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Of Course the Civil War Was About Slavery
Seeded on Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:45 PM EST (miller-mccune.com)
Concrete concerns about saving and expanding slavery, and not the nebulous theology of states' rights, ignited the U.S. Civil War. Why does that message keep getting lost?
How to behave at a punk show
Seeded on Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:25 PM EDT (media.coyotechronicle.com)
When the curtain finally goes up at a punk concert and hundreds of bodies crush towards the stage, the energy in the room is almost tangible. Hundreds of fists spear the air as the band begins to play.
Hoping and believing don't prove God exists
Seeded on Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:08 PM EDT (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
We aren't so forgiving in other domains. Almost everyone would concede, for example, that a presidential candidate who wanted to outlaw interest on loans and revert to a barter system would be an absurd steward for our troubled economy.
History:The Medicine of the Templars
Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:41 AM EDT
Paris, 18 March of 1314, on the island of the Seine in front of the Garden real, Jacques de Molay, the last Great Master of the Templars, and Geoffroy de Charny, preceptor of Normandy, were burned like heretics.
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The Wire's War on the Drug War
Seeded on Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:19 PM EST (TIME)
We write a television show. Measured against more thoughtful and meaningful occupations, this is not the best seat from which to argue public policy or social justice.
How to abandon your God
Seeded on Wed Mar 5, 2008 12:52 PM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Is it OK to switch religions, change denominations, even split from God entirely? Jesus says: Sure!This much we know: God is failing.
Legally blind golfer, 92, shoots a hole-in-one, ducks attention
Seeded on Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:47 PM EST (sptimes.com)
Leo Fiyalko would just as soon get on with life. So he made a hole-in-one on the 110-yard, par-3 fifth hole at Cove Cay Country Club in Clearwater. So what if it was the 92-year-old's first hole-in-one in more than 60 years of playing golf?
Creation college seeks state's OK to train teachers
Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:48 PM EST (The Dallas Morning News)
The nonprofit Institute for Creation Research in Dallas wants to train future science teachers in Texas and elsewhere using an online curriculum.
OpEd from the author of God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Seeded on Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:30 PM EST (secularhumanism.org)
The last time that God was said to have condemned a city was in the water-borne devastation of New Orleans, but it was eventually noticed that Hurricane Katrina had spared the rather louche streets of the French Quarter and flooded the more respectable districts, so opinions on …
Hooters Waitress Told to Cover Up on Southwest Airlines Flight Undresses for Playboy
Seeded on Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:39 PM EST (FOXNews.com)
DALLAS — A 23-year-old college student who was told by a Southwest Airlines employee that her outfit was too revealing to fly is wearing even less on Playboy's Web site.
There's absolutely no reason you should be waiting the three-plus minutes it takes your computer to boot up Windows
Seeded on Mon Nov 5, 2007 9:59 AM EST (Wired News)
Phoenix says its new technology, HyperSpace, will offer mobile PC users the ability to instantly fire up their most used apps -- things like e-mail, web browsers and various media players -- without using Windows, simply by pressing the F4 button.
Origins of the word "terrorist"
Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 3:23 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Though it has been a topic of much attention in recent years, the origin of the term "terrorist" has gone largely unnoticed by politicians and pundits alike.
VikiBabbles Video Up On MSNBC
Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:28 PM EDT (MSN)
Video footage of the broadcast featuring Newsvine Correspondent VikiBabbles.
'I'm a middle-class drinker and it's slowly killing me'
Seeded on Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:39 PM EDT (the Mail online)
According to research into the type of person most likely to be damaging themselves with alcohol, it's people like you and me who are drinking ourselves into an early grave.
SB Fire & Wind Coverage
Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:34 PM EDT (insidesocal.com)
This is the blog with information about the fires in the San Bernardino mountains. Let's hope they can begin to contain this sometime soon.
Governor Kills California Data Protection Law
Seeded on Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:38 PM EDT (eweek.com)
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Oct. 13 vetoed—and effectively killed—one of the nation's most stringent proposed e-tail data breach security laws, saying that the bill would have "driven up the costs of compliance, particularly for small businesses."
Building 2400: access denied to special needs students, staff
Seeded on Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:14 PM EDT (media.lpcexpress.org)
Both elevators are out of service. Only two out of three main entrances have electronic push buttons to open the doors. The entrance from parking lot E does not have a ramp cut out of the curb for students to get to the door.
Does Computer Use Cause Carpal Tunnel?
Seeded on Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:47 PM EDT (tech-recipes.com)
One study (J Occup Med 1991 May;33(5):627-31) compared median nerve sensory and motor tests in a working population with significant repetitive hand usage to a normal population. No significant differences were detected between the two groups.
Halloween display seen as racist
Seeded on Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:32 PM EDT (The Des Moines Register)
Marcie Brightwell of Des Moines figured that if any part of her annual Halloween yard display drew a complaint this year, it would be the bloody guillotine with the life-size decapitated "victim."
In support of Burma: Burmese recipes
Mon Oct 8, 2007 3:43 PM EDT
Burmese recipes reflects a great influences of her many neighbors especially the two largest countries which is China and India.
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Parents Upset Over High School Homecoming Queen
Seeded on Fri Oct 5, 2007 4:59 PM EDT (WLTX.com News)
Parents call it a prank that went too far – a high school student ran for homecoming queen and won. The controversy: the queen is a male student.
Arctic ice island breaks in half
Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 3:42 PM EDT (BBC News)
The giant Ayles Ice Island drifting off Canada's northern shores has broken in two - far earlier than expected. In a season of record summer melting in the region, the two chunks have moved rapidly through the water - one of them covering 98km (61 miles) in a week.
Today in History - Sept. 28
Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:01 AM EDT
Today is Friday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2007. There are 94 days left in the year.
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Critic Of Sex Education Book Refuses To Return Library Copies
Seeded on Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:54 PM EDT (WMTW.com)
A Lewiston woman who said she was "horrified" by the content of an acclaimed sex education book has checked out copies from two libraries and refuses to give them back.
74-Year-Old Man Fights Off Mugger With Tire Iron
Seeded on Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:20 PM EDT (WCBSTV.com)
A feisty, in shape senior stopped a would-be crook in his tracks at Long Island's South Shore Mall the old fashioned way this weekend: by fighting back.
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