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submitted by elvis 155 weeks 6 days 12 hours 59 minutes ago
Interesting story, but a warning: Russia is thick with scientists who believe in UFOs and claim dinosaurs still walk the earth, etc. Anyhow, from the story:
"Russian scientists working at a 'graveyard' of extinct mammoths and woolly rhinos in Siberia claim to have found a bacterium...(more)
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submitted by elvis 136 weeks 5 days 12 hours 37 minutes ago
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi is on a mission to find out whether the mayor is using city police officers to provide him security even when he's on the campaign trail or on vacation, and how much that security costs. Mirkarimi says he's been trying to get...
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submitted by elvis 224 weeks 2 days 4 hours 30 minutes ago
SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Gov. Schwarzenegger is calling up 1,500 National Guard troops to deploy to the Southern California wildfires....
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submitted by elvis 171 weeks 1 day 8 hours 34 minutes ago
A phony State Board of Elections flier advising Republicans to vote on Nov. 4 and Democrats on Nov. 5 is being circulated in several Hampton Roads localities, according to state elections officials.
In fact, Election Day, for voters of all political stripes, remains Nov. 4.
The somewhat official-looking...(more)
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submitted by elvis 136 weeks 5 days 12 hours 36 minutes ago
A day after residents of an East Palo Alto homeless encampment were forced off a 30-acre lot at the end of Demeter Street, two were staying in private homes, a few had gone to shelters and the others disappeared, a pastor said Thursday.
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submitted by elvis 225 weeks 6 hours 47 minutes ago
This is an incredible simulation from NASA of the arctic melting since the last ice age.
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submitted by elvis 147 weeks 5 days 22 hours 32 minutes ago
At last Area 51 has been declassified and, it's true, there were some interesting and odd things going on. No UFOs, but cool anyway.
From the story:
"Area 51. It's the most famous military institution in the world that doesn't officially exist. If it did, it would...(more)
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submitted by elvis 155 weeks 2 days 11 hours 13 minutes ago
The chilly storm that sent bands of rain through Northern California Sunday delighted, delayed or distressed people, depending on where they were and, in some cases, what they had strapped to their feet.
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submitted by elvis 175 weeks 2 days 8 hours 40 minutes ago
Stocks fell by nearly 9 percent on Monday — the worst single-day drop in two decades — after the government’s bailout plan, touted by its supporters as a balm for the current market stress, failed to pass the House of Representatives, setting off a fresh wave...(more)
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submitted by elvis 176 weeks 2 days 14 hours 23 minutes ago
Senator John McCain’s campaign manager was paid more than $30,000 a month for five years as president of an advocacy group set up by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to defend them against stricter regulations, current and former officials say.
Mr. McCain, the Republican...(more)
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submitted by elvis 178 weeks 3 days 13 hours 26 minutes ago
John McCain made a quick stop at the Capitol one day last spring to sit in on Senate negotiations on the big immigration bill, and John Cornyn was not pleased.
Cornyn, a mild-mannered Texas Republican, saw a loophole in the bill that he thought would allow...(more)
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submitted by elvis 175 weeks 5 days 22 hours 54 minutes ago
Senator John McCain had intended to ride back into Washington on Thursday as a leader who had put aside presidential politics to help broker a solution to the financial crisis. Instead he found himself in the midst of a remarkable partisan showdown, lacking a clear public...(more)
