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This story has mostly positive ratings. 59 votes / 2 sinks

Washington's Boyhood Home Found, Cherry Tree At Large

Science – George Washington's boyhood home has been found. On the subject of legend, the archaeologists who made the discovery could no more tell a lie than young George. No, there was not a single cherry tree anywhere around, not even a stump or a rusty hatchet.

Voted for on July 03, 2008 02:53pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 103 votes / 6 sinks

Crazy Sexual Repression Laws - Know Any More?

Love & Personals – Sexual conduct between persons not married! Sodomy between persons who are members of the same sex. Contact between the mouth and the penis - sorry guys! Check out these outrageous examples of sexual repression courtesy of your friendly neighborhood "lawmakers". Got any more from your area that aren't on the list yet? Share them...

Sunk on July 03, 2008 02:49pm

Pentagon's top investigator to resign
This story has mostly positive ratings. 104 votes / 2 sinks

Pentagon's top investigator to resign

Politics – The Pentagon's inspector general, Claude Kicklighter, is resigning after just over a year in the job and at a time when defense spending has skyrocketed but personnel shortfalls in the oversight office have strained its ability to probe allegations of waste, fraud and abuse.

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FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos
This story has mostly positive ratings. 185 votes / 27 sinks

FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos

Television – Fox News has sunk to a new low. On Wednesday, the network displayed photos that its editors had doctored of two New York Times employees--reporter Jacques Steinberg, and editor Steven Radcliffe. The before and after photos can be seen here.

Sunk on July 03, 2008 02:03pm Commented on 4 times: 1 2 3 4

Americans & Colombian hostage Betancourt freed
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Americans & Colombian hostage Betancourt freed

News – French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages held by rebels in Colombia have been rescued by government troops.

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The end of the culture wars?
This story has mostly positive ratings. 158 votes / 3 sinks

The end of the culture wars?

Politics – Hot-button politics has turned out to be cumulatively disastrous for America. Politicians warred over narrow, symbolic issues while real problems that didn't fit the culture war paradigm - lack of access to healthcare, global warming, the US occupation of Iraq grew and festered. Have the electorate finally had enough of the BS?

Sunk on July 03, 2008 10:50am Commented on 2 times: 1 2

Iran says any attack would provoke fierce reaction
This story has mostly positive ratings. 113 votes / 2 sinks

Iran says any attack would provoke fierce reaction

News – With Middle East tensions building, Iran's oil minister warned Wednesday that an attack on his country would provoke an unimaginably fierce response.

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Romney: Obama Shows 'Frightening Naivete'
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Romney: Obama Shows 'Frightening Naivete'

Politics – Barack Obama's approach to the war on terror shows "frightening naivetÃ;©. Even the peaceniks of the last decade have recognized that the pre-911 thinking of the early 1990s was wrong," Romney says.

Voted for on July 03, 2008 10:14am Commented on 4 times: 1 2 3 4

EXCLUSIVE:  Rush Signs thru 2016; $400Mil deal shatters records
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EXCLUSIVE: Rush Signs thru 2016; $400Mil deal shatters records

Celebrities – The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

Voted for on July 03, 2008 10:14am Commented on 2 times: 1 2

This story has mostly positive ratings. 44 votes / No sinks

Does Patriotism Matter?

Politics – With the full commission of a global society, many are losing their national identity. Some in Europe blame the EU for what they consider a loss of their history. Is such a thing going on in America? Are we lifted by our history, or held down by it?

Voted for on July 03, 2008 08:34am Commented on 7 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

117 degrees in L.A.? Experts see future shock
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117 degrees in L.A.? Experts see future shock

Science – A computer model developed by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute estimates that by the end of the century, high temperatures for once-in-a-generation heat waves will rise twice as fast as everyday average temperatures. Chicago, for example, would reach 115 degrees in such an event by 2100. Paris heat waves could near 109 with Lyon, France, coming closer to 114.

Sunk on July 03, 2008 08:29am Commented on 5 times: 1 2 3 4 5

FBI might use profiling in terror investigations
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FBI might use profiling in terror investigations

Politics – The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups.

Sunk on July 03, 2008 08:28am Commented on 39 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

Unfair and unbalanced: Fox News' coverage of Obama tops the bias scale
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Unfair and unbalanced: Fox News' coverage of Obama tops the bias scale

Television – Fox News, whose slogan is "Fair and Balanced," seems to have gone above and beyond in its anti-Obama rhetoric. Fox News seems to be the willing source of many of the smears and have displayed an unhealthy willingness to pass on as fact any unsourced or unfounded allegation that will put the Obamas in the worst light possible.

Sunk on July 03, 2008 07:46am Commented on 13 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Fugitive hedge-fund swindler in federal custody
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Fugitive hedge-fund swindler in federal custody

News – A fugitive hedge-fund swindler who faked suicide on a Hudson River bridge and went on the run to avoid a prison sentence surrendered Wednesday in Massachusetts, the U.S. attorney's office said.

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Military service: A diminished campaign asset?
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Military service: A diminished campaign asset?

Politics – For McCain, getting shot down and enduring as a POW has been a political asset. Now Clark was suggesting that the "getting shot down" part was an irrelevant--at least as far as being a credential for the White House.

Sunk on July 02, 2008 07:38pm Commented on 16 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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