Homeless Get Cleaned Up With Free Haircuts For DNC

They care."The City of Denver has been working to make sure everything is in tip-top shape for all the visitors coming to town for the Democratic National Convention, and now a local salon is helping in that effort.It seems to be a first -- don't move the homeless, clean them...
highlighted by BigT | 1 hr ago | updated 1 hr ago
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lobster trap
GeneC55
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Cyborg Lobsters Foil Poachers

Lobsters outfitted with special microchips easily allowed Canadian fisheries officers to catch some poachers in the act. The chips are emitters that are implanted in each lobster, who then wander into unmarked and...
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highlighted by Rob Walker | 2 days ago | updated 1 day ago
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Dogs bust inmates using cell phones to carry out crimes

"HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (CNN) -- Chante Wright was set to testify against a career criminal when she was gunned down on the streets of Philadelphia in January. Investigators believe it was a hit ordered from prison, by an inmate using a cell phone. ...
highlighted by master_jim2008 | 2 days ago
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Banana Republic
Vaughanoblapski
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No Deal: Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Talks Fail

The BBC uses the word "stalemate" in its headline, but this isn't quite accurate: current President Robert Mugabe holds all the cards, and Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party could well be frozen out of the newly-reformed...
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highlighted by jordan | 3 days ago | updated 3 days ago
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Remembering Shellie Carson
CJaye
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Remembering Shellie Carson

I being a local in Virginia Beach and a previous member of the Fire Department & Rescue Squad can't remember hearing or seeing of such a brutal death this child went through. This is not suppose to...
highlighted by CJaye | 4 days ago | updated 3 days ago
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First Nation threatens to shut Edmundston school on leased land

"A dispute between the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and the provincial government could disrupt the start of classes at an Edmundston high school in September. The Madawaska First Nation owns about half of the land where the Cité des Jeunes school is located. The First...
highlighted by Marcel Pellerin | 4 days ago
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Bush to visit New Orleans next week

"Friday August 15, 2008, 11:44 AM President Bush will visit New Orleans and the Mississippi Coast on Wednesday to check out the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. The White House said today that Bush is expected to deliver an afternoon speech in New Orleans, then travel to the...
highlighted by René | 4 days ago | updated 4 days ago
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Midget Donkeys
ggvic
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Colorado Creating US’s First Fossil Fuel-Free Community

Wondering how to avoid the crash in the housing market?  Investing in green living seems like an interesting option."The latest trend in the green movement – other than EVs – seems to be greenhousing...
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highlighted by mtippett | 1 wk ago
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Terror Suspect Had New York Target List
Gh0s7
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Terror Suspect Had New York Target List

This story is another reminder of the constant threat the we face from extremists everyday, regardless of whether we are American or German. In the following story, Aafia Siddique, a 36 year old graduate of MIT, was...
highlighted by Gh0s7 | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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IAEA approves India nuclear pact
rahul
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Indian NAZ foundation: Don't repeal section 377 on Homosexuals

Indian NAZ foundation which challenged at the High Court arrests made in 2002  under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code , has expressed concerns over the removal of provison in section 377 without proper...
highlighted by rahul | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Chinese students murder: Victim may have been suffocated

Two Chinese students have been brutally murdered in Newcastle, UK, and police have said the victis may have been suffocated. The murders follow the gruesome killing of two French students in South London earlier this summer. "The students were found lying on blood-stained...
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highlighted by Dave Keating | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Snoop Dogg makes Bollywood debut
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Snoop Dogg makes Bollywood debut

It is like a secret fetish you don't want anyone to know about.... But I do have to admit to loving to watch a good Bollywood show every now and then.It is almost impossible to be angry when watching one !! If we all...
highlighted by World_Groove | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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DNCC: Chance to see Obama on Last Night of Convention Credentials open to all...

"   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2008                   DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES CREDENTIALING PLANS FOR FOURTH NIGHT OF CONVENTION AT INVESCO FIELD AT MILE HIGH More than Half...
highlighted by politisite | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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America's Mountain High Marathon Hope - Ryan Hall :: MAXINE
Edmund Jenks
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America's Mountain High Marathon Hope - Ryan Hall :: MAXINE

" The Big Bear Grizzly front page declaring support to Ryan Hall in his pursuit of Olympic competition. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (MAXINE) 2008America's Mountain High Marathon Hope - Ryan HallIt was right there in...
highlighted by Edmund Jenks | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Man who beheaded bus seat mate defiled body, police tape says

"TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- A police officer at the scene of a grisly beheading on a Canadian bus reported seeing the attacker hacking off pieces of the victim's body and eating them, according to a police tape leaked on the Internet Saturday. ...
highlighted by master_jim2008 | 2 wks ago
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