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Mom throws away Gundam figures, son burns down house.

Police in Kasai City near Kobe have arrested a 29-year-old factory worker named Yoshifumi Takabe on suspicion of burning down his own home on Sunday. The suspect reportedly doused his room with kerosene and lit it with a lighter around 2:10 p.m

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Uninsured conservative town hall activist hurt in fight, asks for donations to help pay medical bill

………. Yesterday, about 200 conservative activists held a protest outside the SEIU office in St

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Uninsured conservative town hall activist hurt in fight, asks for donations to help pay medical bill

Tissues will no longer be manufactured from virgin forests

On Wednesday morning, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, maker of Kleenex, Scott and Cottonelle tissues, announced that it will adjust its production standards to increase forest conservation for its tissue products due to pressures from a five year Greenpeace campaign.

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Webisodes give TV lovers an extra dose, Producers headaches

“If you can't beat 'em, stream 'em. That's how some TV producers view the Internet, using the Web to draw in viewers who either can't get enough of their favourite show or might otherwise forget it's even on

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Webisodes give TV lovers an extra dose, Producers headaches

Consumerism is ‘Eating the Future’

We're a gloomy lot, with many insisting that there's nothing we can do personally about global warming, or that the human race is over-running the planet like a plague. But according to leading ecologists speaking this week in Albuquerque at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, few of us realise that the main cause of the current environmental crisis is human nature.

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Bomb explodes on Spanish island of Mallorca

MADRID – A small bomb exploded Sunday in a restaurant on the Spanish island of Mallorca, hurting no one, and a second device was deactivated by police, the government said. The attack happened just over a week after the Basque separatist group ETA killed two police officers on the island. Press reports said officers were searching the popular beach-front area Sunday for a possible third bomb.

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Bomb explodes on Spanish island of Mallorca

Sotomayor takes oath from Chief Justice Roberts

Sonia Sotomayor became the Supreme Court's newest justice Saturday, pledging during a brief ceremony at the high court to defend the Constitution and administer impartial justice. Sotomayor, 55, is the first Hispanic justice and only the third woman in the court's 220-year history. ———————- Are you pleased with the Sotomayor confirmation?

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Sotomayor takes oath from Chief Justice Roberts

Today’s fastest growing group: [Your Group Here] — [Current.com Blog]

A big congratulations goes out to Nettle for keeping the Gaming group alive! We’re featuring you on the homepage, and Gaming has been added to the Groups homepage. Check out the full post (link above) to see the top 5 fastest groups on Current.com today

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Today’s fastest growing group: [Your Group Here] — [Current.com Blog]

Is Google making us stupid?

This fascinating article asks us whether the Internet may be changing how we think. I can say for sure that it has changed the way I think

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Is Google making us stupid?

Bad Kitty!: Fla. man blames cat paws for child porn downloads

JENSEN BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida investigators say a man accused of downloading child pornography is blaming his cat. Keith Griffin of Jensen Beach is charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography after detectives found more than 1,000 images on his home computer

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