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With Pride, Californians Step Up to Fight Fires

News – While the few cities in this county have paid firefighters, in the small communities that dot this region, fires are fought mostly by trained volunteers.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:24pm

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Deadliest Blast in Afghan Capital This Year Kills 40

News – A car bomb ripped through the front wall of the Indian Embassy in central Kabul on Monday, killing 40 people in the deadliest attack in Afghanistan's capital since the fall of the Taliban, officials said.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:09pm

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Is This the Dumbest Generation?

News – Younger Americans stumped in knowledge tests in the visually driven info age.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:09pm

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Medic in famous photo dies after PTSD struggle

News – During the first week of the war in Iraq, a Military Times photographer captured the arresting image of Army Spc. Joseph Patrick Dwyer as he raced through a battle zone clutching a tiny Iraqi boy. But rather than going on to enjoy the public affection for his act of heroism, he was consumed by the demons of combat stress he could not exorcise.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:09pm

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New Guidelines Suggest Cholesterol Meds for Kids

Health & Fitness – For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:09pm

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'Shrink ray' hits consumers' wallets

Money – With fuel and delivery costs rising, food manufacturers are faced with raising their prices or giving you less, and it seems that less is the growing trend.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:08pm

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Zimbabwean prison officer's film shows Mugabe vote-rigging

Politics – A film that graphically demonstrates how Robert Mugabe's supporters rigged the elections in Zimbabwe has been smuggled out of the country by a prison officer. It is believed to be the first footage that shows ballot-rigging actually taking place and comes as the Zimbabwean president is facing increasing international pressure.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:41pm

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6 tips for avoiding housekeeping hell

Travel – Wilma Smith was vacationing with her grandchildren in Orlando when she met a maid on a mission. When she returned from one of the theme parks one afternoon, she found the door to her room at the Days Inn propped wide open.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:37pm

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Iraq veteran's movie helps him cope

Movies – Counseling and medication weren't enough to help Laef Fox recover from his grim war experience in Iraq, and drugs and alcohol didn't work either, so he tried making a movie instead. The result is "Changing Us," a film about the invasion from a grunt's point of view. It will be screened in a private Fourth of July preview in Denver.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:37pm

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Overlooked: Sonar and Navy

News – Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to review the case of Winter v. NRDC, a case ostensibly about the Navy's use of sonar during military training exercises, but in reality about the extent of President Bush's power in influencing court decisions.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:01pm

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Venus Williams Beat Sister Serena Williams to Claim Wimbledon Title

Sports – Venus Williams reportedly won her fifth singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday with a 7-5 6-4 win over her sister Serena Williams in the final

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:01pm

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Former Sen. Jesse Helms Dies At 86

News – Jesse Helms, the five-term Republican Senator from North Carolina, has died, CBS News has confirmed. He was 86.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:01pm

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Jesse Helms: American Garbage

Politics – What does it say about modern American politics that a proponent of racism and repression at home, and defender of fascist and military dictatorship abroad, should play such a major role? Like scum on a stagnant pond, the rottenest elements in American society rose to the top of the political system during the last quarter of the twentieth century.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:01pm