Saturday, December 01, 2007

SPB News for Saturday.




U.S. Plans New Multibillion-Dollar Spy-Satellite Program The U.S. is pursuing a multibillion-dollar program to develop the next generation of spy satellites, the first major effort of its kind since the Pentagon canceled the ambitious and costly Future Imagery Architecture system two years ago, The Associated Press has learned. The new system, known as Basic, would be launched by 2011 and is expected to cost $2 billion to $4 billion, according to U.S. officials familiar with the program.

Bush bin Laden poised to privatize the whole kit and caboodle after his next terror attack:
Emergency responders face deep aid cuts The Bush regime intends to slash counterterrorism funding for police, firefighters and rescue departments across the country by more than half next year, according to budget documents obtained by The Associated Press.

RealtyTrac: Foreclosures up 165 percent in Florida More than 30,000 properties in Florida were in some form of foreclosure in October, figures compiled by RealtyTrac showed. The October numbers were 165 percent higher than October 2006, but down 9.5 percent from September.

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