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"I often wish that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."
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Attributed to Bliss Carman; in "On Having Known a Poet," "The Atlantic Monthly," p. 712, May 1906."
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Coach says Hardy's test was from 'inadvertent consumption' »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Sports
World champion swimmer Jessica Hardy is one of at least seven members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team who are listed as endorsers of ...
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Favre rumors don't rattle Vikings' Jackson »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Sports
Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson headed onto the practice field Friday at Mankato, the first day of preseason workouts. His goal this preseason is to establish ...
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France arrests Basque ETA suspects »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in News
MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- French police arrested two suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA, just days after Spanish Civil Guards arrested nine suspects, Spain ...
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Aid Arrives for Greek Fires »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in News
Italy, France and Cyprus have donated planes to help fight forest fires on the Greek island of Rhodes.
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The New 'Forgotten War' »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in News
There's nothing like a presidential race for getting the big issues wrong. While John McCain and Barack Obama engage in a pseudodebate about Iraq ...
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Power Rising, Taliban Besiege Pakistani Shiites »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in News
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - It was once known as the Parrot's Beak, a strategic jut of Pakistan that the American-backed mujahedeen used to carry out raids ...
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Obama Abroad, McCain Looks to Change the Subject »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in News
John McCain may not be the shoot from the hip maverick of old, but he hasn’t lost his sense of humor. After a long ...
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AP: "Watchmen" Video Game Will Prequel Film »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Warner Bros. announced Wednesday it will release an episodic downloadable video game developed by Deadline Games that will prequel next year's big-screen adaptation of ...
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Brett, Goose Recall Pine Tar Incident »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Sports
It happened 25 years ago, but the Hall of Fame principals involved (George Brett and Goose Gossage) remember it like it was yesterday.
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Coughlin Will Tell Giants to Avoid Letdown »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Sports
Tom Coughlin knows the history: the last two times the New York Giants won the Super Bowl, they missed the playoffs the following season.
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Broncos' Rod Smith Retires - The Denver Post »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Sports
Rod Smith, the Broncos' all-time leading receiver in nearly every category, has decided to retire.
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Bears' Hester on Training Camp: "I'm not coming" »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Sports
Devin Hester told the Tribune Wednesday he intends to hold out of training camp until the Bears grant him a new deal.
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AP Source: Goodell monitoring Favre situation »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Sports
In this Sept. 6, 2006, file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell looks on at New York Giants football practice in East Rutherford, N.J. A ...
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Pentagon Plays Down Fears Over Afghan Violence »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday sought to play down the seriousness of growing violence in Afghanistan but declined to say the United States and ...
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Book Review: Elric - The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Those unfamiliar with Elric may, at first, find his journeys incomparably strange. Moorcock's hero is designed as a kind of anti-Conan: he is a ...
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