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Breaking: Oops! Beauty who beat hundreds of women to final of modelling competition revealed to be a man - Asia-Pacific, World News - Independent.ie

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 2:14 AM EDT (Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed)
Seeded by Oiled Pelican

PRETTY Angkookrat Warangnam beat hundreds of women to make it into the final of a modelling competition - and then shocked organisers by revealing she was a man. Thai lady boy Angkookrat, known as Toon, was one of 200 'women' to enter the Brighton's Next Hot Model contest. Sh …

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Family Values: Why The Right is Attacking Barack and Michelle Obama's Marriage

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 10:54 PM EDT ()
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The right wing rumor that Barack and Michelle Obama almost got a divorce goes beyond irrational hatred of this president and ties into a specific Republican objective for 2012. The widely debunked Ed Klein claims in his new book that Barack and Michelle Obama almost got a d …

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SpaceX Set for Historic Commercial Flight to Space Station

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 7:09 PM EDT (CNET.com)
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The first of a new breed of private-sector spacecraft built for NASA as a commercial venture is poised for blastoff Saturday on a high-stakes inaugural test flight to the International Space Station.  

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Wife Dumps Cheating Husband's Possessions In Yard With Sign That Read Free Stuff

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 2:09 PM EDT (the Mail online)
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One angry divorcee has taken a cathartic approach to the end of her marriage and removed every reminder of her ex-husband from her home. Unfortunately for him, she then simply dumped the possessions in the front yard of their split level house next to a spray-painted sign whic …

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Obama Will Meet with NATO to Ponder Afghanistan Future

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 9:15 AM EDT (McClatchy)
Seeded by Jerry Verlinger

 President Barack Obama will host the NATO alliance Sunday in Chicago to talk of long-term commitments to Afghanistan, tempered by the fact that the countries are tired of the war, their budgets are strained and they see a need to resist what one analyst called “a rush …

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Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Frigging Fecking Fracking Gag Rule on Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 5:04 AM EDT (NPR)
Seeded by Bart Gruzalski

Fracking exposes citizens to a wild mix of highly toxic chemicals and carcinogens. So when patients show up at their doctors' offices, the doctors need to figure out which chemicals are the likely culprits. The doctors of sick patients can, with great effort, access the names of …

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Five myths about independent voters and the corresponding "facts"- The Washington Post

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:42 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
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Myth: 1. Independent voters aren’t really independent. Fact: About half are, swinging from party to party. Myth: 2. Independent voters are less engaged.

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Tasing a Pregnant Woman in Front of Her Kid? The Outrageous -- And Dangerous -- Abuse of Tasers by Police | Civil Liberties | AlterNet

Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:41 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
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In 2004, Malaika Brooks, seven months pregnant and accompanied by her 11-year-old son, was pulled over by two Seattle cops for driving 32 mph in a 20 mph zone. She was willing to accept a speeding ticket, but incorrectly thought signing it was an admission of guilt. She refused …

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CAN WE REBUILD NEW BODY PARTS? CAN WE HEAL OUR SOLDIERS COMING HOME?

Fri May 18, 2012 12:29 AM EDT
By rescue dogs62

Amazing video of advances in medicine that might actually allow this.  Do you want a new finger, or a new vessel to the heart without surgery?  It's not  only for the future, but it may be here now.

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The Daily Banter ยป The Truth About the President and the Deficit

Seeded on Thu May 17, 2012 10:06 PM EDT (The Daily Banter)
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Arguably the biggest lie coming from the Republicans and the Romney campaign is that President Obama is a tax and spend liberal who’s responsible for record deficits and a crushing national debt. Not only is Mitt Romney telling his supporters that President Obama contin …

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