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Activists say the latest, most grisly trend in the government's so-called Ramadan offensive is to detain protesters, torture them to death, then release their bodies for all to see. The deaths are motivating some through anger, silencing others through fear.

Researchers at the Air Force Institute of Technology are working on micro air vehicles — tiny flying machines designed to look like birds and insects that are remotely piloted. The Air Force aims to use these micromachines to gather intelligence or even deliver weaponry.

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Aid groups say they are making progress in delivering food to Somalia. But the need is critical and growing as the death toll continues to mount.

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Republicans and Democrats quickly doled out blame to each other and China weighed in angrily after the first-ever downgrade in America's sterling credit rating.

The downgrade by Standard & Poor's is guaranteed to become a major piece of evidence used by Obama's political opponents against him, as they make the case that he has failed to lead the nation and should not be rewarded with a second term.

“To me that is by far the most interesting allegation made in this motion...because the motion makes representation that a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was in fact promised immunity by the federal government,” said Lawrence Rosenthal, a law professor.

The 2010 census tells of the decline of rural America and the birth of the American megalopolis.