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submitted by elvis 225 weeks 6 hours 42 minutes ago
This is a simulation from ICAR and the National Center For Atmospheric Research. Shipping lanes across the arctic will be clear for most of the year... Sad...
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submitted by elvis 226 weeks 5 days 11 hours 27 minutes ago
A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the dense Amazon rain forest was found after 11 days, dehydrated and scratched but apparently unharmed, police said Friday.
Neilson Oliveira Lima disappeared from his home in the rural community Pupuai on Sept 16, said Amazonas state police officer Ailson...(more)
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submitted by elvis 228 weeks 22 hours 58 minutes ago
AP - Police in riot gear fired warning shots to disperse more than 100 Buddhist monks who defied the military government's ban on public assembly Wednesday by trying to penetrate a barricade blocking Yangon's famed Shwedagon Pagoda.
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submitted by elvis 176 weeks 3 days 8 hours 48 minutes ago
Many blame the Greenspan Fed for this mess. They are right, but not for the reason often cited. It is unfair to say low interest rates are to blame. In the past decade, there is no evidence the US suffered from excessive growth leading to inflation....(more)
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submitted by elvis 187 weeks 6 days 7 hours 56 minutes ago
The fire along the Big Sur coast grew overnight by more than 8,000 acres, officials said today as they announced plans for further evacuations.
The blaze dubbed the Basin Complex Fire in Los Padres National Forest is only 3 percent contained and has destroyed 17 structures since...(more)
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submitted by elvis 148 weeks 1 day 13 hours 41 minutes ago
AP - Cheered wildly by U.S. troops, President Barack Obama flew unannounced into Iraq on Tuesday and promptly declared it is time for Iraqis "take responsibility for their country" after America's commitment of six years and thousands of lives.
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submitted by elvis 224 weeks 5 days 11 hours 59 minutes ago
If you're curious about what the world looks like from the perspective of AAJ, take a look at this one -- with footage I haven't seen elsewhere of the blasts.
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submitted by elvis 228 weeks 3 days 11 hours 52 minutes ago
A Van Gogh masterpiece believed to be the artist's final piece of work is to be put on the public market for the first time, where it is expected to become one of the most highly-valued paintings ever auctioned.
The Fields (Wheat Fields) was completed on 10...(more)
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submitted by elvis 225 weeks 6 hours 51 minutes ago
A nice video about the increased rate in arctic melting. Basically, models can be adjusted fast enough to reflect the real-world observations. The vid is a little old, but considering the arctic melt is being discussed today... Well, that and alien attacks....
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submitted by elvis 187 weeks 6 days 7 hours 54 minutes ago
San Francisco will shift course and start turning over juvenile illegal immigrants convicted of felonies to federal authorities for possible deportation, Mayor Gavin Newsom said Wednesday as he took the blame for what he conceded was a costly and misguided effort to shield the youths.
Newsom said...(more)
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submitted by elvis 187 weeks 6 days 7 hours 53 minutes ago
Four of the Memorial Stadium tree-sitters left their perches Wednesday and late Tuesday, leaving only three protesters making a stand against UC's plans to build an athletic training center in the grove, UC Berkeley officials said.
But the holdouts don't plan to give up just yet, said...(more)
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submitted by elvis 158 weeks 6 days 5 hours 36 minutes ago
Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice, who helped expose the NSA's warrantless wiretapping in December 2005, has now come forward with even more startling allegations. Tice told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Wednesday that the programs that spied on Americans were not only much broader than...(more)
