... husband peter cook as a sexcrazed pornobsessed pervert who hired an 18yearold girl diana bianchi at his architectural firm just to get her into holy bookworms superheroes take to the page npr newsnpr.org july 3 2008 quake in fear puny humans spandexclad superbeings have engineered a mass escape. from big screens and billboards to bus ads and even bookshelves this summer nowhere is safe from sup...
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well you readers here really know how to draw attention to an issue. were not a hightraffic blog but those of you who read regularly are quite thoughtful insightful and now influential. our little post the other day on the application of the ideal gas law in discussing the nprstorycorps segment on the exploding bra of a now94yearold woman caught the attention of storycorps senior producer mich...
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this poetry foundation podcast distributed by alt.npr features an excerpt from a lively 1996 reading by the late poet a.r. ammons at the 92nd street y unterberg poetry center. in the excerpt ammons reads a poem entitled still in which he determines that there are no hierarchies in nature. here is the poem still i said i will find what is lowly and put the roots of my identity down there eac...
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washington post exhostage reunited with children in bogota washington examiner blog yeas nays n.y. times the 60s begin to fade as liberal professors retire l.a. times ball girls incredible catch is an internet hit usa today 99 new york hotel rooms debut hotel hotsheet politico caroline kennedy the reluctant operative abc news how could you brinkley relives her nightmare cbs...
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npr.org those infected with a herpes virus are infected for life. thats because the virus goes latent. sometimes it awakes from its slumber producing painful illnesses. now scientists say they know how the virus becomes latent and why it wakes up. all things considered july 2 2008 those infected with a herpes virus are infected for life. thats because the virus goes latent. sometimes it awakes fr...
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posted by ben beaumont nprs all things considered has an item this morning on the presidential candidates views of public service. presumptive democratic nominee barack obama has called for expansion of the military and peace corps while republican john mccain has said that american leaders should have issued a greater call to public service after the terrorist attacks on september 11 2001. both ...
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this heart is yours check out the sytes.org. there you will find links to great photo galleries. my favorite is the gallery photo explorer in which you can type in a word and 150 associated images are found almost instantly. the above picture is from a gallery search for emotion. jmj marie castello aka madame marie died this past weekend. she was the asbury park fortune teller turn...
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a number of major media organizations in the us took a quote by retired general wesley clark about john mccain out of context media watchdog fair.org reported. this led to the publication of many misleading accounts about mccains electability a few days ago cbss face the nation host bob schieffer asked clark about his previous declaration that mccain was untested and untried to which clark replied...
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thanks as always to farai chideya devin robins and all the folks at nprs news and notes for allowing me to participate on todays bloggers roundtable. i was on with shay riley of booker rising and arlene fenton of black women vote. we discussed the fairness doctrine ralph nader and increased traffic at white supremacist websites. click on the picture above to listen to our segment. addthis url...
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if that little girl in the picture can do it ask yourself can you kim phuc......
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this evening national public radio had this report about how high fuel costs are affecting fishermen and it features those that ply the waters from mainenobody enjoys filling up his gas tank these days. but it could be worse you could be a fisherman. the men and women who catch the cod swordfish and salmon that we eat have to run their engines around the clock when they are at sea. and when theyr...
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more hip than hippie 157 home brewing for hipsters dawn mcdonald owner of the chico home brew shop stops by to chat about one of our favorite things beer beer and chocolate beer you cant buy this is any store dawn brought in a couple of her own specialty home brews. chocolate barettini extra dark chocolate 72 by droste hip news and finds finds more hip 3rd anniversary quiz drawing winne...
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npr lays a verbal hurt on weasley clark. ...when you yourself were a candidate for president you touted your own military service. and i seem to remember you saying that that was part of what made you a wellqualified candidate to sit in the oval office. a warm swill salute to file it under who suggests also listening to the exchange in a search for weasley nuances.......
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washington post obama got discount on home loan washington examiner blog yeas nays n.y. times the minimalist 101 20minute dishes for inspired picnics l.a. times warriors make offer to elton brand usa today high gas prices threaten to shut down rural towns politico cindys fortune an asset and a liability abc news canada ready to deport u.s. deserters cbs news stolen beauty ...
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animal welfare groups must be panting leona helmsley reportedly directed that her fortune up to 8 billion be used for the care and welfare of dogs. npr a bitch even in death.......
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note from anastasia i am taking a much needed holiday beginning tomorrow. more ypulse goodness on monday. in the meantime surf the archives send us news tips post a comment and if you havent register for the ypulse mashup its less than two weeks away fashion retailers want what miley has i.e. millennial appeal womens wear daily subscription required insights on teens and movies interested piec...
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there is a continuation of the scoretop bust stories on both business week and npr podcast. however a more interesting piece caught our attention a gmat cheater ring was busted in los angeles. it offered a high score for 6000.there is a continuation of the scoretop bust stories on both business week and npr podcast. listening to podcast you may find out that apparently there is a book titled ch...
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obviously drugs even the legal ones arent very good for you and most will get you arrested or worse but rumor has it that some people still take them anyway. so with that in mind the least you can do is work towards a more sustainable habit. to see all the substances weve covered in this series see our guide to green green drug use.hallucinogens including lsd psilocybin mushrooms mescalilne an...
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a couple of semesters ago i read aabusinessweek article on home depot thenceo bob nardellis plan to turn around home depot.a bw glowingly reported on nardellis personnel changes and differing style with his strong preference for hiring formermilitary persons in key rolls.a anecdotally speaking a masters program classmate who was also a naval academy graduate mentioned that home depot had indeed ma...
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do you drink tap water or bottle water and why you know as ignorant as i may be about many things green the bottle water thing has stuck in my craw for years. it was strange to me give me a little latitude here for just a moment that as soon as it was announced that in order to be healthy enough we must drink a minimum of 64 ounces of water a day all of the sudden it was just as important that ...
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just when newspaper book sections are contracting national public radio is expanding book coverage. kind of reminiscent of foreign news eh same pattern. nprs new reviewers include booksluts jessa crispin. john freeman former president of the national book critics circle link leads to his comments on newspaper book sections. laurel maury a comic and graphic novel reviewer who has worked for pw ...
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upper marlboro md. a man arrested in the hitandrun death of a police officer was found strangled in his cell and investigators focused yesterday on guards at the suburban maryland jail. state police took over the investigation of the death of md. contracts come with plea to revisit pay raises washington postprince georges county council members approved twoyear contracts for police officers a...
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jonah peretti and others talk about viral videos on nprs talk of the nation.......
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never mind that hes a tough and cool politician now.a never mind that he looks like captain scarlets bossacolonel white commander in chief of spectrum.a gen. wesley clark was the supreme allied commander europe of nato.a do you know what that meansa well neither do i at least not exactly but i do know that thats about the greatest job title ever.a most of the media morons piling on wes clark this ...
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