Archive for January, 2008
High School Hockey Player Nearly Killed When Puck Hits Chest
Hit right on the heart, and collapsed on the Ice
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Popularity: 15% [?]
Popularity: 15% [?]
The United States of Fat: A Map of Obesity in the USA
Fit Nation, a special report at CNN has a map showing how the United States is becoming fatter and fatter over the past twenty years. Notice how good ol
’ Mississippi leads the way in obesity (30% of Mississippians are found to be obese!)
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Popularity: 14% [?]
Popularity: 14% [?]
Reuters: Hillary really will do ANYTHING to win.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, in an about-face, said on Friday she wants the Democratic Party delegates in two states that were barred by the national party to be reinstated and counted in the race to determine the party’s U.S. presidential nominee.
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Popularity: 13% [?]
Popularity: 13% [?]
Iraq veterans say that war crimes are encouraged by command.
“The killing of innocent civilians is policy,” veteran Mike Blake said. “It’s unit policy and it’s Army policy. It’s not official policy, but it’s what’s happens on the ground everyday. It’s what unit commanders individually encourage.” “These decisions are coming from the top down,” veteran Matt Howard said.
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Popularity: 14% [?]
Popularity: 14% [?]
Before You Run to The Polls: Grab Paper and Pencil
South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary last weekend raised new concerns. In Horry County, which includes Myrtle Beach, election workers were unable to get about 80 percent of the touch-screen machines running on time. Many voters had to use emergency paper ballots. And some were told to come back later when the paper ballots ran out.
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Popularity: 13% [?]
The 10 worst disasters of the last 101 years
From the San-Fran Quake to Hurricane Katrina, American has been challenged by natural disasters.
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Popularity: 13% [?]
Popularity: 13% [?]
To Read This Booklet, You Need to Bake it In an Oven (PICS)
Croatian creative agency Bruketa & Zini? have designed an annual report for food company Podravka that has to be baked in an oven before it can be read. Called Well Done, the report features blank pages printed with thermo-reactive ink that, after being wrapped in foil and cooked for 25 minutes, reveal text and images.
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Popularity: 14% [?]
Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision
A vision of the not-so-distant future…..
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Popularity: 12% [?]
Popularity: 12% [?]
