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The Not-So-Big-City Rap Collection!

Anyone can rap about Los Angeles or New York. It takes a true urban poet to make one of America's second or third tier cities sound dope. This Time Life collection brings together all the greatest rap hits about places like Cleveland, Memphis, Palm Beach, and many more of your tiny favorites! infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV

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The Not-So-Big-City Rap Collection!

6 year old boy MISSING after soaring in balloon!

The 6-year-old boy has been identified as Falcon Heene and is the son of the Colorado hot air balloons' creator. Falcon who was reportedly seen by his brother getting inside the experimental aircraft's compartment just prior to it being torn away from its tether causing the hot air balloon to fly away uncontrollably.

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6 year old boy MISSING after soaring in balloon!

Big vote for health overhaul in Senate committee TODAY

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's plan to remake the nation's health care system is about to take its biggest step yet toward becoming reality.

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Big vote for health overhaul in Senate committee TODAY

Sola Rola (Game Battle)

Tim's game reminded me of this one. A great combination of puzzle, skill, and frustration.

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Sola Rola (Game Battle)

Stick War (Game Battle!)

Nifty stick figure tower defense game.

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Stick War (Game Battle!)

Seizing "Statutory Rape" Zeitgeist, Right Hones Latest, Gayest Czar Attack

Well look at this! We were totally right — it happens sometimes — and the right’s firing up its attack on Kevin Jennings , the nation’s gay “safe school czar.” And they’re using terms like “statutory rape.” How timely! Jennings once lived life as a closeted school teacher. And, at the time — 1988 — a student told Jennings that he had consensual sex with an “older man” in a public bathroom. Jennings told the student to use a condom and later wrote in his book, that the student “left my office with a smile on his face that I would see every time I saw him on the campus for the next two years, until he graduated.” Now, perhaps inspired by all the hoopla over Roman Polanski ‘s arrest, the right’s throwing it all back in Jennings’ face

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Seizing "Statutory Rape" Zeitgeist, Right Hones Latest, Gayest Czar Attack

Obamas Get Praise from … Laura Bush

The former First Lady would like to see the nation come together on issues

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Obamas Get Praise from … Laura Bush

Right’s Idiotic ‘Indoctrination’ War Hurts School Kids

President Obama announced that he will give a speech welcoming America’s young students into the new school year. Conservatives, happy to fight about anything this man does, came out swinging against the President’s “socialist” intentions.

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The REAL Origin of "Death Panels"

A brilliant term like “Death Panels” doesn't just come out of thin air. Meet the geniuses behind the catchphrase that's sweeping the nation. ( Via .) Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

Japan shows signs of rising from recession

Japan's economy grew 3.7 percent at an annual pace in the second quarter, signaling exports were gradually picking up after the nation's worst recession since the end of World War II, the government said. The rebound in April-June came after the world's second-largest economy contracted for four consecutive quarters, as consumer spending inched up and exports surged in cars, video recorders and other electronics goods, Kingo Toyoda of the Cabinet Office said

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