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Derrick Rose & Russell Simmons Set to Make NBHHCM 2K11 History

Last night at Madison Square Garden in New York City Derrick Rose cemented his case as the 2011 NBA MVP leading the Chicago Bulls to a 103-90 victory over the New York Knicks on the NBA's biggest stage. Rose is...

created by Dunkadelic King23 | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi

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Megrahi Lockerbie Bomber To Reveal Evidence Proving His Innocence

The Lockerbie Bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi released on "compassion grounds" by the government of Scotland vowed to present evidence that will prove that he is innocent of the bombing that killed 259...

created by Yuliya Talmazan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Wordsnark

Listeria persists for years

My curiousity about how biological outbreaks can be identified and tracked -- such as the recent Maple Leaf Foods listeria outbreak in Canada -- lead me to this abstract. Genome sequencing, or a...

opinion by Wordsnark | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Myanmar crackdown remembered

" The people of Myanmar are marking exactly 20 years since a military crackdown on a student-led democracy uprising left an estimated 3,000 dead. But after last year's large-scale rallies that were also...

created by danesller0127 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Remembering Halabja

On March 16, 1988 the largest scale chemical weapons attack against a civilian population in modern times occured in a town called Halabja, which is located about 150 miles northeast of Baghdad, and between 8...

created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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" The Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a widespread, medium-sized, omnivorous mammal of North America. It has black facial colorings around the eyes, and has a bushy tail with light and dark alternating rings. The coat is a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur. The...

created by PYNKSIDE | 5 years ago
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Conservatives Surge To 43% Support Nationally %u2013 Level Not Seen Since Mul...

"According to a new Ipsos Reid survey conducted on behalf of CanWest/Global, the current Conservative Party government is enjoying their highest levels of federal vote support in nearly 20 years, since Brian Mulroney%u2019s majority in November of 1988."