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Monthly Archives: July 2005
The Pelican – Brief or Boxer
BISMARCK, N.D. – The Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the deaths of thousands of young white pelicans at the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge in central North Dakota, a year after thousands of adult birds abruptly left the refuge. … Continue reading
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The Commissioner Weighs In
From what I understand, the decision by the International Olympic Committee to eliminate baseball and softball was most likely prompted by two problems with American baseball. (Softball, it seems, was pretty much an innocent bystander.) What were the problems? First, … Continue reading
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Quote of the Day
”When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political, and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of … Continue reading
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Bush Gets Cute on Rove
WASHINGTON, July 12 – President Bush offered only a stony silence today when he was asked if he planned to fire Karl Rove, a senior aide at the center of an investigation over the unmasking of an undercover C.I.A. officer. … Continue reading
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The Ebbing of Empire
From the hindsight of history it is often possible to each a consensus on when and where an empire reaches its high water mark. The Roman Empire in the 2nd century, the Byzantine Empire a thousand years later, Britain on … Continue reading
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Statistic of the Day
According to the Starts & Stops column in today’s Boston Globe, since Sept. 11, 2001, the aviation industry has received $18.1 billion from the Federal government in subsudies and security funding. Since Sept. 11, 2001, the US public transportation industry … Continue reading
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Photo of the Day
“Why no dear, I have no idea whose underwear that is…”
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Boarder Broaches Great Wall. No Way? Way!
LOS ANGELES –Daredevil skateboarder Danny Way rolled down a massive ramp at nearly 50 mph and jumped across the Great Wall of China on Saturday, becoming the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid, an event sponsor said. … Continue reading
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Don’t Try this at Home
CHILHOWIE, Va. — A 14-year-old boy was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of his 5-year-old half sister last month in a coin-operated washing machine. "He told his mother that night that he done it," the children’s grandmother, Anna … Continue reading
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Singing Bank Robber Police Chief’s Son
IT’S not unusual for a father to help out his son’s musical venture by letting him and his pals pose with the company props. But when the father is the Rockland police chief, the son is a convicted bank robber … Continue reading
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Deja View from the Israeli Embassy
Is it history repeating itself, or just more anti-semitic rumor mongering (or maybe misdirection?) on the part of mainstream media? JERUSALEM – British police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before Thursday’s explosions that they had received warnings of … Continue reading
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Who’s next on the list?
AUCHTERARDER, Scotland, July 7 – Opportune timing… The bombings in London today knocked the summit meeting that had just gotten under way here off of its carefully scripted focus on global warming and African poverty and turned it into a … Continue reading
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