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Celebrities – They are the ultimate million-dollar babes. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's new twins, a girl and a boy born by Caesarean section on Saturday, are barely a few hours old but already their first photos are worth a fortune.
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Voted for on July 13, 2008 09:25pm
News – A man convicted of murdering his adoptive parents was put to death by lethal injection in Texas on Thursday, the second prisoner executed in the state since the U.S. Supreme Court lifted an unofficial death penalty moratorium in April.
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:44am
Food – In an environmentally conscious tweak on the typical way of getting food to the table, growing numbers of people are skipping out on grocery stores and even farmers markets and instead going right to the source by buying shares of farms.
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(nytimes.com)
Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:44am
Do No Evil – Many of Iran's claims related to missile tests during "Great Prophet III" war games -- appear to be smoke and mirrors! It was an older missile that was out of production, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE. And a video showing what appeared to be many missiles being fired -- is actually one missile, filmed from different angles!
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(drudgereport.com)
Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:43am
News – After a patriotic intermission last week, WIR returns, with red-hot stories about the FISA bill, the war in Iraq, the departure of Jesse Helms--and a (fictional) apologia from Rod the Mod.
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(newsquake.netscape.com)
Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:43am
News – Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush's press secretary, has died of colon cancer, Fox News reported Saturday. Snow was 53 years old.
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(abcnews.go.com)
Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:39am
Do No Evil – A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser. The bracelet would be worn by ALL airline passengers.
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(washingtontimes.com)
Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:39am
News – A news agency says police have caught a fugitive gunman wanted in connection with the attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The private Dogan news agency says the man who fled the scene amid the chaos after Wednesday's attack was caught after his getaway car was found earlier on Thursday. There was no immediate confirmation of the report.
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(ap.google.com)
Voted for on July 10, 2008 05:25pm
News – Top officials in Washington struggled Thursday to reassure the markets about the financial health of the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies as their stock prices plunged to their lowest levels in 17 years on fears that they could face the possibility of a government bailout.
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(iht.com)
Voted for on July 10, 2008 05:19pm
Politics – Rove's action today prompted the House Judiciary subcommittee to rule that his reasons for skipping the appearance weren't valid, setting up a possible contempt of Congress vote next week.
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(bloomberg.com)
Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:50pm
Money – To get a sense of the American economy, consider what's in for summer: house parties instead of bar hopping, thrift stores instead of mall shopping, gardening instead of gourmet restaurants.
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(msnbc.msn.com)
Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:33pm
Health & Fitness – (CNN) -- A Corpus Christi, Texas, hospital is investigating how up to 17 babies in a neonatal intensive care unit received overdoses of the blood thinner heparin. One of the babies died.
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(cnn.com)
Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:33pm
News – Five peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force were killed and 17 were missing after their patrol was ambushed in northern Darfur, Sudan's state news agency reported Wednesday.
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Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:33pm
Do No Evil – Doctors began raising red flags last year about whether the drug Chantix was causing severe psychotic episodes among veterans, prompting a quiet investigation last fall but no warning for the veterans prescribed the medication. Meanwhile, more veterans were prescribed the drug, including some suffering PTSD who were enrolled in a medical experiment
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(washingtontimes.com)
Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:33pm
Music – San Francisco's pioneering "queercore" punk band is paid aptly antic tribute in "Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band." The members'often jokily racy songs are perhaps ideally experienced in excerpt -- complete with subtitled lyrics -- making this a docu whose prankish DIY charms reflect the spirit of its subject.
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(variety.com)
Voted for on July 10, 2008 11:43am