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    The Pentagon's latest nuclear snafu

    Pvt. Bill in shipping must've had a bad day Those helicopter batteries the Pentagon thought it had shipped to Taiwan back in 2006? In March, seven months after the Air Force lost track of six nuclear warheads that were inadvertently flown over the U.S., the Defense Department was informed...
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    The Birth of the New Evangelicalism

    Have the fringe posturing of the religious right lost its momentum? Are people of faith becoming "reasonable"? For decades leaders like Jim Wallis, Tony Campolo and Ron Sider have pressed their movement to extend its concern beyond classic issues of individual sin to questions like economic...
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    'Disturbing' increase in accidents fuelled by alcohol: OPP

    Drinking and driving is up as is unemployment and bankruptcy. Is there a correlation? Ontario Provincial police saw a "disturbing increase" in motor vehicle accidents in December and January, particularly during winter storms, OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino said in a news release. OPP...
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    Man stabbed ex to reclaim implants

    Now that's bitter!!! A spurned lover ambushed his ex-girlfriend and tried to cut out the breast implants he paid for by stabbing her, prosecutors say. San Bernardino County prosecutor David Foy said 28-year-old Thomas Lee Rowley attacked his ex in July 2006 outside her mother's home in...
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    60-year-old woman gives birth to twin boys

    More reasons for mandatory birth control 'I thought it was a joke,' says doc; Canadian got IVF treatments in India CALGARY, Alberta - A 60-year-old woman gave birth to twin boys after undergoing fertility treatments, Canadian national media reported Thursday. Ranjit Hayer became a mother...
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    Professor makes his mark, but it costs him his job

    It's actually not that crazy of an idea. If you can make it to 4th yr Physics, your intelligence has already been proven and a "grade" for all intents should not carry a lot of weight. Memorizing a texbook does not prepare you very well for "real" life situations and some of the "dumbest"...
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    Valuable excrement sent to dung heap

    One person's poop is another treasure... A British university has apologized to a Ph.D. student for throwing away his treasured collection of lizard excrement. Daniel Bennett has told Times Higher Education magazine that he had collected the dung in the Philippines while studying the rare...
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    Obama is right to reach out to nonbelievers

    The moral "majority" is up in arms President Obama's mention of "nonbelievers" in his inaugural address represents an important broadening of the circle of acceptability in American life, an acknowledgement of our growing diversity and a fuller embrace of the principles articulated in our...
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    Should women or couples be allowed to profit from having so many children

    Why not... Everything's for sale lately. Morals, ethics, Senate seats.... I wonder what it'll average out to per kid? Is it taxable? Does she get a "bulk" deal or is it per kid? The mother of the world's longest-living octuplets is being deluged with offers for book deals, TV shows and other...
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    Obama Administration drops Bush legal challenge on Clean Air rule

    The CNN Wire What's going on? All of the "neat" things Dubya put in place to make a few people extraordinarily wealthy and trash the planet are being reversed? In a sharp departure from Bush Administration policy, the Obama Justice Department Friday informed the Supreme Court it is...
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    Santa Claus shot down over Rio

    A chopper carrying Santa Claus was shot down over the Nova Mare slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, according to a Reuters report. It was en route to a children's party when it was fired on from below. No one was hurt, according to the Reuters report. Rio's Nova Mare section, one of...
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    Canada loses record 129,000 jobs

    600) this.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.className = 'topfeaturewidget_02';" border=0> The Canadian economy lost a startling 129,000 jobs in January, almost all full-time positions and a record single-month total, Statistics Canada reported Friday. For Karrie : Source - CanadaCom
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    Scientists fume after Focus on the Family chief Dobson 'misrepresents' work on gays

    If you reeeealy want something to be true and lie about it enough times, in your own mind.... it is true :roll: Both scientists cited by conservative pundit James Dobson in a recent Time magazine column are publicly rejecting his use of their research--and are demanding that he cease to use...
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    Controversy surrounds Obama's faith office

    Whatever happened to the seperation of Church and State? Or is the Bush evangelism still alive and kicking in some dark backroom? When is the pandering to religious groups going to end? President Obama's newly revamped Office of Faith Based Initiatives is reigniting a contentious debate...
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    Palin takes on Ashley Judd’s ‘extreme fringe group’

    We haven't heard dear Sarah's incohernat rambling for a few months...so Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s support for aerial wolf-hunting has sparked a heated cross-country war of words between the governor and an environmental ad campaign fronted by the actress Ashley Judd, with Palin calling the...
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    Bush-era energy drilling leases in Utah canceled

    Thank God for Obama. Maybe the "rape" of the environment will not happen as the Republicans planned. Environment over the almighty dollar - what a concept! In its first action to overturn Bush administration policies on energy, the Obama administration on Wednesday said it will cancel oil...
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    Cheney speaks

    Methinks The Dickster needs a very loooong rest and some sunshine after being holed up in the super blast proof, top secret, underground bunker for the past 4 yrs From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney Cheney said the Obama administration's policies are making the country less safe...
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    Ethnic tension ignites at UBC

    Either I'm totally misreading this as so much Jewish student Association(and Vancouver Hillel Foundation) CYA for vandalism or there is a definite Jewish bias going on at UBC. The Arab student objected to posters being illegally torn down from HIS door. The B.C. Hate Crime Team has been...
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    GM to offer buyouts to all hourly employees

    I guess desperation (maybve reality?) has finally set in to the GM exec's. Any worker with half a functional mind will jump at this. General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) has confirmed that it will offer buyouts to all of its hourly employees as the troubled automaker continues to slash costs...
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    Canada talks tough on 'Buy American'

    One of the dumbest policy decisions to come out of the US in a very long time. Do you think we can throw up an oil embargo? In a sharply worded letter to Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate, the Canadian government warned Monday the United States will "lose the moral...