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submitted by Bert for team Green Living 61 weeks 6 days 19 hours 15 minutes ago
Until recently, nuclear power seemed to be making its way back into public favour in Germany. A warm winter, and dire warnings by scientists about climate change, convinced many that carbon emissions might be a bigger danger than nuclear accidents or radioactive waste. Opinion polls this...(more)
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Pour son premier discours comme candidat officiel du Parti républicain à la présidentielle américaine du 4 novembre, John McCain a prôné les vertus du changement. "Le changement arrive", a-t-il dit, dans une critique ouverte des huit années d'administration Bush mais aussi dans le but de ne...(more)
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submitted by Bert 61 weeks 6 days 19 hours 17 minutes ago
Now let's see if I've got this straight: This week, an Iowa pastoral supporter of Republican POTUS wannabe, ex-Arkansas governor, and ordained Baptist minister Mike Huckabee was caught e-mailing around disparaging remarks about rival Senator Sam Brownback's conversion from Methodism to Catholicism.
This comes less than two...(more)
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submitted by Bert 59 weeks 3 days 3 hours 48 minutes ago
Like many other boys who grew up in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1980s, Tom and Matt Stewart shared a rugged childhood of hikes, campouts and fishing trips, most of it thanks to the Boy Scouts of America.
It was a program that kept the brothers...(more)
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submitted by Bert 59 weeks 3 days 3 hours 35 minutes ago
For Arabs and Muslims across the Puget Sound area, a rise in the nation's threat level or a bombing halfway around the world often can mark a period of unease.
In the years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, leaders in that community say incidents of profiling...(more)
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submitted by Bert 5 weeks 3 days 2 hours 22 minutes ago
Une quarantaine de croix gammées et des injures à caractère raciste ont été découvertes, jeudi 4 septembre, sur les murs du collège René-Cassin d'Agde (Hérault). Des symboles nazis de toutes tailles, certains de plus d'un mètre, et des inscriptions telles que "Mort aux Arabes", "Fuck islam",...(more)
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submitted by Bert 59 weeks 3 days 3 hours 41 minutes ago
The NBA fined Sonics minority partner Aubrey McClendon $250,000 for comments he made last week in The (Oklahoma City) Journal Record about his hopes of moving the team to Oklahoma City.
Reached Wednesday night, league spokesman Tim Frank confirmed the punitive action.
Repeated messages to the Sonics were...(more)
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submitted by Bert for team Bicyclism 76 weeks 2 days 22 hours 59 minutes ago
Bicycles are being stolen in England at the rate of one every 71 seconds, new figures reveal.
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submitted by Bert 61 weeks 6 days 19 hours 12 minutes ago
Business is booming for Berkeley natives Adamu Chan, Josh Hartman, who said he goes by Jae, and their clothing line, Red Clay.
Without any formal training in the area, both followed their passions and took a risk in the competitive industry.
The company produces clothing targeted for the...(more)
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submitted by Bert 59 weeks 3 days 3 hours 39 minutes ago
Landing the weekend before Bumbershoot and just three months after Sasquatch, Download Festival's inaugural appearance at the Gorge Saturday begs the question: Does Washington need another indie music festival?
Live Nation, promoters of Download, which boasts a healthy dose of local power from Modest Mouse, Presidents of...(more)
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submitted by Bert for team Bicyclism 76 weeks 2 days 22 hours 52 minutes ago
On asphalt courts and empty parking lots throughout the country, cycling enthusiasts and others are gathering to play bicycle polo.
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submitted by Bert 73 weeks 2 days 1 hour 34 minutes ago
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk turns 100 this summer - a landmark birthday for any amusement park, let alone one situated on prime ocean-view property.
Since their heyday in the early 1900s, dozens of waterfront parks have fallen to development, neglect or simply changing times and tourist...(more)
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