cognition offered evidence that pigs were quick learners, slow to forget and similar to humans in many ways.
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 UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Those close to Mahmoud Abbas said that he intended to resign and that other Palestinian officials would follow.
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CREDIT CARD HELL: Even the best cardholders are seeing their interest rates rise and credit lines get cut as financial firms struggle to make money in their card units.
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D.C. SNIPER’S LAST DAY: With his final appeal rejected by the Supreme Court on Monday, the mastermind behind the D.C. sniper attacks is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, barring a last-minute commutation of his sentence from Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. John Allen Muhammad, working with his young accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, killed 10 people in the D.C. metro area in 2002 in a series of sniper attacks that terrorized the populace and garnered national interest.
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 PROTESTERS HIJACK MORE THAN 200 FACEBOOK GROUPS: Hundreds of Facebook groups have been hijacked in recent days by users pointing out what they say is a weakness in how the social-networking site handles the administration of its groups.By Tuesday morning, 286 groups had apparently been renamed Control Your Info and had a new message posted to their walls. “Hello, we hereby announce that we have officially hijacked your Facebook group,” the message reads. “This means we control a certain part of the information about you on Facebook. If we wanted we could make you appear in a bad way which could damage your image severly [sic].”
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LBN-BUSINESS INSIDER: ***Fuel from dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones, generates about 10 percent of Americas electricity. ***Burberrys new social networking site reflects a broader move by luxury goods companies to embrace the Internet, hoping to attract a new generation of shoppers.
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WIDE AWAKE IN WEST VIRGINIA: According to a recent study, Americans suffer from a chronic lack of sleep. West Virginians, it appears, suffer the most, with 1 in 5 reporting that they did not get a single good nights sleep in the month prior to the study. The national average was about 1 in 10. In contrast, Hawaiis residents were found to be the most well-rested, with nearly 36 percent saying they were fully rested every day. The survey also found that women generally slept worse than men, younger people worse than the elderly, and whites slept better than Latinos and blacks.
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 DREAM THEORY: In a paper published last month in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Dr. J. Allan Hobson, a psychiatrist and longtime sleep researcher at Harvard, argues that the main function of rapid-eye-movement sleep, or REM, when most dreaming occurs, is physiological. The brain is warming its circuits, anticipating the sights and sounds and emotions of waking.
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LBN-NOTICED: ***Newly elected NJ Gov. Chris Christie at the Bruce Springsteen concert at MSG with his top strategist, Mike DuHaime, and their wives. ***Empress of Iran Farah Pahlavi toasting gorgeous Angella Nazarian on the publication of her memoir “My Life as a Visitor” at The Plaza in NYC with Joseph Moinian, Amy Fine Collins and Prosper Assouline. ***Carrie Fisher holding court at a table of stellar spawn Sean Lennon, Mark Ronson and friends at Da Silvano in NYC. ***Leeanne Rimes and boy toy at David Gray concert at Orpheum Theater. ***Anika Noni Rose and Keith David, stars of Disneys newest animated feature The Princess and the Frog at the spectacular cast and crew bash Saturday night at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. ***Rihanna celebrated her new album release at West Hollywood hotspot Guys & Dolls. Also at Guys & Dolls were Usher and Chris Ivery. ***Justin Timberlake enjoyed a guys night out at Teddys in the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. ***Halle Berry grabbed a quick bite at Piccolinos Caf in Los Angeles. ***Jennifer Aniston and Sheryl Crow were spotted on the back patio at Hollywoods Chateau Marmont Hotel. ***BE AN LBN CORRESPONDENT Send your celebrity sightings to LBNElert@TimeWire.net.
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LBN-BRUTAL FACT: A 42-U.S. gallon barrel of crude oil provides slightly more than 44 gallons of petroleum products. This gain from processing the crude oil is similar to what happens to popcorn, which gets bigger after it’s popped. The gain from processing is more than 5%. One barrel of crude oil, when refined, produces about 19 gallons of finished motor gasoline, and 10 gallons of diesel, as well as other petroleum products.
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LBN-HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: ***In a continued housecleaning at Disney, studio president Mark Zoradi is leaving the company after 29 years. Disney operations are expected to undergo restructuring as CEO Bob Iger moves to position the company’s film studio for a future that includes digital distribution. ***The Oscar buzz this year couldn’t be higher for Pixar’s “Up,” says The Hollywood Reporter: A nomination for Best Picture (a feat not repeated since 1991’s “Beauty and the Beast”) could be in the offing and a nod in the best animated feature category looks like a lock. But, while a dual nomination would give Pixar crowing rights, it could also create complications. ***Donald Trump is reuniting with his most infamous “The Apprentice” villain to produce a new reality show for TV One. “Omarosa’s Ultimate Merger” will star the now mono-named Omarosa (nee Maingault-Stallworth) as she attempts to choose a mate from a stable of 12 bachelors.
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LBN-MEDIA INSIDER: ***NBC’s exit from scripted series to air “The Jay Leno Show” weeknights at 10 p.m. is leaving 1.82 million young viewers up for grabs, and CBS and ABC is letting most of them slip away. Most of the young adults NBC lost are fleeing to cable channels and the Web. ***Sunday night’s third-season finale of “Mad Men” drew 2.32 million viewers, making it the most watched closing episode in the history of the AMC dramatic series. The episode averaged 1.24 million adults aged 25 to 54, up 56% from the series’ season finale last year. ***Accused David Letterman extortionist Joe Halderman is expected to try to wiggle out of his indictment with pretrial motions when he comes to court Tuesday. CBS is said to have cut off the “48 Hours” producer’s paychecks for violating the morals clause of his contract. ***The Washington Times says Thomas McDevitt is being relieved of his duties and publisher and president. CFO Keith Cooperrider and acting chairman Doug Moon Joo are also being let go. The moves are intended to help the Times “become a sustainable multimedia company.” ***Arianna Huffington, the founder of the Huffington Post, urges public-relations practitioners to be the moral conscience for their clients and to “course-correct,” should ethics fall astray, in a keynote address at the 2009 Public Relations Society of America conference. ***Controversial Rant columnist Ericka T. Bass blogging “that her relationship with alcohol is becoming a little to close” and has decided that rehab is for her. “I’m not going to go down Amy Winehouse lane, if you know what I mean”.
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 TRAVOLTA STANDS BY SCIENTOLOGY: Speaking in his first interview after his son Jett’s death in January, John Travolta says that his family, including his wife, actress Kelly Preston, and his daughter, Ella Bleu, has been “working very hard every day… to heal.” Despite recent rumors that the actor might be leaving his longtime faith, the Church of Scientology, daily religious counseling sessions have helped the family through the crisis.
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LBN-THEATRE INSIDER: The national tour of Dreamgirls is opening at the Apollo Theater, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.
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MADOFF EFFECTS UP FOR GRABS: Looking for a unique way to show off your Mets fandom? Bernie Madoff’s personalized Mets jacket is going on the auction block this weekend along with jewelry, furs, watches, and three boogie boards. The auction, which is being handled by Gaston & Sheehan, is expected to make more than $500,000 for Madoff’s victims.
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LBN-HEALTH WATCH: ***Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring in the body, and are not necessarily a predictor of the need for a prostate biopsy.
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SMART PEOPLE READ THE LBN E-LERT: Veteran literary manager Peter Miller along with approximately 317,000 other “influencers” understand that information is power and the LBN E-Lert is a power-tool.
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LBN-BOOK NEWS: ***Legendary rock critic Robert Hilburn signing his new book “Corn Flakes with John Lennon” on Sunday, November 15 at 6 p.m at Book Soup on the Sunset Strip.
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LBN-SPORTS INSIDER: ***In his third season in Major League Soccer, David Beckham has earned a spot in the playoffs and the respect (sometimes grudging) of teammates and fans. ***Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging. The NBA’s all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.
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 LBN-RECOMMENDS By GLENDA BAILEY (Editor in Chief, Harper’s Bazaar): I am really enjoying HBO’s Bored to Death. Ted Danson is fabulous and of course Jason Schwartzman is gorgeous! It just makes me laugh.
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LBN-HISTORICAL COMMENTARY By MILTON FRIEDMAN: The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.
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 LBN-HISTORICAL COMMENTARY By MUHAMMED: Even as the fingers of the two hands are equal, so are human beings equal to one another. No one has any right, nor any preference to claim over another. You are brothers. (630 A.D.)
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 LBN-COMMENTARY By BUZZ ALDRIN (Astronaut, Apollo 11 mission; Best-selling author of “Magnificent Desolation”): NASA’s recent launch of the Ares 1-X was billed as the prototype of a crew launch vehicle, a fancy term for a manned space booster. In fact, the much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing.
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LBN-COMMENTARY By DAVID BROOKS: The well-intentioned public commentary that followed Maj. Nidal Malik Hasans rampage at Fort Hood denied any possibility of evil in his actions.
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LBN-COMMENTARY By OLDHAM ANDREW LOOG:The music business is in a right old state. The two biggest selling recording acts are for the most part dead; the Beatles and Michael Jackson. Success on the road is so splintered that the result is that pop and rock has had to give away the entertainment crown to sports and war. What has their been since U2 , Dave Mathews and Phish ? Coldplay ? What a joke…. they are at best undergraduate pop rock, nearer Duran Duran than the Stones or the Who. The cost of going to a concert is about the same as going on holiday was not so long ago. And if you do not think that even the smiles are rehearsed when you see your big faves at your local stadium you have had too much Chardonay. It’s the nature of the beast. The other beast , what is left of the record companies frontline with quarterly muzak and keep their doors open by not paying, or not paying properly, the old smaller acts who had one moment but are now just the remaining bricks and cement in a buiding dying of cancer. The road is King… it always has been… long live the King , and the songs that feed it.
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LBN-COMMENTARY By SIMON BARON-COHEN: Asperger syndrome and autism should be thoroughly tested before being lumped together in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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LBN-COMMENTARY By BARRY FARBER: In a race among these three, which do you suppose will arrive at rock bottom first: the Democratic Party, the Norwegian Nobel Committee or the United Nations? Well, the Norwegian Nobel Committee can’t do anything self-destructive for another year, so I guess it’s between the Democrats and the U.N. Most of you would probably vote for the Democrats; what with “Cap-and-Trade,” “Cash-for-Clunkers,” stumbling along behind their leader to embrace the most utterly disastrous economic system ever practiced, etc. Before you vote, however, please hear and heed my little campaign speech for the United Nations.
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 LBN-COMMENTARY By THOMAS SOWELL: If politicians stopped meddling with things they don’t understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates.
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 LBN-A DIFFERENT VIEW:…..Whitey Ford…..
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LBN-OVERHEARD: ***Are Pamela Anderson’s famous looks fading? At her fragrance launch in Miami, her manager, Peter Asher, demanded that photographers shoot her only with a “ring flash,” which eliminates shadows and imperfections. ***David Letterman’s accused extortionist, Robert Halderman, is asking the judge to dismiss the extortion case against him. In papers filed with the court, Halderman’s lawyer wrote, “The sensationalism surrounding this indictment, fueled by the celebrity of the purported victim and the deference paid to that celebrity by the District Attorney’s Office, has swallowed the only pertinent issue ….” The issue: Whether the grand jury had sufficient facts to support the extortion case. ***Jennifer Lopez has filed a $10 million lawsuit against ex-husband Ojani Noa, whom she claims is violating a confidentiality agreement in place since 2004 by shopping around a sexy honeymoon video the two made in 1997.
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DID YOU KNOW: ***The first toy balloon, made of vulcanized rubber, was conceptualized by J.G.Ingram company of London, England in 1847. ***Paper was first made from the papyrus plant in Egypt in 2300 BC. ***Tyche is the Greek goddess of fortune. ***A badminton shuttle travels easily up to 180 km/h (112 mph). It is one of the fastest objects in sports. ***Korfball, a Dutch team sport is the only sport thats highest level is played with mixed gender teams: a team consists of 4 men and 4 women.
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LBN-QUOTE: “Whether its self-medicating, anger or violence, these are the consequences of war, and you have to think about all the people affected by soldiers coming home, the parents, spouses, children, brothers, sisters, aunts and cousins.”-CYNTHIA THOMAS, an Army wife who runs a private assistance center for soldiers in Killeen, Tex., called Under the Hood Caf.
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LBN-HISTORY: On Nov. 10, 1982, the newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C.
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