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Lynnette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme released from prison

Squeaky Fromme was released from federal custody today at age 60. In 1979, Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, pointed a gun at then-President Gerald Ford. She said of the incident: “I said, 'I gotta go and talk to him,' and then I thought, 'That's foolish

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Fire at a wedding in Kuwait kills 41 women and children

A fire at a wedding tent Saturday killed at least 41 women and children guests and injured 76 others, authorities said. The official Kuwait News Agency quoted the fire department chief, Brig

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Facebook buys rights to nearly everything you do online for $47.5 Million

Facebook just bought the rights to nearly everything you do online. And it cost them only $47.5 million

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Competitors fight it out for the urban freerunning crown

Twenty-seven freerunners from 17 countries battled it out on a specially-designed course, using bars, boxes and poles to dazzle a 7,500-strong crowd. Great Britain's Tim Sheiff was crowned winner of this year's tournament after wowing judges with his gravity-defying moves. Freerunning, also known as parkour, began in Paris in the 80s and involves climbing, jumping, vaults, spins, flips and somersaults using an urban environment.

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Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar team up to record Kerouac album

The last time Ben Gibbard split off from the rest of Death Cab for Cutie to record an album's worth of songs, that album was the Postal Service's Give Up, and half a million sensitive indie types swooned.

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Comic book store owner protests Archie’s proposal to Veronica

When comic book store owner Dave Luebke heard that after 67 years, the carrot-topped everyman of the comic world, Archie, was proposing to va-va-voomy rich girl Veronica instead of girl-next-door Betty, he decided to protest by selling his copy of the series' rare first issue. Luebke's Archie Comics No.

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Making solar affordable, one city at a time

A California nonprofit plans to launch a program that aims to make it easier for cities and counties to offer solar financing to their residents. added by: stopnoise 1 response

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Aussie wins right to die

An Australian quadriplegic has won the right to die. An Austrailian high court has ruled that 49-year-old Christian Rossiter has won the right to refuse food and water and can be allowed to die.

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today’s fastest growing group: water is life [your group here]

It's time for a new top 5 fastest growing groups list, and today's top spot goes to JanforGore's Water is Life group. Take a look at the full list: http://blogs.current.com/currentdotcom/2009/08/14/todays-fastest-growing-group-w..

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Why do all the countries with "evil healthcare" systems seem to have the best?

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” M.L. King Jr.

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