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submitted by Ari 33 weeks 1 day 22 hours 5 minutes ago
The consumer spending slump and tightening credit markets are unleashing a widening wave of bankruptcies in American retailing, prompting thousands of store closings that are expected to remake suburban malls and downtown shopping districts across the country.
Since last fall, eight mostly midsize chains — as diverse...(more)
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submitted by Ari 33 weeks 1 day 22 hours 8 minutes ago
Maybe the candidates should consider talking about an issue for a change instead of dragging everyone down. Here's a suggestion, from the story:
"Steve Tarpin can bake a graham cracker crust in his sleep, but explaining why the price for his Key lime pies went from $20...(more)
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submitted by Ari 54 weeks 2 days 4 hours 39 minutes ago
General Motors plans to introduce a new hybrid model every three months for the next four years and says the auto industry is entering an era where it will "shift significantly to a different model of propulsion" because reliance on petroleum "is not going to work"
That's...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Bicyclism 51 weeks 4 days 7 hours 35 minutes ago
The story is from the LA Times and is, as usual, not in touch with the issues:
"This week may be the last time bicyclists stage a monthly mass ride through Santa Monica following police crackdowns on their free-wheeling event that residents complain has snarled traffic...(more)
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submitted by Ari 22 weeks 6 days 13 hours 39 minutes ago
This is a great and fair ruling. And incidentally, I think all liberals should own guns. Seriously. From the story:
"The high court’s ruling was the first since 1939 to deal with the scope of the Second Amendment, and the first ever to directly address the...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Bushwhackers... dissent ala mode 59 weeks 4 days 8 hours 55 minutes ago
After the history-making presidential recount of 2000, Palm Beach County sold hundreds of its infamous Votomatic machines to memorabilia seekers, including a group of chiropractors in Arizona, the cable-news host Greta Van Susteren and the hotelier André Balazs. One machine ended up in the Smithsonian Institution....(more)
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submitted by Ari 47 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago
Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) won today's New Hampshire primaries, capping two remarkable political comebacks.
While public polling suggested that McCain would triumph over former governor Mitt Romney, there were few -- if any -- political strategists who believed that Clinton had any...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Bushwhackers... dissent ala mode 68 weeks 2 days 9 hours 12 minutes ago
Here's my reaction: whoopee!!! Has Bush lost his brain or has Karl really gone to start folding the silk sheets for their life in the corporate world where they've made so much money for their friends. Whatever. He's gone. Someone dust off a federal prosecutor and...(more)
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submitted by Ari 35 weeks 1 day 11 hours 56 minutes ago
The opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is in talks with advisers to President Robert G. Mugabe of Zimbabwe, amid signs that some of those close to Mr. Mugabe may encourage him to resign, a Western diplomat and a prominent Zimbabwe political analyst said Tuesday. The negotiations about...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Batboy's revenge! 65 weeks 2 days 12 hours 15 minutes ago
Australians have come up with a novel solution to the millions of feral cats roaming the outback - eat them.
The felines are the descendants of domestic pets and kill millions of small native animals each year.
A recent Alice Springs contest featured wild cat casserole. The meat...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Bushwhackers... dissent ala mode 59 weeks 1 day 1 hour 49 minutes ago
So here we go again. Bush continues his quest to become Big Brother. Real conservatives would run the other way from this police state adminstration....
From the story: "The White House threatened to veto wiretap legislation a day before Wednesday's planned vote in Congress, and said that...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Batboy's revenge! 64 weeks 2 days 10 hours 20 minutes ago
Sen. Larry Craig filed court papers Monday seeking to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport sex sting, arguing that he entered the plea under stress caused by media inquiries into his sexuality.
Craig, an Idaho Republican, pleaded guilty in August to disorderly conduct following his June...(more)
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