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CBNNews.com - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - The Marine Corps is dropping all charges against a lance corporal who was accused of involuntary manslaughter in a squad's killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005. The Marines dropped the case against 26-year-old Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum on Friday as jury selection was about to begin for his court-martial at Camp Pendleton. He had also been charged with reckless endangerment and aggravated assault. The case against Tatum stemmed from a squad's assault in response to a roadside bombing of a convoy that killed one Marine and wounded two others. The government says a sergeant and another Marine shot five men at the scene and the squad leader ordered his men to clear homes with grenades and gunfire. The government has been seeking Tatum's testimony against Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich of Meriden, Conn.

The time that is spent by teens online is actually rather limited, with 12 to 17 year olds spending, on average, only 13 hours per week on the Internet (compared to a weekly average of 19 hours for online adults), and that number has not increased since Ipsos last measured online teen behaviour in 2004. There are at least a couple of factors that might account for the relatively little time teens spend on online. One is the influence of parents on teens’ Internet use – over one-half (54%) of online teens surveyed reported that their parents place time limits or curfews on when they can access the Internet. The other is that only a minority of teens (37%) agree that using the Internet is an important part of their day (compared to 51% of adults).

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In Common Purpose - Declaration of Renewel

Don Feder July 23, 2007 It's been a month since the Senate amnesty bill went down in glorious (red, white and blue) flames, but its outraged and bitter proponents are still engaged in character assassination -- calling those of us who opposed the monumental fraud bigots and racists. (Read more)