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Girls Who Said 'Vagina' During Monologues Suspended

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."

View Story Discuss (287) (wftv.com) 505 days ago by moemebe

Voted for on March 07, 2007 09:50pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 115 votes / 8 sinks

Fact or Fiction?: Glass Is a (Supercooled) Liquid

Science – In medieval European cathedrals, the glass sometimes looks odd. Some panes are thicker at the bottom than they are at the top. The seemingly solid glass appears to have melted. This is evidence, say tour guides, Internet rumors and even high school chemistry teachers, that glass is actually a liquid.

View Story Discuss (17) (sciam.com) 516 days ago by Ousama

Voted for on February 25, 2007 11:20pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 56 votes / 1 sink

Earth Life Threats - Alarming Disappearance of Honey Bees

Science – This is certainly the worst die-off that I 've seen in my experience working with honey bees. It may be the worst die-off that has ever occurred with honey bees since they've been introduced into the United States since the 1620s

View Story Discuss (2) (earthfiles.com) 515 days ago by chrisek

Voted for on February 25, 2007 11:17pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 95 votes / 1 sink

Researchers Create New Super-thin Laser Mirror

Science – Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created a new high-performance mirror that could dramatically improve the design and efficiency of the next generation of devices relying upon laser optics, including high-definition DVD players, computer circuits and laser printers.

View Story Discuss (6) (sciencedaily.com) 515 days ago by Ousama

Voted for on February 25, 2007 10:59pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 168 votes / 19 sinks

US Generals 'Will Quit' If Bush Orders Iran Attack

News – SOME of America's most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.

View Story Discuss (207) (timesonline.co.uk) 515 days ago by AGENTPROVOCATEUR

Voted for on February 25, 2007 10:51pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 83 votes / 4 sinks

'Doomsday' vault design unveiled

Science – The final design for a "doomsday" vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government.

View Story Discuss (2) (news.bbc.co.uk) 531 days ago by michaelgm

Submitted and Voted for on February 08, 2007 09:14pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 42 votes / 1 sink

Window linked to JFK assassination on eBay - Tech News & Reviews - MSNBC.com

News – A window owned by a man who says it was part of Lee Harvey Oswald's sniper perch in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is up for auction on eBay.

View Story Discuss (0) (msnbc.msn.com) 531 days ago by michaelgm

Submitted and Voted for on February 08, 2007 08:57pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 93 votes / 4 sinks

High-tech rehab center for injured vets to open

Health & Fitness – Army's new $50 million facility in Texas to treat amputees and burn victims. This is a center that's very near and dear to me....a center where Iraq War veterans can rehabilitate their war injuries

View Story Discuss (20) (msnbc.msn.com) 542 days ago by nativestorm

Voted for on January 29, 2007 10:56pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 45 votes / No sinks

Huge mudflow "inevitable" from NZ volcano's lake

Science – A crater lake on a New Zealand volcano used as a backdrop in the "Lord of the Rings" films is on the verge of collapsing and could send a torrent of muddy water down the mountain in coming weeks, media reported on Monday.

View Story Discuss (3) (news.aol.com) 542 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on January 29, 2007 10:50pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 116 votes / 5 sinks

Good night to watch for northern lights

Science – Aurora alert! If you live at a high latitude - Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia, and so on - tonight is a good night to look for the beautiful aurora, or northern lights.

View Story Discuss (27) (earthsky.org) 541 days ago by Wil

Voted for on January 29, 2007 10:30pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 87 votes / 10 sinks

Newborn screening has parents seeing red

Religion – WAHOO - Ray and Louise Spiering wanted to observe a period of silence after their daughter Melynda's birth. The Spierings, who attend a fundamental Christian church and also follow some teachings of the Church of Scientology, wanted "that balance of our beliefs included into the births of our children," Louise Spiering said.

View Story Discuss (88) (columbustelegram.com) 546 days ago by Bkumm

Voted for on January 25, 2007 10:33pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 96 votes / 2 sinks

Indonesia jet 'black boxes' found

News – From the article: "A US ship has located the "black box" flight recorders of the Indonesian plane that went missing on 1 January, the US embassy said. The USNS Mary Sears, which has been helping hunt for the missing Boeing 737, detected a distinctive signal from the boxes on the ocean floor. The Adam Air flight, which went missing halfway through its flight from Java to Sulawesi, had 102 people on board."

View Story Discuss (12) (news.bbc.co.uk) 546 days ago by Fabienne

Voted for on January 25, 2007 10:24pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 102 votes / 5 sinks

Ford Posts Record Net Loss Of $12.7 Billion In 2006

Money – Ford Motor Co. posted a $12.7 billion loss in 2006, the largest annual loss in the fabled automaker's 103-year history.

View Story Discuss (108) (usatoday.com) 546 days ago by TimALoftis

Voted for on January 25, 2007 10:23pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / No sinks

Sputnik'd Again?

News – On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man-made object to achieve earth orbit. NASA's website labels this as a shock felt round the globe, the event that triggered the Cold War's long and dangerous U.S. versus Soviet Union space race. In an eerily parallel development one-half century later, on January 12, 2007 local t

View Story Discuss (2) (military.com) 548 days ago by lovelytxwoman

Voted for on January 22, 2007 10:32pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 23 votes / No sinks

Soliders Visit Roots of Faith

Religion – UR, Iraq -- The Ziggurat, a 50-foot pyramid temple, towers over the vast Iraqi desert. Less than a mile away sits the royal palace, which was the capital of Sumeria more than 6,000 years ago. This is Ur, one of the world's oldest cities, and its ruins are all that remains of a society long gone. These historic relics of Mesopotamia, the "cr

View Story Discuss (1) (military.com) 548 days ago by lovelytxwoman

Voted for on January 22, 2007 10:22pm

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