Category Archives: Serious News

Pope Ratso Called Out on Indian Genocide

Posted on May 19, 2007 by dowbrigade

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez demanded Pope Benedict apologize to Indians in Latin America for saying this month in Brazil that the Roman Catholic Church purified them. Chavez, who regularly clashes with the Catholic Church in Venezuela but … Continue reading →

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Weep for the Scholars of Palestine

Posted on May 18, 2007 by dowbrigade

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli planes pounded Hamas targets and rival Palestinian factions exchanged bursts of automatic weapons fire outside Gaza City‘s Islamic University on Friday, as a volatile mix of Israeli strikes and Palestinian infighting plunged Gaza … Continue reading →

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Military Bans Blogging from the War Zone

Posted on May 15, 2007 by dowbrigade

WASHINGTON — Lieutenant Daniel Zimmerman, an infantry platoon leader in Iraq, puts a blog on the Internet every now and then “to basically keep my friends and family up to date” back home. It just got tougher to do that … Continue reading →

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Too Late to Save Private Ryan

Posted on May 5, 2007 by dowbrigade

Dear Cadets of Monty Tech: Greetings from Baghdad, Iraq. I’m 1st Lt. Ryan Patrick Jones, US Army, and I was in your shoes not long ago. I graduated from Monty Tech in 2001 from the house carpentry program. When I … Continue reading →

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Career Opportunity

Posted on May 2, 2007 by dowbrigade

BAGHDAD, May 1 — The Iraqi government said Tuesday that it was investigating reports from “reliable sources” that the leader of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, had been killed in an ambush by a rival insurgent faction. Iraqi … Continue reading →

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Cannabis Capitalism Comes Out of the Closet

Posted on April 25, 2007 by dowbrigade

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The marijuana being sold across the United States is stronger than ever, which could explain a growing number of medical emergencies that involve the drug, government drug experts on Wednesday. Analysis of seized samples of marijuana and … Continue reading →

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BU Student Gamer Crosses the Line

Posted on April 18, 2007 by dowbrigade

A part-time Boston University student who hosts a popular video game review show on an MTV Web site allegedly sent an e-mail threatening to kill an ex-girlfriend and recreate the Virginia Tech bloodshed at her school, according to a Boston … Continue reading →

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The Looming Nightmare

Posted on February 3, 2007 by glasscastle

WASHINGTON — A much anticipated US intelligence report warned yesterday that the rising violence in Iraq could permanently tear the country apart and, in the worst case, create a state of anarchy with no legitimate authority that combines "extreme ethnosectarian … Continue reading →

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Saving the Worst for Last

Posted on December 23, 2006 by glasscastle

WRENTHAM — Jeffrey Cardin walked into a pub Thursday night near the modest cottage where he lived alone and told a stranger he was suffering through the worst day of his life. He didn’t know the half of it. Cardin, … Continue reading →

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Extreme Sanction

Posted on July 3, 2006 by glasscastle

NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Police shot and killed a man suspected of shoplifting from a grocery store yesterday as he tried to flee in a minivan with his 5-year-old daughter. The officer opened fire after being struck by the suspect’s … Continue reading →

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We Are Not Obese

Posted on May 1, 2006 by glasscastle

We’re a nation with a massively bulging waistline. Study after study — not to mention personal experience — shows that’s true. But a report released last week found that some obesity studies may actually understate the crisis — because of … Continue reading →

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We Are Not Obese

Posted on May 1, 2006 by glasscastle

We’re a nation with a massively bulging waistline. Study after study — not to mention personal experience — shows that’s true. But a report released last week found that some obesity studies may actually understate the crisis — because of … Continue reading →

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