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The All-White Elephant in the Room

Beau7890 — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:32:07 EDT

Bored by those endless replays of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? If so, go directly to YouTube, search for "John Hagee Roman Church Hitler," and be recharged by a fresh jolt of clerical jive.

Channel: Politics Tags: racism Hagee McCain fairness holy war Iran Armageddon 2008 election

Cheney: History will show Bush created a 'more hopeful world'

TechnologyExpert — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:57:28 EDT

"When the history is written, it will be said this is a safer country and more hopeful world because George Bush was president," Cheney said, according to Oklahoma's Tulsa World.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush Cheney Hope

1 U.S. Soldier Dead In Baghdad Bomb Attack

TimALoftis — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:03:42 EDT

U.S. soldiers killed 14 suspected Shiite militants and an American soldier died in a roadside bomb attack in the latest clashes in Baghdad, the military said Saturday.

Channel: News Tags: iraq iraq war civil war

Unprecedented collapse of salmon population hits West Coast

DiffeeOnline — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:48:56 EDT

"The unprecedented collapse of the salmon population will hit fishermen, their families, and fishing communities hard, and that is why we have moved quickly to declare a fishery disaster."

Channel: Food Tags: salmon fish crisis environment climate

Bush seeks $200m in funding for PA

tehranchik — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:27:07 EDT

As international donors met in London to provide aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, US President George W. Bush included $200 million in funding for the PA as part of a supplemental budget request sent to Congress Friday.

Channel: Politics Tags: Palestinian funding Bush Israel

On Japan's secretive death row, inmate becomes cause celebre

TechnologyExpert — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:32:00 EDT

Iwao Hakamada, Japan's longest serving death row inmate, has insisted for 40 years that he is innocent of the four murders he was convicted of. The evidence was suspect, he says, and his confession was coerced. Now the judge who wrote the ex-boxer's death sentence agrees.

Channel: News Tags: Japan Coercion Death Row Confession

Spiders found to court females with ultraviolet rays

TechnologyExpert — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:20:20 EDT

Ultraviolet rays have been found to be essential for a spider courting females, a published report said Friday.

Channel: Science Tags: Spiders UV Radiation Courtship Mating

The Bloody Beet

SenorCoconut — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:50:06 EDT

Beetroot contains the bioactive agent betaine, which supports healthy liver function.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: beetroot betaine fiber liver function antioxidant

China orders heightened efforts to stop deadly virus

Shannonyork — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:02:53 EDT

China's Health Ministry ordered heightened efforts to stem the spread of infectious diseases Saturday following an outbreak of a virus that has caused the deaths of 22 children in one city and is spreading.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: news Chana virus death children

Major damage after cyclone hammers Myanmar

TechnologyExpert — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:37:43 EDT

A large tropical cyclone has killed at least four people and toppled buildings and trees in Yangon, military-ruled Myanmar's main city, state media reported Sunday.

Channel: News Tags: Myanmar Burma Cyclone

Giant catfish caught in Russian river (pics)

alllo — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:29:04 EDT

The photos made in Saratov region prove that Russian rivers are still rich with fish. This giant catfish caught at the end of April is good evidence.

Channel: Pets Tags: catfish fish Russia volga

Johnson wins London mayoral race [Londoners go conservative]

libsRfunny — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:59:44 EDT

Boris Johnson has won the race to become the next mayor of London - ending Ken Livingstone's eight-year reign at City Hall. The Conservative candidate won with 1,168,738 first and second preference votes, compared with Mr Livingstone's 1,028,966 on a record turnout of 45%.

Channel: Politics Tags: London England Conservative wins Mayoral election

Study: Black children 3 times more likely to drown

Shannonyork — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:07:27 EDT

Nearly 60% of African-American children can't swim, almost twice the figure for white children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more blacks into the sport.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: news sudy children african american swimming

SpamTurns 30! Pfizer Applauds.

TechnologyExpert — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:09:11 EDT

Thirty years ago on May 3rd, 1978, the first unsolicited commercial email advertising a product that people really didn't want went out over the precursor to the Internet, the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency network, or Arpanet.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Internet Arpanet Spam Email

An Afternoon with L-3 Communications/Titan

tehranchik — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:03:56 EDT

A funny thing happened on the way to exercising my presumed right, as a shareholder, to attend yesterday's annual shareholder meeting of private military contractor L-3 Communications, held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manhattan's financial district.

Channel: Politics Tags: L 3 Communications Titan shareholders