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Strong china quake felt as far as Thailand
News – The quake was felt across much of China and as far west as Bangkok, Thailand's capital, some 3,300 km (2050 miles) away, where office buildings swayed for several minutes.
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Voter ID Battle Shifts to Proof of Citizenship
Politics – The battle over voting rights will expand this week as lawmakers in Missouri are expected to support a proposed constitutional amendment to enable election officials to require proof of citizenship from anyone registering to vote.
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Who's That Hiding In My Fox 5 News Logo?
Television – Look at this Fox channel news flash closely. Do you see it?
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Ethanol Versus Solar Energy
Science – Could it be that because solar energy is "free" we humans have rejected it because less profit can be made? Could it be that we are that greedy and that foolish? Could it be?
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 84 votes / 5 sinks
King (R-NY) slams fellow Republicans amid Fossella (R-NY) scandal
News – Peter King (R-NY) slammed fellow Republicans for pressuring Vito Fossella (R-NY) to resign amid revelations of a drunken-driving arrest and secret love child. Fossella admitted to an affair and a 3yo daughter with the woman. Fossella was arrested on drunken driving charges after running a red light on the way to her home.
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 123 votes / 2 sinks
Who Are The Superdelegates?
Politics – Barring a huge late turnaround, the deciding votes for the Democratic nomination will come from the approximately 800 "superdelegates," automatically seated and free to vote as they please. Who are these powerful insiders? Why are they there? The story goes back 40 years, to the bloody debacle of the 1968 convention and subsequent loss to Richard Nixon.
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 115 votes / 12 sinks
Conservatives Happier Than Liberals
Science – Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found. Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.
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Released Guantanamo prisoner carries out terrorist attack
News – The U.S. military is confirming that a former Guantanamo detainee from Kuwait carried out a recent suicide attack in northern Iraq. A spokesman for U.S. military's Central Command told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Abdallah Salih al-Ajmi took part in an attack in Mosul.
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Analysis: Democrats quietly send word to Clinton it's over
News – Apart from George McGovern, a plainspoken man who knows something about losing elections, not a single Democrat of national stature publicly urged Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday to end her campaign for the White House. They didn't have to. There was no shortage of other ways to signal, suggest, insinuate or instigate the same thing.
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Obama wins North Carolina primary
Politics – Barack Obama has won the North Carolina presidential primary, but he trails Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana. The two states are the last big-delegate prizes left in the long race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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The Firewall: Obama Wins NC primary
Politics – The results are now in hand. The latest CBS-New York Times poll indicates that Obama's support has held relatively firm in spite of the provocative statements of Reverend Wright. The majority of Democrats are now satisfied with Obama's handling of his former pastor.
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 147 votes / 1 sink
Cyclone Death Toll Soars Past 22,000
News – The death toll from the cyclone that battered Myanmar last weekend has risen above 22,000, state radio has reported.
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The Messenger Who Killed the Message
Religion – By Leonard Pitts -My cousin thinks Jeremiah Wright walks on water. He is a minister, my cousin, and for years, whenever I've visited him in Chicago, he has asked the same question: Have I ever attended one of Rev. Wright's services? I owed it to myself, my cousin would say, to hear him speak. Well, I've heard him. Call me unimpressed
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Myanmar death toll now at 4,000
News – Almost 4,000 people have died and another 3,000 remain missing in Myanmar as a result of this weekend's devastating cyclone, state media reported Monday. The soaring death toll was announced as the reclusive southeast Asian country's ruling military junta issued a rare appeal for international assistance.
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Iran Protests Clinton Words
Politics – Iran has lodged a formal protest at the United Nations about comments by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton that the United States would "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacked Israel with nuclear weapons, the state-run news agency, IRNA, reported Thursday.
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