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December 24, 2009 03:05 PM EST
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http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=79528
091124-N-4440L-023 HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Nov. 24, 2009) The Lieutenant Dan Band‚ starring Forest Gump actor Gary Sinise, performs for . . .
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December 24, 2009 02:52 PM EST
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My wife had her physician's assistant change the prescriptions from brand names to generics, and with our insurance, the costs have gone from a couple hundred bucks a month to two dollars and forty cents. . . .
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December 24, 2009 02:32 PM EST
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We delivered the Christmas packages today, Publix donated some good quality Publix bags for the 40 packages of Toothbrushes, toothpaste, hand lotion, soaps, puzzle books, pens, pencils, snacks, Sunny . . .
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December 24, 2009 11:51 AM EST
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Still looking for a few last-minute gifts? Buy Baltimore! Not the city, but products produced by and in Charm City.
To help you find some great Baltimorian gifts, Baltimore's . . .
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December 24, 2009 09:56 AM EST
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I guess we are helping the Saudis with their insurgencies of Yemenis who are helped by the Iranians. Of course, Iran claims that it is not trying to interfere in other countries' internal affairs, . . .
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December 24, 2009 07:56 AM EST
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I don't think that much has happened to make health insurance cheaper. The takeover of healthcare didn't happen. Government isn't in control. It does not pay for most of the healthcare. . . .
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December 24, 2009 07:46 AM EST
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I guess if you take Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State and other sappy, unscientific "C" television episodes for what they are, they can be entertaining. But the serious, pseudo-scientific aura they try . . .
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December 24, 2009 07:39 AM EST
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Some people are saying that the Senate bill was not worthy, when compared to the House bill. The compromise will be unfortunate. How Medicare will change should be interesting.
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December 24, 2009 04:15 AM EST
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obtrusive
Why is that a word?
to push out
What are its origins?
wegotism 1797, from we + egotism; "an obtrusive and too frequent use of the first person plural by a speaker or writer" . . .
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December 24, 2009 04:02 AM EST
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Aljazeera, By John L Esposito, Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 10:51 Mecca time, 07:51 GMT
The recent arrest of five young Northern Virginia men in Pakistan on suspicion of terrorist activities has precipitated . . .
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December 24, 2009 03:54 AM EST
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By SPACE.com Staff, posted: 23 December 2009, 03:54 pm ET
Our solar system is passing through a cloud of interstellar material that shouldn't be there, astronomers say. And now the decades-old Voyager . . .
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December 23, 2009 10:31 PM EST
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God is Real as the Aware Presence One Is but Not as a Concept.
[Rich Note: This one is really a distillation/summation of a 3 page, hay-ku impregnated, 4 hour, polished-up, flow of consciousness response . . .
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December 23, 2009 07:51 PM EST
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Not belonging to one
Noon belongs to no one; the shadows don’t wait;
they rush, blend, mingle, finally evanesce.
Noon belongs to no one; no shadows. Brother . . .
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December 23, 2009 07:41 PM EST
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Although many acquaintances refer to me as “Scrooge,” I really am a Christmas person. For years a lot of my friends thought I was crazy because I’d be humming or whistling Christmas . . .
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December 23, 2009 05:01 PM EST
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The parents of Balloon Boy, Richard Heene and his wife, Mayumi get jail sentence for their stupid act!! The presiding judge sentenced Richard Heene to 90 days in custody, to begin January 11. Heene . . .
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December 23, 2009 01:17 PM EST
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I am hereby advocating the civil persecution of anyone who has stood up against healthcare reform attempts now being made by Congress.
If this healthcare reform movement fails, I call for all . . .
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December 23, 2009 12:20 PM EST
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Sher Mohammad wanted to marry his nineteen-year-old cousin. Her parents refused. In September Mohhammad and a friend kidnapped the young woman and cut off her nose and ears!
A Pakistani judge . . .
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December 23, 2009 06:24 AM EST
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Basin
Why is that a word?
large-scale artificial water-holding landscape feature
What are its origins?
basin early 13c., from O.Fr. bacin (11c., Mod.Fr. bassin), from V.L. *baccinum, . . .
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December 23, 2009 06:10 AM EST
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Tehran Times Political Desk, Wednesday, December 23, 2009
TOKYO -- Iran and Japan should work together to help efforts to eradicate nuclear weapons, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security . . .
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December 23, 2009 06:03 AM EST
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By LiveScience Staff, posted: 22 December 2009 08:02 pm ET
When asked what they thought about the past decade, Americans by a 2-1 margin rated it negatively. In contrast, they rated every other decade . . .
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