After nearly eight years when intellectual curiosity and an appreciation for nuance were viewed as suspect, does the Obama election herald a restoration for the...
Posted by: seamusm | (2) Comments Last comment: 11/8/2008 9:05:23 PM by glendam
Efforts to restore its recitation have resulted in a dispute.
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New polling and a trickle of stories from the battleground states suggest that Sen. Barack Obama's coalition includes one unlikely group: white voters with negative...
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A 22-year-old woman in the United States is publicly auctioning her virginity to pay for her college education, sparking a heated online debate about sex and morality.
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PETA officials say human breast milk would make life easier for cows and could benefit human health.
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Museum May Have Authentic Copy Of President's Eloquent Correspondence To Grieving Mother
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The U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing "thought helmets" that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops.
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Takes it to hospital for testing for rabies
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Lowering air pollution in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley would save more lives annually than ending all motor vehicle fatalities in the two regions, according to a new study.
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Mysterious sea monster turns out to be a giant catfish with a taste for cadavers.
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The 67-year-old woman was riding in the front seat of the hearse when a traffic accident caused the body box to slide forward killing her.
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There's a slide show that accompanies this. It explains almost everything.
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Purple tomato extends the life span of cancer-prone mice
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I think that's great that he took the time to write her personally. I think the letter displayed his understanding for what Mrs. Bixby was going...
(in Famed Lincoln Letter Found In Texas)
How very true. People aften forget that he understood the loss of a child. By the time he wrote this, two of his 4 children had died.
A reminder of what a sensitive person and what an excellent writer Lincoln was.
It’s nice to know there still are honest people around. What a temptation it must have been for a person just starting out on a new life!...
(in $7,500 Mistakenly Left in Shoes Donated to Goodw)
Sad that it lived for only two years. Wonder what else it could have done had it lived longer. Oh, well, those whom the gods love die young,...
(in Precocious Elephant Dies, Zoo Mourns)
There has to be more to the story. It’s just not possible for him not to get hurt unless hw was lying beneath the train and it passed over...
(in Lucky Man Survives After Being Run Over By Train)
Sadly, this isn't too surprising to me. I lived in what is now Rancho Cucumonga (outside of LA) until I was 10. There were many days when we...
(in Calif Dirty Air Kills More than Car Crashes)
Kinda makes me wonder what else they had been up to, to flee from the police
(in Men Flee Car, Leave $300K of Marijuana)
I'd heard of some strange football traditions, but this takes the cake
(in Coach Follows Through on Haircut Tradition)
How bizarre. If it happened here, they family would sue for payment of both funerals, plus compensation for suffering, etc.
(in Husband's coffin kills wife enroute to cemetary)