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Happy 4th from the Muppets

Popular Videos – The Muppets celebrate July 4th

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:43pm

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White House says ruling could free detainees in US

Politics – The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen.

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:43pm

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Silly Christians Praying For Cheap Gasoline

Religion – Rockville preacher Rocky Twyman started this goofiness in April, annoying station owners and managers in D.C.- and prices began rising rapidly. Undeterred, he has spread his dumb movement to places like Florida and Ohio. Wherever his prayerful dupes show up, gas prices rise even faster. Guess how he tops this!

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:31pm

Overlooked: Sonar and Navy
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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 04, 2008 08:31pm

NQ:The Week in Photos 07/04
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NQ:The Week in Photos 07/04

News – A photo, as the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. And the right photo--the revelatory image--can be worth a great deal more. In that spirit, we've put together ten pictures that capture the turbulent events of the past week.

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:31pm

Former Sen. Jesse Helms Dies At 86
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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 04, 2008 08:31pm

U.S. Pushes U.N. Sanctions on Zimbabwe and Mugabe
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U.S. Pushes U.N. Sanctions on Zimbabwe and Mugabe

News – eeking to force President Robert Mugabe into negotiations with the opposition, the United States on Thursday formally proposed United Nations Security Council sanctions on Zimbabwe.

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:31pm

Source: Protective order will keep Viacom out of sensitive YouTube user data
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Source: Protective order will keep Viacom out of sensitive YouTube user data

Do No Evil – Google has been ordered to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom. But Viacom will be guilty of contempt of court if it uses that data for anything other than specifically proving the prevalence of piracy on YouTube, a source close to Viacom told CNET News.com on Thursday.

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:30pm

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Friday July 4th - Ray Charles - America The Beautiful

Music – Happy birthday America. A good day to remember what we have. I had a wise man tell me the secret of life.He said "the secret of a good life is to want what you have more than what you want"..That wise man was my father,a world war two vet that passed away on July 4th 1978.Miss you dad!!! I hope everyone has a great day,please be carefu

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:30pm

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Which countries would you pick for your climate team?

Science – In order to understand why some nations fall behind in their international climate duties, Michele Battig and colleagues at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, created a Climate Cooperation Index.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 09:54pm

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G-8 Climate Scorecard Shows U.S. Is Last

Science – The U.S. has done the least among the world's eight largest economies to address global warming, a study released Thursday found.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 09:53pm

117 degrees in L.A.? Experts see future shock
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117 degrees in L.A.? Experts see future shock

Science – A computer model developed by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute estimates that by the end of the century, high temperatures for once-in-a-generation heat waves will rise twice as fast as everyday average temperatures. Chicago, for example, would reach 115 degrees in such an event by 2100. Paris heat waves could near 109 with Lyon, France, coming closer to 114.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 03:33pm

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Ridding meat of E. coli

Health & Fitness – You may be able to enjoy a rare hamburger soon, thanks to a discovery made by a team of University of Alberta researchers.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 01:47pm

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Team finds language without numbers

Science – An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the concept of "one" or any other specific number, according to a new study from an MIT-led team.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 01:30pm

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Big cheese carving celebrates U.S. Independence Day

News – A sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of cheddar cheese glistened on the sidewalk of Times Square in New York on Thursday as an artist's tribute to the Fourth of July.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 12:59pm

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