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Two teenagers were charged with conspiring to ****** a Long Island high school on the anniversary of the Columbine attacks after a chilling journal and videotape surfaced in which one teen identifies several potential victims by name, authorities said Friday...

Sorry if I put this up, I can't find it on a quick look, but it cracks me up! http://youtube.com/watch?v=2fc-sUtX0Eg

I knew this was coming. I knew a lot of FDNY guys. A national ********* after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has cultivated an image as a close friend to police officers and firefighters -- the first responders who won wide praise for heroism...

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President Bush ordered his former White House counsel, Harriet Miers, to defy a congressional subpoena and refuse to testify Thursday before a House panel investigating U.S. attorney firings...

Researchers have shown that Viagra, the popular **** prescribed for erectile dysfunction, can improve heart function and potentially save the lives of people with specific heart problems. Viagra's unexpected benefit has led the researchers to encourage doctors to consider the **** when a patient...

Pizza delivery man Brian Wells just before his explosive collar blew up and ****** him. Wells was allegedly locked into a bombing device by a stranger and ordered to rob a bank branch outside Erie, Pa., Aug. 28, 2003. When he was detained by state police following the robbery, the bomb exploded...

So, who does the job well and why do so many companies still put their customers through hell by putting them in an automated phone merry-go-round or flaunting a rude and indifferent attitude? "The purpose of these automated systems is very specific: to save money by handling phone calls...

Kent Couch traveled nearly 200 miles and more than nine hours in such a contraption Saturday, with little more than a pair of sunglasses, a radio and a parachute at his side. He attached more than 100 helium-filled balloons to his lawn chair and took off from his gas station in Bend, Ore...

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Ulysses Handy is serving three consecutive life sentences for ******** ******* three people. He shows no remorse or regret for the crimes he committed. http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=3359185&page=1

How do people respond when they walk past an advertising poster? Do they stop and turn around to look at it with interest or march angrily past? A new system of detailed facial analysis can recognize a person’s mood in an instant. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070706141909.htm

President Bush directed former aides to defy congressional subpoenas on Monday, claiming executive privilege and prodding lawmakers closer to their first contempt citations against administration officials since Ronald Reagan was president...

Men may still have more power in the workplace, but apparently women really are "the boss" at home. That's according to a new study by a team of Iowa State University researchers. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070705120756.htm

The search for life elsewhere in the solar system and beyond should include efforts to detect what scientists sometimes refer to as "weird" life -- that is, life with an alternative biochemistry to that of life on Earth http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070706135148.htm

After leaving college with an average of $20,000 in student loans, a young graduate's employment prospects are often low-paying, entry-level jobs or resume-building internships... http://abcnews.go.com/Business/LifeStages/story?id=3327559&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312&Business=true

The Chinese government announced earlier this year that fines for breaking the one-***** law were to be increased for the rich and the famous. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6282186.stm

Boeing has announced 35 new orders for its 787 Dreamliner, hours before the plane is unveiled at the US manufacturer's plant in Seattle. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6281582.stm Related; http://portal.aircraft-info.net/article1.html http://widebodyaircraft.nl/b787.htm...

Was it an ***** spaceship that crashed, ******* its otherworldly occupants? Or just a weather balloon? It depends on whom you ask or what you read, and whether you believe them.

As the documentary "Out of the Blue" rightly points out, brilliant and reputable scientists believe that the conditions for intelligent life exist on thousands of planets. But then there's that other question that separates the scientists from the believers, the witnesses from the skeptics — if...

After a week-long recess, Congressional members will head back to Capitol Hill this week. And some top Republicans openly are discussing defying President George Bush and supporting a bill to bring home overseas troops...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070707/ap_on_re_eu/new_seven_wonders The Great Wall of China Rome's Colosseum Taj Mahal Petra Machu Picchu Statue of Christ Redeemer Chichen Itza

President Bush accused Democratic lawmakers on Saturday of being unable to live up to their duties, citing Congress' inability to pass legislation to fund the federal government. "Democrats are failing in their responsibility to make tough decisions and spend the people's money wisely," Bush...

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), or dysmorphophobia, is a hidden disease that affects nearly three million Americans. It is hidden because patients with the disease often go to great lengths to hide from the world, often altering their appearance through plastic surgeries, wrongly perceiving...

A virus that has been specifically designed by scientists to be safe to normal tissue but deadly to cancer is showing early promise in a preliminary study. The virus is a type of herpes simplex virus modified so that it selectively replicates in virus cells, ******* them in the process...

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A recent study shows that 10 percent of youth who become hooked on cigarettes are addicted within two days of first inhaling from a cigarette, and 25 percent are addicted within a month. The study's surprising findings are contrary to long-held beliefs that only people with established smoking...

A new study conducted by two Penn State faculty members highlights the potential threats to America's railroad system, examines the response of government and the rail industry to the post-9/11 security responsibilities, and suggests ways in which public policy and rail operations can be better...

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7/4/07 Incredible video from storm chaser Roger Hill of tornadoes in Kit Carson County, Colorado. http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=7060&nav=84&collection=topstory&from=wxcenter_video

From the ultimate red-light district for gadget fetishists in Tokyo through Silicon Valley and CERN, we point you to the getaways that mean the most to your nerdy heart. http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/magazine/15-07/st_best

Empirical evidence from rats supports the theory of generalized reciprocity, in which individuals are more likely to cooperate with an unknown individual if they have received help in the past. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070703173345.htm

The hypocrisy is unpardonable. President Bush's decision to commute the sentence of a convicted liar brought out the worst in both parties and politics. In keeping I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby out of jail, Bush defied his promise to hold wrongdoers accountable and undercut his 2000 campaign pledge...

An intensive world-wide effort to develop technology for manufacturing plastics from vegetable oil, rather then petroleum, has led researchers in Canada to a process for making polyurethane (PUR) plastic sheets from canola oil. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070702151141.htm

“Lots of artillery out there,” an old man hollered from the safety of the Suwannee River’s edge, and he was right. The sturgeon were jumping high and fast, twisting their armored girth in midair and returning to the depths with a stunning splash...

59 1/2! I know a guy who used to win. Six-time defending champion Takeru Kobayashi, still unable to open his mouth wide enough for a typical teeth cleaning, joined favorite Joey Chestnut at a Tuesday weigh-in before their Fourth of July hot-dog-eating showdown in Coney Island...

As stabbing victim LaShanda Calloway lay dying on the floor of a convenience store, five shoppers, including one who stopped to take a picture of her with a cell phone, stepped over the woman, police said. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3342724&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

But this is the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the mirror opposite of the West on questions of women’s weight. To men here, fat is sexy. And in this patriarchal region, many Mauritanian women do everything possible — and have everything possible done to them — to put on pounds. Now...

What's red, white and blue — and made in China? A move is on in state legislatures to ensure that the flags folks will be flying and buying this Independence Day were made on this fruited plain. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_on_re_us/foreign_flags

Chocolate-lovers can take heart in the candy aisles, as it seems just a little bit of the dark, sweet stuff can help lower ***** pressure. :) http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=3342232&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence this summer of mysterious iridescent polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070629100914.htm

Just goes to show people buy anything branded if it's in their faces long enough. :dunno: Web searchers who evaluated identical search-engine results overwhelmingly favored Yahoo! and Google, providing evidence that branding matters as much on the Internet as off, according to a Penn State...

The controversial Russian music download site allofmp3.com has closed. The service, which sold songs at a fraction of the cost of other sites, claimed to be the second biggest seller of music downloads after iTunes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6264266.stm

On the Italian Adriatic coast, where romance reigns and beachcombers bask in the sun, the notorious Latin lover looks for his prey and he hunts his conquest with chat-up lines. The women are fed up. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3340400&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Now you can have a chart of your very own! http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby cannot delay his 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case, a federal appeals panel unanimously ruled Monday. The decision is a major setback for Libby, who is running out of legal options and who probably will have to surrender to prison in...

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