Dec
31
Trailer Full of Broccoli Disappears
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Dec 28, 3:13 PM (ET)
VILLA PARK, Ill. (AP) – Someone got way more than the recommended daily serving of vegetables when a refrigerated trailer loaded with $50,000 worth of broccoli was stolen.
The 48-foot trailer disappeared from its rented parking space in the Chicago suburb of Villa Park sometime between Sunday and Tuesday morning, police said.
Detective [...]
Dec
31
Poll: Americans See Gloom, Doom in 2007
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Dec 31, 7:12 AM (ET)
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Another terrorist attack, a warmer planet, death and destruction from a natural disaster. These are among Americans’ grim predictions for the United States in 2007.
But on a brighter note, only a minority of people think the U.S. will go to war with Iran or North Korea [...]
Dec
31
Richard Dawkins On Forcing Religion on Children
Dec
30
[From Agenzia Giornalistica Italia]
(AGI) – Rome, Dec. 27 – Minister Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio says:”I share Pannella’s worries and having a meeting with the cabinet I will ask to the foreign minister and to Prodi what can our government do to use all the possible diplomatic channels”. The minister was interviewed by Radio Radicale today on [...]
Dec
30
The 911 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
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[From Cool Tools]
This is a comic book version of the 911 Commission Report. No joke. It takes the narrative of the official National Commission Report and transforms it into a page-turning thriller. It’s a very fast read. Their visual timeline of the four hijacked flights is scarily clarifying. The artists do a marvelous job of [...]
Dec
29
Questions over Saddam trial justice
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By David Loyn
BBC News, Baghdad
Saddam Hussein’s trial did not meet fair trial standards, HRW says
The advocacy group Human Rights [...]





