[This week’s categories: Eyebrow-Raising Stories, Environment, Health/Food/Safety, Economics, Politics/Elections/Voting, Legal/Law Enforcement, Privacy/Surveillance, War/Military, Miscellaneous, Foreign Affairs.  Thanks as always for

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http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/276-74/19169-focus-lapdog-media-beats-war-drums-again

http://www.alternet.org/economy/larry-summers-and-secret-end-game-memo?akid=10868.1082044.RVJ0KN&rd=1&src=newsletter890083&t=9&paging=off

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http://www.naturalnews.com/041838_health_basics_antihistamines_sinus_infections.html

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36036.htm

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/19125-the-end-game-for-democracy?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/opinion/krugman-the-unsaved-world.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130830&_r=0&pagewanted=print