Friday, August 31, 2007

Colo. School Bans Playing Tag on its Playground

An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will.

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Monday, August 27, 2007

Guy flashes "The Shocker" while posing with Karl Rove (Pic)

Mr. Rove, welcome to 'the shocker' hall of fame.

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Saturday, August 25, 2007

Why 1/5 of Americans Can't Locate The U.S.

Miss Teen South Carolina educates us.

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Images That Changed The World?! [AWESOME PICS]

These images are NOT intended to offend anyone; We need to learn from past events other wise we will keep repeating history. There are so many past events that we must never forget about.....

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Friday, August 24, 2007

Man served a 10-year prison sentence for selling light bulbs

In the spring of 1994, the Tucker family received lengthy prison sentences -- 10 years for Steve, 16 years for his older brother Gary, and 10 years for his brother's wife, Joanne -- without possibility of parole, for the curiously worded federal crime of "conspiracy to manufacture marijuana."

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Sunday, August 19, 2007

Got a fresh Mac? Start HERE

Not having most of these tools is like having half a Mac.

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Saturday, August 18, 2007

How to tell when your community has too much tax revenue

When you know your community has too much tax revenue.

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Bush has borrowed more than all previous 42 Presidents. Combined.

According to the Treasury Department, from 1776-2000, the first 224 years of U.S. history, 42 U.S. presidents borrowed a combined $1.01 trillion from foreign governments and financial institutions, but in the past four years alone, the Bush administration borrowed $1.05 trillion.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Spy satellites to be used more extensively within US

Local and federal agencies are to have vastly expanded access to information gathered from spy satellites in the U.S-- Information from "some of the U.S.'s most powerful intelligence-gathering tools" will soon be at the disposal of a wide array of law enforcement agencies at all levels of government.

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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Bill Nye Booed in Waco for pointing out Moon reflects the Sun

Nye angered a few audience members when he criticized literal interpretation of Genesis 1:16, which reads: “God made two great lights — the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.” He pointed out that the moon, which really is not a light at all, rather a reflector of light.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2007

The College Student's Guide to File Sharing

You finally made it. But now that you're here, how should you spend your first few weeks at school? Filling up the hard drive of your brand-new Toshiba R500 with loads of music and video files, that's how -- harnessing the full file-sharing power of a high-speed university-class network? But how?

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Marijuana dealers offer Schwarzenegger $1,000,000,000

A coalition of California marijuana growers and dealers has offered Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger one billion dollars to solve the current state budget crisis. According to economic studies, regulation and taxation of marijuana could produce six billion dollars in additional tax revenue. "Marijuana legalization is inevitable," Schaffer says.

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There are still approximately 23 WWI veterans left in the world

Believe it or not, there are still between 23-34 living veterans of WWI in the entire world. The numbers differ depending on how you count them.

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After 55 Years, Woman's Pain Goes Away When Pencil is Removed from Head

A 59-year-old German woman has had most of a pencil removed from inside her head after suffering nearly her whole life with the headaches and nosebleeds it caused. Margret Wegner fell over carrying the pencil in her hand when she was four. "The pencil went right through my skin -- and disappeared into my head," Wegner told the newspaper.

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Sunday, August 5, 2007

Ron Paul Blasts "Unconstitutional, Undeclared Wars" at GOP Debate

To cheers from the audience, Ron Paul continues to expand upon his anti-war stance.

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Police officer tries to shoot a snake - hits a 5-year-old boy instead

A stray bullet from the gun of an Oklahoma police officer, meant for a snake in a rural area, struck and killed a 5-year-old boy Friday night, authorities confirmed.

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Thursday, August 2, 2007

ABC News: Is the Nation's Marijuana Policy Misguided?

Since the Marijuana Tax Act was signed by President Roosevelt 70 years ago, the debate over the drug's effects, dangers and criminalization has raged unabated. The Bush administration has made marijuana its prime target in the war on drugs, spending billions of dollars on education campaigns and law enforcement activities.

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GTA IV Delayed

Will now be released in fiscal 2008.

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This CLEARLY has something to do with the 360's lack of a standard HDD.

Seriously though, this is huge news and it just means your $60 you set aside this fall for GTA can be spent on HL2: Orange Box instead.