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Peter Jennings ...
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The ABC News anchor has died at the age of 67.
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Straight marriage ...
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Longer school year
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State Regent Urges Longer School Year
WBEN Newsroom - Monday, August 8, 2005 07:59 AM
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - New York State Regent Bob Bennet says education leaders should consider extending the school year.
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Pirro v. Clinton, 2006
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It looks like Hillary may have an opponent already for her senate run next year.
Jeanine Pirro, a high-profile prosecutor from the New York City area, said Monday she will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in her bid for re-election next year.
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On the dole ...
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Former congressmen work their friends and colleagues as lobbyists.
Is this fair? Should their be a law against it? Seems wrong to me.
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Superman interupted ...
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Pranksters issuing bogus orders over stolen walkie talkies disrupted the filming of "Superman Returns" in Sydney, Australia.
The pranksters impersonated film crewmembers last week and ordered "Cut!" and "Action!" during an action sequence being filmed by director Brandon Routh, the Wor...
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Civics ...
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According to this story, outgoing Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will spend much of her soon-to-be acquired free time teaching the country about itself.
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Florida utility accused of nuclear dumping
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MIAMI - One of Florida's biggest electric utilities mistakenly sent a shipment of nuclear waste to a farm pasture, a spokeswoman acknowledged Sunday, but documents filed in two lawsuits appear to show it also sent the waste to sewage treatment plants and other, unknown locations.
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Pizza billboard calls Bush evil
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Hell Pizza billboards have been erected around Auckland and Wellington. Half of the poster is taken up with a photo of the president and the other half has the phrase 'Hell: Too Good For Some Evil Bastards.'
Apparently, some don't like it.
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John Bolton
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Here's yet another case of Pres. Bush ignoring the rules and doing whatever he likes.
Yahoo News
It's bad enough this administration is filled with inneffectual power-mongers, now we're exporting them to the UN.
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RR Boulevard ...
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Hey. Ho. Way to go Ohio.
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Looks like the GOP retained that seat in Ohio, but by a rather slim margin.
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Should this be cause for concern? For which side?
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Fire at Somerset
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Weds about 8 AM - fire at AES Somerset.
at 8:23 - there are 3 fire companies at the scene
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A Flip Flop A Flippit to Flippit to the Flip don't stop ya keep on Flippin' ...
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Isn't the reason we have GWB as president because John Kerry was a "flip flopper?"
What then is the president's new statement that "anyone who broke the law will be fired" ... as opposed to "anyone involved in the leaking will be fired."
To put it succinctly, Bush set a new standard.
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Novak loses it on live TV.
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It appears as though CNN has suspended Bob Novak for swearing and then walking off the set of their live show, "Inside Politics."
Apparently, during a discussion on Katherine Harris, James Carville said something Novak didn't like, to which Novak responded, "I think that's bullsh*t," and the...
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Reminders of War
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President Bush lamented the deaths of 14 Marines in Iraqhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050803/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush;_ylt=ArQexDiilmgdY4Qttxj4gjas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-
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Stem Cells Down The Drain
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It's tragic that something so useful can be tossed away because of Bush's personal feelings. He essentially signed the death warrant for thousands of people in this country suffering from all manner of diseases, afflictions, and genetic dispositions that could be cured or reversed using stem cel...
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Capitalism Sux
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Ah, it's nice to see Captialism in action. Competition, open market, and big business crushing the little guy. No, I'm not talking about Wal-Mart, although the premise is familiar:
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A dollar and a dream ...
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Looks like the New York State Lottery is on target to make more money than ever.
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Ellicott Creek Park ...
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What are your thoughts on this? I'll be discussing this today on the show and asking your opinions.
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Lance
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Seven in a row, good job Mr. Armstrong. But is lance the no#1 athelete to this date?
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No more Pataki ... kinda.
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Looks like the governor won't seek a 4th term. (yeah)
Instead he'll run for ... president? Are you kidding me? The only way he would win is if the Democrats had a horrible candidate ... like Carl McCall ... or John Kerry. Oh wait. Never mind.
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Save A lot fire
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Save A Lot's on fire. I hope the vollies can save a lot!
It's really just a dumpster on the loading dock on fire. It's next to the building though.
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Special Election in Ohio ...
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You probably haven't heard, but there is a congressional election in Ohio on Tuesday.
Former Congressman Rob Portman (R) was given an administrative appointment by the president and as such, his seat is empty and needing to be filled.
The seat is a Republican stonghold, but the Democratic...
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Over-reaction?
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It would seem America's panic is spreading.
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