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Soldier killed in Afghanistan re-enlisted to get health care coverage for family

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

CNN news anchor John Roberts asks “How far would you go to get good health insurance?” A report this morning tells the heartbreaking story of a man who lost his job as a computer consultant, and along with the job went the health insurance for his family. Army SPC Greg Missman had ended his military service 11 years earlier, but signed back on in order to provide his young son Jack with health insurance coverage. After only one month on the ground in Afghanistan, Missman's father Jim received the news that Greg's convoy had been ambushed, and Greg was killed in the attack.

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Obama to tell kids to stay in school

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

President Barack Obama is delivering a back-to-school speech to students across America today, but some conservative critics remain up in arms. added by: ebindelglass 7 responses

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The USA is number one…In gun sales!

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Despite a recession that knocked down global arms sales last year, the United States expanded its role as the world’s leading weapons supplier.

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Cape Cod bans swimming after great white shark sightings

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The weather might feel right for a taking a dip, but for those on the coast of Chatham, Mass., now's not a good time for one last summer swim. Recent sightings of four great white sharks have prompted a swimming ban for the rest of the Labor Day weekend at some of the area's oceanside beaches, including North Beach, Lighthouse Beach, South Beach and Hardings Beach and Nauset Beach

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Motown turns 50

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The world-famous Motown Records has just turned 50 years old, a milestone for any record company. In this article, Motown's main players reflect on the legendary label's legacy

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Why we celebrate Labor Day

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Don't forget about all the brothers and sisters who died fighting for labor wages and laws. added by: kennymotown 3 responses

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Single-cell organism an inch wide

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It’s a single cell, it’s the size of a grape, and it propels itself across the ocean floor: Behold the Bahamian Gromia — one of the strangest beasts yet discovered in the briny deep. Gromia sphaerica, as the organisms are known, are superbig amoebas, growing up to 1.5 inches in diameter. They were first discovered in 2000 in the Arabian Sea, and have since been found in various locations around the world.

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Amazon offfers redelivery or $30 after deleting 1984

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

In July, Amazon set the cat among the pigeons by remotely deleting digital copies of two George Orwell books from Kindle readers. It took the deplorable step after it realized that unauthorized copies of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four and Animal Farm were being sold on the Kindle Store. The ensuing hullabaloo haled Amazon into admitting its stupidity….

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Dogs first tamed to be food

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Wolves were domesticated no more than 16,300 years ago in southern China, a new genetic analysis suggests—and it's possible the canines were tamed to be livestock, not pets, the study author speculates. “In this region, even today, eating dog is a big cultural thing,” noted study co-author Peter Savolainen, a biologist at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. “And you can also see in the historical records as far back as you can go that eating dogs has been very common” in East Asia

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China closes in on anonymous commenters

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Hey, Commenters! Wouldn't that suck if you had to comment under your real names? The New York Times reports today that the Chinese government issued a confidential edict last month: commenters on China's news sites must use their real identities.

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