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submitted by Ari 188 weeks 5 days 18 hours 45 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 AB 178 weeks 1 day 16 hours 17 minutes ago
Toward the end of this clip you'll see Palin cluelessly saying that Freddie and Fannie are "too expensive for taxpayers" and then blathers on about how she and McCain will make them smaller.
Meanwhile, Himbo McCain applauds in the background -- just as clueless.
I guess the understanding...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Outdoor news 97 weeks 1 day 6 hours 8 minutes ago
America's dwindling honey bee population has been badly hit by the bitter winter, the harshest in decades, with experts warning that winter losses could be as high as 50 percent.
Beekeepers normally lose around 10 percent of their colonies during the wintertime, when food stores are low...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Breast cancer info 136 weeks 2 days 16 hours 8 minutes ago
Cases of invasive breast cancer in the United States have declined overall, but the decrease is significantly less marked in poor women who live in rural areas, possibly due to differences in the use of hormone therapy (HT), a new study suggests.
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Batboy's revenge! 167 weeks 5 days 4 hours 8 minutes ago
A man says his cell phone saved his life. A stray .45-caliber bullet hit R.J. Richard's chest while he was mowing the lawn — hitting so hard he thought it was a stone kicked out by his tractor. He pulled out the phone. It fell apart.
The...(more)
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submitted by AB 185 weeks 1 day 20 hours 37 minutes ago
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki tried to step back from comments in which he appeared to support Senator Barack Obama’s plan for troop withdrawal.
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submitted by Jenna for team Bicyclism 236 weeks 2 days 15 hours 4 minutes ago
The mayor of crime-ridden, smog-choked Mexico City is trying to do what some might consider impossible: transform his megalopolis into a place that's more healthy, livable and even fun.
And despite much skepticism, initiatives such as "urban beaches" and outdoor movies have become a wild success.
Mexico's capital...(more)
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn 91 weeks 16 hours 45 minutes ago
Gordon Brown resigns as UK prime minister with the Lib Dems poised to give David Cameron their backing as his successor.
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submitted by Grace 196 weeks 1 day 21 hours 21 minutes ago
Myanmar's foreign minister says the death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis could reach 10,000.
Foreign diplomats said Nyan Win made the comment at a Monday briefing given to them and representatives of U.N. and international aid agencies.
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submitted by Julia Leigh 197 weeks 4 hours 28 minutes ago
Have you heard that New Yorkers are rude, London is rainy, and China is just a shovel away? Here, the truth behind travel rumors
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submitted by Christine 220 weeks 5 days 1 hour 53 minutes ago
Coast Guard workers who monitor ship traffic in San Francisco Bay did not warn the crew of the Cosco Busan that it was about to sideswipe the base of a Bay Bridge tower last week, or even that the ship was near the obstacle, federal investigators...(more)
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submitted by Micca 170 weeks 1 day 1 hour 51 minutes ago
With his silver-topped cane, finger-wagging rhetoric and a tendency to refer to himself in the third person, rebel leader Laurent Nkunda is the latest big man to stake his claim in this troubled country.
