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 Pirates off the coast of Somalia have seized a UK cargo ship today. The Asian Glory, a ship with 25 crewmembers, is the second UK ship to be seized by Somali pirates this week.
The ship was taken approximately 620 miles off of the coast of Africa, according to a report released by th... Read More
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| An unidentified Somali man allegedly broke into Dutch Cartoonist Kurt Westergaard’s home in Aarhus this past Friday, apparently with the intent to murder him. Westergaard is the Dutch cartoonist known for his drawings of the Muslim prophet Muhammad that caused uproar in the Muslim world in 2006.Read More
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 Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused Fort Hood shooter and psychologist, has been moved out of Brooke Army Medical Center’s ICU and into its general care unit. Hasan was hospitalized the day of the Fort Hood shootings—November 5—with several serious gunshot wounds.
Hasan, 39, is... Read More
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 Scientists have discovered a hole on the moon that is 213 feet wide and 260 feet deep. This is large enough to establish a colony under an air tight roof. With this naturally occurring hole, it seems feasible that we could see a settlement that could serve as a preparation site for forays into the... Read More
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New Hampshire has become the fifth U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage. As of midnight last night, a bill passed in June by the state’s government that allowed marriage equality for same-sex couples became active law.
New Hampshire joins Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont, and Massachusetts... Read More
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December passed as the first month of the Iraq war without a single combat-related death in country, according to the Associated Press. There were three non-combat related deaths.
Throughout 2009, a combined total of 149 U.S. soldiers died both in and out of combat in Iraq. The Asso... Read More
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VOANews.com has reported that a suicide bomber killed approximately 75 people at a volleyball match in northwestern Pakistan today.
The unknown bomber reportedly drove a van—which was loaded with 100-300 kilograms of explosives—onto the volleyball field and detonated it, caving in sur... Read More
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| Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger became a household name last January 15th when he landed U.S. Airlines flight 1549 safely in the Hudson River despite losing power minutes after takeoff. All 155 passengers and crew, including a baby, were saved. The man known as “Sully” became an instant hero. <... Read More
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 Live Science has reported that Invetech Inc. has developed the first “production model 3-D bio-printer,” a machine with the capability to literally print human tissue. The printer, developed for Organovo, will be sold to agencies and institutions that are interested in human tissue and organ replace... Read More
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 The journalism industry is currently facing a number of cultural and technological watersheds that threaten to diminish or abolish its operating power throughout the world. Readers are slowly but steadily abandoning printed stories in favor of their free, Internet-based counterparts. Hurting but r... Read More
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In light of the attempted terrorist attack on Northwest Airlines flight 253 and the "revelation" that al-Qaeda has regrouped and is planning more attacks from Yemen, the world is watching and waiting for President Barack Obama's reaction.
The Guardian, for the sake of not repeating hi... Read More
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Possible settlement site on the moon
12085 Government's only role in credit cards is to regulate for honesty and prevention of usurious charges (not always well done by them). As to credit cards, I find the one that we own to be very usef - ethwc |
Possible settlement site on the moon
12085 Another technological innovation is now in front of us. If that would be realized, that would be fantastic. Next, to it maybe is the human’s rehabilitation on other planets. Science has lots of discov - NadiaR |
Somali Pirates Hijack Second UK Ship
12088 I'm not certain that we have the resources to open a third front at this time. Perhaps the more vexing question is whether we should invade a sovereign nation in this manner. Granted that Somali - ethwc |
New Hampshire: Fifth State to Allow Gay Marriage
12084 Woo Hoo! - MplsVala |
Somali Pirates Hijack Second UK Ship
12088 We need to take a page from history. Until the US invaded the Barbary Coast and forced the rulers there into an agreement to end their piracy, we had a similar problem off the coast of Africa a hundr - rwahrens |
Possible settlement site on the moon
12085 Well, until we eliminate both the reasons people go to war, and the people that think war is an ok way to take what others have that they want, we'll just have to go on spending on a military to p - rwahrens |
New Hampshire: Fifth State to Allow Gay Marriage
12084 Kudos to NH, and to CT where we just celebrated the one year anniversary of our marriage equality law on 11/12.
Onward to equality,
Joe Mustich, Justice of the Pecae,
Washington, Connecticut, USA - CornetMustich |
Suicide Bombing Kills 75 in Pakistan
12082 Update: VOANews is reporting that the death toll is up to at least 95. Pakistani officials expect there to be even more dead before the event is sorted out. As of yet, there has been no claim as to - Nick Vadala |
Woods misses the cut
10534 Great post!
I wonder if this is featured on [u - beverly |
Court Ruling on Taser Use Puts Officers' Lives at Risk
12077 "...the majority of officers who do their work honorably and within the limits of the law" have nothing to worry about from this ruling.
On the other hand, the few that go off the deep en - rwahrens |
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