Survey: Many believe in divine intervention

"CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. ...
highlighted by master_jim2008 | 1 day ago
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How to use the Cone of Silence
Edmund Jenks
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Cone Of Silence vs Idiocy Of Pay-Grade :: MAXINE

" Get Smart’s “Cone Of Silence” - Although there’s no working system described in any articles I can find about this, the patent application that goes with this is filed on behalf of NASA, so it might not be...
highlighted by Edmund Jenks | 3 days ago | updated 1 day ago
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Air Powered Car
zichi
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106 mpg 'air car' creates buzz, questions

A new car that should be released in 2010, claims to be run on a combination of compressed air and fuel. The company that makes the car, Zero Pollution Motors, claims that is can achieve up to 106 miles per...
highlighted by Gh0s7 | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Re-Bicyclable the Plastic Bike
World_Groove
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Re-Bicyclable the Plastic Bike

"Matt Clark, he is a young industrial designer from Southern California. He showed me his bicycle creation, the IV-1 (for Innervision 1) : Here is the description of this unique bike: "This bicycle prototype is...
highlighted by World_Groove | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Oil jumps USD 5 after report of US Gas stocks falling

Crude oil prices again soared up after remaining cool for sometime. The news of US Gas stock shortage fulled the price hike. A latest report says that US gasoline supplies fell by 3.5 million barrels last week.  US crude stockpiles also fell by 100,000 barrels last week,...
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highlighted by Sanjay Jha | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago
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''Air Quotes''
DocSaico69
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Student hounds prof running for office

"MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - A politically conservative student armed with a video camera and a Web site is trying to force a Democratic congressional candidate out of his teaching job at Central Michigan...
  • mtippett
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highlighted by mtippett | 42 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago
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Being black can mean being a suspect
renovatio
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Being black can mean being a suspect

Do black people have to look in the past?! This surely left a deep trauma for black people. Let gone be by gone!! Let the true color live in harmony." The 39-year-old former Marine said he's never had any trouble...
highlighted by renovatio | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago
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Olympics 2008: sex lives and salaries off-limits in Beijing's courtesy campaign

China has been preparing for Olympics for many years. They have been building infrastructure and also focusing on citizens behaviours. To overcome English language barriers special classes have been launched in all the places where games are to be held. Residents of the city...
  • Sanjay Jha
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highlighted by Sanjay Jha | 4 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago
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Who Is the San Francisco Hacker?

"San Francisco Department of Technology employee Terry Childs was in a jail cell Friday, accused of illegally locking out fellow authorized network administrators from the city computer network he helped build. But as the case against Childs entered its sixth day, questions...
highlighted by stvalentine | 4 wks ago
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The Ronnie White Story: The Public and The Washington Post (Opinion, Analysis)

As I earlier noted in "Death of Newspapers? Save the Press!", one of the core strengths of traditional newspapers is the constant interaction with readers. Here, Marc Fisher aptly demonstrates this strength in responses to reader's views on the death of alleged cop killer...
highlighted by PEP | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago
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Shel Israel: About Loren Feldman & Michael Arrington

Shel Israel fires back at Loren Feldman of 1938 Media:"More than once a day, nearly every day, for the last three months I have been asked how I feel about Loren Feldman's sock puppet and seemingly unending shots at me from his Twitter pulpit. My answer is pretty...
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highlighted by mtippett | 7 wks ago
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High-security terror trial puts jail safety in spotlight
Barry Artiste
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High-security terror trial puts jail safety in spotlight

"High-security terror trial puts jail safety in spotlightNeco Cockburn, The Ottawa CitizenPublished: Friday, June 27, 2008In light of the extraordinary displays of security at the Ottawa courthouse during...
highlighted by Barry Artiste | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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NYC - Brooklyn - Park Slope: Squad Company #1 - 9-11 Memorial
wallyg
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City Questions 9/11 Workers’ Claims of Illness

Nearly 10,000 workers who are suing New York City and its contractors for working at the ground zero site have had their medical records released today, and the outcome is that many are not as sick as their lawyers...
  • amyjudd
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highlighted by amyjudd | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago
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Muslim Headscarves Test the Limits of German Tolerance
renovatio
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Muslim Headscarves Test the Limits of German Tolerance

"For years, Germany's legal experts have been arguing about whether Muslim public officials have the right to wear headscarves. The issue raises difficult questions about religious tolerance and constitutional rights...
highlighted by renovatio | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago
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AC Heater
Tasmin Brown
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Big household energy price increases likely this year

I'm not sure if this is actually news to be honest. Doesn't energy bills rise every year? However, according to the biggest energy firms in the UK, big increases in gas and electricity bills are going to be likely -...
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highlighted by amyjudd | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago
304 views | 4 comments

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