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Politics – President Bush was at Monticello for a 4th of July celebration and he delivered an address. But it's quite telling that his speechwriters, in quoting Jefferson, cut out an anti-religious statement from a long and famous quote.
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Voted for on July 07, 2008 02:48am
Politics – Carl H. Lindner Jr.,the Cincinnati billionaire businessman and former CEO of Chiquita Brands International who co-hosted of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain, oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by
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Voted for on July 04, 2008 04:38am
Television – Fox News has sunk to a new low. On Wednesday, the network displayed photos that its editors had doctored of two New York Times employees--reporter Jacques Steinberg, and editor Steven Radcliffe. The before and after photos can be seen here.
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(news.aol.com)
Voted for on July 03, 2008 02:17pm
Politics – Democrat Barack Obama has a dominant lead over Republican John McCain among Hispanic voters, despite his struggle to woo the key bloc during his presidential primary campaign, a poll found Wednesday.
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Voted for on July 03, 2008 01:19pm
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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(spokesman-recorder.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 01:44pm
Politics – Gen. Wesley Clark released a statement today which clarified that he wasn't referring to McCain's service as a P.O.W, but how Vietnam doesn't equate to executive experience.
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(politicususa.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 03:34am
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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(msnbc.msn.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 03:28am
Politics – The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Florida shows John McCain leading Barack Obama by seven percentage points, 48% to 41%. One week earlier, it was McCain by eight. A month ago, the Republican had a ten-point lead. This is the sixth straight Rasmussen Reports telephone survey to show McCain leading Obama in the Sunshine State.
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(rasmussenreports.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 03:23am
Politics – A recent USA Today/Gallup poll finds about two in three Americans concerned that John McCain would pursue policies as president that are too similar to what George W. Bush has pursued. Nearly half -- 49% -- say they are "very concerned" about this.
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(gallup.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 03:04am
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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(huffingtonpost.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 01:44am
Health & Fitness – The former Army scientist who was the prime suspect in the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings agreed Friday to take $5.82 million from the government to settle his claim that the Justice Department and the FBI invaded his privacy and ruined his career.
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Voted for on June 30, 2008 06:23pm
Sports – The Spanish football player Fernando Torres scored his career goal in min.32:30 against Germany and gives Spain the highest position in the European Football. The latest Spanish victory in an European competition was 44 years ago.
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(resultsfromsports.com)
Voted for on June 29, 2008 09:37pm
Politics – Dick Cheney fought furiously to block efforts by Condoleezza Rice to strike a controversial US compromise deal with North Korea over the communist state's nuclear program. Cheney's office is believed to have played a key role in the release 2 months ago of data linking North Korea to a suspected nuclear site in Syria that was bombed by Israeli jets
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(telegraph.co.uk)
Voted for on June 29, 2008 04:19am
Politics – In an essay Bobby Jindal wrote in 1994, he narrated a bizarre story of a personal encounter with a demon, in which he participated in an exorcism with a group of college friends. And not only did they cast out the supernatural spirit that had possessed his friend, Jindal wrote that he believes that their ritual may well have cured her cancer.
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Voted for on June 29, 2008 03:52am
Politics – American military intervention in Muslim countries has bred a generation of "angry young men" vulnerable to al-Qa'eda recruitment, a report from a leading security analysis group has said.
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(telegraph.co.uk)
Voted for on June 29, 2008 03:23am