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High gas prices threaten to shut down rural towns
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High gas prices threaten to shut down rural towns

Money – This community may be an extreme example of how rising gas prices are hitting rural Americans particularly hard, but people in small towns from Maine to Alaska are in a similar bind as those here.

View Story Discuss (64) (usatoday.com) 6 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 05, 2008 11:02am

Why big range in gasoline prices?
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Why big range in gasoline prices?

Money – The high price of gasoline is a bit hard to swallow these days, and it has helped fuel theories about speculators causing gas prices to rise and concerns about plain old price gouging. Dunbar didn't directly ask, but here's what you're paying for when you purchase a gallon of gas:

View Story Discuss (16) (baltimoresun.com) 7 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 05, 2008 10:55am Commented on 1 time: 1

Sept. 11 memorial head wants to open by 9/11/11
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Sept. 11 memorial head wants to open by 9/11/11

News – The head of the foundation building the Sept. 11 memorial told supporters Tuesday it's "essential" to open the memorial by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, disputing a report that the project couldn't be finished on time.

View Story Discuss (18) (news.yahoo.com) 7 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 05, 2008 10:05am

Oil hits record on Israel-Iran tensions
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Oil hits record on Israel-Iran tensions

Money – Oil rose more than $3 a barrel on Monday to a new record above $143, propelled by heightened market fears of conflict between Israel and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program.

View Story Discuss (89) (news.yahoo.com) 8 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 05, 2008 09:43am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 40 votes / 2 sinks

Working While Tired May Harm Heart

Health & Fitness – Individuals who experience chronically exaggerated cardiovascular responses are believed to be at greater health risk than individuals who do not. Thus, the implication is that chronic fatigue may pose a health risk under some performance conditions

View Story Discuss (0) (ehealthandwellness.net) 4 days ago by populist

Voted for on July 05, 2008 09:03am

Dire predictions about gasoline prices
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Dire predictions about gasoline prices

Money – Their cars may not be left to rust away by the roadside, but economists from one of North America's largest banks say millions of Americans will not be able to afford to drive their cars within the next few years because the price of gasoline will have risen so much.

View Story Discuss (148) (centralvalleybusinesstimes.com) 10 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 01, 2008 11:53pm Commented on 1 time: 1

A silver bullet for Obama
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A silver bullet for Obama

Politics – The Supreme Court justices have just made it safer for gun owners to vote Democratic. McCain cheered the court's ruling, but Obama may prove the biggest winner of all.

View Story Discuss (218) (boston.com) 10 days ago by gamahuche

Voted for on July 01, 2008 11:23pm

Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems
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Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems

Gadgets & Tech – Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.

View Story Discuss (11) (news.yahoo.com) 7 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 01, 2008 10:50pm Commented on 1 time: 1

Iraq sues companies over oil-for-food kickbacks
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Iraq sues companies over oil-for-food kickbacks

News – The Iraqi government sued dozens of companies, including oil giant Chevron Corp., for more than $10 billion on Monday, saying they paid kickbacks to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's government under the U.N. oil-for-food program.

View Story Discuss (17) (news.yahoo.com) 8 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 01, 2008 10:28pm

Old Friends
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Old Friends

Art & Design – Featuring visual arts by Spadecaller, a Van Gogh painting, and assorted photos, this video presents "Old Friends," produced by Willie Nelson in 1982 on the CD, "Funny How Time Slips Away." Roger Miller and Ray Price accompany Willie in performing this sentimental tune.

View Story Discuss (20) (youtube.com) 10 days ago by Spadecaller

Voted for on June 29, 2008 09:58am Commented on 1 time: 1

O'Reilly: Obama's big advantage is money
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O'Reilly: Obama's big advantage is money

Politics – Right now, the smart money is betting the next president of the United States will be named Obama, and dollars are the primary reason why. As you may have heard, the senator has flip-flopped on public campaign financing and now says he will not accept it, even though he once thought it was a swell idea.

View Story Discuss (438) (newsmax.com) 10 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Voted for on June 29, 2008 09:26am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 48 votes / No sinks

Un-busy bees a disaster for almost everyone

Science – Scientists suspect multiple villains: loss of habitat, pesticides that disrupt insect neurology, combinations of sublethal pesticides, and viruses and parasites. Frazier said one study of 108 pollen samples revealed 46 pesticides, as many as 17 different pesticides in a single sample. Only three of the samples showed no pesticide residue.

View Story Discuss (0) (sfgate.com) 11 days ago by berkeley

Voted for on June 29, 2008 09:22am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 57 votes / No sinks

US Retailers to Close Hundreds of Stores

Shopping – High and rising world oil and food prices, the implosion of the US housing bubble and the ensuing consumer credit vapour lock have cash-strapped US consumers staying out of retail stores in droves, and this is forcing dozens of US retailers to close hundreds of stores.

View Story Discuss (10) (theinquirer.net) 13 days ago by Neophile

Voted for on June 27, 2008 10:45am Commented on 1 time: 1

The Constitution: Bringing us Back from Darkness
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The Constitution: Bringing us Back from Darkness

Do No Evil – When we get away from that Constitutional structure, when we allow a few people (an Oligarchy) or a single person (a Dictator) to supplant those "Laws" for a Self-Governing Institution, that is when we no longer have a Republican form of Government, or as is the common description for American Government - a Democracy

View Story Discuss (91) (populistamerica.com) 11 days ago by populist

Voted for on June 27, 2008 10:12am Commented on 2 times: 1 2

US advisory panel OK's 2 new combination vaccines
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US advisory panel OK's 2 new combination vaccines

Health & Fitness – A federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations.

View Story Discuss (11) (news.yahoo.com) 12 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on June 27, 2008 09:55am Commented on 1 time: 1