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Declaring Independence from King George

Politics – So what did King George do to upset the founding fathers so much 232 years ago? Many, many things, some of which sound eerily familiar whether you live in the U.S. or, say, Iraq:

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 10:32am

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The social impact of cult groups

Religion – In the last quarter century, many groups in the United States, i.e. paramilitary organizations, destructive cults, gangs, and criminal organizations have used the mantle of religion in a deliberate strategy designed to defraud the innocent, the unwary, and the unsophisticated out of the protections guaranteed by the 13th Amendment.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 09:56am

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FLDS fashions for kids sold on enterprising Web site

Religion – FLDS women for the first time are offering their handmade, distinctive style of children's clothes to the public through the Web site fldsdress.com.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 09:49am

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Cuba: An Urgent Need For Change

Politics – The best way to begin reshaping our Latin America policy is an opening to that little island off the coast of Florida, Cuba. Such an opening would signal immediately to the entire region that the U.S. has regained its collective senses, has rethought its foreign policy and, most importantly, will act accordingly.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 09:02am

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Most Awesomely Bad Military Acronyms

Humor – . Some are obtuse. Some are a mouthful. And some are just ... bad. Awesomely, awesomely bad.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 07:49am

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Africa and Coca-Cola | Index of happiness?

News – The ups and downs during Kenya's post-election violence this year could be traced in sales of Coke in Nairobi's slums and in western Kenya's villages.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 07:48am

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Who Planned the Anthrax Attacks?

Politics – The FBI's non-investigation of this heinous and sinister crime was a joke from the beginning: after all, since when do FBI probes have official names, and why such a silly one as "Amerithrax"?

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 07:43am

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Map: Federal Lands in the USA

News – The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) - nearly 30% of its total territory.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 07:27am

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'Buckminster Fuller - Starting With the Universe' at the Whitney Museum of American Art

Art & Design – "Buckminster Fuller: Starting With the Universe," a timely new exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, is likely to stir waves of nostalgia.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 01:01am

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Behind the reluctance of China and Africa to criticize Mugabe

News – For a crisis involving Africa, the decibel readings in the West over Zimbabwe have reached almost unprecedented levels. Beyond the din of condemnations of Robert Mugabe, that country's aging, power-obsessed tyrant, however, a great many questions have gone unexamined.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 09:00pm

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CostOfSmoking Calculator Motivates You to Quit

Health & Fitness – Freeware application CostOfSmoking helps you understand just how much money you've lost to smoking over the lifetime of your habit. The end goal of your improved understanding of the financial cost of smoking is to help motivate quitting.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 07:16pm

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Feds Say California's Fires Aren't a Disaster

News – Assistance from FEMA for fire victims has not been approved because the fires have not been declared a federal disaster.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 11:31am

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Deborah Weisgall Finds Modern Resonance in George Eliot

Books – In The World Before Her, Deborah Weisgall contrasts the life of Marian Evans, known better to generations of readers as "George Eliot" and a (fictional) contemporary sculptor, both of whom travel to Venice during moments where their personal and creative tensions have them at a crossroads.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 11:24am

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Why Can't Women Sleep?

Women – Why is the high level of insomnia among women ignored by researchers?

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 11:04am

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Iran: It's The Blowback, Stupid!

News – The 1953 coup is widely seen as having set the conditions for the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It is a consequence the US and Iran are still dealing with today.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 11:02am

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