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All around me I see the world is growing and see it rear its ugly head day in day out. What is the meaning of life? What more is there besides the conscience of living? Is there life after death?

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House Passes Bill To Bring Troops Home In '08
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House Passes Bill To Bring Troops Home In '08

News – The House of Representatives voted 223-201 Thursday to require most U.S. troops to leave Iraq by April 1, 2008.

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Republican unity fraying on Iraq war - Yahoo! News
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Republican unity fraying on Iraq war - Yahoo! News

News – A long-awaited progress report on Iraq is being issued Thursday, with unity within President Bush's Republican party fraying, not to mention civility.

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The Apple iPhone Market: A Simple Case Study
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The Apple iPhone Market: A Simple Case Study

Gadgets & Tech – For businesses and entrepreneurs, the Apple iPhone represents a powerful economic market. Websites centered around the Apple iPhone have been sprouting up as more people are searching for information concerning the iPhone.

Voted for on June 21, 2007 11:54am

Coffee's perk -- It's healthy
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Coffee's perk -- It's healthy

Health & Fitness – But according to research, coffee might actually have some health benefits, and it's one of the few drinks available these days that doesn't come loaded with sugar and calories. It might guard against gout, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, and other health problems. Just make sure you stay away from the Frappuccinos.

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MSNBC drops simulcast of Don Imus show permanently
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MSNBC drops simulcast of Don Imus show permanently

Television – Talk show host Don Imus' situation worsened Wednesday, when MSNBC announced that it would no longer simulcast the "Imus in the Morning" radio program.

Voted for on April 11, 2007 11:50pm

Troop Withdrawal Wins House Passage
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Troop Withdrawal Wins House Passage

News – After rancorous debate, the U.S. House has set a date by which U.S. troops must leave Iraq.

Voted for on March 23, 2007 03:59pm

BBC: Blair to announce troop pullout from Iraq
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BBC: Blair to announce troop pullout from Iraq

Politics – Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday will announce a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported. Blair will also say during his weekly appearance at the House of Commons that a total of about 3,000 British soldiers will have left southern Iraq by the end of 2007.

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Let's stop beating around this Bush
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Let's stop beating around this Bush

Politics – If Americans want change, and they really mean it, they must force it at the local and state level, and forget about the people they've sent to the Capitol in D.C. It's the small towns and big cities that need to make declarations rebuking America's foreign policy and its byproduct: war, war and more war...

Voted for on February 19, 2007 09:31pm Commented on 1 time: 1

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MySpace isn't Mommy

Gadgets & Tech – If the Internet is to flourish, websites can only go so far in acting as online surrogate parents to protect children.

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House approves bill opposing troop surge
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House approves bill opposing troop surge

News – The Democratic-controlled House issued a symbolic rejection of President Bush's decision to deploy more troops to Iraq on Friday, opening an an epic confrontation between Congress and commander in chief over an unpopular war that has taken the lives of more than 3,100 U.S. troops.

Voted for on February 17, 2007 12:21pm Commented on 1 time: 1

NBA banishes Hardaway after anti-gay remarks
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NBA banishes Hardaway after anti-gay remarks

Sports – The NBA banished Tim Hardaway from All-Star weekend in Las Vegas because of his anti-gay remarks. Hardaway, who played in five All-Star games during the 1990s, was already in Las Vegas and scheduled to make a series of public appearances this week on behalf of the league. But after saying, "I hate gay people" during a radio interview,

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Bush says critics must offer alternative
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Bush says critics must offer alternative

Politics – President George W. Bush made clear on Saturday that he was going ahead with his plan to send more troops to Iraq despite an angry reaction in Congress , and accused his critics of failing to offer an alternative.

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Antiwar Movement Launches National Surge of Opposition to War Escalation
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Antiwar Movement Launches National Surge of Opposition to War Escalation

News – Under the banner of "America Says NO to More Troops! End the War!" the antiwar movement will launch a national surge of protest within 24 hours of Bush's announcement of plans to send more troops to Iraq. United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), the nation's largest grassroots antiwar coalition and 'Win Without War' organize local protests.

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 Suicide truck bomb kills at least 45 in Baghdad
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Suicide truck bomb kills at least 45 in Baghdad

News – It has become an all-too-familiar ruse, with devastating results: A man driving a pickup truck pulls up to a group of laborers looking for work in Baghdad. The man calls the laborers over, saying he has work for them. As they gather around the truck, the driver detonates hundreds of pounds of explosives in the vehicle.

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Overloaded Pants End Shoplifter's Escape

Do No Evil – A teenager arrested for shoplifting had filled her pockets with so many items that her pants dropped to her ankles as she tried to run out of the store, police said. Cheyanne E. Dwiggins, 18, is accused of trying to steal candy, kitchen utensils and a box of strawberry Nestle's Nesquik, among other items, from Bauer's Market in Lapel.

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