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    Navy SEALs storm oil tanker seized by Libyan rebels

    Well done. WASHINGTON — A team of Navy SEALs has taken control of a stateless oil tanker seized earlier in the month by Libyan rebels, the Pentagon said Monday. The SEALs boarded the tanker Morning Glory late Sunday in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea near Cyprus. Rear Adm...
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    The Landscape-Scarring, Energy-Sucking, Wildlife-Killing Reality of Pot Farming

    Starting about 90 miles northwest of Sacramento, an unbroken swath of national forestland follows the spine of California's rugged coastal mountains all the way to the Oregon border. Near the center of this vast wilderness, along the grassy banks of the Trinity River's south fork, lies the...
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    Bonfire of insanity

    Woodland is shipped 3,800 miles and burned in Drax power station. It belches out more CO2 than coal at a huge cost YOU pay for... and all for a cleaner, greener Britain! Drax Power Station in Yorkshire is switching from coal to biomass pellets The wood for the pellets is transported from...
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    The Last of the First Skiers

    Thought to be the origin of skiing, the Altai mountains stand tall in the far northern corner of the Xinjiang Province, China. The area is populated by a mix of ethnic Kazakhs, Mongolians, and Tuwas, who handmake wooden skis the same way their forefathers did thousands of years ago. Magnum...
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    Horror as train arrives with body stuck on front

    Passengers at a French railway station were left horrified when a high-speed TGV train arrived at a platform with the dead body of a cyclist stuck to the front of the train. The body of a cyclist hit by one of France's high-speed TGV trains was embedded into the front of the driver's...
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    Sheila Copps Throws a Brick

    I note that Mr. Gordon Knight, of RestoreCSA.com, formally requested that your Department furnish responses to five questions relating to your Government’s relationship with the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). Your Department responded by stating that your colleagues at the CSA are...
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    The Munk Debate on Religion

    Does religion do more harm than good? Tony Blair & Chris Hitchens debate. Munk Debates - Twitter
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    Death knell for AGW

    Guessing Games And Climate 'Science' — Quadrant Online
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    Acidic waters killing off millions of scallops along the West Coast

    Acidic waters killing off millions of scallops along the West Coast | CTV News or are they? hmmm. World's Best Ocean Scientists Confirm Skeptics Correct: Ocean Acidification Hysteria Is Unwarranted C3: World's Best Ocean Scientists Confirm Skeptics Correct: Ocean Acidification Hysteria Is...
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    It’s TED time for Vancouver

    This being an avant-garde crowd [if you’re among the few who can afford to attend, don’t forget to sport your new Google Glasses] there are also geneticists, theoretical physicists, cyber-security experts, “user experience masters,” climate scientists, “techno-illusionists,” astronomers...
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    Reconstructing Native American Population History

    The peopling of the Americas has been the subject of extensive genetic, archaeological and linguistic research; however, central questions remain unresolved1–5. One contentious issue is whether the settlement occurred via a single6–8 or multiple streams of migration from Siberia9–15. The...
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    Fred Phelps 'on edge of death'

    Fred Phelps, the 84-year-old driving force behind the Westboro Baptist Church, is reportedly in hospice care and "on the edge of death" in Kansas, his estranged son says in a Facebook post. Nate Phelps also claims that the elder Phelps was ex-communicated by his own church last year...
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    Seattle teen kills man for cellphone

    punk-a s s scum Byron White, 17, is accused of callously killing David Peterson, 54, during a scuffle in a Greenwood parking lot. The teen was on the lam for about a week before cops captured him trying to board a flight to Atlanta. A Seattle teen shot and killed a man for his...
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    Doctor: ADHD Does Not Exist

    Over the course of my career, I have found more than 20 conditions that can lead to symptoms of ADHD, each of which requires its own approach to treatment. Raising a generation of children—and now adults—who can't live without stimulants is no solution. This Wednesday, an article in the...
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    The New Apologists for Vladimir Putin — on the Right and the Left

    Good piece. Ron Radosh » The New Apologists for Vladimir Putin — on the Right and the Left
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    Pay attention to us!

    N. Korea fires short-range rockets Missiles were fired toward Sea of Japan Sources: N. Korea fires short-range rockets | National News - WMUR Home Olympics, missing plane, Ukraine...remember me? geez.
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    FULL SPECIAL: Levant & Steyn, one on one

    FULL SPECIAL: Levant & Steyn, one on one : Prime time : SunNews Video Gallery
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    Florida Man Fatally Stabs Boss Over Photo Taken Without Permission

    Tilus Lebrun was arrested Thursday evening after deputies say he fatally stabbed his boss in a restaurant because he took a photo of him without his permission, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Loved ones of "Jimmy the Greek Taverna" owner Dimitrios...
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    Hey, George Michael is giving up pot

    Oh look, he's got a new album coming out. :lol: 'I decided to change my life. So I gave up smoking cannabis': George Michael on being drug-free, surviving prison and how close he came to dying The singer also talks about the Duchess of Cambridge being stronger than his friend Princess...
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    Pain in the a r s e

    A Playboy photo shoot, a silly prank and a lawsuit worth £300,000: The moment DJ miss-hit GOLF BALL perched on a model's backside - now she's suing over a massive bruise Elizabeth D i c kson, 28, is suing both Playboy and radio host Kevin Klein for an incident at a 2102 golf event Klein hit...