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Ohioans Struggle to Buy Food in Uncertain Economy

Politics – Two women interviewed by NPR say they are struggling to get a job, or get enough groceries to eat.

View Story Discuss (81) (npr.org) 5 days ago by bigurn

Voted for on July 18, 2008 05:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 105 votes / 23 sinks

The Audacity of Vanity

Politics – He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast -- a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins -- would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials.

View Story Discuss (263) (realclearpolitics.com) 5 days ago by catstevens

Voted for on July 18, 2008 03:49pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 149 votes / 12 sinks

Democrats try to spur oil exploration

News – Republicans blocked a Democratic bill to spur exploration in areas where drilling has already been sanctioned. A supermajority was needed. Democrats were calling the bluff of Republicans on their persistent demands for more domestic production. "Drill on the leases you have or let somebody else do it," said Steny H. Hoyer (D-MA).

View Story Discuss (329) (usatoday.com) 6 days ago by ybdogsct

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This story has mostly positive ratings. 33 votes / 3 sinks

Obama Will Not Speak At Brandenburg Gate

Politics – Chancellor Angela Merkel objected to Obama giving an election speech at the Brandenburg Gates. More importantly, a majority of Germans were against the idea. Now Obama will speak at Victory Column

View Story Discuss (45) (dw-world.de) 5 days ago by bigurn

Voted for on July 18, 2008 01:26pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

Obama and Clinton Trading More Jabs on Foreign Policy

Politics – Senator Barack Obama has turned a foreign policy dust-up with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton into an example of how he would lead the country differently.

View Story Discuss (0) (nytimes.com) 360 days ago by traveler.com.br

Voted for on July 18, 2008 05:22am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 81 votes / No sinks

Cast of 300 Advises Obama on Foreign Policy

Politics – Every day around 8 a.m., foreign policy aides at Senator Barack Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters send him two e-mails: a briefing on major world developments over the previous 24 hours and a set of questions, accompanied by suggested answers, that the candidate is likely to be asked about international relations during the day.

View Story Discuss (160) (nytimes.com) 6 days ago by libsRfunny

Voted for on July 18, 2008 05:13am Commented on 4 times: 1 2 3 4

This story has mostly positive ratings. 67 votes / 9 sinks

Did A UN Agency Cook The Numbers In Global Warming Analysis?

Do No Evil – Mathematical proof that there is no "climate crisis" appears today in a major, peer-reviewed paper in Physics and Society, a learned journal of the 10,000-strong American Physical Society, SPPI reports

View Story Discuss (51) (sayanythingblog.com) 6 days ago by pc25

Voted for on July 17, 2008 06:13pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / 2 sinks

AFL-CIO Falsely Attacks McCain

Politics – The ad says that McCain "took Bush's side against increasing health care benefits for veterans." But he actually voted to increase veterans' health care benefits, though not by as much as Democrats proposed.

View Story Discuss (39) (factcheck.org) 6 days ago by Spinward

Voted for on July 17, 2008 02:21pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / No sinks

Bear Breaks Into Circuit City

News – A bear tries to go shopping at circuit city but is refused entry.

View Story Discuss (3) (gazette.com) 6 days ago by cptnkrk

Voted for on July 17, 2008 02:20pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 24 votes / No sinks

Mob Beats Up Two Robbers

Do No Evil – Two young men returning to the scene of a previous robbery (less than 2 hours later) are greeted by the victim and her four large male friends. OUCH!

View Story Discuss (5) (newsleader.com) 6 days ago by cptnkrk

Voted for on July 17, 2008 01:20pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 182 votes / 31 sinks

John McCain, POW: A First-Person Account

Politics – Here, in his own words, based on almost total recall, is Commander McCain's narrative of 5 1/2 years in the hands of the North Vietnamese.

View Story Discuss (613) (usnews.com) 6 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Voted for on July 17, 2008 12:55pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 137 votes / 17 sinks

Why the Race is Tied

Politics – After almost six weeks of a constant Obama lead, generally in the five- to seven-point range, Scott Rasmussen's daily tracking poll records two consecutive days of a tie race (July 12-13) and a one-point Obama lead on July 14. What happened to the Democrat's lead?

View Story Discuss (296) (realclearpolitics.com) 7 days ago by catstevens

Voted for on July 17, 2008 12:51pm Commented on 3 times: 1 2 3

This story has mostly positive ratings. 82 votes / No sinks

N.Y. Woman Dies After Eating Wild Mushrooms

Food – A woman who ate poisonous wild mushrooms nicknamed death angels that she found growing near a highway rest stop just outside New York City died.

View Story Discuss (9) (foxnews.com) 6 days ago by daducha

Voted for on July 17, 2008 12:05pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / No sinks

Case of fully veiled woman roils France

News – The case started quietly when a Muslim woman who sheaths herself in a head-to-toe veil was denied French citizenship because she had not assimilated enough into this society.

View Story Discuss (3) (msnbc.msn.com) 7 days ago by skewl

Voted for on July 17, 2008 10:38am Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 126 votes / 22 sinks

Keep Loaded Guns Out of National Parks

Do No Evil – The NRA somehow convinced the government that gun owners should be able to bring loaded firearms into parks. Loaded firearms add the threat of accidental discharge, could increase wildlife poaching and are a risk to park visitors.

View Story Discuss (67) (qassia.com) 6 days ago by hurr1

Sunk on July 17, 2008 10:11am

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