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President George W. Bush signed the U.S.A. Patriot Act into law 10 years ago. But in the years since then, civil liberties groups have raised concerns about whether the Patriot Act goes too far by scooping up too much data and violating people's rights to privacy.

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Twenty-year-old Saudi native and South Plains College student Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari was arrested yesterday after a chemical supplier -- and a delivery service as well -- reported his suspicious purchase to the authorities.

A single crisis can define a presidency -- think George W. Bush and Sept. 11, or Jimmy Carter and the Iran hostages.

It's impossible to know now whether President Obama will have a defining moment like that, but options seem to present themselves daily -- from oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, to the top U.S. general in Afghanistan being ousted.

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Sometimes I wonder how I ended up in the middle of the desert. I grew up on the other side of the planet, on a farm, in the middle of an ocean of prairie.

I know she was the most buzzed about, but I genuinely didn’t think he was going to go with her because there’s a good chance it’ll turn into a fight given some of her past statements.

Also, some of the left were whispering that they weren’t too impressed with her intellect, so I thought Obama would want to avoid any sort of Harriet Miers situation.

Research Prizes and Honors [Have you or a colleague won a research-related prize or honor? Let the Research Alert know.] 2007 NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION EARNED BY TWO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSORS Two chemical engineering professors from UT-Austin have been recognized by President George W.

Bush as 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation laureates, the nation's highest [...]