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reets to enjoy the warm weather. That means this should be peak season for bicycle manufacturers and shops all over town, but the ride hasn&#039;t been so smooth this year.</p><br clear=all/>http://news.yahoo.com/argentina-import-controls-

ount: Vatican tax-free store busy<p><a href='http://news.yahoo.com/ho-ho-holy-discount-vatican-tax-free-store-051014517--finance.html'><img src='http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E7YwuCQOj4DJ.fTQoERBjA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/28bd2f7004008024240f6a706700d79c.jpg' width='130' height='86' alt='This is a 1962 photo showing train carriages inside St. Peter&#039;s train station in the Vatican, whose tracks connect to Italy&#039;s rail system. There&#039;s a little-known open secret in the Vatican gardens, a few paces behind St. Peter&#039;s Basilica and tucked inside the Vatican&#039;s converted train station: a sprawling, two-story tax-free department store that rivals any airport duty free or military PX, stocking everything from Church&#039;s custom grade shoes (euro 483 a pair) to Baume et Mercier watches (ladies euro 1,585, men&#039;s Capeland euro 5,000). There&#039;s a hitch, however. It&#039;s not open to the public, only to Vatican citizens, employees and their dependents, diplomats accredited to the Holy See and (unofficially) their lucky friends who, after stocking up on holiday must-haves, proceed to the checkout with their Vatican connection and the ID card that entitles them to shop there. To be sure, Rome is no stranger to tax-free shopping. Embassies, nearby military bases and the U.N. food agencies all have commissaries for their employees, where tax-free imports of everything from American ice cream to French wine can be had minus the 21 percent sales tax included in list prices in Italy. The Vatican has that and more, given it&#039;s its own sovereign state _ the world&#039;s smallest _ operating in central Rome. At 44-hectares (110 acres), the Vatican city state is the physical home of the Holy See: the pope and governing structure and administration of the Catholic Church. The Vatican Museums, home of the Sistine Chapel, are the main profit-making enterprise. (AP Photo)' align='left' title='This is a 1962 photo showing train carriages inside St. Peter&#039;s train station in the Vatican, whose tracks connect to Italy&#039;s rail system. There&#039;s a little-known open secret in the Vatican gardens, a few paces behind St. Peter&#039;s Basilica and tucked inside the Vatican&#039;s converted train station: a sprawling, two-story tax-free department store that rivals any airport duty free or military PX, stocking everything from Church&#039;s custom grade shoes (euro 483 a pair) to Baume et Mercier watches (ladies euro 1,585, men&#039;s Capeland euro 5,000). There&#039;s a hitch, however. It&#039;s not open to the public, only to Vatican citizens, employees and their dependents, diplomats accredited to the Holy See and (unofficially) their lucky friends who, after stocking up on holiday must-haves, proceed to the checkout with their Vatican connection and the ID card that entitles them to shop there. To be sure, Rome is no stranger to tax-free shopping. Embassies, nearby military bases and the U.N. food agencies all have commissaries for their employees, where tax-free imports of everything from American ice cream to French wine can be had minus the 21 percent sales tax included in list prices in Italy. The Vatican has that and more, given it&#039;s its own sovereign state _ the world&#039;s smallest _ operating in central Rome. At 44-hectares (110 acres), the Vatican city state is the physical home of the Holy See: the pope and governing structure and administration of the Catholic Church. The Vatican Museums, home of the Sistine Chapel, are the main profit-making enterprise. (AP Photo)' border='0' /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) — Anyone left on your Christmas list just aching for a 65-inch Samsung 3D flat-screen television? Just your luck. The Vatican&#039;s duty-free department store has one on sale for €2,899 ($3,840) — a nifty savings over the €3,799 ($5,032) it costs at Italy&#039;s main ele

-says-sacking-striking-miners-could-lead-more-063608483--finance.html><img src=http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dNIfKyPlTkCWveeuInLYOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2012-08-21T064114Z_1

uslim spying led to no leads, terror cases<p><a href='http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-muslim-spying-led-no-leads-terror-cases-064555327.html'><img src='http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RDwfWBPpbjH_9L6Av3mU4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/273998bd89fedb17180f6a7067008649.jpg' width='130' height='86' alt='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' align='left' title='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' border='0' /></a>In more than six years of spying on Muslim neighborhoods, eavesdropping on conversations and cataloguing mosques, the New York Police Department&#039;s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation, the department acknowledged in court

P-ETHIOPIA-MELES-20120821.JPG width=130 height=86 alt=Ethiopia&#039;s PM Zenawi speaks during a joint news conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sharaf in Cairo align=left title=Ethiopia&#039;s PM Zenawi speaks during a joint news conference wi

uslim spying led to no leads, terror cases<p><a href='http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-muslim-spying-led-no-leads-terror-cases-064555327.html'><img src='http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RDwfWBPpbjH_9L6Av3mU4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/273998bd89fedb17180f6a7067008649.jpg' width='130' height='86' alt='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' align='left' title='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' border='0' /></a>In more than six years of spying on Muslim neighborhoods, eavesdropping on conversations and cataloguing mosques, the New York Police Department&#039;s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation, the department acknowledged in court

on a White House television in Washington during an interview with ABC News where he said he supports gay marriage. Voters in this presidential election may face the starkest choice ever on the hot-button social issues of same-sex marriage, abortion right

uslim spying led to no leads, terror cases<p><a href='http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-muslim-spying-led-no-leads-terror-cases-064555327.html'><img src='http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RDwfWBPpbjH_9L6Av3mU4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/273998bd89fedb17180f6a7067008649.jpg' width='130' height='86' alt='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' align='left' title='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' border='0' /></a>In more than six years of spying on Muslim neighborhoods, eavesdropping on conversations and cataloguing mosques, the New York Police Department&#039;s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation, the department acknowledged in court

eting visions of the two presidential candidates. They aren&#039;t looking for compromise, which most Americans say is necessary to get the nation on track. The delegates hear rhetoric that is brutal, vitriolic and far from conciliatory. The Republica

uslim spying led to no leads, terror cases<p><a href='http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-muslim-spying-led-no-leads-terror-cases-064555327.html'><img src='http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RDwfWBPpbjH_9L6Av3mU4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/273998bd89fedb17180f6a7067008649.jpg' width='130' height='86' alt='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' align='left' title='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' border='0' /></a>In more than six years of spying on Muslim neighborhoods, eavesdropping on conversations and cataloguing mosques, the New York Police Department&#039;s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation, the department acknowledged in court

ed and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during t

uslim spying led to no leads, terror cases<p><a href='http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-muslim-spying-led-no-leads-terror-cases-064555327.html'><img src='http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RDwfWBPpbjH_9L6Av3mU4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/273998bd89fedb17180f6a7067008649.jpg' width='130' height='86' alt='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' align='left' title='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' border='0' /></a>In more than six years of spying on Muslim neighborhoods, eavesdropping on conversations and cataloguing mosques, the New York Police Department&#039;s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation, the department acknowledged in court

description>http://news.yahoo.com/news-summary-akin-fights-save-gop-senate-bid-070819687.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 03:08:25 -0400Associated Pressnews-summary-akin-fights-save-gop-senate-bid-070819687Lunch workers study how to get kids to eat healthy<p>&l

uslim spying led to no leads, terror cases<p><a href='http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-muslim-spying-led-no-leads-terror-cases-064555327.html'><img src='http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RDwfWBPpbjH_9L6Av3mU4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/273998bd89fedb17180f6a7067008649.jpg' width='130' height='86' alt='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' align='left' title='In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, briefs other NYPD officials and John O. Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, center right, on events surrounding the alleged plot to bomb NYC commuter trains on Sept. 11, at Police Headquarters in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Seated at the table from left are Katherine Lemire, special council to the police commissioner; Deputy Inspector John Nicholson of the Joint Terrorism Task Force; Commanding Officer of the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, Assistant Chief James Waters; Deputy Commissioner of the Counterterrorism Bureau, Richard Falkenrath; John O. Brennan; Raymond Kelly; Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen; Commander of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, Deputy Chief James Shea; Lt. Joseph Falco of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Assistant Chief Thomas Galati, who commands the Intelligence Division. In more than six years spying on Muslim neighborhoods, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation. That’s according to court testimony unsealed Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a police spying effort built with help from the CIA. The unit created databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. As part of a longstanding federal civil rights case, Galati offered the first official look at the unit. Galati testified as part of a lawsuit over police spying on students, civil rights groups and suspected Communist sympathizers during the 1950s and 1960s. (AP Photo/NYPD)' border='0' /></a>In more than six years of spying on Muslim neighborhoods, eavesdropping on conversations and cataloguing mosques, the New York Police Department&#039;s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation, the department acknowledged in court

How many Romneys are voting for Ron Paul?

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More than half of Americans back Obama's Koran apology

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