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    South Dakota, Indians and Voting.

    Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, a heavily Democratic group, are getting only six days for early voting in the presidential primary election, while the rest of the state gets 46. The man they are suing is Jason Gant, who is not only the secretary of state, which means he...
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    Newt Skywalker - The Dark Side of the Goon

    "By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American." - Newt Skywalker "Does that mean I'm visionary? You betcha." - Newt Palin Fellow candidates panned the plan because it would cost an insane amount of money. But not only is Newt's plan...
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    KY Lake Bridge Closed - US68/KY80

    Two spans of the Eggner Ferry Bridge, which carries U.S. 68 and Ky. 80 over Kentucky Lake between Aurora (just outside Murray) and the Land Between the Lakes, were destroyed Thursday night by the way too tall cargo ship Delta Mariner. Pieces of the Eggner Ferry Bridge on U.S. 68 at Aurora...
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    Papa Johns' Lady Chinky Eyes

    So, rather than calling Papa Johns directly about an individual employee, she decided to go public, via Twitter, about the entire corporation, forever cementing herself as "lady chinky eyes". No one will remember Minhee Cho, but Lady Chunky Eyes will live forever in the annals of pizzadom...
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    'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck... How to live in a world that's politically correct? His workers no longer would answer to "Elves", "Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves. And labor conditions at the North Pole, were alleged by the...
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    Really Big Fan

    Really, really big. That's one Big Aѕѕ Fan! Below is a Big Aѕѕ Fan at an industrial location in Telford, PA I delivered to this morning. They make coffee and food bags, industrial bags, chemicals, all sorts of stuff. The fan is 24-feet in diameter. Photo: Turtle's Droid Bionic If you have...
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    AT&T 4G - Devil is in the Details

    Mark Rasch (a digital law consultant and the former head of the Department of Justice's computer crimes unit) is dying to get in on the super-fast 4G cellphone networks he keeps hearing so much about. Advertisements with streaming movies, live sports, even lightning bolts that help create...
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    Monthly Maintenance Report

    For those of you who would like to fill out the Monthly Maintenance Report on your computer and then e-mail it and your receipts to Angie, this link is to the electronically fillable form for that purpose: Load 1 Folder This link is a direct download of the file: Monthly Maintenance Report...
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    Don't Mess with A Kid's Candy on Halloween

    A 28-year-old Aiken, SC woman jokingly told a 10-year-old trick-or-treater that she was going to steal his candy. He said no - emphatically - and stuck a 9mm handgun in her face to ensure there was no misunderstanding. The gun wasn't loaded, but the boy did have a clip of ammunition on him...
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    I-81 Harrisburg, Pa WARNING

    Because I want ALL drivers from ALL carriers to be safe, I repost this, here in the General Forum. Local news; Channel 4 News; WARNING: BLACK ICE warning has already been put in effect for this evening. PA DOT advises that according to the National Weather Service, a Black Ice Warning will...
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    The Police Now Have Drones, Too

    "To be in on the ground floor of this is pretty exciting for us here in Montgomery County," Sheriff Tommy Gage said. Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel said, "I'm tickled to death" about using the drone, pointing out that in his years of police work he could imagine countless incidents having ended...
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    Bionic Extended Battery

    Most of the stores do not have them. A few still do, and if so, you'll find them at 50% off, $24.99 instead of $49.99. But, you can go to the Verizon Website, making sure you are not logged in, and when you add the $49.99 battery to your cart, it'll show up in the cart as half off. Free 2-day...
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    Which is bigger?

    The motel room at the Quality Inn, or this sleeper? This truck is so shiny... How shiny is it? It's so shiny that it's reflecting the American flag that's on the other side of it!
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    What Do Nancy Grace and Chaz Bono Have in Common?

    They will both be cuttin' a rug on this year's Dancing With the Stars. I just don't even know how to process that.
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    Real Names on the Internet

    Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd argues in this article that 'The people who most heavily rely on pseudonyms in online spaces are those who are most marginalized by systems of power.' This comes in the wake of criticism aimed at Facebook and Google for their "real names only" stance on anonymity...
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    Anyone Use HP Photosmart "02" Inks?

    If so, I've got an unopened Lt Cyan, Magenta, Lt Magenta, and a Yellow you can have. Send me a PM. My five year old Photosmart C-5180 all-in-one finally died. Power plug on the rear of the printer was loose and kept shorting out, wouldn't hold a connection. Office Depot has an HP ePrint...
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    The Epidemic of Mental Illness

    The Epidemic of Mental Illness, or Why Psychiatrists and Pharmaceutical Companies are Pure Evil. (That's my own headline. Below is a composite of my own thoughts, and that of 3 or different news and/or opinion articles.) The well respected James Ridgeway (Washington correspondent for Mother...
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    Motorola Droid Bionic

    Verizon just put up a Droid Bionic "sign-up" page so you can "Sign up to receive details and launch dates so you can be one of the first to get the Droid Bionic by Motorola on Verizon." It's the clearest sign that the Bionic is finally near its release. It'll probably happen in the next 2-4...
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    Got 4G?

    As Verizon continues to roll out their 4G LTE network across the country at an accelerated rate and AT&T is also finally picking up speed in their 4G deployment it would seem that widespread 4G adoption is a foregone conclusion, right? Well, maybe not. It looks like consumers may be so confused...
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    815 Consecute Sellouts, And Counting

    The Dayton Dragons As of July 9, 2001, number of homes games played: 815 Number of home games sold out: 815 They had a 24-game home losing streak last year. In eleven full seasons they have had only four wining seasons. They have never won their division. They have finished 2nd twice...
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