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Look, the Affordable Care Act is a good idea, OK? Mr. Obama says so. And he means it!

Seahawks fans are like an earthquake. The 12th man reclaims the noise record.

Judge to Detroit: Proceed with bankruptcy. “The largest municipal bankruptcy in history.” What it means: “The ruling opens the door for the city to cut billions of dollars in payments that are owed to city employees, retirees, investors and other creditors.” -CNNMoney

Biden to China: Chill out with your no-fly zones. The VP meets with Chinese president Xi Jinping and talks economics and airspace.

The NSA is (still) onto you. The Washington Post reports that the NSA is collecting nearly 5 billion cell phone location records per day.

And maybe these are coming back?

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What in the World? Todays News!

by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 4, 2013

<h1>What in the World? Todays News!</h1> <p class="byline">by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 4, 2013</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/us/politics/obama-health-law-economic-benefit.html?hp&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">Look, the Affordable Care Act is a good idea, OK?</a> Mr. Obama says so. And he means it!</p> <p><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-seahawks-fans-cause-earthquake-set-noise-record/" target="_blank">Seahawks fans are like an earthquake.</a> The 12th man reclaims the noise record.</p> <p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/03/news/economy/detroit-bankruptcy-ruling/" target="_blank">Judge to Detroit: Proceed with bankruptcy.</a> "The largest municipal bankruptcy in history." What it means: "The ruling opens the door for the city to cut billions of dollars in payments that are owed to city employees, retirees, investors and other creditors." -CNNMoney</p> <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/biden-meeting-china-air-zone-row" target="_blank">Biden to China: Chill out with your no-fly zones. </a> The VP meets with Chinese president Xi Jinping and talks economics and airspace.</p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-tracking-cellphone-locations-worldwide-snowden-documents-show/2013/12/04/5492873a-5cf2-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html" target="_blank">The NSA is (still) onto you.</a> <em>The Washington Post</em> reports that the NSA is collecting nearly 5 billion cell phone location records per day.</p> <p>And maybe <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/cool-guy-from-middle-school-still-sporting-phat-pa,34730/" target="_blank">these</a> are coming back?</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/what-in-the-world-todays-news/u/original/2302847/1386199202-screen_shot_2013-12-04_at_3.19.20_pm.png" alt="Screen_shot_2013-12-04_at_3.19.20_PM.png" title="" width="500" height="426" /></div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-in-the-world-todays-news-2302840/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=25078&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-in-the-world-todays-news-2302840/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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