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The GOP Must Stand for Something

Politics – Republicans received a hard shot in Mississippi. Greg Davis (for whom I campaigned and who was a well-qualified candidate) narrowly lost a special congressional election in a district President George W. Bush carried four years ago

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Icahn Is Said to Plan a Proxy Battle at Yahoo

Gadgets & Tech – Carl C. Icahn, the billionaire investor and activist shareholder, has decided to move ahead with plans for a proxy fight at Yahoo and will propose a dissident slate of directors, people with knowledge of the plans said Wednesday.

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Barclays Says Earnings Declined After $3.3 Billion Writedown

Money – Barclays Plc, the UK's third-biggest bank, said first-quarter earnings declined on 1.7 billion pounds ($3.3 billion) of writedowns caused by losses in credit markets.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 05:43am

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'Painful' changes in state budget

Politics – Eager to avoid deep cuts in education spending, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday proposed dramatically expanding the state lottery and slashing programs for the poor and disabled instead, to help close a budget gap

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Rescuers at China quake epicenter dig by hand

News – For 50 agonizing hours, firefighters worked to free Zhang Xiaoyan, eight months pregnant, from under concrete slabs on the second floor of an earthquake-shattered building.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 05:38am

Republican Sexcapades
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Republican Sexcapades

Politics – These right-wingers give us more than enough material every single week. It has been a downpour of Republican sex scandals. We must have chronicled over a hundred by now, including famous ones. it's usually the less famous ones that have the best stories. Like the state legislator who was probably wearing panties when he was voting against gay righ

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Reverse Graffiti

Humor – When is cleaning the sidewalks a crime? When you're doing it to create art. Obviously. A number of street artists around the world have taken to expressing themselves through an innovative practice known as Reverse Graffiti.

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Water Meditation

Health & Fitness – Relax to the soothing sight and sound of flowing water.

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Special dietary

Health & Fitness – Healthy diet will probably require some changes in your lifestyle. So, be ready to follow the rules and renounce from some deliciousnesses which you could allow yourself before.

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Relaxing Video

Health & Fitness – Take a few minutes out to relax to this soothing video.

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Marketing Components

Humor – You meet a very nice girl at a party. You go to her and tell her " I make excellent love" This is direct marketing.......

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Sauerkraut Slaw

Food – This holiday season dish is extra special when served with a pork roast, see culinary article after this jump. Sauerkraut Slaw Ingredients: *1 large onion, diced...

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Limewire Download

Gadgets & Tech – Access number 1 p2p sharing open source program in the world. Register, and recive free tutorials about Limewire. With Limewire You can access all Your files over the world. Read more news and articles about Limewire on our website.

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Shamrock Cookies

Food – Make delicious shamrock cookies for St. Patrick's Day

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Stagflation evidence

Money – Clearly, the economy is sputtering. Normally, if we had a stable money supply, you would expect such economic conditions to result in price cuts to attract consumers. In fact, we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with if we had stable money. But instead of price cuts we find that, thanks to the Fed Inflation Machine

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