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Luckily for Barack Obama the corrupt media is too busy attempting to rescue the President from his "you didn't build that" comments to report on things like our faltering economy or the nearly half-foot of documents the CIA whoops-there'd under a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Judicial Watch: The Central Intelligence Agency recently discovered a "4 to 5 inch stack" of documents that relate to the spy agency's cooperation with the makers of a forthcoming Hollywood film on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a new court filing. The documents about CIA dealings with the...

MEXICO CITY - Millions of illegal immigrants in the United States never jumped the U.S.-Mexico border where Congress wants to erect impenetrable walls and President Bush is sending National Guard troops to patrol. They never sneaked in at all. The little-acknowledged reality is that nearly half the estimated 12 million undocumented foreigners in the United States entered on bona fide U.S. visas — and simply never left. Authorities call them "overstays" who have been largely overlooked in the vitriolic debate on immigration. "The southwestern border gets all the attention, but it's staggering the number of people who come and overstay...

Cat bird flu risks 'overlooked' Cats who eat infected chickens can contract the deadly H5N1 virus It is vital to restrict the spread of bird flu in cats in order to protect human health, scientists warn. Writing in Nature, scientists from Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, say the risk is being overlooked. They say cats can contract the virus by eating infected chicken or through close contact with other cats - both new ways of mammals becoming infected. However, animal health experts said there was a "limited risk" to humans from infected mammals with H5N1 flu. The first report of domestic...

Top 10 overlooked stories of 2005 -------------------------------------------------------- © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com If you're tired of hearing the rehashes of Katrina, Iraq, terrorism, et al., this will give you a little breather. 1. World evangelization. The Earth is becoming Christian at a very fast clip. My best estimate is that there are 64 million more Christians now than a year ago. That breaks down to 175,000 a day (births plus conversions minus deaths). The numbers are debatable, of course, but I've consulted with several of the best religion statisticians on the planet, and my stats are defensible, being partly based on denominational...

The cost to the U.S. Roman Catholic Church of sexual predators in the priesthood has climbed past $1 billion, according to tallies by American bishops and an Associated Press review of known settlements. And the figure is guaranteed to rise, probably by tens of millions of dollars, because hundreds more claims are pending. Dioceses around the country have spent at least $1.06 billion on settlements with victims, verdicts, legal fees, counseling and other expenses since 1950, the AP found. A $120 million compensation fund announced last week by the Diocese of Covington, Ky., pushed the figure past the billion-dollar mark....