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Watermelon ‘has same effect as Viagra’

Also, i think watermelon would be much safer, with no side effects and restrictions applied to people suffering form other diagnosis. added by: insanejain 5 responses

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Obama asks N.Y. governor to step aside

National Democratic Party leaders have asked Gov. David Paterson to consider withdrawing from the 2010 governor's race, according to two senior New York Democratic advisers. Both advisers, who are close to the governor, spoke to The Associated Press on Saturday on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak for Paterson

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US Christian conservatives ‘defiant’

Anyone who thought that “values voters” were still licking their wounds after the Republican Party received a drubbing at the polls might have found the atmosphere in Washington's plush Omni Shoreham Hotel rather surprising. An audience of 2,000 Christian conservatives gathered to listen to their political and media icons, condemn the Obama administation's alleged socialist agenda and plot the downfall of the Democrats at the 2010 mid-term elections

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District 9 puts spotlight on South Africa’s housing crisis

The huge success of District 9 in theaters across the world has helped shine the spotlight on a not so fictional problem, South Africa's housing crisis. The iconic shacks used in the movie depicted as a place so dire that it is only fit for alien refugees, are actually home to millions of South Africans who were displaced by apartheid 15 years ago.

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Stand down the missiles

In a move initiated by President Obama's deft diplomacy the Russians have scraped plans to escalate missile deployment in Eastern Europe.

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Teen charged with setting 2,100-acre LA wildfire

Los Angeles County authorities have filed arson charges against a 13-year-old boy they believe started a 2,100-acre wildfire last month. Prosecutors on Friday charged the boy from El Monte with two felony counts: arson of a forest and recklessly causing a fire. His name wasn't released.

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Dialing 911? That’ll Be $200, Please

If you dial 911 and then change your mind, the city of Vallejo, Calif. will soon charge you $200.

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Update: Jack Herer, Emperor of Hemp, marijuana hero, critical condition

Contrary to previous reports, Jack Herer is still alive. The Oregonian is reporting the activist is in critical condition at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland Oregonian. In addition, celebstoner has retracted their announcement of Herer's death

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Breaking: Jack Herer, Emperor of Hemp, marijuana hero, dead

According to a source close to the family, Jack Herer, much beloved Emperor of Hemp, is dead. The marijuana hero collapsed backstage on Saturday, September 15, at “Hempstalk 2009” in Portland, Oregon. Herer had just given a fiery speech to the crowd on the future of hemp when he suffered a heart attack and a significant loss of oxygen

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Teen birth rates highest in most religious states

U.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of teenagers giving birth, a new study suggests. The relationship could be due to the fact that communities with such religious beliefs (a literal interpretation of the Bible, for instance) may frown upon contraception, researchers say

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