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Israeli Cybercasino tycoon offers one billion dollars for peace in middle east

Do No Evil – An Israeli businessman has offered $1 billion dollars to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniye if he reaches a peace agreement with his Israeli counterpart. Billionaire Israeli businessman Avi Shaked, whose great fortune came from running internet gambling sites, told the Reuters news agency that he wanted the killing to stop.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 03:02pm

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Village Blocks 'Comcast On Demand' To Stop Porn

Television – In the small suburb of South Holland, many residents have Comcast cable but cannot get the company's popular on-demand option. South Holland resident Lisa Kozlowski said the village explained to her why she could not get the service: "They told me, 'You can't watch porn in South Holland,'" Kozlowski said.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 03:01pm

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Brain Wave Changes In Adolescence Signal Reorganization Of The Brain

Science – In childhood, the brain has many synapses. The more synapses there are, the more intense the brain activity. During adolescence, the brain reorganizes and eliminates many synaptic connections, a process known as synaptic pruning. This makes the brain's information processing more efficient and powerful while consuming less energy.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 02:39pm

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Pentagon to Investigate Mental Health Treatment

Health & Fitness – Earlier this week, an NPR investigation revealed that soldiers returning from Iraq with severe mental health problems often have trouble getting the treatment they need. In response, the Pentagon is forming an investigation into its treatment of soldiers with mental health issues.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 02:35pm

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Despite Protests, New Orleans to Raze Public Housing

Do No Evil – Public housing officials decided Thursday to proceed with the demolition of more than 4,500 government apartments here, brushing aside an outcry from residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina who said the move was intended to reduce the ability of poor black people to repopulate the city.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 02:20pm

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Op-Ed: The principal sin of the Baker-Hamilton Report

Politics – The B-H Report single-handedly canceled out the results of the last election by purporting to identify as the "center" a position which is squarely at odds with the emphatically anti-war views of the American public that is the real mainstream.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 02:11pm

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Bush Reaction to Report Worries Father's Aides

Politics – Former White House advisers to George H.W. Bush are keenly disappointed and concerned about the current President Bush's initial reaction to the report by the Iraq Study Group. They consider him rather dismissive of the group's conclusions, issued yesterday, which include the view that current Iraq policy is failing.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 01:54pm

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GOP senator says Iraq war is "absurd"

Politics – In an emotional speech in the Senate, Sen Gordon Smith, a Republican from Oregon who has been a supporter of the war, said he is at, "the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way, being blown up the same bombs, day after day." "That is absurd," he said.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 01:52pm

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Poker Player Of The Year Is Mizrachi's To Lose

Sports – Michael Mizrachi, who has held the 2006 POY lead seemingly since the beginning of the year, has dominated the field on his march to December. Only five players out of the top ten are close enough to challenge him, and they would have to win the Five Diamond at Bellagio to do it, not an easy feat.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 01:37pm

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Blu-ray drowning in negative buzz: report

Gadgets & Tech – Market research shows that HD DVD has better buzz than Blu-ray. Why? Enthusiasts point to Sony's history of failed formats and the company's perceived arrogance.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 01:19pm

Sunset on Mars: A Moment Frozen in Time
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Sunset on Mars: A Moment Frozen in Time

Science – On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Spirit Rover captured this stunning view of the Sun sinking below the rim of Gusev crater. This Panoramic Camera mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th Martian day, or sol. Spirit was commanded to stay awake briefly after sending that sol's data to the Mars Odyssey orbiter just before sunset.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 12:59pm

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Website compares sizes of hundreds of different sci-fi space ships

Art & Design – This site will allow science fiction fans to get an impression of the true scale of their favorite science fiction spacecraft by being able to compare ships across genres, as well as being able to compare them to objects with which they are probably familiar. The scales are based on meter-to-pixel ratios so that they are accurate on any platform.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 08, 2006 12:27pm

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Hillary Clinton joins Joe Lieberman for video game rating press conference

Politics – Hot on the heels of the release of the Iraq Study Group Report -- and a day in which 10 U.S. servicemen were killed and 84 Iraqis were blown up or shot -- Hillary Clinton will join with Joe Lieberman to hold a press conference today at 3 pm ET to announce the launch of a television PSA campaign about . . . video game ratings.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 07, 2006 06:47pm

LAPD officer arrested for holding room assault
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LAPD officer arrested for holding room assault

News – A veteran Los Angeles Police Department officer was arrested this morning for assaulting a handcuffed 16-year-old in a police holding room Tuesday. LAPD Chief William Bratton said the attack, captured on video tape, was without any physical provocation.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 07, 2006 05:04pm

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Nano exhibition opens at Epcot

Science – Ever wonder what it would be like to experience life at the scale of atoms and molecules? A traveling exhibition on nanotechnology - now touring the U.S. - is offering that experience. Currently, the exhibition is at Disney's EPCOT Center in Orlando.

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Submitted and Voted for on December 07, 2006 12:34pm

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