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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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Voted for on June 30, 2008 09:05am

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Video: Don't Ask McCain

Popular Videos – When pressed for an answer about illegal immigration in his home state, Sen. McCain throws a woman out of his town hall meeting.

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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.

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Voted for on June 29, 2008 02:13pm

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The Thugs Win the Case

Do No Evil – There's one group of District residents absolutely unfazed by today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling shooting down the District's strict handgun ban: the dudes who have been blowing away their fellow citizens with abandon since the law was put on the books 32 years ago.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 02:10pm

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Setback for Philadelphia Schools Plan

News – Six years ago, the Philadelphia School District embarked on what was considered the country's boldest education privatization experiment, putting 38 schools under private management to see if the free market could educate children more efficiently than the government.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 02:02pm

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A Double Standard When It Comes to Kids

Family – There are at least 2500 children who have been captured and held as "enemy combatants" by the US in the Bush/Cheney so-called "War" on Terror.

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Voted for on June 29, 2008 08:40am

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Thousands line up for free gas giveaway

News – A syndicated radio show's announcement that it would pay for up to 360 cars to get free gas had vehicles lined up for more than 10 blocks at a gas station today.

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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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Voted for on June 29, 2008 02:41am

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McCain: Putting my Country First

Politics – McCain at last night's Townhall at Xavier University in Ohio.

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McCain Makes Awkward Wife-Beating Joke

Politics – McCain: (Chuckling) And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago . . .

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Voted for on June 28, 2008 11:21pm

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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.

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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

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Voted for on June 28, 2008 07:52am

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Pentagon: Taliban regrouped and 'resilient' in Afghanistan

News – The Taliban have regrouped and have formed a "resilient insurgency," according to a new Pentagon report. The report predicted that the Taliban would be back in 2008. Opium production increased "substantially" in 2007. There are about 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, but only 32,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

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