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US CA: Editorial: Fort Bragg Slaying Adds to Drug Violence

The Press Democrat, 31 Aug 2011 - The dangers lurking in the back woods are no secret to North Coast residents. Given the brazenness of pot growers and their aggressive protection of their gardens, owners of remote properties have long known to be wary - even when walking their own land this time of year.

Source: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n557/a05.html

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VIDEO: Cameron tells England rioters: 'You will pay'

Prime Minister David Cameron has told those responsible for the recent rioting in England: "You will pay for what you have done."

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9560000/9560078.stm

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Video Spotlight: Emily Deschanel Leads the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals!

Emily Deschanel, star of TV’s “Bones,” explains why she is Farm Sanctuary's 2011 Walk for Farm Animals spokesperson and how you can help farm animals today!

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Fantasy Football: Should We Worry About Eli Manning's Preseason Ineffectiveness?

Eli Manning made some noise this summer by stating that he is one of the elite quarterbacks in the league.

While I am not going to defend his position, what do you want him to say?

If he said he wasn’t a top quarterback, he would probably be ripped even more for not being confident, because we all know that without that trait, you’ll be eaten alive in New York.

I’m less worried about the words that are coming out of his mouth and more concerned about the passes coming out of his hand.

Odds are good that Eli’s preseason has come to a close since there is no point risking injury right before the season kicks off. To say his preseason has been a struggle is a major understatement.

Eli completed just 27 of his 55 passes (49.1 percent) for 314 yards. He threw two interceptions and failed to throw a touchdown in any of the Giants’ three games.

Talk about a depressing start.

After throwing 25 picks last year, his fantasy owners and Giants fans alike would have liked to see a stronger start.

Don’t get hung up on the INTs, though, because several of them came on deflections after the ball hit his receiver's hands.

It could be a tough adjustment for Eli as he adjusts to life after Steve Smith and Kevin Boss, but his early schedule is quite favorable.

The Giants open at Washington and at home against Seattle. They’ll get a test in Week 3 against Philly, but then they get Arizona, Seattle, Buffalo and a bye week before Miami.

On paper, it looks like Eli will have every chance to get going early.

If his struggles continue into the season, I would start worrying about Eli, but until then, I’ll consider him one of the top QB2s in fantasy football.

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Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/830686-should-we-worry-about-eli-mannings-preseason-ineffectiveness

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Live - World Athletics day six

Britain's search for a first World Championship gold in Daegu continues with European and Commonwealth champion Dai Greene running in the final of the 400m hurdles and Hannah England and Yamile Aldama competing in the 1500m and triple jump respectively.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/athletics/9577863.stm

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Would AT&T Merger With T-Mobile Hurt Consumers?

Some analysts say the merger would only benefit AT&T, which would leapfrog Verizon to become the largest wireless provider in the country. In some markets, it would give AT&T more than 50 percent market share and analysts predict it would increase prices for consumers. AT&T disagrees.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/31/140089442/would-an-at-t-t-mobile-merger-hurt-consumers?ft=1&f=103943429

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Full Feeds Service Discontinued

Unfortunatly the time has come for this scraper to come down (seemingly it may come as a shock to some that this is not provided by the BBC). I wrote this back in 2005 and have modified it a couple of times since mainly so that I could more easily consume RSS on the move. In short, I no longer use it, I find consuming live news is not actually something an RSS reader does very well and I face a constant battle against sites trying to use these feeds to monetize BBC content and failing to pay any attention to etag or last modified headers (hello palin-pedia.com et al). Please update your RSS subscription as the last remenants of this will be removed soon , the official BBC RSS feed you are looking for is: http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml