In case you are only aware of the “hits”, the movie Soul Surfer is a “sleeper”: a small movie that becomes widely seen by word of mouth recommendations. I usually dislike surfer movies (e.g. Blue Crush) but I do like the photography of the ocean in them, so I watched this one. The good news: [...]

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There are missing folks in the culture of Hollywood and the American news media. One “missing person” are ordinary Hispanics.Another is the ordinary Asian. Hispanics differ from one another (my Colombian born sons never ate a taco, and spoke Castilian, not Mexican dialect). But Asians differ even more, even those from the same country. Asians [...]

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Dr. Diep Le is fixing teeth in Quang Tri province. Ho hum, another do gooder article, let’s all look away to the good stuff: blood and guts and political mudslinging. But hold it a second. There is a lot more to the story. Not only is Major Le an American born in Viet Nam, but [...]

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The headlines here in the Philippines are full of the usual stuff: corruption, political charges, a celebrity’s wife who was shot, and of course our lovely president, Gloria Arroyo, traveling the world to get more jobs for our Overseas foreign workers. But one small story on GMA NEWS caught my eye: About 30 troops from [...]

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You may have heard that the Left Coast Crime Convention next month is in Hawaii. Going is out of the question for me, as much as I would like to do so, unless the Texas Lottery folks manage to select my numbers very soon. They have resisted all my efforts for years so I don’t [...]

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M.I.T. graduate Will Bradshaw is co-founder and President of Green Coast Enterprises, using innovative procedures to rebuild New Orleans homes devastated by Katrina. He is pro-life. He is voting for Barack Obama. When Bradshaw describes himself as “pro-life,” he is speaking about an issue that goes beyond the simplistic code word that usually refers only [...]

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In a B.N.N EXCLUSIVE I can report By the close of today’s news cycle, the course of this Presidential election will change. It has been confirmed, the controversy over Barack Obama’s birth record does not has previously speculated concern his possible birth in Kenya. The cover up is related to the fact, he is not the son [...]

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Another BNN  blogger has posted a smear job on Senator Obama’s mother that is beyond the pale. Such things are for the Huffpost or Andrew Sullivan, not those of use who are lowly observers of the world. Yet how many people actually know the real story of Senator Obama’s parents? Not the propaganda job at [...]

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Just how did Barack Obama (D-IL), a rather undistinguished IL state senator, get elected to the U.S. Senate, and without doing anything noteworthy in that august body, go on to capture his party’s nomination for president before even finishing out his first term in Congress? A combination of heartlessness and happenstance – and some say, [...]

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Insiders have been quietly saying for months, in fourth paragraphs, that Kansas Governor Sebelius is on Obama’s short list. But she is unknown to nearly everyone in the country. It seems entirely possible that Senator Obama is trotting out all kinds of men for public vetting, leading the media by the nose and misdirecting them so [...]

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Unless you are from Hawaii or a Catholic, you probably don’t know about Father Damien, a Belgian priest sent to Hawaii back in the days when Leprosy was considered very infectious, (with the stigma of shame since some considered it an STD) and those with it were quarrantined to a hell hole on the beautiful [...]

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Though The Stiletto lives in “an inner city suburb,” she’s not down with that new-fangled “hippety hop music” and typically needs to look up ghetto slang references on UrbanDictionary.com.  Apparently, there is brouhaha brewing over a Fox News caption which referred to Michelle Obama as “Obama’s Baby Mama” – that is, an ex-girlfriend with whom [...]

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New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.” According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim. Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw [...]

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It’s true! Would hysterical conservatives lie to you about a Godless Muslim Koran-fondling wild man like Scary Barry? A man who doesn’t always wear a flag pin on his lapel? That was mighty careless of him. You’d think the Anti-Christ would be a little more devious than that. Since Christ was clearly a white American, [...]

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When Hillary lies, does she know she is lying? Is she a reflexive liar, a compulsive liar, or a pathological liar? Does the staggering number of lies she has told during this campaign make her morally unfit for the office she seeks? Do the things about which she lied make her psychologically unfit? Consider these [...]

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Tucker Chapman violated terms of his parole. The Son who Sold the Damning Tape to the National Enquirer is back in Jail According to reports, Drugs and Felons are the causes “Instant Karma’s gonna get you.” –John Lennon song DBKP has just learned that Tucker Chapman, the son of Duane “Dog” Chapman who, many contend, [...]

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The Show’s formerly Big Ratings for A&E Network didn’t Hurt, Either A&E Network’s Reality Show, Dog the Bounty Hunter to resume Production  Announcement Marks the Latest Step on a Journey of Redemption   ALSO: Dog News Roundup for Wednesday, February 20, 2008  Dog the Bounty Hunter fans can now start their celebrations. It’s now official: [...]

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Building on last week’s “Potomac Primary,” Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) kept their winning streaks going.     In WI, Obama and McCain won by comfortable margins over Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Mike Huckabee (R-AR), respectively (58 percent to 41 percent in the Dem primary; 55 percent to 37 percent in the GOP primary). Though [...]

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“You can Run –But you can’t hide” “You can run, but you can’t hide” will be heard again. On TV. The Dog is Back. A & E is bringing back the Dog. An A&E official has told website TMZ that his show “Dog the Bounty Hunter” is going back into production. A network official confirms [...]

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Wisconsin and Washington Hold Democrat Primaries, Hawaii Holds Caucuses this Week Consulting the Stars: How will Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama do? Who has the edge, Astrologically-speaking Between Clinton and Obama this Week? Another in the DBKP 2008 Political Astrology series. Under the star’s benevolence, who will receive celestial glad tidings and the key to [...]

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“. . . and we are political junkies.”–“Hi, Mark; hi Mom!” You’ll never catch Mom or me at a Twelve Step meeting. I don’t want “serenity.” I want adrenaline. I want to roll up one sleeve, plug my high speed internet cable into a vein, let my eyes roll back, and quiver uncontrollably when I [...]

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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday [...]

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Two Maintenance Workers Steal a Golf Club Member’s Pet Dog While He’s Golfing They Take the Dog to a Third Worker’s House and Butcher and Eat it Now Indicted, They Face Up to Five Years in a Hawaiian Prison Do they Believe in Karma?  Think of Hawaii and you think of sunshine, beaches and bikinis. [...]

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    By RB Scott Boston, MA. January 13, 2007   A respected national newspaper recently reported that Presidential candidate W. Mitt Romney, “reeling from defeats in New Hampshire and Iowa,” decided to suspend advertising in South Carolina and Florida, a decision that “laid bare the dire condition of his run for the White House…”   [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Sidekick, Tim Chapman, Turns Himself In He Almost Runs over Someone in Honolulu But it was Only a Security Guard, after all Tim Chapman Chicago troubles: innocent changing of juiced clothing, or lewd act? You decide. Tim, a sidekick of TV bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman, turned himself in to authorities [...]

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Civil Rights Pioneer, Roy Innis, Agreed Last Week to Monitor Duane “Dog” Chapman Newshounds’ Ellen Thinks Roy Innis is “dubious” when it Comes to Civil Rights  DBKP Asks 2006 “Angry Negro Award” winner, Snoop, of Political Party Poop  for his Opinion “More Fake White Liberal Outrage: The Rehabilitation of Duane “Dog” Chapman is the result. [...]

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Rumors Buzz about Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Return Is TMZ’s story true? Neither Arts & Entertainment nor Dog’s Camp could be reached for Comment Is Dog the Bounty Hunter headed back to the TV airwaves? Could be, if the wags at TMZ are correct. The “Dog the Bounty Hunter” was a mainstay of Arts and [...]

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Roy Innis of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Met with Dog Yesterday Calls Duane “Dog” Chapman a “Man’s Man” Words Mean Something and Can Hurt Innis once took Freedom Rides Across the South, Now Embarks on a Different Ride: mentoring the chastised star of the “Dog the Bounty Hunter” TV Series, Duane Chapman. Another black [...]

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Fans Will Rally in Show of Support for Duane “Dog” Chapman A & E Studio Building Site of Rally Organizers Call to Fans for Show of Support Dog the Bounty Hunter fans will rally outside the A&E studios building in New York City this Thursday in a show of support for their favorite TV show [...]

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BOND–Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny Has Charity Event Dog Will Be Signing Books and Meeting Fans  All Proceeds To Help BOND’s Home for Boys  Fans Finally Have a Chance to Help Out  We Talk to BOND about Boys and the “Dog”  The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson has spent his entire life stretching out his [...]

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After a Day Spent On the Phone, This is What Was Learned From the Highly-Believable to Total Rumors  Rating the News We Got  There has been no news on the Dog the Bounty Hunter. All the news lately has been of the different efforts of the Dog’s fans in their quest to get the Dog [...]

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Today’s the Day We Send “Bring Back Dog” Petition to A & E Network Other Petitions on the Internet Other Fan Efforts Global Dog the Bounty Hunter Day  Today’s the day. After 2 and 1/2 weeks, we’re sending our “Bring Back the Dog” Petition into Arts and Entertainment Network, complete with all of your comments. [...]

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Over 400 Pages of Signatures Collected So Far Deadline Extended Until December 4  Only 4 More Days Left To Sign  NOTICE Dog Fans, give yourselves a pat on the back. We’ve already collected over 400 pages worth of signatures and comments on the “BRING BACK DOG” petition. We’re going to leave it up for a [...]

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One Old, One New One Short, One Longer What Would Dog Do? Two bounty-hunting stories for Dog fans. One, about what Dog did; the other, about what Dog might do. Back in June, the 20th of June to be exact, of 2003, the headlines were about Duane “Dog” Chapman. But they were headlines of a [...]

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Dog’s Fans Go On Offense in Effort to Get Show Reinstated Different Methods Used to Make their Voices Heard  Got a Spare Pineapple?  Dog the Bounty Hunter’s fans are playing offense with the A&E Network. Dismayed over A&E’s pulling of “Dog the Bounty Hunter”, fans are letting the network know just exactly how they feel [...]

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A Call To Action, A Narrative and An Inquisition A Voice For Dogdom  Fan Says: Time for “Laying Low” is Over  Dog the Bounty Hunter has many fans. They find a champion to present their case in the form of Ms. K., the author. DBKP had this and it got caught in our “Dog Lays [...]

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Dog Helps Make-A-Wish Foundation Gives Boy His Wish, Will He Be the Last? A&E Canceled Kids Dreams As Well As Popular Show  Dog the Bounty Hunter’s good side was always apparent for his many fans–if emails and comments to recent stories are any guide. But that side of Duane “Dog” Chapman was also apparent to [...]

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The Bounty Hunter Now Has a Price on His Head White Supremacists Threaten the Dog With Death Aryan Nations Reported to Be the Group We received an alert from Google News about an hour ago and included in the offerings was the news that the Dog was in danger. How would the Bounty Hunter respond [...]

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Tucker’s Girlfriend Has Message on Social Site MySpace Shinnery Still Threatens to Sue Dog Drops Out of Sight Tucker Chapman’s girlfriend has a message for angry fans of Dog the Bounty Hunter: I’m not listening to you. Monique Shinnery’s MySpace page features the quotes “Hate All You Want But You Can’t Break The Girl Who [...]

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Help Bring Back “Dog the Bounty Hunter” to TV 250,000 Signatures in Fourteen Days is Petition’s Goal The petition to help bring back the Dog is now online. Those tired of reading about it, talking about and worrying about a Dog-less TV line-up now can take some action. As the petition states, “Now you can [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter UPDATE: November 11 2007 SUNDAY Editorial Round-up Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Duane Chapman has kept out of the limelight for the last several days. He seems to have done what most people do in times of stress and trouble–hunker down in safe surroundings and try to weather the storm. Around the [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter UPDATE: Sunday 11-11-07 Fan Reaction Still Strongly in Dog’s Favor Videos: A Fan Tribute to Dog A Fan’s Response to Dog’s Hannity & Colmes Interview Two fan videos of Dog the Bounty Hunter. The first is a video tribute to the Dog and members of his family. The second is a [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter UPDATE: Saturday November 10 2007 05:25 EST Petitions Gain Steam Dog Trivia  “My name is Duane Dog Chapman. I’ve lived a hell of a life. I’ve been a biker, I’ve been a convict, I’ve been a husband, father, and son.” All was fairly quiet on the Dog the Bounty Hunter front [...]

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DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER UPDATES: SIGN THE SAVE THE BOUNTY HUNTER PETITION SUPPORT RUNS NEARLY 9-1 in ALMOST ALL PETITIONS IN DOG’s FAVOR LISTEN to the INTERVIEW: DOG is a “Ticking Bomb” Dog the Bounty Hunter’s thousands of fans now have a chance to be heard. There are petitions popping up all over the internet. [...]

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Black America Forgiving Dog? Tucker’s Girlfriend Plans to Sue Dog  Dog Says He Loves Son Who Sold Him Out  Dog the Bounty Hunter and Black America: Dog Update A nice article from Bloggers New Network about Black America: Does it forgive Dog the Bounty Hunter? The story below speculates that they do, based on the [...]

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 Dog the Bounty Hunter: LATEST UPDATE Friday November 9 2007 DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER: GIRLFRIEND TO SUE DOG -UPDATE- You just knew it was coming. In an America where someone sues when they spill coffee in their own lap, it was only a matter of time. Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman will be the [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter UPDATE: November 8, 2007 6:36 PM EST Duane “Dog” Chapman still loves Tucker, the son who sold the tapes that led to the cancellation of his “Dog the Bounty Hunter” show on Arts and Entertainment Network. More Chapman family news from Reuters: Celebrity bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman, whose reality TV [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter Updates: November 08 2007 NEW! Video of Larry King LIVE interview [video 7:35] Larry King LIVE Partial Transcript Video Discussion on Dog’s and Tucker’s Possible Troubles The dog went one-on-one with Larry King on LIVE last night. Did he make a case for himself? Was the public convinced that Dog the [...]

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Will Not Be On Larry King LIVE If you’re looking for a 4 minute break and want to have a sense of humor, you might want to check out the latest video effort from SCG Productions, “Doug the Nazi Hunter”.  It was  released a few days ago, just in time for the Dog the Bounty [...]

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DOG the Bounty Hunter UPDATE 08:20 11-07-07 How much $$$ Did Tucker Receive? VIDEO: Interview on Hannity & Colmes Part 2  Also: Partial H & C transcript, Girlfriend rejects Dog’s Apology, Larry King Live tonight, In-depth report on Judge’s favorable ruling yesterday. LATEST Dog the Bounty Hunter UPDATE: 11-07-07 JUDGE’S RULING ONLY GOOD NEWS LAST [...]

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Dog to Appear on Larry King LIVE on CNN Dog the Bounty Hunter: Mexican Charges Finally Dismissed Dog and Wife, Others Land at LAX: Video “Have you made up with Tucker? Have you guys made up?” Finally. The Bounty Hunter got a bit of good news yesterday: he will not be extradited to Mexico to [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter UPDATE: ‘Dog’ Did Not Want To Disrupt Paraded, Officials Say From KNBC: Duane “Dog” Chapman, the flamboyant, born-again bounty hunter in trouble recently for his use of the n-word, has been nixed from the lineup in El Cajon’s Nov. 19 Mother Goose Parade. “It was mutually agreed between Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman [...]

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Dog Lays Low No New Word From Any of the Principles in the Matter  Fans’ Speculation Rife  DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER-Canceled-UPDATES: Dog “Duane” Chapman, Day 6 in the continuing story of Dog the Bounty Hunter, the tapes of his cellphone call to his son about his son’s girlfriend. Throughout the tapes, Dog can be heard [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Son Sold Tabloids Info Before Tucker Appears to Have Violated State Laws on Taping Dog  The Dog story keeps getting more bizarre. Gloss Lip and TMZ report that Duane “Dog” Chapman’s son, Tucker, had sold information about his father to the tabloids before the tape incident. It’s also been reported that [...]

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 The Latest Dog the Bounty Hunter News: Al Sharpton Responds to Dog  Bounty Hunter to Return to TV? Dog the Bounty Hunter has gotten his response to a request to “meet with black leaders”. The leader is Al Sharpton. The response is a mixed bag. Sharpton, who is familiar with the subject of hate crimes, [...]

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LATEST Dog the Bounty Hunter News: Video Clip: Hannity & Colmes appearance Is N-word OK to For Some to Use, Taboo for Others? Dog the Bounty Hunter appeared on FoxNews’ Hannity & Colmes last night. Say what you will, but everyone seemed to be willing to show the Dog some love. Even Tamika Mallory, Decency [...]

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Last month, New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced that the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) would reverse a post-9/11 policy by the Pataki administration to deny a driver’s license to anyone who could not prove legal status – immediately prompting at least a dozen county clerks who operate DMV offices as agents of [...]

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Two weeks ago a public forum was held in Hawaii to discuss the US Navy’s Hawaii Range Complex environmental impact statement, a draft that since been approved, which outlines the proposed impact of the upcoming war games in Hawaii: some 140 projects that includes tests with sonar, Directed Energy Laser Weapons, and some that involve [...]

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Any time I read anything having to do with mishaps involving snorkelers or divers, my interest is piqued. I’m a certified diver and have had a few little “incidents” of my own.  Recently, I read about an attorney from Toledo, Ohio, who is now recuperating, grateful he still has a leg after fighting off a [...]

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Another test of whether Bloggers should be considered journalists or not is soon coming up in Hawaii. At issue is whether or not a Blogger there should be forced to turn over her sources for a story she wrote on a questionable land deal. A lawyer trying to get an Internet writer to testify and [...]

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By Jefferson Flanders As Jimmy Cannon used to say, Nobody asked me, but… AN ADDITIONAL DELAY FOR THE CAPE WIND project, caused by a slower-than-expected review by the federal Minerals Management Service, means America’s first offshore wind farm can’t expect approval until at least 2008. Cape Wind Associates wants to construct 130 wind turbines in [...]

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Mercury in fish is now recognized as a major health threat, especially for children, but surveys show that only about two-thirds of the public know which fish are high in mercury. The EPA and FDA issued a joint advisory in 2004, warning women of childbearing age, expecting and nursing mothers and young children to not [...]

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The new identity theft protection and recovery service by Truston is live. The service is unique because it doesn’t require you to give up your personal information, which could be stored in a database, and used to commit identity theft if it falls into the wrong hands. In case you’ve missed the weekly stories, databases [...]

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First gypsies impersonate Dr. Phil and now someone is selling tickets to the Oprah show that smell a little “phishy.” Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan warned the public in a official statement: In this case, e-mail recipients are asked to submit personal information and told they will receive tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show after [...]

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Where is the follow up on the Ko oloko Dam Collapse ?   The heat needs to remain on those who share the responsibility for the loss of life in this tragedy. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11826667/  The landowner has pointed fingers at the State, the State has pointed fingers at the Landowner, none of this nonsense has helped the families [...]

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I’ve had the opportunity to look at a lot of identity theft services, but until now – I’ve never run into one I considered “victim friendly.” I’ve written off most of the services I’ve seen — either because they were financial services products (created by those who had compromised victims themselves) — or they were [...]

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A tremblor of magnitude 6.6 on the Richter jolted Hawaii shaking residents out of bed and causing a landslide that blocked a major highway. Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle issued a disaster declaration for the entire state about four hours after the strong quake at 7:07 a.m. The officials have ruled out any threat of tsunami [...]

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