" Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich faced pressure to resign on Wednesday after his arrest on charges he tried to sell U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, swap favors for money and strong-arm a newspaper...
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"WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A day before Google Inc. (GOOG) co-founder Larry Page makes a high-profile appearance in Washington to advocate for access to unused TV airwaves, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he favors the idea."" "I do think we need...
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" PALO ALTO, Calif. - Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle — an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard held up the Wachovia Bank branch at the Stanford...
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Mr. Badass himself may not have come out and said it, but a lot of bloggers and political junkies think it's only a matter of time before Schwarzenegger throws his refined physique behind John McCain....
created by Rob Walker | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1098 views | 10 recommendations | 8 comments
I like that the main concern the chief of the U.S. military has is the public perception of the army, and not the human rights abuses and torture going on right under his nose.This story comes on the heels of a...
created by Rob Walker | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 492 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
"I used the Comma delimited database: NH municipalities hand count vs use Diebold machines from BlackBoxVoting.org to see if there was a deviation between the results from precincts which used hand counts and those which relied on Diebold machines. The results were...
"Perspective: Create an e-annoyance, go to jail
Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. And that irritates CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh.
By Declan McCullagh
Published: January 9, 2006, 4:00 AM PST
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"Fake costume teeth are among the latest toys being recalled in the U.S. for unsafe lead levels, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday. The recall applies to the following products: * 43,000 fake teeth sold in packages...
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When you start your shopping for wedding favors determine your budget, choose the right wedding favors to match your wedding theme, consider practical wedding favors which can be personalized. Wedding favors have become a important part of a wedding celebration. The purpose...
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"According to the UN International Panel for Struggle against Sexual Exploitation, the Russian army is plagued with male prostitution. A small amount of money is enough to find a Russian soldier-prostitute in the center of Moscow.
Russian soldiers in a line-up seemingly...
"A defrocked Buddhist novice who roasted a baby to create a powerful ghost has been arrested for allegedly tricking women into giving him cash and sex during useless animist rituals, according to police and anti-corruption officials.
Police, Justice Ministry officials, and...
They want the departing GOP lawmakers to pass some legislation giving them various tax breaks and access to foreign workers, worried that the Dems might turn them down. Press conference to be held later today."On Tuesday, executives of the Information Technology Industry...
"Kinky Friedman says he favors legalizing marijuana to keep nonviolent users out of prison. If Texas elects him governor, he says, he'll try to get locked-up pot users released to make room for more violent...
"Well, there’s some good news on the religious front, as far as I’m concerned:
: The Presbyterian Church USA opened up a loophole to allow the ordination of gays. This was one of the reasons I left the Presbyterian Church. Though the morally noxious rule against gays...
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According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...
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