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Some links to some sources may require subscription.
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from About.com
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipes
The Best Cheese for Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Shakespeare Sources
What Are The Main Shakespeare Sources Used In The Plays?
The Best Cheese for Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Shakespeare Sources
What Are The Main Shakespeare Sources Used In The Plays?
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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)
Victory for Religious Free Speech in Texas
Taxpayers Paying Planned Parenthood to Promote Pro-Abortion ObamaCare
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from Allen West
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Why is Obama decimating the military while arming federal agencies?
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Why is Obama decimating the military while arming federal agencies?
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from American Thinker
Justice Sotomayor and the affirmative action bitter-enders have lost bigtime
The American public has woken up to the folly of trying to end racial discrimination by practicing it, dooming affirmative action to a slow death, and the racialist left is not taking the news very well. That is the only conclusion to draw from the extraordinary dissenting opinion yesterday by Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Schuette v BAMN, the case in which the Court upheld Michigan’s law outlawing racial preferences in state-funded higher education. Sotomayor took the unusual step of reading the dissent aloud from the bench, indicating her vehemence.
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from BBC News (UK)
Everest avalanche: Sherpas discuss boycott
Sherpa guides in Nepal are meeting climbers at Everest base camp to decide whether to cancel ascents after an avalanche on Friday killed 16 sherpas.
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from BizPac Review
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from Breitbart
8-YEAR-OLD DISABLED BOY CHARGED WITH TWO FELONIES
RICK PERRY ON JEB BUSH'S 'ACT OF LOVE' REMARKS: I SYMPATHIZE WITH ILLEGALS WHO BREAK LAWS TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES
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from Business Insider
Amazon Will Now Offer Old HBO Content For Prime Customers
Old shows like "The Wire" and "The Sopranos" — will arrive on Prime Instant Video by May 21, with other, more recent shows like "Girls" and "Newsroom" rolling out later, about three years after they aired on HBO.
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from BuzzFeed
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
23 Things You Didn’t Know About William Shakespeare
The Bard would have been 450 today. Here’s some stuff you might not know.
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from CNN
HBO shows coming to Amazon ... not Netflix
15 of nature's most spectacular shows
Fireworks are fantastic and human endeavor has its place, but sometimes Mother Nature outshines any performance we can produce.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
13 Worst Predictions Made on Earth Day, 1970
Ricochet.com Editor and Freedomworks contributor Jon Gabriel looks back at some of the doomsday predictions made when Earth Day debuted in 1970.
So Much For 'It Can't Happen Here'; Fetal Waste Turned Into Energy in Oregon
A month ago, the UK Telegraph reported that "The remains of more than 15,000 babies were incinerated as 'clinical waste' by hospitals in Britain with some used in 'waste to energy' plants."
Marking Earth Day, MSNBC’s Hayes Furthers Fossil Fuel/Slavery Comparison
George Will Schools Stephen Colbert on Difference Between News on FNC and ABC
Barbara Walters Gushes Over Elizabeth Warren: 'I Can See You Running for President'
There is a new potential Presidential contender that SOME in the liberal media are beginning to fawn over. Does this spell TROUBLE for Hillary..?
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from Cultural Cognition Project
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from The Daily Caller
Aborted fetuses incinerated at Oregon waste facility for energy purposes
The British Columbia Health Ministry admits that it had shipped the remains of aborted fetuses to an Oregon waste-to-energy facility to produce electricity for residents of the Northwestern state.
An ancient sea god under the Milky Way
A mythical Celtic god of the sea and the edgewise view into our own Milky Way galaxy, as captured by Glenn Miles Photography in Northern Ireland.
Pat Hart reflects on three decades of fighting fires in Hermiston
Of all the fires Fire Chief Pat Hart has responded to in his 30 years with Hermiston Fire and Emergency Services, one blaze burns brightest in his mind. “It was the only time I ever remember wondering if I was going to go home,” he said.
Why Inequality Doesn’t Matter
At least not income inequality.
The Real Problem With Rand Paul’s Abortion CommentsRand Paul says his "personal religious belief" is life begins when it begins. If he wants to convince others about life, he needs to step up his game.
Who Has It Worse? Women In America Or Elsewhere?Who could deny that the problems identified by feminists in America are serious? Here are just five recent examples of how bad women have it in the States, each followed by a look at a minor problem faced by women in other parts of the world.
Feminists Fighting McDonald’s Are Learning The Wrong Lessons
The British Columbia Health Ministry admits that it had shipped the remains of aborted fetuses to an Oregon waste-to-energy facility to produce electricity for residents of the Northwestern state.
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from Daily Mail (UK)
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from EarthSky
An ancient sea god under the Milky Way
A mythical Celtic god of the sea and the edgewise view into our own Milky Way galaxy, as captured by Glenn Miles Photography in Northern Ireland.
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from East Oregonian
Pat Hart reflects on three decades of fighting fires in Hermiston
Of all the fires Fire Chief Pat Hart has responded to in his 30 years with Hermiston Fire and Emergency Services, one blaze burns brightest in his mind. “It was the only time I ever remember wondering if I was going to go home,” he said.
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from Facecrooks (& Bitdefender)
How Much Can Facebook Reveal About You? Check Your Privacy With Digital Shadow
Digital Shadow shows users what photos they’ve tagged publicly, what friends they interact with the most, and which ones they’ve been Facebook stalking. And it goes even further: the program also shows users what times of day they are most active, their potential salary based on education and job title, and even possible passwords the user could have.
The cost of free trials, and how Masked Cards can help
Have you ever signed up for a "free" offer and then forgot to cancel? Like our friends at Abine, Inc. mention in this article, free offers can end up costing big time if you miss the deadline.
Digital Shadow shows users what photos they’ve tagged publicly, what friends they interact with the most, and which ones they’ve been Facebook stalking. And it goes even further: the program also shows users what times of day they are most active, their potential salary based on education and job title, and even possible passwords the user could have.
The cost of free trials, and how Masked Cards can help
Have you ever signed up for a "free" offer and then forgot to cancel? Like our friends at Abine, Inc. mention in this article, free offers can end up costing big time if you miss the deadline.
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from The Federalist
Why Inequality Doesn’t Matter
At least not income inequality.
The Real Problem With Rand Paul’s Abortion CommentsRand Paul says his "personal religious belief" is life begins when it begins. If he wants to convince others about life, he needs to step up his game.
What Thomas Piketty’s Popularity Tells Us About The Liberal PressAs I write this, Thomas Piketty’s book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” is #1 on Amazon. It’s been deemed an “important book” by a bunch of smart people. Why not? It validates many of the preconceived notions progressives have about capitalism: Inequality is growing. Mobility is shrinking. Meritocracy is dead. We all live in a sprawling zero-sum fallacy. And so on.
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from Fox News (& affiliates)
Dutch scramble jets after Russian bombers approach
The Dutch defense department says several NATO member countries scrambled jets Wednesday afternoon after a pair of Russian bomber planes approached their airspace over the North Sea.
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from Freedom Foundation (WA)
Appeals Court judge claims he lacks the authority to second-guess government
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from Freedom Outpost
from Greatist
Greatist Turns Three Today and It's All Because of You!
We're working to change the way the world thinks about “healthy,” helping everyone become a greatist and think about health in this healthier way. We're well on the way... but I also know we can't do it alone.
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from The Guardian (UK)
Celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday with our quiz
Art thou a Shakespearean genius? It's exactly 450 years since England's most famous poet was born (well to be honest historians are a bit "shaky" about that date but this is the day we celebrate it). How well do you know the bard and his plays? Test yourself in our Shakespeare quiz!
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from The Heritage Foundation (The Foundry)
Why Thousands of Americans Gave Up Their Citizenship Status Last Year
Today there are at least 3,000 fewer Americans than there ought to be. That’s how many people live overseas and voluntarily gave up their citizenship in 2013 alone. The United States is one of only two countries that attempt to tax money citizens earn while working overseas (Eritrea is the other). And two laws aimed at bringing tax revenue back into the U.S.—the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)—are actually driving Americans away.
Poll: GOP Voters Wedded to Marriage as One Man, One Woman
About eight out of 10 Republican voters strongly believe marriage should be defined as the union of one man and one woman, a new poll from Wilson Research Strategies finds.
This Regulation Has Chuck Schumer Talking Like a Tea Partier
Breweries across America are speaking out against a proposed Food and Drug Administration rule that would regulate “spent grain,” a byproduct that many breweries, including Schumer’s constituents in Utica, recycle for animal feed. Under the Food Safety Modernization Act, a sweeping law signed by President Obama in 2011, the FDA seeks to regulate spent grain because it could be unhealthy for animals. Schumer said that’s nonsense. He has told the FDA it shouldn’t mess with something that isn’t broken and has promised to introduce legislation to repeal the rule if it takes effect.
Bill Clinton Is Concerned and You Should Be, Too
What do Bill Clinton, The Washington Post, and The Heritage Foundation have in common? They are all wary of a big transition that’s happening with the Internet. Today, representatives of countries from around the world are meeting in Brazil to start discussing the Internet’s future. It’s in dispute because the U.S. is preparing to transfer the oversight it has had—oversight that has helped keep the Internet open and free. “A lot of people…have been trying to take this authority from the U.S. for the sole purpose of cracking down on Internet freedom and limiting it and having governments protect their backsides instead of empowering their people,” former President Clinton said.
More Than 2,800 IRS Workers With Conduct Issues Received Performance Awards
As the Internal Revenue Service grapples with budget cuts, a newly reported audit reveals the federal tax collection agency doled out bonuses and other rewards to more than 2,800 workers who had conduct and tax-evasion issues.
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Deer Still Won't Cross Former Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was traced by an electrified barbed-wire fence that isolated the communist world from the West.
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Today there are at least 3,000 fewer Americans than there ought to be. That’s how many people live overseas and voluntarily gave up their citizenship in 2013 alone. The United States is one of only two countries that attempt to tax money citizens earn while working overseas (Eritrea is the other). And two laws aimed at bringing tax revenue back into the U.S.—the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)—are actually driving Americans away.
Poll: GOP Voters Wedded to Marriage as One Man, One Woman
About eight out of 10 Republican voters strongly believe marriage should be defined as the union of one man and one woman, a new poll from Wilson Research Strategies finds.
This Regulation Has Chuck Schumer Talking Like a Tea Partier
Breweries across America are speaking out against a proposed Food and Drug Administration rule that would regulate “spent grain,” a byproduct that many breweries, including Schumer’s constituents in Utica, recycle for animal feed. Under the Food Safety Modernization Act, a sweeping law signed by President Obama in 2011, the FDA seeks to regulate spent grain because it could be unhealthy for animals. Schumer said that’s nonsense. He has told the FDA it shouldn’t mess with something that isn’t broken and has promised to introduce legislation to repeal the rule if it takes effect.
Bill Clinton Is Concerned and You Should Be, Too
What do Bill Clinton, The Washington Post, and The Heritage Foundation have in common? They are all wary of a big transition that’s happening with the Internet. Today, representatives of countries from around the world are meeting in Brazil to start discussing the Internet’s future. It’s in dispute because the U.S. is preparing to transfer the oversight it has had—oversight that has helped keep the Internet open and free. “A lot of people…have been trying to take this authority from the U.S. for the sole purpose of cracking down on Internet freedom and limiting it and having governments protect their backsides instead of empowering their people,” former President Clinton said.
More Than 2,800 IRS Workers With Conduct Issues Received Performance Awards
As the Internal Revenue Service grapples with budget cuts, a newly reported audit reveals the federal tax collection agency doled out bonuses and other rewards to more than 2,800 workers who had conduct and tax-evasion issues.
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from Huffington Post
Deer Still Won't Cross Former Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was traced by an electrified barbed-wire fence that isolated the communist world from the West.
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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)
Moses Lake to add asphalt to municipal airport runway
Teenager to serve two years for his part in shooting man in the head
Man allegedly attacks state trooper because of friend's DUI tests
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How Much Obamacare Costs Taxpayers Over 10 Years for Each Newly Insured American Will Blow Your Mind
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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)
ICC President on Lack of Attention for Persecuted Christians in Middle East with VOA News
Jeff King, President of International Christian Concern comments on the lack of attention given to Christians who are being discriminated against in the Middle East with VOA news. Check out the full story.
China: Thousands of Christians Form New Blockade As Authorities Return to ‘Reconstruct’ Church
Local Officials Renege on Earlier Agreement Allowing Sanjiang Church to Keep Cross
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that thousands of Christians in Wenzhou, China, have formed a new blockade to prevent government officials from starting demolition of the $4.8 million Sanjiang Christian Church. The news comes just two weeks after a previous standoff ended when authorities signed an agreement with church leaders promising to leave the church untouched. In exchange, church leaders agreed to demolish several floors of a nearby building used by the church as a care facility for the elderly.
Academics Express “Dread” Over Idea of Modi Taking Power in India
ICC Note: With India's national elections in full swing, exit polls indicate that the Hindu nationalist party BJP and their front man Modi are likely to form the center of India's next national government. Many inside and outside of India have expressed concern over Modi's human rights record, especially when it comes to religious minorities. A known Hindu nationalist, many fear that the persecuted of religious minorities like Christians will get worse under Modi's rule. In an open letter, India academics expressed "dread" over the idea of Modi taking power. Please pray for the future of India.
Indonesia: New Mayor Promises to End Standoff Over Church
ICC Note: The GKI Yasmin Church of Bogor, Indonesia was forced closed more than three years ago after radical Muslims led an aggressive campaign to force the church out of it's home. The local government caved to the pressure and sealed off the church building. Despite two rulings by the Supreme Court of Indonesia that the church has a right to operate, the local government continues to refuse to reopen the church. The forced closure of churches is an issue across Indonesia as radical Islamic groups, most commonly the Islamic Defenders Front, harass and intimidate congregations in certain areas.
Bomb Threat Dampens Easter Celebrations in Indonesia
ICC Note: A possible bomb was discovered early on Easter Sunday at a church on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Thankfully, the suspicious package was discovered by security before Easter celebrations began. At the turn of the century, widespread attacks over the course of several years on Christian homes and churches took place on islands across Indonesia, leaving thousands of Christians dead. Occasional bomb threats against Christian churches and communities are still relatively frequent in some areas.
Two Pastors Stand Trial for Practicing Christian Faith in Bhutan
ICC Note: In the remote country of Bhutan, two Christian pastors are being tried in court for practicing their Christian faith. On March 5th, the two pastors were arrested by police and have been held in prison on unspecified charges. The official complaint against them is for holding Christian meetings without official permission. The constitution of Bhutan provides for the freedom of religion, but Bhutan's recent actions and the fact that it doesn't recognize Christianity as an official religion seems to indicate that the freedom of religion is very limited. Please pray for these two pastors as they stand trial.
Police in Pakistan Arrest Alleged Killer of Christian Who Refused to Convert to Islam
ICC Note: Police in Pakistan have arrested the Muslim man accused of killing his Christian co-worker after the Christian refused to convert to Islam last Wednesday. According to reports, the Christian had been working as a cleaner at a bank in Lahore. One of the security guards at the bank mocked the Christian's faith and invited him to convert to Islam. After weeks of inviting the Christian to Islam, the Muslim co-worker could no longer handle the Christian's refusal. On April 16, the Muslim co-worker gave his Christian counterpart one last chance to convert. When he refused, the Muslim co-worker shot him in the head. Please pray for the family of this Christian man.
Somali Lawmaker Assassinated for Allowing the ‘Christian West’ into Somalia
ICC Note: Al-Shabaab, an Islamic extremist group that has vowed to make Somalia ‘purely Islamic,’ targeted a second lawmaker yesterday for allowing Christians and Christianity into the East African nation. Sentencing the man to extrajudicial death for his interaction with the 'Christian West,' Al-Shabaab continues to operate outside of the law, imposing its radically harsh interpreation of Sharia onto all Somalis: publicly beheading converts from Islam, removing hands from thieves, and fatally punishing those found guilty of blasphemy. More must be done to protect the small and extremely vulnerable population of Christians in Somalia and all those who stand for their rights.
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from Jen Kuznicki
The Bundy Ranch Saga Proved the American People are Fed Up
We’ll ‘Lighten Up’ When FLOTUS Backs Off
Michelle Obama planted her garden with the help of kitchen staff and little elementary students from DC-area schools. Before that, she went to China with her daughters and mother, and before that, she rolled out the new proposed federally-mandated food labels. I doubt many would quibble with how much it cost her to plant the garden, and we are not allowed to know how much her trip to China was, but the new food labels will cost us more than $2.3 billion.
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from Legal Insurrection
Are reports of the death of a viable challenge to Lindsey Graham grossly exaggerated?There hasn’t been a lot of polling in the South Carolina Republican Senate primary, but what polling there is shows Lindsay Graham ahead by 30%+ against potential challengers. But it may still be a challenge for Graham to get the 50% he needs in the primary to avoid a runoff, and generating a runoff in which all the anti-Graham vote could coalesce, has been the strategy all along.
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from LiveScience
What Are the Types of Meditation?
There are many types of meditation, including Zen Buddhist meditation, transcendental meditation, Tai chi and yoga.
Creationist Debate Stalls South Carolina State Fossil Bill
When 8-year-old Olivia McConnell proposed a state fossil for South Carolina, she probably didn't expect her request to prompt a drawn-out fight with creationists in her state legislature.
New Crustaceans Found Crawling on Dead Whale Bones Off Antarctica
A new species of louselike crustacean has been discovered living on the bones of a dead whale at the bottom of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
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from Los Angeles Times
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from Money Talks News
Could Your Outstanding Debt Land You in Jail?
7 TV Moms With Bad Credit
How Many Credit Cards Should You Have and Answers to Your Other Pressing Questions
Did You Know You’re Supposed to Tip the Cable Guy?
Amazon: Sales Tax Equals Sales Drop
Researchers say Amazon is taking a 10 percent hit in states that are collecting an online sales tax. Are you in a state where you must pay online sales tax when making Amazon.com purchases?
7 TV Moms With Bad Credit
How Many Credit Cards Should You Have and Answers to Your Other Pressing Questions
Did You Know You’re Supposed to Tip the Cable Guy?
Amazon: Sales Tax Equals Sales Drop
Researchers say Amazon is taking a 10 percent hit in states that are collecting an online sales tax. Are you in a state where you must pay online sales tax when making Amazon.com purchases?
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from Mother Nature Network
'Where did I put my keys?': 5 strange facts about memory
Our brains are bizarre machines that can forget something just because we walked through a doorway.
The beautiful reason you should plant milkweed
It may take a grassroots gardening effort to bring migrating monarch butterfly populations back from the brink of danger
It may take a grassroots gardening effort to bring migrating monarch butterfly populations back from the brink of danger
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from National Geographic
What’s Making Duck Sounds in the Ocean? Mystery SolvedIt may sound quacky, but mysterious duck-like sounds in the oceans are made by whales, a new study says.
Q&A: What Can Dog Brains Tell Us About Humans?
Dogs have a human side. That’s not just their mushy-eyed owners talking, but scientists who study the companionable canines we’ve lived alongside for 30,000 years or more. Indeed, such is our mental bond with the earliest domesticated animal that researchers are turning to them as models to gain insights into the workings and maladies of the human brain.
To Breathe Upside-Down, Sloths Tape Organs To Their Ribs
If you spent a lot of your life hanging upside-down, you’ve got a problem. Your liver, kidneys, stomach and other internal organs would press down upon your lungs and diaphragm, making it marginally harder to breathe. This won’t matter in the short term but in the long run, you’d spend a lot more energy on the simple act of inflating your lungs.
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from Natural Society
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Minute Maid’s Pomegranate Blueberry Juice is 99% Apple and Grape JuiceCoca-Cola and Pom Wonderful are gearing up for a court battle, a lawsuit where marketing and the public’s right to know exactly what’s in their food is front and center. At issue is a juice from Coca-Cola’s Minute Maid division, and Pom Wonderful’s allegations that the juice’s label is completely misleading.
French Parliament Permanently Bans All GMO Maize Effective this Year
Minute Maid’s Pomegranate Blueberry Juice is 99% Apple and Grape JuiceCoca-Cola and Pom Wonderful are gearing up for a court battle, a lawsuit where marketing and the public’s right to know exactly what’s in their food is front and center. At issue is a juice from Coca-Cola’s Minute Maid division, and Pom Wonderful’s allegations that the juice’s label is completely misleading.
French Parliament Permanently Bans All GMO Maize Effective this Year
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
'Obama Not Welcome': Filipinos Protest Presidential Visit
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from New York Post
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from New York Times
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from NPR (& affiliates)
Scientists Pinpoint Source Of Antarctic 'Quack'
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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)
Snohomish County council members are considering a moratorium on home construction within a half-mile of landslide prone areas, such as the Oso community hillside that collapsed March 22.
Breeders oppose puppy auction at Jesuit High
PORTLAND – One of the big-ticket items at an upcoming Jesuit High School fundraising auction is angering people across the country. Jesuit High School announced it will be auctioning off a Bernese Mountain Dog puppy during the annual Auction Gala on May 3. Now, breeders of the large dog are speaking out about the decision.
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from POLITICO
Chamber poll shows dead heat in Colorado Senate
The internal survey, obtained exclusively by POLITICO, has Republican Rep. Cory Gardner up by 2 points among likely voters, 44 percent to 42 percent, over Democratic Sen. Mark Udall. Libertarian Party candidate Gaylon Kent pulls 7 percent. This is within the 4-point margin of error. A generic Republican Senate candidate would lead a generic Democrat by 9 points, 49 percent to 40 percent.
How Lindsey Graham outmaneuvered the tea party
Sen. Lindsey Graham recognized the threat years before it had a chance to form — and knew immediately what he had to do.
Sean Hannity: Jon Stewart’s an Obama tool
Turbulence at The Times
One Monday morning in April, Jill Abramson called Dean Baquet into her office to complain. The executive editor of The New York Times was upset about the paper’s recent news coverage — she felt it wasn’t “buzzy” enough, a source there said — and placed blame on Baquet, her managing editor.
HQ-17: A Classic Russian Missile With A New Chinese Twist
The Tor M1 “SA-15 Gauntlet” is a 12km ranged Russian air defense missile specifically designed to attack enemy fighters, helicopters, smart bombs and cruise missile. The HQ-17, while a copy of the Tor-M1, has important differences including an indigenous all terrain tracked launcher, a new Identify Friend Foe (IFF) antenna on top the search radar, electronically scanned radars for better performance against enemy jamming, and ability to datalink with other Chinese systems.
Q&A: What Is Feminist Biology?
A new fellowship seeks to fund biology research that's been overlooked because of gender bias.
Ask Anything: Can Insects Get Fat?
Yes, but they never lose that slender figure.
Starting Today, Google Maps Is A Time Machine
See progress (or decay) on the march, right on your computer screen.
The internal survey, obtained exclusively by POLITICO, has Republican Rep. Cory Gardner up by 2 points among likely voters, 44 percent to 42 percent, over Democratic Sen. Mark Udall. Libertarian Party candidate Gaylon Kent pulls 7 percent. This is within the 4-point margin of error. A generic Republican Senate candidate would lead a generic Democrat by 9 points, 49 percent to 40 percent.
How Lindsey Graham outmaneuvered the tea party
Sen. Lindsey Graham recognized the threat years before it had a chance to form — and knew immediately what he had to do.
Sean Hannity: Jon Stewart’s an Obama tool
Turbulence at The Times
One Monday morning in April, Jill Abramson called Dean Baquet into her office to complain. The executive editor of The New York Times was upset about the paper’s recent news coverage — she felt it wasn’t “buzzy” enough, a source there said — and placed blame on Baquet, her managing editor.
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from Popular Science
HQ-17: A Classic Russian Missile With A New Chinese Twist
The Tor M1 “SA-15 Gauntlet” is a 12km ranged Russian air defense missile specifically designed to attack enemy fighters, helicopters, smart bombs and cruise missile. The HQ-17, while a copy of the Tor-M1, has important differences including an indigenous all terrain tracked launcher, a new Identify Friend Foe (IFF) antenna on top the search radar, electronically scanned radars for better performance against enemy jamming, and ability to datalink with other Chinese systems.
Q&A: What Is Feminist Biology?
A new fellowship seeks to fund biology research that's been overlooked because of gender bias.
Ask Anything: Can Insects Get Fat?
Yes, but they never lose that slender figure.
Starting Today, Google Maps Is A Time Machine
See progress (or decay) on the march, right on your computer screen.
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from Real Clear Politics
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from The Right Scoop
from ScienceDaily
Scientists identify source of mysterious sound in the Southern Ocean
Scientists have conclusive evidence that the source of a unique rhythmic sound, recorded for decades in the Southern Ocean and called the 'bio-duck,' is the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). First described and named by submarine personnel in the 1960s who thought it sounded like a duck, the bio-duck sound has been recorded at various locations in the Southern Ocean, but its source has remained a mystery, until now.
Political ravens? Ravens notice the relationships among others, study shows
Cognitive biologists have revealed that ravens do understand and keep track of the rank relations between other ravens. Such an ability has been known only from primates. Like many social mammals, ravens form different types of social relationships -- they may be friends, kin, or partners and they also form strict dominance relations. From a cognitive perspective, understanding one's own relationships to others is a key ability in daily social life ("knowing who is nice or not"). Yet, also understanding the relationships group members have with each other sets the stage for "political" maneuvers ("knowing who might support whom").
Surface area of the digestive tract much smaller than previously thought
The internal surface area of the gastro-intestinal tract has long been considered to be between 180 and 300 square meters. Scientists have used refined microscopic techniques that indicate a much smaller area. "Actually, the inner surface of the gastro-intestinal tract is only as large as a normal studio apartment," says one scientist.
from SHTFplan.com
NY Homeland Security Encourages Businesses to Snitch on Preppers as Terrorists
The New York State Division of Homeland Security is encouraging businesses to snitch on preppers as terrorists, urging that the purchase of MRE’s, ammunition or flash lights be treated as a suspicious activity.
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from Slate's The Vault Blog
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
SpaceX Video Captures Amazing Reusable Rocket Test Launch and Landing
Mars Missions Could Make Humanity a Multi-Planet Species, NASA Chief Says
Spacewalking Astronauts Replace Dead Computer on Space Station
Apollo 12 astronaut's moon mementos up for auction
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What is "too big" for Electric City buildings?
Residents to consider that Tuesday for accessory buildings
Old grenade found in Columbia River bed
Grant PUD security personnel found an old pineapple-style hand grenade below the high water mark of the drawn-down Columbia River near the Old Vantage boat launch in Grant County about 6 p.m. yesterday.
Mars Missions Could Make Humanity a Multi-Planet Species, NASA Chief Says
Spacewalking Astronauts Replace Dead Computer on Space Station
Apollo 12 astronaut's moon mementos up for auction
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)
What is "too big" for Electric City buildings?
Residents to consider that Tuesday for accessory buildings
Grant PUD security personnel found an old pineapple-style hand grenade below the high water mark of the drawn-down Columbia River near the Old Vantage boat launch in Grant County about 6 p.m. yesterday.
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from Think Progress
Buffalo Bills Cheerleaders Allege Minimum Wage Violations In Lawsuit Against Team
The Bills are the third team to face a wage theft lawsuit from former cheerleaders.
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from Time
The Drinking Age Is Past Its Prime
The age-21 rule sets the U.S. apart from all advanced Western nations, and it has pushed kids toward pills and other antisocial behavior.
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from Top Right News
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from The Washington Examiner (DC)
John Paul Stevens' 'Six Amendments' shows why elections matter
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 94, thinks the Constitution needs at least six amendments in order to bring the country more in line with what he believes is good for us. He outlines them in his new book, Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution. It is a revealing look into liberal thinking and the ideological opposite of radio talk show host Mark Levin's book, The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic.
This ad from GOP Senate candidate Monica Wehby will make you cry
Monica Wehby, a pediatric neurosurgeon running for the U.S. Senate in Oregon, has released a new ad that will make you shed a tear.
State Department gets second chance to list Hillary Clinton accomplishments; it doesn't go well
Monica Wehby, a pediatric neurosurgeon running for the U.S. Senate in Oregon, has released a new ad that will make you shed a tear.
State Department gets second chance to list Hillary Clinton accomplishments; it doesn't go well
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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Week UK
Camille Paglia brings Jolie and Paltrow down to size
The self-confessed "dissident feminist" Camille Paglia has been whipping up a storm by saying that they don't make women like Elizabeth Taylor any more and that today's glamorous actresses have nothing in common with "real women".
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from Yakima Herald-Republic
Birth defect again found at high rate in south-central Washington
Yakima, Benton and Franklin counties together logged seven cases of the rare birth defect anencephaly in 2013, the fourth year of unusually high numbers of cases.
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from 100 Percent FED Up
OUR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE PRESIDENT Sends 500 US troops to Poland amid Ukraine crisisThe silence from the anti-war left is deafening...as our Nobel Peace Prize Prez exhibits his "flexibility" with our troops and with imaginary "red lines".
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