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Karl Rove: I'm Darth Vader, Cheney Is a Sith Master

139 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 17:08:05 by NBCLocal | 34 comments

Republican strategist Karl Rove acknowledged last night that he isn't the most popular guy in politics these days -- but he's not the only one.

The Scandalous Lawsuit Against Scott Brown

147 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 20:13:10 by kevinkeith22 | 18 comments

Scott Brown--the new star Republican Senator--was accused of harassing a female campaign worker in 1998. Did the Democrats blow an opportunity to keep their 60th Senate seat?

The case for graphic images of war (SFW)

215 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 19:21:18 by daxxer | 21 comments

Some say showing grisly photos and videos of servicemen in distress -- or dying -- violates an unwritten code. But the fact is, those people are serving in our name.

Email and deficit are killing US Mail services

170 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 16:44:52 by cqlivingston | 67 comments

Could the familiar blue U.S. mailboxes soon go the way of pay phones?

In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic wedding

228 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 21:18:58 by BalancingAct | 29 comments

Two glowing brides in white gowns made history today as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.

Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban 'Absurd'

342 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 01:46:38 by Chahrlie5 | 405 comments

Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban 'Absurd', MyFoxNY Fox 5 News WNYW:More Liberal big brother control proposed. What's next, National ID cards? Oh wait.

Alcohol Sold to Children Through Facebook

251 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 17:52:44 by digitalmoto | 64 comments

A 28 yr old man was caught using the social networking website to sell alcohol to a number of under-age drinkers since 2008. The Facebook page had the tagline: ''Beer delivered to your door ... Friday and Saturday 11pm til 4am.''

Japan opens '98th' national airport in Ibaraki!

226 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 08:12:58 by lfc4eva99 | 39 comments

Japan's 98th airport has begun operations - offering just one flight a day.Ibaraki airport cost 22bn Yen ($220m, £147m) to build and is being seen in Japan as a prime example of wasteful public expenditure.

Russian magnate wins libel case over poisoning report

122 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 08:26:07 by eworkswebdesign | 10 comments

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Russian broadcaster in a London court, his spokeswoman told CNN Wednesday.

A Handy Guide to Knowing Your Right Wingers (Infographic)

336 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 19:34:38 by rwbrinso | 47 comments

Do you care about America? And the good old days? Well, you SHOULD. So, if you don't, here's a quick rundown.

Should Rush Limbaugh Leave America?

577 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 17:02:10 by Mizzy | 277 comments

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh told listeners this week that hewould "go to Costa Rica" if the Democratic health-care reform plan ispassed and enacted. Liberal bloggers greeted the threat with frenzieddelight — urging Limbaugh to make good on his promise — while theirexasperated conservative counterparts came to Limbaugh's defense.

What's Worse: Stingy Banks or Thrifty Consumers?

230 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 17:01:34 by 1KrazyKorean | 35 comments

There have been a lot of people blabbing on for the past few months about the new found thriftiness of the American consumer. The savings rate is up, and credit card balances are down. Well it appears, that that later piece of news does not fit as neatly into the thriftier American thesis as it appears.

Supermarkets begin to charge for both plastic and paper bags

358 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 02:00:43 by DigSomeMore | 140 comments

Paper or plastic?" is no longer the question most often on store clerks' lips in the nation's capital these days when shoppers are buying food. Instead, cashiers here routinely ask customers if they want a bag at all, since they have to pay a nickel for each disposable sack they use to hold their groceries, snacks or takeout meals.

Top 10 Political Memoirs

200 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 10:26:44 by nikki4digg | 20 comments

Sarah Palin's new memoir is hardly the first to stir controversy ...

Breaking: 7.2 magnitude quake reported in Chile

670 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 16:11:07 by dienaked | 226 comments

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has struck south of Santiago, Chile, the United States Geological Survey reports.The quake struck near Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile, the USGS reported.

For Iran, Enriching Uranium Only Gets Easier

189 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 11:48:00 by israeligirl | 107 comments

In the Iranian desert, a shift in the enrichment of uranium is producing global jitters because it could shorten Iran’s path to nuclear weapons. The tricky process accelerates as it moves ahead - The higher the concentration, the easier it gets. Diplomacy is moving slowly but Iran is moving quickly towards nuclear weapons.

The internet earns a nomination for 2010 Nobel Prize

219 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 12:07:25 by kevinlouis | 46 comments

Those crazy Ai-talians. After the country's judiciary kicked Google in the gonads for something the Mountain View outfit could hardly have prevented,

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