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Humor – Citing what he called the "overwhelmingly positive response to my jokes about killing Iranians," presumptive G.O.P. presidential nominee John McCain issued today a list of his favorite humorous remarks on the subject.
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Religion – Pope Benedict said on Saturday he will apologize for a sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church in Australia, saying pedophilia was "incompatible" with being a priest.
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Women – At the Conference on Work/Life Balance and Answers held last year in San Francisco, Orta spoke on a panel of Gen X attorneys about her decision to flee her firm. She said she felt the firm was asking her to neglect her family, and that no amount of money was worth that.
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Art & Design – The U.S. heirs to a major collection of art looted by the Nazis and finally returned after years of legal wrangling have sold four paintings back to the Dutch government for $4 million and donated a fifth work.
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Politics – BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi security forces cannot solve the problem of violence in Iraq without political action and reconciliation with some militant groups, the U.S. commander in Iraq said on ThursdayGeneral David Petraeus, in his first news conference in Baghdad since he took command last month, also said he saw no immediate need
Politics – "I traveled Vermont with three of the most remarkable defenders of democracy I have met in a long time: former Army Sgt. Drew Cameron, former Marine Cpl. Matt Howard and former Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne. We were on a mission: A mission to end an unjust and horrific war, and a mission to hold to account the men who launched that war."
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Voted for on March 07, 2007 09:46pm
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Women – CROSS RIVER, N.Y. -- A Westchester, N.Y., public high school has suspended three 16-year-old girls for saying the word "vagina" during a reading from "The Vagina Monologues." John Jay High School Principal Richard Leprine said the girls were punished because they disobeyed orders not to say the word "vagina."
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Voted for on March 07, 2007 09:44pm
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Movies – BOSTON (Reuters) - While Martin Scorsese is feted by Hollywood for his Oscar-winning film "The Departed," relatives of people killed or tortured by the real-life Boston Irish mobster on which the movie is based are not applauding.
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Family – The mothers all held jobs outside the home, and many had flexible schedules to make it easier to care for their children. They huddled around a television to view "The Motherhood Manifesto," a documentary film about the obstacles still facing working mothers, including many of those in the room.
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Health & Fitness – Government regulation of tobacco could backfire by inadvertently forcing smokers to light up more and inhale more deeply, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
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Real Estate – The burglary suspect apologized to the homeowner for breaking into the $3.62 million home on an apparent dare by friends after a night of drinking. On an alcohol-fueled dare over the weekend, a Minneapolis man apparently broke into a multimillion-dollar house featured in the popular TV sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
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Voted for on March 07, 2007 10:56am
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Science – The world's first female astronaut Valentina Tereshkova, marking her 70th birthday on Tuesday, says she still dreams of flying to Mars -- even on a one-way ticket.
Pets – A black Labrador named Pearl who plunged through thin ice on a Denver lake Tuesday was reunited with her owner after a firefighter in a dive suit scooted along the ice and scooped up the scrambling pooch.
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Voted for on March 07, 2007 10:23am
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Popular Videos – A spelling bee turns into a forum for masked emotions when two judges use veiled remarks to smear one another.
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Science – It seems like a no-brainer: People concerned with saving the environment should protect those places with the most species and that are under the biggest threats, right? WRONG. This scientist argues that such short-sighted conservation actually misses more species than it protects and literally changes the course of evolution... for the worse.
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Voted for on March 07, 2007 10:10am
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