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1919 LA BESTIONI FIRE TRUCK HOTROD

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:35:20 -0700

LOT #724.1 - NO RESERVE Barrett-Jackson Auctions 2006 Palm Beach Classic Car Auction SOLD FOR $167,400 OPTIONS COLOR - RED TRANS - 4 SPEED CYLINDERS - 6 ENGINE SIZE - 14 LITRE VIN - N02526 This is viagra on wheels! The beast i...

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English "self-important and irritating"

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:42:16 -0700

by Paul Majendie Fri May 9, 2008 LONDON (Reuters) - England is an irritating and insular country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, a new guide warns tourists. But in the new Rough Guide to England, the English are also hail...

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Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:54 -0700

by Claire Sibonney Thu May 8, 2008 TORONTO (Reuters) - An attendant at a Canadian restaurant who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16 cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on Thursday after the case received wide m...

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Doubts Raised on Big Backers of Mortgages

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:19:15 -0700

By CHARLES DUHIGG The New York Times Published: May 6, 2008 As home prices continue their free fall and banks shy away from lending, Washington officials have increasingly relied on two giant mortgage companies — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — to...

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It's About Nothing

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:44:56 -0700

By Dana Milbank The Washington Post Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Dispatches from the twilight of a presidency: 7:13 a.m.: The South Lawn. President Bush, determined to dispel doubts about his relevance, grants an early-morning interview to Robin Roberts...

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Civilise the City

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:27 -0700

London, October 2004 A large band of tweedy revolutionaries toasted Mr. Beau Brummell with their hip flasks at his memorial on Jermyn Street, SW1, before proceeding northwards, with a pause to admire the fine wares in the windows of Jermyn St...

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A Psychedelic ‘Problem Child’ Comes Full Circle

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:22:57 -0700

By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: May 4, 2008 ON the afternoon of Jan. 11, Albert Hofmann, the chemist who discovered LSD, had about a dozen friends and family up to his glass-walled home in the mountains near Basel, Switzerland, ...

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Horse racing = Multi-death industry

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:11:11 -0700

To hell with horse racing. It's too heartbreaking. Too many brave and beautiful horses - and jockeys - are killed and crippled by it so that rich men can get even richer. It's hardly surprising, given that racehorses are first ridden at a year o...

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Déja vu all over again.

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:07:10 -0700

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) Fun Boy Three 1981 I see a clinic full of cynics Who want to twist the peoples' wrist They're watching every move we make We're all included on the list The lunatics have taken over the asylum ...

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White House undermines EPA on cancer risks, GAO says

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:12:18 -0700

By H. JOSEF HEBERT 28 Apr 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration is undermining the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to determine health dangers of toxic chemicals by letting nonscientists have a bigger — often secret — say, cong...

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