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South Carolina man drives 80 miles to give explosives to cops

The man feared the materials might fall into the wrong hands, so he drove 80 miles to his uncle's house and loaded his truck with some of the items. Then he drove back to his home county to give the materials to police. added by: knews121 3 comments

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Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies This during a senate Judiciary sub-committee hearing on bankruptcies driven by catastrophic medical expenses added by: pjacobs51 7 comments

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Gibbs: Cheney was the one who lost focus on Afghanistan

The White House is hitting back once again at Dick Cheney, this time for remarks the former vice president made on Wednesday night in which he accused the president of “dithering” in his decision about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan. “I think it is a curious comment,” said spokesman Robert Gibbs, “given, I think it is pretty safe to say that the vice president was for seven years not focused on Afghanistan.

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Why isn’t the story of several missing women in North Carolina getting attention?

This is really disturbing… “Ten women have been found slain or have been declared missing in Rocky Mount, N.C., in recent years

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Why isn’t the story of several missing women in North Carolina getting attention?

Sen. Graham: ‘We need to use the coal that God has given us’

Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) has announced that he is willing to support some form of climate change legislation, but only if the current Kerry-Boxer bill is overhauled to look a lot more like a traditional Republican program of energy independence. “There will be no climate change bill with my vote unless you have offshore oil drilling,” Graham told Fox News on Thursday. “I won't vote for any climate change bill that doesn't allow a dramatic increase in nuclear power.

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Sen. Graham: ‘We need to use the coal that God has given us’

Twitter shuts down phony accounts Republicans created to bash Democrats

Twitter shut down 33 fake Twitter accounts created by Republicans using the names of Democratic state representatives.

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Twitter shuts down phony accounts Republicans created to bash Democrats

Hulu to start charging in 2010

At an industry summit in NYC on Oct. 21, News Corp Deputy Chairman Chase Carey revealed that online video hub Hulu will begin charging users for content as soon as 2010, according to Broadcasting and Cable. Carey told reporters that a subscription system is likely, although some content will probably continue to be offered free of charge

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Plenty more foreclosures on the way

FROM THE NEWS BLOG: With the Dow back up over 10,000 and Goldman Sachs raking in profits again surely we could see some improvement in the housing market?

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Plenty more foreclosures on the way

Windows 7 hits the market

Although the official U.S. launch event is still some hours away, Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system has hit the market, going on sale in a number of countries across the globe

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Phillies returning to the World Series

Ryan Howard and the defending champs are back in the World Series – proving last year was no fluke and looking even more dangerous this time around. added by: ebindelglass 1 comment

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