You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Gandhi

The World has Not Ended!

Fri May 20, 2011 12:35 PM EDT

It is May 21st in Japan, and the world has not ended yet. As you know there is this thing called the International Dateline, and in some places, it is the 21st of May. Well, there is no earthquakes, no one disappearing, babies being eaten by demons and what not. So no …

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3 men who discovered bomb say they later lost jobs

Seeded on Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:23 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

The head of the Spokane Public Facilities District told The Spokesman-Review there was concern that the men handled the bomb too much before calling authorities.

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'Please don't shoot me:' Girl, nine, begged for her life before she and her father were shot dead by 'anti-immigrant vigilantes'

Seeded on Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:49 PM EST (the Mail online)

A nine-year-old girl begged for her life before being shot dead along with her father by an anti-immigrant vigilante group, a court heard.

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Humans may have left Africa earlier than thought

Seeded on Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:49 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON – Modern humans may have left Africa thousands of years earlier than previously thought, turning right and heading across the Red Sea into Arabia rather than following the Nile to a northern exit, an international team of researchers says.

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Michele Bachmann's Brilliant Move

Seeded on Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:38 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

What Bachmann was doing was moving to define the debate and move the debate further to the right.

politics, tea-party, michele-bachman

Missouri ruling extends legal battle for immigrant's son

Seeded on Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:02 PM EST (CNN)

Now, after the Missouri Supreme Court reversed a lower court's earlier parental rights decision, many more months are likely to pass before it's known who will have custody of a 4-year-old boy born to an undocumented Guatemalan woman and adopted without her consent by an American …

missouri-supreme-court, bail-romero, seth-moser

Woman Drives Into Tattoo Shop After Rejection

Seeded on Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:11 PM EST ()

A Louisville woman faces several charges after police said she drove a truck into a tattoo parlor and then left. Ink Styles' co-owner said Marie Reeves got upset because he told her she was too drunk to get a tattoo.

odd-news

Keeping Them Honest: Anderson Cooper Ridicules Bachmann For "Flunking History"

Seeded on Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:41 PM EST (Mediaite)

News about her speech was less about a White House bid, however, instead focusing on her incorrect assessment of U.S.

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No leave for Lambert

Seeded on Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:04 AM EST (Kentucky.com: Homepage)

Our congratulations to current Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr., who declined to give Lambert a leave of absence from his lucrative senior judge stint to run as a Republican for attorney general.

politics, kentucky, repubican

After the shootings, Obama reminds the nation of the golden rule

Seeded on Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:46 PM EST (The Washington Post)

President Obama gave a terrific speech Wednesday night. He movingly mourned and honored the victims of Saturday's senseless atrocity outside Tucson, comforted and inspired the country, and encouraged those of us who have the privilege of serving America.

politics, mccain, obama, civility

Should Atlanta have been better prepared for snow?

Seeded on Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:45 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

ATLANTA – Days after a few inches of snow crippled the city, children are still home from school, icy highways are still littered with hundreds of abandoned cars and grocery stores are still running low on staples such as milk and juice.

atlanta, snowstorm, us-news

NOAA: 2010 Tied For Warmest Year on Record

Seeded on Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:38 PM EST (NOAA)

January 12, 2011

science, el-ni-o, la-ni-a, climate-highlights, global-climate-highlights

Suspicious package reported at DC mail facility

Seeded on Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:29 PM EST (The Washington Post)

WASHINGTON -- Bomb technicians are investigating a report of a suspicious package at a mail facility in northeast Washington where another package ignited last week.

politics, associated-press, istmania-bonilla

Funeral protest: Arizona rallies to foil Westboro Baptist Church

Seeded on Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:30 PM EST (Christian Science Monitor)

Tucson residents also sprang into action when news of the planned protests spread. Many intend to meet the picketers with human barricades and some say they will wear oversize "angel wings" to shield mourners from seeing the protesters along the funeral routes.

religion

Blatantly Criticizing Sharon, Palin and Their Ilk... (opinion)

Sun Jan 9, 2011 3:32 AM EST

This just proves you can't keep a good opinion down... Republicans,

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politics

Second Amendment Remedies Leads to ... (Opinion)

Sat Jan 8, 2011 2:39 PM EST

Republicans,

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politics

Indiana courthouse nativity scene under protest

Seeded on Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:39 PM EST (www.local12.com)

The nativity scene at the courthouse in Brookville, Indiana has come under fire from an atheist group that claims it is unconstitutional.

politics, christmas, christian, freedom-from-religion-foundation

Kansas church protests Framingham school play

Seeded on Fri Dec 3, 2010 4:29 PM EST (WHDH.COM)

The members were greeted by a heavy police presence, and outnumbered by a wall of counter-protesters, who showed their unity after members from Westboro Baptist Church arrived from Kansas to protest this weekend's performance of The Laramie Project at Framingham High School.

religion, westboro-baptist-church, laramie-project

Father charged with breaking 4-year-old's leg while football on TV

Seeded on Wed Dec 1, 2010 3:12 PM EST (WAVE - News)

An ambulance took the boy to Kosair Children's Hospital where doctors determined he had a broken femur. He also had bruises and scratches on his face. Both the boy and his 6-year-old sister told police Fultz hit the boy in the face.

Debt panel's plan would cut $4 trillion

Seeded on Wed Dec 1, 2010 12:38 PM EST (CNN)

President Obama's bipartisan debt commission released its final report on Wednesday recommending a wide range of controversial spending cuts and tax changes that would slash $4 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years.

politics, debt, obama, bipartisan

Sen. Richard Lugar takes aim at the Tea Party

Seeded on Mon Nov 29, 2010 4:11 PM EST (The State Column)

Mr. Lugar continues to attempt to build support for the START Treaty, a measure he has personally crafted.

senate, politics, start, mitch-daniels, richard-lugar, tea-party-backed

Search for Terrorists Not Weapons

Seeded on Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:10 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

After 9/11, we were all under the impression that the newly created TSA would be particularly alert for certain kinds of behavior.

travel, pat-downs, terrorists, air-travel, tsa

On a 'Palin' Strike

Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:46 PM EST

Who outside of me has had enough, hear of Sarah Palin and kin?

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politics

Arizona Budget Cuts Put Organ Transplants At Risk

Seeded on Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:25 PM EST (NPR)

In Arizona, 98 low-income patients approved for organ transplants have been told they are no longer getting them because of state budget cuts.

health, waiting-list, arizona-legislature, ted-robbins, health-care-struggling-to-care

Insurance Company Profits Up 41 Percent

Seeded on Tue Nov 16, 2010 7:44 AM EST (Healthinsurance.org)

Stark reported Wednesday that the collective $9.3 billion in profits for the first nine months of 2010 is up an average of 41 percent over the same period last year.

health, health-care, house-ways, pete-stark

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