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 Stolen Valor Act at Supreme Court: Is lying about being a hero a right? (The Christian Science Monitor) The Christian Science Monitor - When Xavier Alvarez stood up and introduced himself at a local water district meeting in July 2007, he had no idea he was about to commit a federal crime. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:28:00 GMT Congress members threatened with biological attack (Reuters) Reuters - Several members of the Congress received mail threatening a biological attack and containing a suspicious powder later found to be harmless as law enforcement officials warned on Wednesday that more letters could be on their way. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:42:20 GMT Fitch downgrades Greece on debt swap plan (Reuters) Reuters - Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings on Wednesday to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ratings agency to make the widely expected downgrade after the country announced a bond exchange plan to ease its massive debt burden. Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:04:45 GMT Police charge 2 in death of Ala girl forced to run (AP) AP - At a doublewide trailer along a dirt road in rural Alabama, authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin was forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grandmother about eating candy bars. The severely dehydrated girl had a seizure and her death days later was ruled a homicide. Publ.Date : Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:54:46 GMT Home resales at 1-1/2 year-high, supply falls (Reuters)  Reuters - Home resales rose to a 1-1/2-year high in January, pushing the supply of properties on the market to the lowest level in almost seven years in a hopeful sign for the housing sector.Publ.Date : Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:27:00 GMT Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M (AP)  AP - Billy Wright plunked down dime after dime for comic books while growing up in the late 1930s and early 1940s, caring for the collection he started around the age of 9 until his death more than half a century later. On Wednesday, most of that collection sold for a whopping $3.5 million.Publ.Date : Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:22:51 GMT Obama urges corporate tax cut, closing loopholes (Reuters)  Reuters - President Barack Obama made an opening offer in what could be a long negotiation with corporate America on Wednesday, putting forward his first detailed plan to cut the corporate tax rate.Publ.Date : Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:04:02 GMT |