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Ten Important News Stories That Aren’t Reported

Ever feel like all the important stories are being lost in the Jon-Benet/Mel Gibson/any Fox News poop storm of "media coverage"? Check out this list of ten stories that are being ignored by the mainstream media. Here is a quick rundown of the headlines:

1. The Feds and the media muddy the debate over Internet freedom
2. Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technology to Iran
3. World oceans in extreme danger
4. Hunger and homelessness increasing in the United States
5. High-tech genocide in Congo
6. Federal whistleblower protection in jeopardy
7. U.S. operatives torture detainees to death in Afghanistan and Iraq
8. Pentagon exempt from Freedom of Information Act
9. World Bank funds Israel-Palestine wall
10. Expanded air war in Iraq kills more civilians