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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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Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki, "Never Again"

Do No Evil – "Terror struck me, and I felt that I had to go home. The place around the Tsurumi bridge was crowded with many injured people. They held their arms aloft in front of them. Their hair stood on end. They were groaning and cursing. With pain in their eyes and furious looks on their faces, they were crying out for their mothers to help them."

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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.

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Military Personnel Giving More To Obama
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Military Personnel Giving More To Obama

Politics – Among people who have donated at least $200 to a presidential campaign this election cycle, Obama has collected more than $327,000 from those identifying themselves as military personnel, while McCain has collected $224,000, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data by The Associated Press.

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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:

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Military to seek death penalty for USS Cole suspect
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Military to seek death penalty for USS Cole suspect

News – The U.S. military will seek the death penalty against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, making him the first person charged in the United States for the attack on the USS Cole, an Air Force general said Monday.

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The Negative Aspect Of Outsourcing!
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The Negative Aspect Of Outsourcing!

Gadgets & Tech – Outsourcing is subcontracting work to a third-party company, either for product creation, design or some service. Outsourcing has always been carried out by many major businesses as well as smaller companies. As far as corporations go, this means business process outsourcing

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Starbucks to close 600 stores in the U.S.
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Starbucks to close 600 stores in the U.S.

Money – Starbucks, known for its kudzu-like proliferation, will now close 600 of its US outlets. The company has acknowledged that it may have lost some of its luster during a long period of rapid store openings and expansion into everything from breakfast sandwiches to movie promotions.

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Coal Makes Us Sick. Oil Makes Us Sick.
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Coal Makes Us Sick. Oil Makes Us Sick.

Do No Evil – Joe Biden: "The high price of oil is a gift to the American People." Here's what Harry Reid says. Dems' mission: Radical restructuring of the U.S. economy to remove hydrocarbons from the energy mix. Could they have stated the mission any more succinctly? Will the Dems go nuclear or are they intent on bringing us to our knees and lower

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Barack Obama, Male Chauvinist Pig
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Barack Obama, Male Chauvinist Pig

Politics – Obama's for Equal Pay, yet pays female staffers less than males.

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Aldrin warns US risks falling behind in space race
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Aldrin warns US risks falling behind in space race

Science – Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, warned in an interview published Sunday that the United States risked falling behind Russia and China in the space race if it did not redouble its efforts.

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Climb Aboard The Bush Bus!

Politics – The "Bush Legacy Bus", an enormous bio-fuel-powered mobile museum is set to tour the country for the next several months and showcase an exhibit on the missteps and abuses of the Bush administration.

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Bush's top general quashed torture dissent
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Bush's top general quashed torture dissent

Do No Evil – The former Air Force general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Myers, helped quash dissent from across the U.S. military as the Bush administration first set up a brutal interrogation regime for terrorism suspects, according to newly public documents and testimony from an ongoing Senate probe.

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U.S. Hunters Kill Polar Bears In Canada
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U.S. Hunters Kill Polar Bears In Canada

Do No Evil – Wealthy American trophy hunters have set their sights on polar bears again.These animals are in enough trouble with global warming, they don't need to be hunted for a trophy as well.

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McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports
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McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports

Politics – Newsweek is set to publish a highly embarrassing report on Sen. John McCain, revealing that the McCains have failed to pay taxes on their beach-front condo in La Jolla, California, for the last four years and are currently in default, The Huffington Post has learned.

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