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drilling for oil in Alaska
US Senate backs oil drilling in Alaskan refuge
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), narrowly rejecting a Democratic attempt to strike the plan from a budget bill.
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Okay, usually I'm not one to defend creationism, but this seems a little over-the-top:
Creationist Textbook Stickers Declared Unconstitutional
MSNBC reports that a judge in Atlanta, GA has ruled that a sticker placed on all textbooks in Cobb County stating that 'Evolution is a theory, not a fact,' is unconstitutional, and ordered that all ( Read more... ) -
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Attention all: I have seen the future, and it is this very funny Flash video. You should all go watch (How) To Kill a Mockingbird, and laugh your ass off.
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for the politics/math nerds
Six election result maps: America colored red/blue and red/blue/purple, by state and county, geographically-accurate and sized-according-to-population.
The fun one: counties sized by population, red/blue/purple according to vote
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