Newsvine Article and Seed Listing for 2/10/2012

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Is it time to buy bonds? Don't ask a guru investor

By msnbc.com staff With the stock market coming off its best January since 1997, is now the time to turn away from equities and invest in bonds? Apparently, it’s not a question that some of the world’s biggest can agree on. According
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Are Under Water Communication Cables Leaking Sensitive Information And Crippling Economies ?

I have been doing some research and I find an obvious link to low competitive wages in countries whom once had strong economies but I am also seeing a possible link to underwater communication cables.
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Help us get over the final hurdle £5,080.00@16.08%

I would like to recommend a loan slice at YES-secure.com for 5,080.00 at 16.08%. Check link to view the loan details and lenders’ bids. 
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It is not religious freedom under attack in America, it is womens rights under attack by the Republican Party using religious freedom as the basis. .

Women are being singled out as second class citizens and the Republican are attempting to enshrine that second class citizenship in to law using religious belief as the basis to strip them of their rights of self determination and individual liberty. Thi
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Scientists develop biological computer to encrypt and decipher images

ScienceDaily (Feb. 7, 2012) — Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in California and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a "biological computer" made entirely from biomolecules that is capable of deciphering imag
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The GOP Race Gets Messy - Jonah Goldberg - National Review Online

Team Santorum understandably wants everyone to believe that this was a huge endorsement of their guy’s message and candidacy. “I don’t stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney,” Sant
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Are you man (or woman) enough for a strongman workout?

TODAY recently asked me if I’d be interested in doing a story on strongman fitness. After all, I do have a crush on "strong" and I’m sort of obsessed with fitness.
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Bobbie's Buzz: Bahamas-inspired beauty and style

Woven clutches, hand-crafted jewelry and effortless, beachy hair are always hits on the runway.
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For the Good of Society: The Pagan View

One of the oldest, if not the oldest, form of pagan worship is based on the idea that human destiny is controlled by the over-all will-of-the-tribe, rather than by the initiative and free will of the individual persons who make up the tribe.
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A Libertarian Who Stood on Principle When It Mattered

A common accusation hurled at libertarians is that they do not champion or, indeed, care about the rights and status of minorities. A common misconception is that the Left has historically been the defender of the oppressed.
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Young dilettantes evident at CPAC :viewpoint

With some veiled reluctance leaders of the GOTP are acknowledging the increase in younger attendees at the annual CPAC conference. The reason is quite simple though not something that CPAC or Joe Scarborough (Morning Joe) want to call t
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Doubly blessed: Two sisters act as surrogates for sibling

Tanya Ratcliff burst into tears as she left her fertility doctor’s office. She’d just been told that though she could conceive, she’d never be able to carry a baby.
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BBC News - Bideford Town Council prayers ruled unlawful

A Devon town council acted unlawfully by allowing prayers to be said before meetings, the High Court has ruled. Action was brought against Bideford Town Council by the National Secular Society (NSS) after atheist councillor Clive Bone complained. Mr J
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White House announcement expected on birth control coverage rule

The White House today said it is "very possible" there will be an announcement Friday to address potential changes in the controversial decision that would require religious-affiliated institutions to provide insurance that inc
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Good Gossip: We May Spread Rumors to Protect Others

Spreading the word after you see someone behave badly can make you feel better and it can benefit society, suggests a new study that explores our impulse to gossip and how it can nip selfishness in the bud.
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Looking for a Car Loan

I would like to recommend a loan request at YES-secure.com for 5,080.00 at 11.0%. Check link to view the loan details and lenders’ bids. You may offer a bid on the loan, starting at £10
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Laser radar spots quake changes

Modern technology can lead to even more information for the researcher.
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Spa for two: Couples get close with Valentine's Day packages

A visit to a lavish spa suite can be an ideal gift for a holiday that celebrates love — especially if you bring along your significant other. “Spa services are a very intimate and private experience,” says
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Shooter of US airmen in Frankfurt gets life - The Local

A German court handed down a life sentence Friday to a man who has confessed to killing two US soldiers at Frankfurt airport in what has been called Germany's first deadly jihadist attack
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Convicted Madonna stalker escapes from hospital

A man who was convicted of stalking Madonna and who allegedly made threats against Halle Berry escaped from a California mental hospital on Feb.
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Why I'm Feeling So Hard-Nosed Over the Contraception Affair

In any case like this, you have to look at two separate issues: (1) How important is the secular public purpose of the policy? And (2) how deeply held is the religious objection to it? On the first issue, I'd say that the public purpose here is pretty s
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Lunch Break? You Don't Need No Stinking Lunch Break! (or Republicans Propose the Darnedest things)

In New Hampshire, there exists two Republican legislators, one of whom once worked as a supervisor at a fast food restaurant, which means, of course that he knows everything there is to know about how to treat employees.
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US workers behind Korea, UK, Germany, 19 others in science and math

When it comes to churning out young workers with college degrees in math and science, the United States lags well behind other advanced democracies, ranking just behind Turkey and Spain, according to a new analysis. The Organization for
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'Walking Dead' boss: It's going to be Rick versus Shane

You knew a bucolic life on the farm just wasn’t going to happen for our zombie-fleeing band of survivors on "The Walking Dead," right? In the aftermath of the gruesome gunning down of the zombies previously kept safe in Hershel’s barn
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Looking for love? Formula isn't online, report says

If you’re bemoaning the lack of a Valentine, chances are you’ve turned to what seem like a gazillion dating websites for help. Buyer beware, though, caution a team of psychologists who’ve just published a lengthy report about
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Reconnect online with that cute seatmate

While websites such as Flights from Hell are filled with stories of devilish and disgusting seatmates, there are plenty of people who have dated and gone on to marry someone they met on a plane.
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Neanderthal demise due to many influences

Researchers used archaeological data and computer simulation modeling to investigate the biological and cultural forces leading to the demise of Neanderthals in Western Eurasia.  The models, incorporating theoretical insight about hunter-gatherer
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Heather Mills speaks out in phone hacking scandal

Heather Mills, former wife of Paul McCartney, testifies that her phone was hacked and her personal voicemails were listened to by journalists. NBC’s Michelle Kosinski reports. Related content:
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You will live longer if you TELL people you're healthy as positive thinking lengthens life

Promoting your own wellbeing will help you live longer, say scientists. A study found that participants who described feeling 'very well' had a lower risk of dying compared to those who reported being in a 'very poor' state. Researchers took into acco
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Brazil embraces the microbrew

Brazilians love their beer and prefer it estupidamente gelada (stupidly cold). Beer is for sale everywhere in Brazil, from beach kiosks to fancy restaurants to street-corner coolers, and is frequently enjoyed well before 5 o’clock.
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Intelligent, Condescending Life Discovered In Distant Galaxy

Here's a satire on how we feel about condescension and the people who "do it to us".
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Who is Anonymous? Everyone and no one...

In strict Merriam-Webster terms, legion means a group of fighters, a faceless army more powerful as a whole than each individual. Still maddeningly vague enough for you? That's the point. Anonymous takes great pains to be undefinable and amorphous.
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Bishop checkmates Obama on birth control

It was no secret inside the West Wing that Bill Daley, a Catholic with deep connections to the church hierarchy, vehemently opposed the administration’s proposal to require church-run hospitals and universities to give their employees free
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Can we start a change on Newsvine?

There are things in life that we cannot change. Bills have to be payed. Food has to be bought. Our kids are going to grow. @!$%# is gonna happen when we least need it to. These are things that we cannot change.
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Romney distorts his contraception record

Like many of President Obama's critics, Mitt Romney has invested quite a bit of energy lately going after the administration on contraception coverage.
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MILLIONAIRE INVESTOR: If the Rich Were Job Creators, We'd be Drowning in Jobs Today.

Nick Hanauer is a very rich, wildly successful business man. His company, aQuantive, was purchased by Microsoft in 2007 for $6.4 billion.
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Let Me Start...

Can Mitt Romney connect with conservatives? That's the big question that's dogged his campaign since it started. And it's a question The New York Times asks today.
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Bible-clutching street preacher in court for telling gay couple they would 'burn in hell' in High Street rant

A Christian street preacher told two gay men they were 'sinners' who would 'burn in hell' as they walked past him on a busy high street, a court heard today. In a case which could reignite the debate over the boundaries of free speech, Michael Overd, 4
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German Inventor Wants To Build A Flying Saucer Shaped Space Aircraft

The brilliant scientist, Dr. Peter Plichta is revolutionizing the entire industry …! He wants to build in the coming years, a real UFO – VTLO flying saucer.
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Golfer Lisa Ferrero almost disappears in the rough

Check out progress in the Women's Australian Open at Golf Australia and get more news on the game from NBC's Golf Channel. For more great sports images, take a look at The Week in Sports Pictures.
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US trade gap widens; 2011 deficit with China hits record

The U.S. trade deficit widened slightly more than expected in December, and the bilateral trade deficit with China last year soared to a record high $295.5 billion.
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Tea-puplicans are Cowards and Democrats act Cowardly

The whole premise of the Tea-publican Party is beginning to go from conservative to reactionary. Face up, accept it, the world will not stand still or go backwards and like it or not, becoming innovative and moving forward is the only way to succeed.
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Lost treasures of human evolution: Peking Man's bones

A mystery surrounds a box of fossilized Homo erectus bones lost during the war between China and Japan in the early 1940's.  At the time, they were the oldest hominid fossils ever found and they made a loud statement to the scientific community a
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'Anonymous' hacker group threatens 'reign of terror' against Israel

The hacker group “Anonymous” released a video Friday threatening to begin a ‘reign of terror’ against Israel, in the latest round of cyber warfare between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli hackers.
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Actually, the wealthy are taxed more, but ...

Difference between how Americans are dinged for salary and investments will keep debate alive
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Who is going to nail the '95 Theses' edict on the door of Alazhar or Shiite Marjah in Najaf or Qum? 'Cometh the hour, cometh the man.'

On why some nations flourish whereas others stay trapped in debauchery of intelligence!The preeminence of ‘Mullahs and Ayatollah’ is the principal test that the nation of Islam faces within the crescent of crisis that extends
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Bisexuals – The demon to both worlds!

I’ve touched on something similar in a previous article regarding bisexuality and how people seem to go on the attack on both sides of the sexuality playing field, however lately I’ve noticed a marked increase in people using bisexuali
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Bodies of 21 German soldiers buried alive in WW1 trench found perfectly preserved 94 years later

The bodies of 21 German soldiers entombed in a perfectly preserved World War One shelter have been discovered 94 years after they were killed. The men were part of a larger group of 34 who were buried alive when a huge Allied shell exploded above the t
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ID theft victims face tough bank fights

Getting their money back isn't always easy
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Rep. Connie Mack On President Obama: 'Whatever The Words Of The Constitution Are Don't Matter To Him'

Rep. Connie Mack (R – Fla.) was a guest onStarting Point Friday morning — live from CPAC — and took the occasion to rip into President Obamafor his health care mandate, saying that the Pr
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A rule that protects women and respects faith

As both a committed Catholic and a strong advocate of women’s health, I want to applaud the recently released guidelines for preventive health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Culture of corruption, redux

Congress' approval rating has already dropped to near-comical depths; new ethics allegations against a powerful House Republican probably won't help matters. CBS's "60 Minutes" ran a widely-noticed segment recently on the practice of federal lawmakers ma
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Russia & China versus the World

The violent repression of public protest in Syria that is rapidly approaching an all out civil war has most of the world’s nations concerned; but for different reasons. When an Arab League supported resolution came to the U.N.
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SHOCK POLL: 20% of Republicans leaning to Obama? :: TeaParty.org

The latest WND/Wenzel Poll shows none of the current crop of Republican presidential candidates has solidified the base of the party, with one in five GOP voters leaning toward support of Obama in November.The results are from the public-opinion research
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FIRA DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT BY WORKING WITH RECYCLING FURNITURE LTD (10.02.2012)

FIRA is acknowledged globally as a leading authority on furniture and flammability testing, offering testing of furniture, materials and component to British, European and International Standards.
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THE LEBANESE PACKAGING CENTER WITH PACKAGING INNOVATION PARC (10.02.2012)

Within the framework of the annual Heroca 2012 exhibition, LibanPack, the Lebanese Packaging Center, will organize a Packaging Innovation Parc wherein the latest packaging trends will be presented.
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Nancy Pelosi video 'attacks' Stephen Colbert - MJ Lee - POLITICO.com

If anyone has mastered the power of using humor to make a (sometimes ridiculous) point, it’s Stephen Colbert – and it seems that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is following in the footsteps of the late-night comedian.
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FIRA DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT BY WORKING WITH RECYCLING FURNITURE LTD (10.02.2012)

FIRA is acknowledged globally as a leading authority on furniture and flammability testing, offering testing of furniture, materials and component to British, European and International Standards.
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HOME DECOR SCHEDULED ON 5-8.03.2012 (10.02.2012)

The HOME DECOR Interior Fair is the most significant exhibition in the country dedicated to interior design and accessories.
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NKBA MARKET REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2012 REMAINS HIGH (02.10.2012)

The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) released the Kitchen & Bath Market Report for the fourth quarter.
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AF&PA BOARD ELECTS NEW BOARD CHAIRMAN (02.10.2012)

The American Forest & Paper Association announced the election of Boise, Inc. Chairman and CEO Alexander Toeldte as new AF&PA Board Chairman, along with the 2012 slate of board officers.
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Are Americans Getting too Much Sodium?

"Cooking fresh food at home is the best way to lower sodium," Samantha Heller, a dietitian and clinical nutrition coordinator at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn., told HealthDay.
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RAUTE GOT ORDERS VALUED AT OVER EUR 50 MILLION FROM CHILE (10.02.2012)

Raute Corporation has received orders valued at over EUR 50 million from Paneles Arauco S.A. in Chile for plywood mill machinery and equipment.
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Newark, San Jose, Washington and more major cities where no one wants to move

By Charles B. Stockdale, Michael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall St. Many Americans still are holding off on buying homes in some of the country’s most expensive cities.
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Actually, the wealthy are taxed more, but ...

Difference between how Americans are dinged for salary and investments will keep debate alive
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Advanced Sexual Techniques for World-Class Lovers

The skin is the body's largest organ. When massage-style caresses excite it--all of it--anxiety melts away, mood improves, and pain subsides, all of which enhance sex.
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US Marines posed with banner of Nazi SS - Telegraph

  A US Marine sniper team posed with a flag emblazoned with the symbol of the Nazi SS while on duty in Afghanistan, the Pentagon has admitted.     A photograph leaked onto the internet showed the heavily-armed troops crou
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Poll: Joe Kennedy III has huge lead in U.S. Rep race

By Joe Battenfeld Joseph P. Kennedy III’s famous family ties have handed him a huge early lead in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, a new UMass Lowell/Boston Herald poll reveals. Kennedy, the son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P
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Stocks set to fall amid Greek deal setback

By msnbc.com news services U.S.
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Police strike in Rio, bringing fears for Carnival

Cops, firefighters, prison guards walk out over pay despite decision to give them a 39 percent raise
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Morning Maddow: February 10

ABC News: White House to announce "accomodation" for religious organizations on contraception rule. Three state attorneys general threaten to sue the Obama administration over the contraception coverage mandate. How Catholic bishops prepared for the batt
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Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Show - NYTimes.com

Education was historically considered a great equalizer in American society, capable of lifting less advantaged children and improving their chances for success as adults.
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Parents Enraged By 4 Day School Week Proposal

DADE CITY, Fla. - Parents debated a four-day school week Thursday night in a Dade City auditorium filled with heated words for the school board.
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What Fifth Graders Want to Know About Sex and Puberty

I suppose if there was ever an argument to be made for school sex education in the elementary school grades these questions would surely support it! I will follow up with some commentary in my next blog about the importance of these questions and the
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White Nationalists Share Spotlight With GOP At CPAC | National Memo | Breaking News, Smart Politics

If the Conservative Political Action Conference can be expected to accomplish anything more than angry bellowing, it is to reliably embarrass every decent and sane conservative in America.
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Elizabeth Warren lags in key district

By Joe Battenfeld Voters may be welcoming a Kennedy comeback in U.S. Sen.
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Insuring the boss -- companies take out policies to guard against top leaders leaving, or dying

By Eve Tahmincioglu What happens if something happens to the CEO? In the case of Micron Technology, the loss of the company’s chief executive, Steve Appleton, led to a drop in the stock price and a scramble to replace him with the COO, who had
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Miramonte teacher accused of lewd acts is freed on $300,000 bond

A Los Angeles teacher accused of committing lewd acts on a child was freed on $300,000 bond early Friday, authorities said. In a statement sent to NBC News, Captain Mike Parker of the Los Angeles Coun
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Things to Consider while Selecting Hospital Privacy Curtains!

All of us has gone to a hospital and must have seen hospital curtains. Almost every room inside the hospital offers these window treatments.
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Foto-Friday: Stink Bug Stand-off

Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs are insects native to Asia.  They were first documented in Pennsylvania in 1998 and most likely arrived via shipping crates.
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Budget debate pits military retiree interests against those in active duty, analysts warn - Defense - GovExec.com

The conflict between veterans/retired military personnel and the active duty budget has begun.
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Romney Concedes Election and Endorses Obama

In a stunning turn of events Mitt Romney has conceded the 2012 election and endorsed President Obama for another four year term.
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Security products sell despite freebies

Subscription services and packages lure consumers away from freeware
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Who's Got 2 Thumbs, No Chin, and Hangs Out with White Supremicists?

Robert Vandervoort, head of the English-only group ProEnglish, thanked the Conservative Political Action Committee Thursday for not giving in to "leftist thugs" who criticized its annual conference for featuring so-called white nationalist Peter Brimel
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The Fight Against Tax Evasion

Almost three years after UBS, Switzerland’s biggest bank, paid a $780 million fine for helping Americans evade taxes and agreed to hand over the names of more than 4,500 American account holders, the Swiss banking industry refuses to exit the
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Rottlady captures Bird Tongue?

I finally cleaned my windows so I could get some bird feeding pictures and it's amazing how much better the images turn out when you don't have to look through smudges.   I was surprised when I was able to capture these birds either with a mouth
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Republicans Retreat on Domestic Violence

Yet not a single Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor last week when the committee approved a well-crafted reauthorization bill introduced by its chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy, and Senator Michael Crapo, a Republican of Idaho, w
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The Crowd Pleaser

At first glance, President Obama and Mitt Romney share some similar traits. Both Harvard Law School grads are smart and analytical. Both are emotionally reserved rather than touchy-feely. Both are traditionalist in their family and personal lives.
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Oklahoma Lawmaker Defends "Spilled Semen" Amendment

A Democratic lawmaker on Thursday defended her satirical amendment to an anti-abortion bill that would outlaw Onanism in Oklahoma. A proposed “personhood” bill in Oklahoma would define human life as beginning at the moment of concep
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Crashing the Gates: How a Handful of Progressive Activists Brought Liberal Talk-Radio Back to the Nation's Capitol

DC is the most liberal region of the country, but until now all the talk on the radio dial skewed right. The District of Columbia, Gallup tells us, is the most progressive region in the country – 40 percent of those living in the nation's cap
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Morning Joe invades CPAC

  Last night, our very own Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski headed to CPAC in Washington D.C., held at the Marriott Wardman Park. Joe had the duty of introducing Rep.
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Heard it on TODAY 2/10: Giada's recipes, TODAY's Life Illustrated, and more

Find more information about the following stories featured on TODAY:
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Obama's 2nd Term

Don't get me wrong; I'm not measuring the drapes or anything, but the President's reelection odds are looking a little better than even.  As such, it doesn't hurt to jump back from the horse-race of the election and plan a little for the future.
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Israel Hayom | Incitement to genocide? Whatever ...

Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran use blood-curling, incendiary and genocidal rhetoric daily. Then they claim it is all in the name of peace and justice.
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NOW Today

Yesterday the "formers" in the presidential race took the stage at CPAC.  This morning and during NOW, we'll hear from the presidential candidates still battling for the nomination.
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you determin the validity of the right rants

#4633397 can you believe these idiots spewing idiotic rhetoric to idiotic base if they believe them over their eyes and ears what does that say about the base?  goose egg!
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Virginia State Officials Confirm: Gingrich Campaign Being Investigated for "Illegal Acts"

Have you ever known Newt Gingrich to identify a flaw or fault with a politician, the President, the Democratic Party (etc), that he didn’t turn into the gravest, most evil transgression that humanity have ever been subjected too? When it come
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Farmer hailed as hero in Vietnam after shooting cops

The Associated Press reports from HANOI, Vietnam — When local police arrived in riot gear to evict the Vuon clan, family members were ready with homemade land mines and improvised shotguns.
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Trending NOW

If Google is a measure of political score, the Dems win by 1 after yesterday's trifecta of policy rollouts. Magid CPI: Social worker recounts minutes before Powell fire; Woolly Mammoth Sighting a Hoax?; US Marines Posed With Nazi Symbol  Google:
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everyone is lying

including your lying eye's and ear's. they are trying to make the accomplishments of our beloved Pres. just don't exist, but only them and Fox know it  click both links sorry having trouble with msnbc copy's #46334122
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Fire Fountains and Lava Flow During Etna's Latest Eruption

For those of you watching the Etna webcams yesterday (and I think there were many of you), you were privy to quite the show.
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Report: Explosions kill 25, hurt 175 in Aleppo, Syria

BEIRUT -- Two explosions targeted security compounds in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday, state media reported, saying 25 people were killed and 175 wounded in a major city that has so far largely stood by President Bashar Assad in the nearly 11-month
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Herman Cain Endorses Joe The Plumber

Former presidential candidate Herman Cain endorsed 2008 campaign mini-celebrity Joe the Plumber in his bid for Congress in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Cain said Joe the Plumber (née Wurzelbacher), is a leading
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Classic Rock Friday - The Beatles: Revolver

One of the top albums of all time. From the Wiki:
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Airlines secretly cash in on unused tickets

With so much talk about airline fees lately, you might overlook perhaps the largest source of ancillary revenue for the industry — and a big headache for you — that lets airlines make money for nothing.
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Explosions hit security HQs in Aleppo, Syria

Reporting accurately on events in Syria remains extremely difficult, with very few journalists able to operate independently in the country.
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Peter Gabriel: A WITNESS for human rights

Singer talks about the power of recording, documenting abuses
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Airbus: No delay to A380 after problem

Wing fractured during ground test
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Man Beats Wife, Judge Orders Him to Take Her Out to Red Lobster and the Bowling Alley

A judge in Florida has sentenced a man charged with domestic battery to take his wife, and victim, on a date.
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Time to Call Iran's Bluff on Oil?

Iranian lawmakers this week expressed support for a measure that would beat the European Union to the punch by cutting off oil exports before the summer.
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States Are Refusing To Lock Up Americans Without Due Process - Business Insider

For 49 years the National Defense Authorization Act was a simple law signed off on by the President to give the Department of Defense the money it needed to get through another 12 months of spending. This year, the Senate Armed Services
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Report: Saudi Arabia to buy nukes if Iran tests A-bomb

Saudia Arabia would move quickly to acquire nuclear weapons if Iran successfully tests an atomic bomb, according to a report. Citing an unidentified Saudi Arabian source, the Times newspaper in the U.K. (which operates behind a paywall) said that
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Corporate Counsel: Tracing the Effects of Oil and Gas Industry Political Donations

As news reports highlight the millions flowing from corporations and individuals into this year’s presidential campaigns, money also continues to have an influence on members of Congress. Of 36 U.S.
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Hannity And Liz Cheney Attack Obama For Speaking Too Highly Of America

If ever there was proof that President Obama will be attacked on Fox no matter what he says, it was this segment in which Sean Hannity and Liz Cheney whined that Obama spoke too highly of the United States’ place in the world.
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Washington Report: Senate Committee Transfers $3.7 Billion from LUST to Senate Transportation Bill

The Senate Finance Committee is raiding the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund to help fund the $109 billion Senate transportation proposal, The Hill reports.
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Obama's energy stool | Energy Bulletin

The Obama administration's renewable energy stool, with its three legs of biofuels, solar, and wind, has now tipped over, as all three legs start to crumble.
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Rachel Maddow Responds to Cal Thomas' Ugly Remarks at CPAC

In the “closed circuit world on the right,” MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is often the subject of ugly denigrations.
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Morning Headlines: Friday, February 10

Here's a look at the stories we're following right now.
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Who Cares What The Bishops Think? Old Catholic Guys Do.

The last few days have seen a lot of moaning and wailing from certain liberal pundits (E.J.
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Scalia Asserts Soviet Union's Constitution Is Better Than Ours (VIDEO)

 A Parchment Guarantee Here’s the thing. Our own Constitution guarantees the right to protest, freedom of speech, equality under the law, privacy, religious freedom for all, and a free press.
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Anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church to protest at slain Powell boys' funeral

Westboro Baptist Church, an anti-gay church best known for protesting military funerals, says its members will be at Saturday’s memorial service for Charlie and Braden Powell, the two children who died when their father allegedly set fire to h
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Video: Digger's beer bottle balancing trick becomes online hit

A deft mechanical digger driver has gained an online following after posting a video of himself balancing beer bottles and a golf ball on top of each other using only the jaws of the excavator.
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How Conservative Elites Stoke Racist Anxieties to Gain Power and Split Blacks and Whites

The 2012 primary campaign has repeatedly demonstrated that Republicans are trying to mobilize their voters by tapping into racial anxieties. Newt Gingrich calling Obama a “food stamp president,” Rick Santorum implying that
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80% of Murderers Eligible for Parole Released in California by Gov. Brown

SACRAMENTO (KABC) -- State officials released new numbers on prison parolees: Governor Jerry Brown has released about 80 percent of convicted murderers eligible for parole. Victims' rights activists are speaking out.
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Bono visits Bush at the White House

U2 singer talked to the president about the world's poor
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Condom Maker Creates Special Mitt Romney Rubber For Elite Penises

Nope, this isn’t The Onion. It’s very real and very entertaining. A condom company in New York has decided to pay tribute to Mitt Romney by creating a rubber named after him.
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Reason vs. hysteria in the birth control debate

On Wednesday night we reached the high and the low, so far, in the debate over the Obama administration’s requirement that Catholic institutions that employ non-Catholics include contraception coverage in their health insurance policies. The
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Lebanon Should Invade Syria

Lebanon should invade Syria.  Lebanon was repeatedly invaded and violated by the Syrian regime and should use the uprising to finally put an end to hostile Syrian rule and intrusion.  If Lebanon invaded with NATO air support to arm and a
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World Press Photo of the year awarded to Samuel Aranda

The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest announced Friday that it had selected a picture by Samuel Aranda as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011.
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Eye doctor warns of dangers of political protest on gay marriage - TheHill.com

It’s been called the “most fabulous form of protest,” but according to one medical expert, the potential dangers of “glitter bombing” are far from marvelous. In an increasingly popular form of protest,
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Syrian activist recounts horrors #Genocide #SOSHoms

clip from article:When I met the pro-democracy activist Danny Abdul Dayem back in September 2011 after he fled Syria with his family to the UK, I asked if he would go back, his answer was simple "I hopefully will go back, my friends are being killed every
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Why Young People Are Fleeing Conservative Evangelicalism

The results of a five-year study of the Millennial Generation—people born between 1982 and 1993—are in.
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A note from Ambassador Ford on recent events in Syria #Genocide

clip from article: First, like people around the world, my colleagues and friends are watching the video coming out of Homs and some of the other Syrian cities in the last days with horror and revulsion.  I hear the devastating stories about n
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Sean Hannity Waterboarded

Some of you may remember when Sean Hannity agreed to be waterboarded awhile ago. Sean Hannity agreed to do it for charity and treated it as a joke. Sean Hannity to my knowledge never followed through on this pledge.
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James Cameron: US shouldn't be relying on BP's underwater intel - YouTube

James Cameron: US shouldn't be relying on BP's underwater intel Those morons don't know what they're doing!
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Herman Cain: 'Stupid people and ignorant people are ruining America'

Former presidential candidate Herman Cain triumphantly took the stage at CPAC this afternoon in front of a friendly crowd to explain something many attendees already believe: that their ideological opponents on the left aren’t “misgu
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Secret documents lift lid on WWII mutiny by US troops in north Queensland

An Australian historian has uncovered hidden documents which reveal that African American troops used machine guns to attack their white officers in a siege on a US base in north Queensland in 1942. Information about the Townsville mutiny has never bee
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3 dead, 2 critically injured after standoff in Deerfield Beach, Fla.

A gunman and two other people died during a hostage standoff in Deerfield Beach, Fla., NBC Miami reported early Friday. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said the shooter and a male child were found dead after&
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Gunbattles, kidnappings, carjackings: US expands Mexico travel warning

Spreading drug violence, kidnappings and carjackings in Mexico have led the U.S. State Department to increase the number of places it says Americans should avoid for safety reasons for the second time in less than a year. A travel advisory dated Thursday
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Are the Koch brothers teaching you?

Billionaires Charles and David Koch are infringing on intellectual freedom and independence in colleges and universities by controlling entire fields of study and the faculty hiring process.
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Saudi detained in Malaysia for insulting Prophet tweet

Malaysian police have detained a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet. Hamza Kashgari posted a controversial tweet on the prophet's birthday last week that sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats.
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Iceland Is So Inbred It Needs a Website to Avoid Incest

When your society has inhabited a small, remote island for countless generations and boasts a population of only 300,000, the odds of having sex with a relative are significant.
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CPAC welcomes white nationalists

But! While the Birchers and the open homosexualists are no longer welcome, there is still room for multiple outspoken white nationalists!
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Iowa accidentally hires vending machine as quarterbacks coach

Due to what coaches are calling a "communications snafu", Iowa's football team hired a hot drink vending machine as their new quarterback coach yesterday.
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Sean Hannity Discredited by Senator McCain regarding Osama Bin Laden

Quite sure a lot of you have heard Sean Hannity of Fox News is attempting to state President Obama didn't really want to get Osama Bin Laden and wants to give credit to water boarding and the Bush administration for location, and destruction of Osama Bin
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American artist Karen Eland paints pictures with beer instead of paint

American artist Karen Eland paints pictures with beer instead of paint.
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Raise the Crime Rate

From 1980 to 2007, the number of prisoners held in the United States quadrupled to 2.3 million, with an additional 5 million on probation or parole.
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Nigeria's President Fights for His Political Survival

Strikes and militants threaten Goodluck Jonathan's economic reforms
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Home-made Insecticides

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SPRING IS NEARLY HERE- AND PLANTING TIME IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!  DO A BIT OF EXTRA RESEARCH NOW, AND SKIP THE COMMERCIAL, HARMFUL PESTICIDES.
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Obama Seeks Biblical Authority For His Tax-And-Spend Policies Of Wealth Redistribuation

The Judeo-Christian tradition commands personal generosity as represented, for example, by the biblical injunction against retrieving any sheaf left behind while harvesting one's own field. That is for the gleaners — "the poor and the alien" (
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Story of the most famous seven words in US journalism

The most famous seven words in American journalism - "All the news that's fit to print" - took a permanent place 115 years ago in the upper left corner, or left "ear", of the New York Times masthead.
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Ice Age Europe: Fifty pink flamingos freeze to death in icy French lake

More than fifty pink flamingos have been found dead in southern France, victims of freezing weather conditions that have gripped Europe over the past weeks. Firemen who combed waters in Gruissan, in the Aude region, said the birds succumbed to the cold
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'Stolen' $9m jewels found in drawer

Five years after their disappearance, jewels thought stolen from the wife of the US ambassador to the Netherlands in 2006 have been found in the Hague. Dawn Arnall realised her 7m euro (£5.9m; $9.3m) gems were missing months after staying in
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Democrats Have Contempt For Those Who Engage In Honest Work For A Living

Having given up on pillorying Mitt Romney for plundering his way to vast wealth — because, unfortunately, it isn't true — the Non-Fox Media seem to have settled on denouncing him as a rich jerk. Liberals are disgusted by people who
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thanks AVAAZ - YouTube from brave citizen journalists in Syria

Posted: 8 February 2012This urgent video appeal just came in from one of Avaaz's brave citizen journalists in Syria -- our community may be the only one that can help Danny and his friends before the next massacre.
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Mind-Blowing Charts From the Senate's Income Inequality Hearing

In another sign that Democrats have embraced income inequality as a cause célèbre, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the subject today.