Jan
30
Ralph Nader Flirts with ‘08 Bid
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[From ABC News]
With Harsh Words for Current Field, Nader Says Candidacy as Urgent as Ever
Rick Klein
01.30.2008
Former independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader said in an interview Wednesday that he will launch another presidential bid if he’s convinced he can raise enough money to appear on the vast majority of state ballots this fall. (Carolyn Kaster/AP [...]
Jan
25
[From The Straight Dope]
…consider the Permian extinction of 251 million years ago. You remember — the cataclysmic event where maybe 95 percent of all species on earth died off? … One of the various theories about its origin is that a huge upsurge of hydrogen sulfide, produced by anaerobic microbes in the ocean, had a [...]
Jan
24
Democrat Kucinich quits White House race
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By JOE MILICIA, Associated Press Writer
CLEVELAND – Democrat Dennis Kucinich is abandoning his second, long-shot bid for the White House as he faces a tough fight to hold onto his other job — U.S. congressman.
In an interview with Cleveland’s Plain Dealer, the six-term House member said he was quitting the race and would make a [...]
Jan
24
Drought could close nuclear power plants
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[From MSNBC.com]
Southeast water shortage a factor in huge cooling requirements
The Associated Press
A man fishes next to the water outflows of the McGuire Nuclear Station near Lake Norman, N.C., on Monday. Lake Norman has dropped to about a foot above the minimum level needed for a backup system at the plant.
LAKE NORMAN, N.C. – Nuclear reactors [...]
Jan
24
O’Reilly Admits “Pink Pistols” Story Exaggerated
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[From EDGE New York City]
by Kilian Melloy
When Bill O’Reilly of Fox News and “no spin zone” fame featured a report on “gay gangs,” the umbrage GLBT people took was business as usual except for one thing: the report crossed a pro-firearms GLBT group called The Pink Pistols.
CQPolitics.com reported on, and The New Yorks Times reprinted, the [...]
Jan
22
You Add the Caption
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US President George W. Bush (C) leans over to talk with a girl (R) after Bush participated in a lesson for young children on the importance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day during a tour of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC, 21 January 2008. By Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty.





