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Winnie-the-Pooh held for robbery?
Winnie-the-Pooh held for robbery? TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police have arrested a 20-year-old man who attacked and robbed two people after they stared at his Winnie-the-Pooh costume, officials said on Tuesday. Masayuki Ishikawa was hanging out on a Tokyo street corner after midnight last month while wearing the cuddly costume, accompanied by two friends dressed as a mouse and a panther, when he took offence at being stared at, police said....
Aug 14, 2008, 1:03 pm - angelm

Found 20 light years away: The New Earth
Found 20 light years away: the New Earth It's got the same climate as Earth, plus water and gravity. A newly discovered planet is the most stunning evidence that life - just like us - might be out there. Above a calm, dark ocean, a huge, bloated red sun rises in the sky - a full ten times the size of our Sun as seen from Earth. Small waves lap at a sandy shore and on the beach, something stirs... This is the scene - or may be the scene - on what is possi...
Apr 25, 2007, 7:28 pm - Coin Toss

"Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide
Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide Global Warming: The Cold, Hard Facts? By Timothy Ball Source Canadafreepress.com Monday, February 5, 2007 Global Warming, as we think we know it, doesn't exist. And I am not the only one trying to make people open up their eyes and see the truth. But few listen, despite the fact that I was the first Canadian Ph.D. in Climatology and I have a...
Feb 5, 2007, 11:37 pm - konane

U.S.-Iran Tensions Could Trigger War
BAGHDAD (Jan. 31) - Citing Iranian involvement with Iraqi militias and Tehran's nuclear ambitions, the Bush administration has shifted to offense in its confrontation with Iran - building up the U.S. military in the Persian Gulf and promising more aggressive moves against Iranian operatives in Iraq and Lebanon....
Feb 1, 2007, 2:08 am - LOTTOMIKE

"The Sun is More Active Now than Over the Last 8000 Years
Spinning the radio dial the other night I stopped briefly to listen to Michael Savage where he made a very compelling argument..... creating fear in a population allows it to be controlled by those who say they have all the an$$$wers. Follow the money trail whether it's higher taxes or industries set to be spawned by those agendas....
Jan 10, 2007, 12:51 pm - konane

"CNN talk show reaches a new depth of sleaze
If it bleeds it leads. Hope she ejoys the spike in ratings. CNN talk show reaches a new depth of sleaze C.W. Nevius...
Sep 16, 2006, 7:26 pm - konane

Effin FLAT TIRE in the SNOW ! POWERBALL WIN $$
Saturday February 25th,2023 Powerball Numbers Drawn: 11 24 58 66 67 (26) I went outside to drive to buy Lucky4Life tickets.Snow everywhere! I scraped the snow off the front windshield of my Dodge truck.It's 8:30pm, at night,the lottery sales end at 9:30pm.I have one hour to buy my tickets. Ok,the truck is running,windshield cleaned.I'm ready to go,it's fr...
Feb 26, 2023, 2:24 am - iknowthenumber

German Intel Clears Russia of Interference...
After a multi-month, politically charged investigation, German intelligence agencies could find no good evidence of Moscow-directed cyber-attacks or a disinformation campaign aimed at subverting the democratic process in Germany. Undaunted, Chancellor Angela Merkel has commissioned a new investigation. Last year, Berlin's two main intelligence agencies, the BND and BfV (counterparts of the CIA and FBI) launched a joint investigation to substantiate allegations that Russia was...
Feb 16, 2017, 3:33 pm - emilyg

Irrational Hatred Of Obamacare Is Hard To Fathom
My friend Isatou has just received an invoice from Kaiser Permanente, testament to her new coverage through the Affordable Care Act -- usually called Obamacare. She's thrilled to finally have health insurance so she can get regular checkups, including dental care. A reasonably healthy middle-aged woman, she knows she needs routine mammograms and screenings for maladies such as hypertension. But before Obamacare, she struggled to pay for those things. She once had to reso...
Apr 6, 2014, 4:08 pm - LiLSpeedy

IRS Inspector...
At the end of the tax year, the IRS office sent an inspector to audit the books of a local hospital. While the IRS agent was checking the books, he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said: I notice you buy a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too little left to be of any use? Good question, noted the CFO. We save them up and send them back to the bandage company and every once in a while, the...
Jan 30, 2013, 10:36 pm - emilyg