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Copper Thieves Threaten U.S. Infrastructure, FBI says

The FBI releases a unclassified report detailing U.S. crop failures, power outages and tornado-siren warning failures due to copper thieves getting huge returns for their crimes. The report, however, is released the day global mining stocks tumble as mining operations announced cutbacks and a 50 percent decline in copper prices in light of the dwindling global economy.<br style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedo.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:e88bcb05c8ad4e138dab4e38ea93ddec:47Bf5YP7nFohG7n4DoBP%2BsA9Wyhn7%2BixYwvabF9UbFb4VnHC95MYKNjKmjAcEkjfKcN4ddQ8jV224A%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Facebook' alt='Add to Facebook' src='http://www.pheedo.com/images/mm/facebook.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedo.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:d6a7a22502818658d3dbcbe78b381c05:lSrjOde56K3ryief56VbL%2Fsw46c8cZBONazrk7pLGZlWF9WN0VCeNuiqQut4SeHXOMvN625ZZn86'><img border='0' title='Add to Reddit' alt='Add to Reddit' src='http://www.pheedo.com/images/mm/reddit.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedo.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:013a4b388c5930b34fb44f2f0ba59f49:trqccLZPsU71fKZu2HIIKqIMoe3a4bASfsW5Vdv5E8GY3%2BdQ10rNht2Or3HFl6pixGd%2BhuHzrdrz'><img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http://www.pheedo.com/images/mm/digg.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedo.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:40e02cf5f900d56fcbcc35a431ee412e:4uqDmsZx86lSI677bU4tUw0Z14UdxjMzCeQlNyR3yiRxpzRIGmQakzBlUB3c8mAIfICcmfIO6xkx'><img border='0' title='Add to Google' alt='Add to Google' src='http://www.pheedo.com/images/mm/google.png'/></a> <br style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4b2f6e5aa013ba14bfe1935bba00b583&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4b2f6e5aa013ba14bfe1935bba00b583&p=1"/></a> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=4b2f6e5aa013ba14bfe1935bba00b583" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> <p><a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~a/wired/index?a=5KeuUo"><img src="http://feeds.wired.com/~a/wired/index?i=5KeuUo" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~4/474202097" height="1" width="1"/>