Yet another GOP scandal involving corruption in which legislation has adversely affected yet again the American taxpayer's wallets - this time with Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. Many have said for years - as goes Alaska, goes the nation in Presidential elections. Republican Senator Stevens, the first sitting U.S. senator to face federal indictment since 1993, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a International Oil Services company Veco Corporation. Alaska senator on charges - "I am innocent". read more - http://tinyurl.com/6yhw2x

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This 4th of July 2008 may be the last time many of us Americans may ever feel happy about the 4th of July Independence Day meaning ... as the true American Independence heritage fades more and more each and every passing day as corporate America out-sources domestic careers, not just jobs in which entire U.S. industries become void and gone overseas most likely forever to remote places such as Bangalore, India or SuZhou in China's Zhejiang Province. It has become clear that the U.S. Economy does NOT grow as a service industry in a globalized marketplace with sustainable careers to support American families.

Since the inception of AOL in 1983 as an on-line gaming company called Control Video Corp. (CVC), founded by William "Bill" Von Meister, their path to success at times has been fleeting. They owe much to Apple Computers and the Atari 2600 video game console after Von Meister's very forward thinking idea of buying music on demand was rejected by Warner Brothers.