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This story has mostly positive ratings. 166 votes / 9 sinks
How AIDS Endangers African Wildlife
Do No Evil – About 120,000 elephants and countless lions, leopards, crocodiles and hippos run through Botswana's Chobe National Park. But the most dangerous thing -- to wildlife and humans -- is AIDS.
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(nature.org)
Sunk on April 11, 2007 04:44pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 138 votes / 6 sinks
Disillusion Sets In For Quiznos Franchisees
Do No Evil – "On Nov. 27, Bhupinder Baber walked into a Quiznos restaurant on the outskirts of Los Angeles. He spoke briefly with the manager before stepping into the restroom and shooting himself three times in the chest. Mr. Baber died that evening. In a note he left behind, Mr. Baber, ... blamed the sandwich chain for destroying his life."
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(nytimes.com)
Voted for on February 27, 2007 08:32pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 37 votes / 1 sink
The "Demonization" of Muslims and the Battle for Oil
Politics – Throughout history, "wars of religion" have served to obscure the economic and strategic interests behind the conquest and invasion of foreign lands. "Wars of religion" were invariably fought with a view to securing control over trading routes and natural resources.
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(globalresearch.ca)
Voted for on January 08, 2007 09:29am (retracted)
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 122 votes / 5 sinks
Republicans' Division Over Iraq Grows
News – Leading Republicans on Sunday showed further signs of fracturing over President George W. Bush's reported plans to send more troops to Iraq, while Democrats now in control of Congress said they would not give him a "blank cheque" for reinforcements...
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(ft.com)
Voted for on January 08, 2007 09:29am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 37 votes / 1 sink
Markets Misread, U.S. Dollar Overpriced
Money – A misunderstanding by financial markets of the so-called "strong dollar" mantra preached by U.S. officials is helping keep the U.S. currency overpriced and contributing to bloated external deficits
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(asia.news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on January 08, 2007 09:27am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 144 votes / 1 sink
Report: Amniotic Fluid Yields Stem Cells
Science – Scientists reported Sunday they had found a plentiful source of stem cells in the fluid that cushions babies in the womb and produced a variety of tissue types from these cells - sidestepping the controversy over destroying embryos for research.
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(hosted.ap.org)
Voted for on January 08, 2007 07:50am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 65 votes / No sinks
Tiny Village Hits El Gordo Lottery Jackpot
Money – A remote Spanish farming village today became several million pounds richer after each of its 25 inhabitants won a share of the top prize in the world's biggest lottery, El Gordo. It was the biggest payment ever by the Christmas lottery El Gordo, which has been going for almost two centuries. Today it gave out more than 2.1bn Euros across Spain, d
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(buzzle.com)
Voted for on December 24, 2006 09:38am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 151 votes / No sinks
To Whom Does the Bill of Rights Apply?
Politics – Dec 15th is Bill of Rights day! The important point to remember is that the Constitution doesn't apply to Americans, it doesn't apply to citizens, it doesn't even apply to "people." It applies to the federal government. The Bill of Rights tells the federal government what it is not allowed to do...
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(populistamerica.com)
Voted for on December 16, 2006 09:17am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 56 votes / 2 sinks
The Dollar Dam is Breaking
Money – Treasury Secretary, Henry M. Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke's China trip next month means that the ticking time bomb at the bottom of the dollar dam needs to be defused before it blows up, and the value of the dollar is swept away.
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(safehaven.com)
Voted for on December 03, 2006 09:50am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 71 votes / 1 sink
About Those Imams: Why US Air Kicked Them Off
News – By RICHARD MINITER December 2, 2006 -- THE notorious case of U.S. Airways Flight 300 gets stranger by the minute, as more facts emerge about why six traveling Muslim clerics were asked to deplane. A passenger on that flight - I'll call her "Pauline" - has inadvertently publicized some facts via a much-forwarded e-mail; she gave me m
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(nypost.com)
Voted for on December 03, 2006 09:46am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 97 votes / No sinks
U.S. Seeks Silence on CIA Prisons
Politics – The Bush administration has told a federal judge that terrorism suspects held in secret CIA prisons should not be allowed to reveal details of the "alternative interrogation methods" that their captors used to get them to talk.
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(washingtonpost.com)
Voted for on November 05, 2006 02:39am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 159 votes / 1 sink
Distrust of voting machines is running high
Politics – An overhaul of the nation's creaky electoral machinery, inspired by the Florida presidential recount in 2000, will get its biggest test so far in the midterm congressional elections Tuesday - and some worry the cure might be as bad as the disease.
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(philly.com)
Voted for on November 03, 2006 11:51pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 36 votes / 1 sink
Democrats are down on the Economy
Politics – Recently Bill Clinton, at the British Labor Party's annual conference, delivered what the Times of London described as a "relaxed, almost rambling" and "easy anecdotal" speech to an enthralled audience of leftists eager for evidence of American disappointments. Never a connoisseur of understatement, Clinton said America is "
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(washingtonpost.com)
Voted for on October 20, 2006 06:59am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 48 votes / No sinks
Students Can Be Punished For Postings Online
Do No Evil – The policy informs students and teachers that they will be held legally responsible for anything posted online, including material deemed defamatory, obscene, proprietary or legally libelous. The policy targets threats or other comments posted online that could cause a disruption in the school or threaten the safety of a student or employee.
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(indystar.com)
Voted for on October 19, 2006 06:32pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 65 votes / 2 sinks
Milwaukee resident believed to be behind NFL stadium threats
Sports – The FBI was interviewing a Milwaukee resident Thursday believed to be responsible for posting what officials think are phony threats on a Web site about radiological dirty bomb attacks on NFL football stadiums this weekend.
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(sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
Voted for on October 19, 2006 06:31pm
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