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There was a time when poetry was viewed as the highest literary art form in human history. It was for about five minutes a few centuries ago. Ever since, poetry is a lot like football: Many try, few are any good, fewer still are good enough to go pro. Not that this has stopped “sensitive”...

With the current relatively generous federal estate tax exemption of $5.25 million for 2013 and $5.34 million for 2014, you surely don’t have any estate tax worries. Right? Not necessarily! It turns out that 19 states and the District of Columbia impose their own estate and/or inheritance...

This isn’t really new, but some of the most interesting material comes from Rafael Medoff’s demonstration of how the material was buried and misreported by historians sympathetic to liberal presidents. This isn’t really new, but some of the most interesting material comes from Rafael Medoff’s...

via Fark Well of course if you spend $165 million every year on the homeless in your city it's only going to encourage more homeless people to move there

The smirking father of the year NEW YORK - A New Jersey man has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after his toddler was found with dozens of heroin packets at daycare, police said on Tuesday. A worker at the child-care center in Paterson, New Jersey, about 20 miles (32...

and other mind-boggling facts Russia has been all over the headlines recently. Earlier this year, it was for the Sochi Winter Olympics. More recently, it’s because president Vladimir Putin has been flexing his muscles again, this time in Crimea. As the world’s eighth largest economy...

Michael Schmidt says he’ll take his raw milk legal battle to the Supreme Court of Canada. A farmer who has spent two decades fighting for the right to sell unpasteurized milk to willing buyers pledged to take his case to the country's highest court Tuesday after losing an appeal against his...

via bcf: A dispute over whether government can require Catholic schools to teach Wiccan and pagan rites as equal to the Ten Commandments and the resurrection of Jesus is heading to Canada’s highest court. “Faith-based educational institutions should be free to live and operate according to...

Fair Play Hero Hunt Rejects Penalty - YouTube It’s a moment of good sportsmanship caught on camera. Werder Breman’s Aaron Hunt was awarded a penalty after he tumbled to the ground in Sunday’s soccer game versus Nurnberg. The only problem? Hunt tripped over himself. He was never touched by...

The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday sharply accused the CIA of violating federal law and undermining the constitutional principle of congressional oversight as she detailed publicly for the first time how the agency secretly removed documents from computers used by her...

The real Dr Dolittle: Scottish scientist 'develops method for talking to animals' - Science - News - The Independent you'll have to wait for buddy to publish these stupendous results though. Scientist Dr Ian Duncan claims he can 'talk' to animals and will reveal his secrets | Mail Online

Some of these have been around the web a bit and others are fresh to me anyway: America in her 'heyday': Photos I Like: Historic Photos

that's right, embroidered spheres. Japanese granny's embroidered spheres show nature's pattern language more Japanese granny's embroidered spheres show nature's pattern language : TreeHugger

$15,000 open-air urinal planned for California park SAN FRANCISCO — An unusual new place "to go" coming soon to a San Francisco park has no seat and no flush handle, but is raising some questions about practicality from some park-goers. Bryan Ching happily strolled through Dolores Park on...

story Photos: Behind That 1920s Selfie Taken On A NYC Rooftop: Gothamist

To A Classroom Full Of Students A middle school teacher in Little Rock, Arkansas is awaiting punishment after accidentally showing her class a video of herself “performing sex acts” on her fiancé. The unnamed teacher at Forest Heights Middle School admitted to the mistake, saying the...

Current debates about reproductive issues are an ethical minefield. Discussion about whether to create ‘three parent embryos’ is the latest in a long list of rapid medical and social changes that are pushing against our legal and ethical boundaries. Society seems to flounder from one issue...

via bcf: Homophobia and nationalism share a cynical root. They are both ways for demagogues to distract from real problems – be it a lack of democracy (Russia), an Islamist insurgency (Nigeria), or corruption (Uganda). In many of the 78 countries that currently ban homosexuality in some...

Wednesday’s edition of The Advocate newspaper in Pictou, N.S., featured a rather unsubtle editorial cartoon criticizing the Conservative government. It depicted a Nazi swastika flag flying over Parliament Hill in Ottawa, captioned “Harper’s Economic Action Plan.” Although it’s not clear how...

Electronic cigarettes, touted as a smokeless alternative to regular cigarettes, are coming under increased scrutiny as cities and counties consider applying the same restrictions to e-cigarettes as to their tobacco counterparts. At a workshop last week, the Rancho Cordova City Council was...