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"Surreal" Vegetarian Spider Found -- A First

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

National Geographic - By Matt Kaplan - Oct. 12 (News Report) - A tropical jumping spider that eats mostly plant buds has been identified, a new study says--making it the only known vegetarian out of some 40,000 spider species. A tropical jumping spider that eats mostly plant buds has been identified, a new study

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From the Desk of David Pogue - A Better Way to Manage Receipts for Business Travel - NYTimes.com

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By David Pogue - Aug. 20 (Comment) - Usually when I review products, I'm testing them out just for the purpose of reviewing them. This week, I'm going to write about something I bought for myself without any intention of writing about it.

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Naked girls plow fields for rain | U.S.

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - Jul. 23 (News Report) - hPATNA, India (Reuters) - Farmers in an eastern Indian state have asked their unmarried daughters to plow parched fields naked in a bid to embarrass the weather gods to bring some badly needed monsoon rain, officials said on Thursday

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Canada forest fire continues to rage

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - Jul. 20 (News) - KELOWNA, British Columbia -- Firefighters and air tankers in southern British Columbia continue to battle a forest fire that has forced the evacuation of 11,000 residents.

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Brooks: GOP senator touched "my inner thigh"

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - By Glenn Thrush - Jul. 11 (Interview) - Times columnist David Brooks says he has first-hand knowledge of senatorial libidos — referencing an unnamed, presumably male Republican Senator who planted a hand near his personal no-fly zone. Brooks had MSNBC's John Harwood leaping out of his seat earlier today:

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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time - Blogs from CNN.com

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Mike Ahlers - Jul. 10 (News Report) - A preliminary report on the mysterious deployment of an evacuation chute aboard a Barack Obama campaign plane last summer appears to close the book on one potentially embarrassing possibility — that Secret Service agents inadvertently tampered with the chute mechanism during preflight security checks. "An internal (Secret Service) investigation … revealed that no (Secret Service) personnel or … support personnel interfered with or altered the aircraft's … tailcone evacuation slide," a National Transportation Safety Board report says.

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More airlines embracing furry travelers - CNN.com

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Jul. 10 (News Report) - A few weeks ago, Tony Hoard, a 57-year-old manufacturing worker in Indiana, boarded a flight on Midwest Airlines to Las Vegas, Nevada, with his Australian Shepherd. The flight attendant smiled at the two and said, "Welcome aboard." Midwest Airlines allows some of its canine customers to be seated in cabin Hoard has flown with Rory, his furry 40-pound companion, in coach more than 15 times on Midwest, the Wisconsin-based airline that boasts "The Best Care in the Air." Each time they fly, Rory wears a harness and sits strapped into a seat.

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Making It

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Elizabeth Chang - Jun. 14 (Interview) - A creator of artistic walking canes offers her customers a little support

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Reports: NKorea Kim’s youngest son named successor

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Jae Soon Chang - Jun. 02 (Breaking News) - SEOUL, South Korea -- Kim Jong Il’s youngest son _ a 26-year-old who reportedly enjoys skiing and studied English, German and French at a Swiss boarding school _ was named North Korea’s next leader in an announcement to top ruling party, government and military officials, a South Korean lawmaker and...

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Political storm in Britain, as speaker resigns

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Michael Goldfrab - May. 20 (Breaking News) - LONDON — The scandal of British members of Parliament fiddling with their expenses started almost two weeks ago as a joke, but has become more serious by the day. This afternoon, it claimed its first high-profile victim as the speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, resigned.

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How much do you know about Brazil?

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Seth Kugel - Apr. 24 (Editorial) - Brazilians don't think much of Americans' knowledge of their country. Many Brazilians are still convinced that American textbooks show the Amazon under United States and United Nations control, even though that hoax was disproved years ago. And every Brazilian knows someone who has come home from Florida or Texas or Nebraska with a story — the same story — about the American who was surprised to hear Brazilians wear shoes.

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Pekingese dog paints abstract art - Telegraph

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - Apr. 03 (Entertainment) - Unlike many struggling artists three-year-old Ziggy is doing a roaring trade, having no problem selling his paintings for as much as £171 each.

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Putin takes a chance

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Kevin O'Flynn - Feb. 24 (News Analysis) - Vladimir Putin appears worried that a performance by an ABBA tribute band could be his Waterloo......Although it may sound like harmless gossip, there are serious questions about who paid for the concert and whether a prime minister should accept such largesse in a country where billions of dollars have been stolen, where the press is heavily controlled, and where it would be naive to think there would ever be much scandal over a private concert.

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“World’s unluckiest tourists” or the “luckiest tourists” to witness three major terrorist attacks

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

allvoices.com - Dec. 27 (Opinion) - I don’t know if they deserve to be called the unluckiest tourist couple who witnessed three separate major terrorist attacks in the world, or the luckies

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globeandmail.com: Researchers find oldest-ever stash of marijuana

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Globe and Mail - By Dean Beeby - Nov. 27 (News Report) - The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly “cultivated for psychoactive purposes,” rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany. The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China.

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Friday The 13th Could Be A Lucky Day

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Allison Daniels - Sep. 06 (News Analysis) - A lot of people are having phobia of Friday the 13th, actually it's not that horrifying. Take a look at the resources provided and you will know better.

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South Beach brothel/bus pulled over

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Miami Herald - By Adam H. Beasley - Jun. 25 (News Report) - ...a massive limo bus tooling through South Beach over the weekend charged a lot more -- and offered a lot more, as well. Undercover Miami Beach detectives Sunday busted a brothel-on-wheels, which charged $40 admission and offered sex for sale inside. On board: prostitutes, fully stocked bars and the bus' madame -- Christine Morteh, 29, of Miramar.

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Man finds woman living in wardrobe

Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Sydney Morning Herald - May. 30 (News Report) - A JAPANESE man puzzled by food mysteriously disappearing from his refrigerator got a shock when he discovered a woman had been living in his home for months without permission, police said today.

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The other enemy

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Armed Forces Journal - By Ralph Peters - May. 16 (Opinion) - A fourth aspect of the problem is that our political class either makes promises impossible to keep (the creation of an ideal model democracy in Iraq, for example) or, if in opposition, continues to add new, ever-higher metrics for success. One has the sense that, no matter how much the local people achieve with our support, some factions within our political system will insist that each military engagement has been a failure.

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15 Tips To Unleash Your Emotions On This Valentines Day

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

chris - By chris - Feb. 14 (Opinion) - Getting Ready to Celebrate this Valentine's Day? Here are few Tips to Rejuvenate your love life with your soul-mate.

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To catch a thief

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Sydney Morning Herald - By Caroline Marcus - Dec. 22 (News Report) - Like any superhero worth his cape, Harry Cordaiy has an alter ego. The year 5 student at Avalon Public School now goes by the name "Mousetrap Man" after hatching an ingenious plan to snare a pair of schoolyard crims who were knocking off lunch money to fund their lolly habit.

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Iraq Determined to Expel Blackwater USA

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:15:01 -0700

Forbes - By Steven R. Hurst - Oct. 24 (News Report) - In Washington, the State Department's security chief, Richard Griffin, announced his resignation a day after a review panel created by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered a series of measures to boost government oversight of the private guards who protect American diplomats in Iraq.

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Jefferson Memorial's Signs of Sinking Raise Fresh Alarms

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:41:51 -0700

Washington Post - By Michael E. Ruane - Jun. 16 (News Report) - Up on the surface, the signs of the trouble at the Jefferson Memorial are small: A few blacktop patches over uneven seams in some concrete. A cordoned-off section where the sea wall has slipped below the front plaza. The "tilt meter" boxes that visitors can't see unless they know where to look.

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Starbucks' gift to shareholders just a little drip

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:45:13 -0800

Seattle Times - By Melissa Allison - Mar. 02 (News Report) - "Every year at about this time, Starbucks sends its shareholders a little gift along with its annual report and proxy."

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New Ice Cream named after Stephen Colbert

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:44:14 -0800

Associated Press - By Associated Press - Feb. 14 (News Report) - "Stephen Colbert may have no taste for the truth, but he does have a sweet tooth. Ben & Jerry's has named a new ice cream in honor of the comedian: "Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream."

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