Threat Assessment
AGAINST US
Felon voting laws to disenfranchise millions in 2012
One out of every 40 adult Americans — 5.58 million people — will be barred from voting in November by dint of having been convicted of a felony, a new study claims. [Guardian]
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WITH US
Pot Legalization measure makes Oregon ballot
Oregonians will vote this November on whether to legalize marijuana in the state, after the the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act got the signatures needed to qualify for the general election ballot. [Oregonlive]
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AGAINST US
Record drought is devastating US farm economy
An extreme dry spell from Indiana to Arkansas to California is damaging crops and local economies, and threatens to drive up food prices. [Bloomberg]
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WITH US
World Sea Piracy Plunges
Instances fell 54 percent worldwide in the first half of 2012, and especially in Somalia, thanks to stepped-upped anti-piracy operations by international navies and the use of private security guards on ships. [AP]
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AGAINST US
Thousands of Space Shuttle workers still looking for jobs
7,400 people thrown out of work when the Space Shuttle program was ended a year ago are still jobless. Age and salary demands are working against them, prospective employers say. [CBS News]
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WITH US
Hemlines rising in North Korea
Korea-watchers have been struck recently by photos of women in miniskirts and heels in downtown Pyongyang, a big change from the no-frills norm, and a sign, some say, that North Korea's newish leader, Kim Jong-un, is rethinking his country's relationship with the West.[NY Times]