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    Drug lord's wife has twins in Los Angeles County hospital

    A few days old but still. Is this a good tactical poker hand this family has or not? What say ye know-it-alls and sages? Maybe it means nuthin'. REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY -- The spaces for “Name of Father” are blank. But the L.A. County birth certificates list the mother, who happens to...
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    Japan sizes up task of Fukushima waste disposal

    TOKYO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Japan faces the prospect of removing and disposing 29 million cubic metres of soil contaminated by the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years from an area nearly the size of Tokyo, the environment ministry said in the first official estimate of the scope and...
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    Teacher penalizes students for saying "bless you"

    FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Northern California teacher says he doesn't want to hear a common courtesy in his classroom. He's even lowering students' grades if they say "bless you" after someone sneezes. Steve Cuckovich says the practice is disrespectful and disruptive. He's banned saying...
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    Virgin Mobile and Verizon retain content of text messages

    The cell phone service providers Virgin Mobile and Verizon retain the content of text messages, according to a Justice Department memo obtained by the America Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina. Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, Nextel, and Virgin Mobile all retain information...
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    Ottawa woman to give birth live on the Internet

    An Ottawa-area woman is about to share the most personal of experiences with the world, by publicly broadcasting the birth of her child live to anyone who registers on her website and tunes in to watch. Nancy Salgueiro, a chiropractor and trained childbirth educator, is due to give birth...
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    Maybe The Onion went too far this time

    The tweets in particular. The United States Capitol Police on Thursday said they were investigating The Onion, a satiric media organization, for making false reports on Twitter claiming that there was a hostage situation inside the Capitol building. Starting at 10:33 a.m., The Onion’s...
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    Speed limit on UK motorways to rise to 80mph

    The speed limit on motorways will rise to 80mph, it will be announced tomorrow. The plans will be presented as part of the Coalition’s attempts to boost the economy, with ministers arguing that shorter journeys on major roads will help businesses. The new top speed has also alarmed...
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    More words of wisdom from celebrities

    Or so-called celebrities at any rate. Why they listen to numbnutz like these I'll never know. Then again, it was on Keith's show. ;-) Republicans aren't racist because "Look we have a black man". What an insult to Cain too. Janeane Garofalo: Racist Republicans Support Herman Cain...
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    U.S. mulls Canadian border fence

    Keep in mind, this is the CBC after all. ;-) The United States is looking at building fences along the border with Canada to help keep out terrorists and other criminals. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has proposed the use of "fencing and other barriers" on the 49th parallel...
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    MSM attacking Christies' weight again

    This time the stellar line-up from the Today Show. Including the once obese Star Jones, who initially had lied about her gastric bypass. This man hasn't even said he'd run yet these bozos continue to pick on (bully?) the dude. Sad commentary at the desperation of some on the left. On...
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    Cool stealth camo...for tanks

    Maybe the doods from Big Bang Theory were bored. Anyway, here ya go: Camuflaje Adaptiv BAE system - YouTube The long version you have to read is here: New Technology Makes Tank Disappear Right Before Your (Infrared) Eyes (video) | Singularity Hub
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    Dinner with Barry, just $3

    Michelle Obama: 'Just relax' with my husband The emails from the Barack Obama reelect about winning a dinner with the president as a randomized reward for contributing to the campaign have gotten a bit more intense as time goes on, and the latest one, from the first lady, emphasizes that...
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    Korgoth of Barbaria

    Korgoth of Barbaria (FULL) - YouTube
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    Rep. Congressman smiles as he cuts ribbon for stimulus project he oppossed

    WASHINGTON -- An ardent opponent of the federal stimulus plan showed up Monday in Winnetka, Ill., to smile and cut the ribbon at a ceremony unveiling a local project funded by that very stimulus. "Originally built in the 1940s, the [train] station not only got a facelift but three heated...
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    Hunt on for Russian nuclear smuggler

    AFP - Authorities in the ex-Soviet republic of Moldova are hunting the alleged Russian mastermind of a failed plan to sell weapons-grade uranium on the black market, a new US Senate report said Tuesday. AFP reported in June that Moldova police had arrested six suspects and seized a sample...
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    White House fails basic geography test

    Well done. Looks like someone in the White House press office needs to brush up on his or her U.S. geography. The press office issued credentials to those reporters and photojournalists who are covering the president’s trip this week to Washington state, California, and Colorado. The...
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    Cancer drug trial halted in UK for being too successful

    Bravo. THE trail of a new drug for prostate cancer was halted in the UK because the results were too good. Doctors at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London concluded that it would have been unethical not to offer it to all 922 cancer patients on the trial after the drug...
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    Black Panther Supporter Warns Conservative Student:

    I Could ‘Exercise’ My 2nd Amendment Right on You Here’s the irony about the Constitution: it doesn’t matter if you believe in it or fully accept it, it still protects you. That’s the case with one Black Panther supporter at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. During an exchange with a...
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    IMF needs more cash

    Maybe a telethon. Christine Lagarde has signalled that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have to tap its members – including Britain – for billions of pounds of extra funding to stem the European debt crisis. The head of the IMF has warned that its $384bn (£248bn) war...
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    Ufc 135

    If you're interested: Watch UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage Live Stream Online