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Fox News: Palin's 'Telepalmer' Notes Were A Clever Plot To Call Attention To Obama's Teleprompter
Full story: Think Progress


A quarter of U.S. nuclear plants are leaking radioactive tritium. Have a nice day.
Full story: Climate Progress


Authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars over the years in the Philippines
Full story: New York Times


Tancredo says Obama won because we lack a ‘literacy test before people can vote in this country.’ In Tennessee, no less.
Full story: Think Progress


Fox News is building a television studio in Palin's house so she can keep an eye on Russia and pollute the nation's airwaves without leaving home
Full story: New York Times


While Sarah watches Russia from her house, local tax assessor can see her illegal homes from the air
Full story: Anchorage Daily News


Everybody's laughing at ewe, Carly, for weirdest political ad. Ever.
Full story: San Francisco Chronicle


Queens girl hauled out of school in handcuffs after getting caught doodling on desk in erasable marker
Full story: NY Daily News


Scotch on the rocks: Polar explorer Ernest Shacketon's whisky recovered after 100 years in the ice
Full story: BBC News


Fresno and Reno top the list of the 'drunkest' U.S. cities
Full story: USA Today


Think 'No Animals Were Harmed'(R) in the Making of 'Avatar'? You're Right. Think No Animals Were Used in the Making of 'Avatar'? You're Wrong.

The American Humane Association monitored the use of animals during the production of the blockbuster movie "Avatar" and awarded the film its highest rating, "Monitored: Outstanding" "No Animals Were Harmed"®. American Humane was, therefore, surprised to learn that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has recognized the film and its director for using computer-generated images (CGI) instead of live animals.

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A woman admiring the sunset on a tourist webcam in northern Germany saves a man's life after spotting him lost on the frozen North Sea
Full story: The Independent UK


Soldiers in Afghanistan coped for 6 weeks with a diet of SPAM, i.e. sweet and sour Spam, Spam fritters, Spam carbonara, Spam stroganoff, Spam stir-fry ... "
Full story: The Guardian UK


Imbecile Alert: California GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter: Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell will open up the military to "hermaphrodites"
Full story: NPR

New Daily Kos poll reveals insane attitudes of Republican voters
Full story: Daily Kos


New adhesive device could let humans walk on walls

Could humans one day walk on walls, like Spider-Man? A palm-sized device invented at Cornell that uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond just might make it possible.

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Indonesian man loses 6 teeth in a cigarette explosion
Full story: BBC News


US Trade Group Wants Stanky, Formaldehyde-Laced FEMA Trailers Sent To Haiti
Full story: Treehugger.com

The Yes Men punk the World Economic Forum
Full story: The Yes Men


Palin's PAC raises $1.4 million in second half of 2009, and buys $47,000-dollars-worth of her own book, "Going Rogue", from the publisher
Full story: Juneau Empire

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