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POPSCombat Operations in Fallujah by Dahr Jamail As the calendar turned to May, April was the deadliest month since September for US troops, with at least 18 dead, doubling the previous month's total. April also found the most troops killed in combat in a month so far this year. April was also the deadliest month for Iraqis in over a year.
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POPSProject Holy Fire International reaction was swift. While the Obama administration had previously shown little respect to the little City State, (championing abortion on demand, forcing the removal of Christian symbols before speaking at Catholic Universities, attempting to remove freedom of conscience for Catholic health care workers and adoption agencies, funding the destruction of embryos, and repeatedly trying to nominate a pro-choice ambassador) it seems to have its attention now. In a hastily convened televised address to the Vatican, president Obama said:
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POPSSettlement in NY lawsuit over NBC's 'Predator' What interest me in The predator series also makes me wonder if it is a set up. maybe we have been overzealous in trying to prosecute every person who ever chat in such site. I never doubt some of them is guilty but you still cannot prosecute someone for chating. I have a friend in college who once got so drunk and went on Greyhound. He accidentally brushed against a little girl. The parents screamed MOLESTATION and a MOP formed and beat the shit out of him. The police came and threw him in county jail for 5 days . It took another 2 years of legal fighting to clear his name before every charges was dropped.
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POPSKU KLUX KLAN WON'T ENDORSE OBAMA! Excellent satire - read the whole thing! Healthcare, it is assumed, is their point of disagreement. And "Noting her strength with the broad swaths of people who have no intention of actually voting for her, Senator Clinton also feels Obama's weakness with people who hate both of them with a passion should give unpledged superdelegates pause."
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POPSN.Y. Serial Sex Molester: 24 years extradition delay from Israel "The Brooklyn District Attorney's office has requested the extradition of Avrohom Mondrowitz, a resident of Jerusalem and a prominent member of the Ger Hassidic sect, on child molestation charges dating back over two decades involving four boys aged 11 to 16. The extradition request was made in January, according to Brooklyn District Attorney's Office spokesman Jerry Schmetterer. "We know that the US Department of Justice and the State Department have begun the extradition process," said Schmetterer. "It is also our understanding that the Israeli Justice Ministry has been contacted as well." The Justice Ministry declined to comment.
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POPSGod doesn't need Ole Anthony
Talented writer and editor for the New Yorker. He has written for Atlantic Monthly, Discover Magazine, New York Academy of Sciences ..etc. Check out his book on Southern Culture - " Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts." This article is a fun read. More: Their damning discoveries have led to prosecutions and to exposés on "PrimeTime Live," on "Dateline NBC." Trinity's admirers think of the foundation as the conscience of evangelical Christianity. Its targets call it a godless, penniless, and deeply annoying cult. "The televangelist I worked for feared Ole—he wanted to do him physical harm," one of Anthony's informants told me. "These guys think he's Satan incarnate." The opinion is not a new one. When Anthony was six years old, the family's Lutheran minister, in St. Peter, Minnesota, asked his mother not to bring him to catechism class anymore. "He told her I was an evil child," "I was disruptive and asked too many questions."
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POPSWash up, Duck! To me, this is a cute story. 10,000 yellow plastic ducks drifting 14 years :) Maybe someone here can catch one next year :P
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POPSCT woman who was raped ends her silence. This hits very close to home. I grew up in Waterbury, and Woodbury and Prospect are neighboring towns. You may have seen this on Dateline tonight. It hits me personally because I applied to and interviewed with Mrs. Palomba for a job at her company the Worx Group (was WebWorx then). I can't imagine carrying that secret around for 14 years and continuing on with life as normal. More power to her.
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POPSThe Perpetual Baby - A Child Frozen In Time Brooke Greenberg (born January 8, 1993) is a teenaged girl (as of 2006) who has not aged physically or mentally and looks like an average six to twelve-month-old. Her medical condition has never been diagnosed.
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POPSConan O'Brien - Hilarious at the Emmys props go out to O'Brien who hosted the Emmys only as the ultimate funnyman could.. he was great- kudos to Conan-- doing all he can to save his network- NBC, even by poking more obnoxious fun at it than you'd think was acceptable.. but it was.. he was great..
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POPSBusiness school bans cornrows, dreadlocks A business program at historically black college Hampton University enforces a "hair code". If employers are going to make hiring decisions based on hair style, then something is seriously wrong with American culture.