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The Dems' bombastic pit-bull Alan Grayson started a petition (sub req) yesterday urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to lower the Senate’s cloture requirement from 60 votes to 55. Edging dangerously close to his "die

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The CIA ordered its secret prisons closed, but lawyers for terrorism suspects want them preserved as possible evidence—and the CIA won't say what's going on.

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There's a toxic bottom dweller lurking on your sushi menu. And its side effects are, uh, unpleasant, to say the least.

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MoJo talks to Hollywood's renaissance man on fame, fatherhood, activism, and edible insects.

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New testing has revealed that drinking water wells in the town of Yerington, Nevada are contaminated with uranium released by a nearby copper mine. Early this year, I covered the mine, originally opened in 1941 by the Anaconda Copper Company, as an

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Obama delegated the responsibility for determining what to do about detainees to his political advisers. If George W. Bush had charged his political advisers, including Karl Rove, with crafting such policy, the entire blogosphere would have melted down from outrage overload.

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The coal industry's major lobby group, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, shelled out a stunning $47 million last year on lobbying, advertising and "grassroots outreach" efforts to fight climate legislation and tout the

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President Barack Obama talks alone with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Oval Office. (White House photo.)President Barack Obama talks alone with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Oval Office. (White House photo.)Senate Majority Leader

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The outspoken former Afghani parliament member on warlords, women's rights, and failed US policy in her homeland.

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Thanks for all the feedback yesterday in response to our Facebook usage question! Sounds like most of you wanted to see slightly more from us, or about the same. We'll try to keep it to a post every two hours or so, with less Palin material. (Agreed--I think we're all a little Palin-ed out for now.)
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Do you have difficulty being faithful? Fear not: CheatNeutral allows you to offset your infidelity by paying another couple not to cheat. With just a few easy payments, you can assuage you guilt and continue your meandering ways. Sound crazy? That's

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In Brazil, people with some of the world's smallest carbon footprints are being displaced—so their forests can become offsets for SUVs.














