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Pope Benedict's Retirement
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Roger Ebert Reviews "Cloud Atlas" - "Surely this is one of the most ambitious...
CLOUD ATLAS (R)Ebert: Users: You: Rate this movie right now Cloud AtlasBY ROGER EBERT / October 24, 2012cast & creditsZachry, etc. Tom HanksLuisa Rey, etc. Halle BerryKona Chief, etc....
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"The State of Things" - Frank Stasio Interviews Rabbi Daniel Greyber
By SHAWN WEN AND FRANK STASIOAudio File at HTTP://WUNC.ORG/POST/RABBIS-FAITH-SHAPED-GRIEFMeet Rabbi Daniel GreyberRabbi Daniel Greyber has...
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"The State of Things" - Frank Stasio interviews Brian Hare: "Dogs Are Smarter...
Frank Stasio talks to Duke Associate Professor Brian HareAudio File at http://wunc.org/post/dogs-are-smarter-you-thinkThe last ten years have seen a revolution in our understanding of dogs, and Brian...
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Rampaging L.A. Cop. An LAPD Scapegoat?
On Sunday, LA officials announced a $1m reward for information leading to Dorner's capture. Photograph: Ringo Chiu/CorbisFresh questions over Christopher Dorner's dismissal as hunt contiunesPolice...
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"A Catholic Church worthy of the devoted?" - USA Today
Tom KrattemakerFebruary 11, 2013With pope's resignation, a chance for a more democratic, transparent commitment.(Photo: H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY file photo)STORY HIGHLIGHTSWhat better time to dream of...
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Front runner for pope a hockey-playing Canuck?
Cardinal Marc Ouellet responds to media at a news conference about his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI as Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in Quebec City. Ouellet is...
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Unemployed, anxious and broke, Navy SEAL who killed Bin Laden breaks silence.
Navy UDT-Seal Museum, Fort Pierce, FloridaWhat fun!***Excerpt: "Because he left the Navy after 16 years of service, he does not qualify for a pension awarded only to those who remain in uniform for at...
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Right Wing Mass Mailing: "It's the stupidity, stupid!"
The Liberal MentalitySince I be votin’ for Obama, my taxes have gone up,my employer stopped offering health insurance andmy guns were taken away.Damn you George Bush.***Colin Powell's Chief of Staff:...
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Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. With guns.
Let’s just start with two charts (the best OECD data I could find is from 2000, but I’m sure there’s been little change in the relative rankings. Some more recent, though less graphically friendly...
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"10 Stories That Prove Guns Save Lives," John Hawkins, author of "Right Wing...
Alan: If John Hawkins' "ten stories" are the best illustrations of armed citizens' ability to repel the tide of American gun violence, these vignettes are embarrassingly deficient "justification." Yes,...
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The Real Gun Problem Is Not Automatic And Semi-Automatic Weaponry
Dear Fred,It will take more time to deprive Americans' guns of their guns than it will take the Church to normalize women priests and gay marriage.Much more.Indeed, I do not see Americans ever deprived...
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The Guardian's View Of New Pope Selection
The Curia, the central administration of the Catholic church, has been left unmodernised and bitterly divided by Benedict's turbulent reign. Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty ImagesPope will be...
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Kingdom Come
The Jerusalem Temple (Seen from the East during the reign of Herod)The Temple Mount TodayDear Patrick,Thanks for forwarding Zunes' view.I very much value those who hold politicians' feet to The Godly...
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Middle East Water Supplies Drying Up
NASA / UC Irvine / NCARVariations in total water storage from normal, in millimeters, in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins, as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites,...
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Study links additional folic acid in pregnancy to 40% lower autism risk
Liz Szabo, USA TODAYFebruary 12, 2013Women who took folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy were about 40% less likely to have a baby later diagnosed with autism, according to a new...
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Pope Benedict’s One Unforgivable Failure
By Margaret Carlson Feb 12, 201331 COMMENTSQNothing distinguished the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI so much as the way in which he is leaving.We should be grateful that he realizes his body is failing...
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What Flew and What Flopped Among Obama's 2012 SOTU Proposals?
Excerpts: Curb the Outsourcing of American Jobs"If you're a business that wants to outsource jobs, you shouldn't get a tax deduction for doing it.... No American company should be able to avoid paying...
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