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Heath Ledger first

News – When a young, hunky 20 year old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to... Visit IMDb for Photos, Filmography, Discussions, Bio, News, Awards, Agent, ...

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Views Diverge over Gun Ruling

News – ere were sharply different viewpoints on the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling striking down the District of Columbia's ban on gun ownership.

Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:41pm

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Strong earthquake hits in Indian Ocean

News – A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck the Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean at Saturday afternoon, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:36pm

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Eskimos Sue 23 Energy Companies For Global Warming Related Damages

News – The first major global warming court case has yet to take place, but various attempts at landmark cases that will make litigation history have been made in the last year or so. Now a new case featuring a community of Alaskan Eskimos could move into the spotlight.

Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:34pm

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Louisiana gov. signs controversial education bill

News – Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill that critics say could allow for the teaching of "creationism" alongside evolution in public schools.

Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:33pm

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Guantanamo's days numbered, tough choices ahead

News – The Bush administration's main rationale for holding terrorism suspects without trial vanished when the Supreme Court ruled on June 12 that they have certain legal rights. John McCain and Barack Obama have both called for the detention center to be shut.

Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:33pm

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Bush adminstration halts solar energy projects on federal lands

Money – The Bush administration has put a two-year stop to solar energy projects on federal lands in Arizona and other Western states while it studies their environmental impact.

Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:27pm

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The Subprime Trump Card: Standing up to the Banks

Money – "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." Thomas Jefferson, 1802

Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:24pm

U.S. Hunters Kill Polar Bears In Canada
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U.S. Hunters Kill Polar Bears In Canada

Do No Evil – Wealthy American trophy hunters have set their sights on polar bears again.These animals are in enough trouble with global warming, they don't need to be hunted for a trophy as well.

Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:21pm

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Stop Fiscal Irresponsibility - Washington Needs a Fiscal Wakeup - The Petition Site

Politics – The US will be bankrupt by 2040 at the current rate of spending/borrowing.

Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:04pm

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It Was Oil, All Along

Politics – Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al-Qaeda and toppling a dictator and spreading democracy and protecting ourselves from weapons of mass destruction. But one by one, these concocted rationales went up in smoke, fire and ashes. And now the bottom line turns out to be

Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:02pm

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Res. 362: Iran War Threat

Politics – Whereas Iran is a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), has foresworn the acquisition of nuclear weapons by ratification of the NPT, and is legally bound to declare and place all its nuclear activity under constant monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);

Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 12:00pm

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Congress Rushes to Encourage Iran Attack

Politics – Two years ago the American people voted for Democrats supposing that their victory would end the war in Iraq. Instead the majority party has voted to fund and continue the war, while sheltering the war criminals from meaningful investigation on the grounds that to do otherwise would be "divisive."

Voted for on June 29, 2008 11:55am

Let Muslims share the stage
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Let Muslims share the stage

Politics – Recently two Muslim women in headscarves were moved from their seats behind Barack Obama's stage where they would have been visible on video monitors.

Voted for on June 29, 2008 11:53am

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Bobby Jindal's Experience As A Exorcist...

Politics – In an essay Bobby Jindal wrote in 1994, he narrated a bizarre story of a personal encounter with a demon, in which he participated in an exorcism with a group of college friends. And not only did they cast out the supernatural spirit that had possessed his friend, Jindal wrote that he believes that their ritual may well have cured her cancer.

Voted for on June 28, 2008 07:02pm