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Doctor: Angelina Jolie Gives Birth to Twins in France
This story has mostly positive ratings. 82 votes / 4 sinks

Doctor: Angelina Jolie Gives Birth to Twins in France

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.

Voted for on July 13, 2008 09:25pm

Texas, Virginia execute convicted killers
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Texas, Virginia execute convicted killers

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.

Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:44am

Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms
This story has mostly positive ratings. 87 votes / 1 sink

Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms

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.

Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:44am

Iran Missile Test Bluff: Old Rockets, Bogus Video
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Iran Missile Test Bluff: Old Rockets, Bogus Video

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!

Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:43am

Propeller Week In Review: July 11, 2008
This story has mostly positive ratings. 166 votes / 2 sinks

Propeller Week In Review: July 11, 2008

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.

Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:43am

Tony Snow Dies of Cancer At 53
This story has mostly positive ratings. 135 votes / 2 sinks

Tony Snow Dies of Cancer At 53

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.

Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:39am

Shock bracelets for airline passengers?
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Shock bracelets for airline passengers?

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.

Voted for on July 12, 2008 10:39am

Turkey catches suspect in US consulate attack
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Turkey catches suspect in US consulate attack

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.

Voted for on July 10, 2008 05:25pm

Washington struggles to avoid a federal bailout of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
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Washington struggles to avoid a federal bailout of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac

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.

Voted for on July 10, 2008 05:19pm

Karl Rove Fails to Appear at U.S. House Hearing
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Karl Rove Fails to Appear at U.S. House Hearing

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.

Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:50pm

Is frugal the new basic black?
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Is frugal the new basic black?

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.

Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:33pm

Up To 17 Babies Given Overdoses Of Blood Thinner
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Up To 17 Babies Given Overdoses Of Blood Thinner

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.

Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:33pm

Report: 5 Darfur peacekeepers killed, 17 missing
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Report: 5 Darfur peacekeepers killed, 17 missing

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.

Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:33pm

Doctors warned VA about Chantix in 2007 - VA did nothing
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Doctors warned VA about Chantix in 2007 - VA did nothing

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

Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:33pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 24 votes / 1 sink

Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band

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.

Voted for on July 10, 2008 11:43am

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