Over educated under acheiver, more degrees than I needed but hey it kept me on the ski slops and out of the workplace so I guess it was worth it.
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Politics – The Russian military has successfully tested what it described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb, Russia's state television reported Tuesday.
News – Today marks the sixth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Flight 93. There will be much public debate on those terrible events and their ongoing aftermath. We thought we would commemorate the occasion with a few simple but telling images.
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News – Austria's authorities are investigating a video which appeared on website YouTube, apparently showing uniformed soldiers exchanging Hitler salutes. The film is said to have been shot on a mobile phone at an army barracks in the western city of Salzburg.
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Politics – He was in the firefights of Fallujah. He saw gaps in America's arsenal that he believes can only be filled when America's elite puts its sons on the battlefield. A plea for selective service.
Sports – Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen was removed from the race by his team after winning Wednesday's stage, the biggest blow yet in cycling's doping-tainted premier event.
Money – Kloza cited refinery problems. Recent flooding closed down a Coffeyville Resources refinery in southeast Kansas, and resulted in problems for a Valero refinery in Ardmore, Okla. Plus, a BP refinery in Whiting, Ind., near Chicago, also are contributing to high wholesale prices.
Do No Evil – Officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) joined with local police to crack down hard. They flooded two Richmond events with officers, aggressively confronted would-be gun buyers and conducted mass follow-up checks to verify that buyers actually lived where they said they did.
News – Riz Khan speaks with an American army interrogator who participated in the abuse of hundreds of prisoners in Abu Ghraib and Fallujah.
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Family – The new evidence that eldest children develop higher I.Q.'s than their siblings has intensified the debate over two of the most stubborn questions in social science: What are the family dynamics that enhance intelligence? And can they--and should they--be changed?
Popular Videos – David Cross sets the record straight about terrorists hating freedom in his usual hilarious fashion.
Do No Evil – The New York Times is reporting that China is responsible for each and every one of the 24 toy recalls issued this year. Chinese manufactures supply up to 80% of the toys sold on the U.S. market. A new record was even set last year after the CPSC yanked 467 Chinese products off U.S. shelves.
News – Pakistani MPs today demanded that Britain withdraw the knighthood bestowed on author Salman Rushdie, whose novel The Satanic Verses caused outrage around the world for allegedly insulting Islam. A government-backed resolution condemning the author's knighthood was passed unanimously by the lower house of the Pakistani parliament amid angry protests
Science – The populations of 20 common American birds--from the fence-sitting meadowlark to the whippoorwill with its haunting call--are half what they were 40 years ago, according to an analysis released Thursday. Suburban sprawl, climate change and other invasive species are largely to blame, said the study's author.
Do No Evil – If we continue down this road, there can be no surprise about what awaits us at the end. After all, it is a tale that has been told time and again throughout history. For example, over 70 years ago, the citizens of another democratic world power elected a leader who promised to protect them from all dangers. In return for this protection, and under
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Do No Evil – A dad catches his son doing drugs to he makes him wear a big sign outside the school saying that he did drugs! Way to go dad!