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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. (T.N. Hanh)
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Bayh, Conrad, Feinstein, Lieberman and Warner form national suicide pact »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 minutes ago in Political News
Senators from both parties on Tuesday put new pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to turn the power to trim entitlement benefits over to an independent ...
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Ratification of Lisbon Treaty provokes crisis for Britain’s Conservatives »
Posted by: berkeley 1 hour, 13 minutes ago in Political Opinion
The Czech Republic’s ratification of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty created a political maelstrom in the UK, exposing major divisions within the Conservative ...
(read more)Read (1) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at wsws.org
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How to Be Wildly Successful in Blogging »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 1 hour, 27 minutes ago in Business & Finance
By looking at the top blogs, we can learn what it takes to achieve huge success in blogging. This article goes over two main traits ...
(read more)Read (1) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at performancing.com
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How ABC News' Brian Ross Cooked His 'Hasan Contacted Al Qaeda' Scoop »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 hour, 38 minutes ago in Political Opinion
What's particularly maddening about Ross' hype is that it had already been well established that Al-Awlaki was the imam at Hasan's Virginia mosque ...
(read more)Read (3) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at gawker.com
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Whistleblowers: Blackwater approved payoffs of Iraqi officials »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 hour, 49 minutes ago in Political News
To stifle criticism of civilian killings, the American mercenary group formerly known as Blackwater approved payoffs of up to $1 million for Iraqi politicians, according ...
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No escape for a deer in the zoo's lions' den »
Posted by: BronxBomber 1 hour, 51 minutes ago in News
Washington DC - A deer that jumped a wall at the National Zoo was fatally injured by two lions as dozens of startled spectators looked on ...
(read more)Read (3) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at washingtonpost.com
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How Frequently Does Asbestosis Develop into Mesothelioma Lung Cancer? »
Posted by: WikiMap 2 hours ago in News
Asbestosis is a disease of the respiratory system, not a cancer. As the name suggests it is caused by exposure to asbestos, usually over a ...
(read more)Read (15) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at mychannelnews.info
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Woman said she had cancer - Used money for boob job »
Posted by: BronxBomber 2 hours, 8 minutes ago in News
Texas - Count Trista Joy Lathern’s husband and co-workers among those who now feel misled and betrayed by her alleged pretense that she had breast ...
(read more)Read (3) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at wacotrib.com
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Framed for child porn by a PC virus »
Posted by: BronxBomber 2 hours, 11 minutes ago in Science & Technology
Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heinous ...
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Ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak pleads guilty in attack »
Posted by: BronxBomber 2 hours, 41 minutes ago in News
Florida - A former NASA astronaut charged with attacking a romantic rival pleaded guilty to burglary and battery but was sentenced only to a year probation ...
(read more)Read (4) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at myfoxorlando.com
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New York Will Be Broke Before Christmas! »
Posted by: BronxBomber 2 hours, 47 minutes ago in Political News
New York - Governor David Paterson called an unusual joint session of the Legislature to implore recalcitrant lawmakers to close the state’s huge budget gap ...
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Cave Study Links Climate Change to California Droughts »
Posted by: WikiMap 2 hours, 53 minutes ago in News
California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to a new ...
(read more)Read (6) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at news.ucdavis.edu
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Top 10 Reasons Why the World Won't End in 2012 »
Posted by: BronxBomber 3 hours, 15 minutes ago in Science & Technology
Ray Villard takes on some of the more popular doomsday theories, debunking each in turn.
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This latest installment in decades of flaky astronomical apocalypse predictions ...Read (12) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at news.discovery.com
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Lost Persian Army Found in Sahara »
Posted by: BronxBomber 3 hours, 28 minutes ago in Science & Technology
Sahara Desert - Herodotus wrote of a 50,000-man strong army that set out on foot into the Egyptian desert in 525 B.C. and was ...
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Researchers Find Reliable, Mess-free Way to Grow Graphene »
Posted by: WikiMap 3 hours, 40 minutes ago in Science & Technology
Single layers of carbon atoms, called graphene sheets, are lightweight, strong, electrically semi-conducting -- and notoriously difficult and expensive to make.
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