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Voting Machine Company Salesman Becomes Election Director in Texas

Politics – A former software sales manager for Election Systems & Software, the largest voting machine company in the country, has been named county elections administrator for Fort Bend County in Texas. According to a local news report, John Oldham had been regional sales manager, account manager and Illinois state manager for ES&S.

View Story Discuss (2) (blog.wired.com) 32 days ago by Wil

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Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials?

Politics – Defense Department investigators in 2003 suspected that Iran may have used a small cabal of officials in the Pentagon and in Dick Cheney's office to feed bogus intelligence on Iraq and Iran to senior policymakers in the Bush administration who were eager to oust the Iraqi dictator, a Senate Intelligence Committee report said Thursday.

View Story Discuss (1) (mcclatchydc.com) 33 days ago by bubba2

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TBS pauses Family Guy to run a commercial

Television – Last night, TBS paused the TV show, ran a little mini-commercial for some show that no one cares about, and then returned to the last two seconds of the segment before going to commercial. Talk about intrusive advertising! (Video in link)

View Story Discuss (1) (kottke.org) 34 days ago by Wil

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This story has mostly positive ratings. 53 votes / 1 sink

McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, Too!

Politics – If elected president, Senator John McCain would reserve the right to run his own warrantless wiretapping program against Americans, based on the theory that the president's wartime powers trump federal criminal statutes and court oversight, according to a statement released by his campaign Monday.

View Story Discuss (13) (blog.wired.com) 35 days ago by Wil

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Indicted Saudi Gets $80 Million U.S. Contract

News – The US military has awarded an $80 million contract to a prominent Saudi financier who has been indicted by the US Justice Department. Interestingly, Pharaon was also an investor in President George W. Bush's first business venture, Arbusto Energy.

View Story Discuss (10) (abcnews.go.com) 34 days ago by TimALoftis

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Fox News Finally Identifies Karl Rove As McCain Adviser

Politics – Fox News has finally identified Karl Rove as an informal adviser to the McCain Campaign, almost four months after hiring him as an on-air political analyst.

View Story Discuss (21) (huffingtonpost.com) 34 days ago by Aidenag

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This story has mostly positive ratings. 48 votes / 3 sinks

US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships

Politics – The United States is operating "floating prisons" to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of detainees.

View Story Discuss (12) (guardian.co.uk) 37 days ago by TechnologyExpert

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Guantanamo Judge Dismissed

Do No Evil – Top military officials provided no explanation for why they dismissed the judge presiding over a key case at Guantanamo Bay. The Miami Herald reports that the colonel presiding over the case had issued some rulings in favor of the defendant, Canadian national Omar Khadr.

View Story Discuss (1) (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) 39 days ago by Wil

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Incredible pictures of one of Earth's last uncontacted tribes

News – Skin painted bright red, heads partially shaved, arrows drawn back in the longbows and aimed square at the aircraft buzzing overhead. The gesture is unmistakable: Stay Away. Behind the two men stands another figure, possibly a woman, her stance also seemingly defiant. Her skin painted dark, nearly black.

View Story Discuss (7) (dailymail.co.uk) 40 days ago by Wil

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Wil Wheaton on Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show

Popular Videos – Uber-agent Moshie Schwartz (Wil Wheaton) has landed on the GTCMS planet and will do anything to beam up Kiko as a client. No garden party, hairy bride, or unicow dances can chase this agent away.

View Story Discuss (6) (youtube.com) 40 days ago by Wil

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Sales of Spam Rise as Consumers Trim Food Costs

Food – Sales of Spam are rising as consumers are turning more to lunch meats and other lower-cost foods to extend their already stretched food budgets.

View Story Discuss (1) (news.yahoo.com) 41 days ago by Neophile

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Dunkin' Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad
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Dunkin' Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad

Do No Evil – Does Dunkin' Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.

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McCain Dumps Hagee

Politics – Republican John McCain has rejected the endorsement of an influential Texas televangelist criticized for his anti-Catholic and homophobic views. John Hagee, the Texas preacher, withdrew his endorsement at the same time. McCain issued a statement after audio surfaced in which Hagee said God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land.

View Story Discuss (8) (365gay.com) 47 days ago by david_nwpa

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Interior Dept. Declares the Polar Bear a Threatened Species
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Interior Dept. Declares the Polar Bear a Threatened Species

Science – The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming.

View Story Discuss (58) (rawstory.com) 55 days ago by TechnologyExpert

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Obama wins North Carolina primary
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Obama wins North Carolina primary

Politics – Barack Obama has won the North Carolina presidential primary, but he trails Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana. The two states are the last big-delegate prizes left in the long race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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