Who said that American ingenuity was dead? One thing is for sure, when faced with adversity you can bet that somewhere, an American is fast at work trying to solve a problem. Take Rick Westmoreland for...
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Youtube Video :Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday proposed a temporary 1.5 percent sales tax increase to deal with California's worsening fiscal crisis, which has created an $11.2 billion deficit in this year... ...
The first video is footage from CNN, which aired today, October 20, 2008, a segment called The Black McCains, that serves as an introduction to the Black side of the McCain family, who trace their ancestry...
Now residents of the Midwest are suffering from the effects of Ike. They are facing blackouts and flooded homes, and more than 2 million people could be affected.The death toll has now risen to at least 39 in 10...
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" All the suits who make a living — monetarily, politically and otherwise — off the criminal marijuana laws were there the other day. There must have been 30 of them. Standing on the steps of the New Bedford Superior Court like a phalanx of armed guards, ready to protect...
Before humans arrived on the scene nearly 100,000 years ago, the earth experienced climatic changes at somewhat regular intervals. Ice sheets expanded and melted, droughts and floods ravaged...
A three-judge panel has overturned the 2007 conviction of alleged Ku Klux Klan member James Ford Seale on a technicality. In the 20 page ruling that came down Tuesday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed...
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" ARLINGTON, Va. — Senator John McCain said on Saturday night that he thought his debate with Senator Barack Obama in Mississippi went “quite well,’’ and then accused Mr. Obama of doing nothing about the Wall Street financial crisis except using it...
A Mississippi snapping turtle caught in a British lake might at first seem just a strange story worth no further comment but the introduction of such alien species into the environment can have disasterous...
At midnight (PST) almost 3/4 of though Obama carried the night."OXFORD, Miss. — John McCain and Barack Obama stood behind identical wooden lecterns Friday night on the stage of a performing arts center at the...
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Just heard on the cable money channel, CNBC, the Sen. John McCain will be attending the debate in Mississippi, even though no deal on the Bailout has been made yet.This should be interesting.Here's the whole...
Obama is cleaning McCain's clock right now. Here is what the Obama people are saying now about the debates. "Barack Obama is committed to hosting a public, televised event Friday night in...
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John McCain may not have time to debate the issues but an online movement demanding he make time is building serious momentum. Their website says:"Americans are facing tough choices - how to pay bills, how to...
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Arctic sea ice is even lower than what was projected to be the lowest at the moment, and the polar bears are suffering the most from this change.Some are even resorting to cannibalism it has been found."Scientists...
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