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Saint Al Of The Ecopalypse
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Saint Al Of The Ecopalypse

Religion – A couple of days before Al Gore was awarded his Nobel Peace prize, Michael Burton, an English High Court judge and apparently a fine film critic, ruled that Al's Oscar-winner An Inconvenient Truth was prone to "alarmism and exaggeration" and identified nine major factual errors.

Voted for on October 16, 2007 10:38pm

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Global Warming Starts to Divide G.O.P. Contenders

Politics – While many conservative commentators and editorialists have mocked concerns about climate change, a different reality is emerging among Republican presidential contenders. It is a near-unanimous recognition among the leaders of the threat posed by global warming. Within that camp, however, sharp divisions are developing.

Voted for on October 16, 2007 10:38pm

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Poll: As Thompson's star fades, Clinton's on the rise

Politics – Fred Thompson got into the Republican race with great expectations. And sure enough, just after he got in last month, polling showed Thompson and Rudy Giuliani were just about tied for front-runner. But since then, Thompson's taken a lot of flak for a lackluster campaign from party activists in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Voted for on October 16, 2007 10:38pm

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Rice wins Egypt's support for conference

Politics – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice won public support Tuesday for a Mideast peace conference from a skeptical Egypt, boosting her bid to secure critical Arab backing for pushing Israel and the Palestinians to resume formal negotiations to end their conflict.

Voted for on October 16, 2007 10:36pm

We Are in a Bad Fix
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We Are in a Bad Fix

Money – This is a planet in denial. While the existential question gets a red hot "apocalypse now" for an answer, our stock markets seem to have regained paradise lost. We are witnessing nothing less than history's first confluence of unsustainable "peaks."

Voted for on October 16, 2007 10:35pm

Huge new dinosaur species found in Argentina
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Huge new dinosaur species found in Argentina

Science – Brazilian and Argentine paleontologists have discovered the largely complete fossil of a new species of giant dinosaur which roamed what is now northern Patagonia about 80 million years ago.

Voted for on October 16, 2007 10:34pm

Forecast: Sex and Marriage With Robots by 2050
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Forecast: Sex and Marriage With Robots by 2050

Science – By Charles Q. Choi - Humans could marry robots within the century. And consummate those vows. "My forecast is that around 2050, the state of Massachusetts will be the first jurisdiction to legalize marriages with robots," artificial intelligence researcher David Levy at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands.

Voted for on October 16, 2007 10:34pm

The I-Man Cometh Back
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The I-Man Cometh Back

Celebrities – After being fired last spring from CBS Radio and General Electric's NBC television after he made disparaging remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team, it really hasn't been a question of if, but rather, when, and where, he would resume his career.

Voted for on October 16, 2007 10:34pm

Granny Panties by Victoria's Secret
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Granny Panties by Victoria's Secret

Popular Videos – You grew up seeing your Grandma's undies, now you can wear them.

Voted for on October 16, 2007 10:33pm

Paulson: U.S. housing crisis is 'significant' economic risk
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Paulson: U.S. housing crisis is 'significant' economic risk

Money – Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called Tuesday for an aggressive response to deal with an unfolding housing crisis that he said presents a significant risk to the economy.

Voted for on October 16, 2007 10:32pm