Biden: Hillary a Better Pick Than Me

Seeded on Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:48 PM EDT (ABC News Blogs)

ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: Barack Obama's vice-presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., Wednesday said that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, might have been a better pick for the position than him.

elections, democrats, politics, john-mccain, vice-president, hillary-clinton, joe-biden, barak-obama

Nubs is reunited with Marine owner

Seeded on Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:35 AM EDT (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Here is some good news that came from Iraq in the form of a little dog named Nubs.

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Chavez Loses Constitutional Vote

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 12:40 AM EST (Breitbart)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez suffered a stinging defeat in a vote on constitutional changes that would have let him run for re-election indefinitely, the chief of National Electoral Council said Monday.

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Musharraf says will lift emergency rule on Dec 16

Seeded on Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:11 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

President Pervez Musharraf promised Thursday to lift Pakistan's state of emergency on December 16, in a long-awaited gesture of reconciliation hours after being sworn in as a civilian leader.

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AIDS Virus Invaded U.S. from Haiti

Seeded on Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:34 PM EDT (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The AIDS virus invaded the United States in about 1969 from Haiti, carried most likely by a single infected immigrant who set the stage for it to sweep the world in a tragic epidemic, scientists said on Monday.

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Amid a Second Tragedy, Plans for a U.S. Spaceport are Unveiled

Seeded on Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:48 AM EDT (Popular Science - )

I feel we are on the cusp of something great here

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Satire: Hillary says Dick Cheney will Bring Balance to the Force

Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:59 PM EDT

NEW YORK -- In an unusual turn of events Hillary Clinton showed her support for Vice President Dick Cheney when she said "You can always tell when the Republicans are getting restless, because the Vice President's motorcade pulls into the Capitol, and Darth Vader emerges," Over …

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Shooting for Indiana Jones 4 Begins

Seeded on Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:33 AM EDT (Indianajones.com)

Today Stephen Spielberg yelled "Action!" to begin production of Indiana Jones 4. After a 19 year break, Harrison Ford, 64, donned the leather jacket and fedora for the 4 installment of Indiana Jones. The fourth film reunites the team that made the first three historic films.

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The Moral Case for Capitalism

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2007 11:14 PM EDT (US_Homepage_Featured_Stories)

It is widely acknowledged that capitalist countries are the most successful at creating wealth and raising their citizens' overall standard of living.

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Unelected Mexican Leftist Claims Office

Seeded on Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:57 PM EST (Associated Press)

MEXICO CITY - Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador established a parallel government Monday. He will soon swear himself in as the legal President. Obrador claims that the Conservative President-elect Calderon was illegally elected.

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Mid-term Elections is a Boost for Renewable Energy

Seeded on Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:36 PM EST (RENEW Wisconsin)

The recent mid-term election saw a significant change in the political landscape throughout the country. A democratic majority could provide a spark in creating a new renewable energy policy.

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Foreigner killed, two freed after Iraq hijack

Seeded on Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:13 PM EST (Reuters)

Iraqi police freed two American hostages in a raid on Friday but a third foreigner was found dead a day after they were kidnapped when their truck convoy was hijacked at a bogus security checkpoint.

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Colombian Guerrillas: A Unique Insurgency, Part I

Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:51 AM EST

Recent events in remote sections of Colombia's territory have brought focus back to the fringe rebel groups operating inside of Colombia.

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Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Agree On Web Site Mapping Standard

Seeded on Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:43 AM EST (InformationWeek)

Search engine giants Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have jointly agreed on a single, open protocol to make web sites more visible to search engines.

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Study: U.S. can get 25 percent of energy from renewable sources

Seeded on Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:47 PM EST (Kansas City Business Journal)

The United States can produce 25 percent of its energy supply from renewable sources by 2025, according to a new study released Wednesday in Kansas City.

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Global Warming Threatens Canada's Energy Resources

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:26 PM EST (Canoe leading Canadian portal | Canoe portail de l'actualité au Canada)

A new study release by the World Wild Life Fund (WWF) points to Alberta's oil sands as Canada's biggest contributor to global warming.

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European Renewable Energy Revenue Expected to Double

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:56 PM EST (netPR.pl - informacje prasowe)

Help from the public sector and the ominous threat of Global Warming is expected to boost the revenues from renewable energy throughout Europe.

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Bush looks to Improve trans-Pacific Relations

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:01 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

At a 21-nation Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Hanoi, President Bush will look to improve relations with now distant Asian nations. At the top of the agenda will be the promotion of free trade throughout the Pacific Community.

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Lebanon cabinet defies growing Hezbollah challenge

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:43 PM EST (Reuters)

Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora cemented his position against Hezbollah supporters in Beirut. He argued that he will maintain is anti-Syrian cabinet to the dismay of several political rivals.

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STUDY: Global Warming Could Cause Large Bird Extinction

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:31 PM EST (Reuters)

Allowing climate change to go unchecked will result in the extinction of 72 percent of the bird species in some areas of the world. Hope, however, still exists when the conservation group WWF stated that humans still have a chance to correct climate change.

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NASDAQ Clean Edge Index For Renewable Energy Investing

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:18 PM EST (RenewableEnergyAccess.com)

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and Clean Edge, Inc. announced that First Trust Advisors L.P. has licensed the NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index, for clean-energy investors, in order to launch a new exchange traded fund (ETF).

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Power Struggles Unravel Democrat's Unity

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:53 AM EST (The L.A. Times)

WASHINGTON — Democrats returned to Capitol Hill on Monday to prepare for a transfer of power in Congress, but their postelection emphasis on unity quickly dissolved into power struggles and jockeying over the spoils of victory.

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2008 Election: A Threat to Gun Rights and Small Government

Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:44 AM EST

The recent mid-term elections dealt a major defeat to proponents of individual gun rights. Democrats now hold a significant majority in the house and a slim majority in the senate.

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The Libertarian Effect

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:46 AM EST (TIME: Real Clear Politics)

Two hotly contested elections between democrats and republicans could have resulted in a republican victory. However, it is believed that libertarians running in these elections took enough votes away from republican candidates to give victory to the democrats.

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