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Monthly Archives: July 2005
US Nukes in Iran
Iran may have the weapons-grade uranium out of three nuclear warheads dumped out of a B-52 back in 1991. Or so at least the US government might have some reason to believe, according to a seemingly well-informed person talking to … Continue reading
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Quote of the Day
”Morneau should have cut it. Joe should have caught it. Silva should have ate it. Rodriguez shouldn’t have hit the guy in the head.” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, after Johnny Damon hit a single and went all the way around … Continue reading
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Beserk Inmates Destroy Prisons
Chronically violent prison inmates, who officials were forced to relocate when doors in their Walpole cellblock began mysteriously opening without cause, lashed out in two other prisons where they were transferred this week, prison officials said. Inmates from the notorious … Continue reading
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Cash for Class – Paying Students to Study
CHELSEA — The high school here will try a new way this fall to make students show up for school: Pay them. Under a privately funded program, students will get up to $125 a year for perfect attendance all year, … Continue reading
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Suicide by Lion
JOHANNESBURG — A man was eaten by lions after running past guards into Kruger National Park at dusk just as the gates were closing, park officials said yesterday. Park spokesman Raymond Travers said guards and rangers searched for the unidentified … Continue reading
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Scientists Find New Planet – Name It “Deja Vu”
LOS ANGELES — Astronomers announced yesterday that they have discovered a new planet larger than Pluto in orbit around the sun. The unnamed planet would be the 10th in the solar system, although there are scientists who dispute the classification … Continue reading
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Comics of the Day (part one)
Today’s comics page features two quite different ways of dealing with the old cat-on-our-favorite-chair conundrum…. As opposed to….
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Payola – an American Tradition
THIS is not a pretty picture," declared Eliot Spitzer, the New York attorney general, at a press conference on Monday to trumpet his office’s yearlong investigation into corrupt dealings between big music companies and broadcasters. "What we see is that … Continue reading
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Comic of the Day
According to news reports, this particular strip has been pulled from a number of papers. We aren’t really sure why, except that parents in the heartland may not want to explain to their kids what a "Turd Blossom" is. Or … Continue reading
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Germanic Sex Rites Planned for World Cup
60 Bed Brothel and Drive-in Sex Sheds Planned in Shadow of Stadium BERLIN (Reuters) – A German company is looking to cash in on an expected boom in the sex trade during next year’s soccer World Cup with a 60-room … Continue reading
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And This Year’s Winner Is
"As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps … Continue reading
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Lazy Man’s Lament
Our coverage of two stories in the last week, one extremely local and the other international, have brought up important and thorny questions concerning the fine line between a Blogger and a reporter, and between Blogging and Journalism. As the … Continue reading
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