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They Said What? Jesse Jackson Now Joins This List of People Who Committed "Hot Mic" Blunders

Politics – So Jesse Jackson was not the only one to put his foot in his moutn

Submitted and Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:24am

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A Handpicked Collection of the Ultimate Space Pictures 2

Science – Fab Space pictures

Submitted and Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:21am

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No Immediate Solution from the Oil Summit

Money – The oil summit held in Saudi Arabia brought little hope to consumers. An increase of only 200,000 barrels a day will do little to reduce oil prices.

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:11am

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Samsung boss guilty of tax fraud

News – The chairman of South Korean firm Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, has been found guilty of tax evasion in Seoul and given a three-year suspended jail term.

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:11am

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Obama isn't closing racial divide

Politics – Americans are sharply divided by race heading into the first election in which an African-American will be a major-party presidential nominee, with blacks and whites holding vastly different views of Senator Barack Obama , the state of race relations and how black Americans are treated by society, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News pol

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:11am

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Ex-Samsung boss convicted

News – The former chairman of the Samsung Group was sentenced Wednesday to pay a hefty fine, but he will not go to jail, a court spokesman said.

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:11am

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Bush calls for more pressure on Zimbabwe

News – President Bush and his international policy team pushed on all fronts Tuesday to increase pressure on Zimbabwe's government after an attempt to impose U.N. sanctions on the regime failed last week.

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:11am

Oil's Rapid Rise Stirs Talk of $200 a Barrel This Year
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Oil's Rapid Rise Stirs Talk of $200 a Barrel This Year

Money – Oil's historic ascent from $100 to nearly $150 a barrel in just six months is lending weight to a far grimmer prediction: Crude could reach $200 a barrel by the end of the year.

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:10am

Animal Criminals
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Animal Criminals

Pets – Many of the animals in zoos are prisoners behind bars without having committed any crimes. Or have they? What if we replaced the laws of jungle with the laws of the civilized? How many crimes would they already be committing?

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:10am

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Bob Barr: "McCain is in a Weak Position"

Politics – "It's an awfully weak position for the McCain campaign and the Republicans to be in months out from the election, already blaming me for their loss."

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:10am

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Did Rogers Get the Apple Shaft?

Gadgets & Tech – As I wrote earlier, Canada is up in arms over the prices of service plans that Rogers has set up for them upon the launch of the iPhone 3G. It's led to petitions, a website, and even editorials telling Canadians to hold off on buying the iPhone 3G. Now reports from the web are that Apple has severely reduced the allocation of iPhone 3Gs due Rogers.

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:10am

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The Great Beyond: Funder of science-religion interface dies

Religion – Sir John Templeton, the Wall Street investor and philanthropist who used his millions to support research at the intersection of science and religion, died today. He was 95.

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:09am

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Church members coin new definitions of their religion

Religion – I am familiar with the ways some Baptists define their religion, such as "deep water Baptists," meaning they were baptized and held under the water so long it really took and lasted them for a lifetime.

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Keep religion out of it

Religion – I have spent days reading letters from people who are for or against same-sex marriages and reading pages of comments on The Tribune's on-line forum from the people who can't seem to bring up anything more than distaste for the Latter-day Saint faith on one side, or quotations from religious books on the other.

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Templeton dies at 95; billionaire invested in science, religion

Religion – Sir John Marks Templeton, a pioneer global investor and founder of the religious equivalent to the Nobel Prizes, died July 8 of pneumonia at Doctors Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas, according to the John Templeton Foundation Web site. He was 95.

Voted for on July 16, 2008 07:09am