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Things seem to be getting worse on the internal battlefront. "One week after the U.S. Army announced record suicide rates among its soldiers last year, the service is worried about a spike in possible suicides in the new year," CNN reports. "The Army said 24 soldiers are believed to have committed suicide in January alone" (Read More)
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During the election, the Mormon Church pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into the push to ban same-sex marriages in California -- a campaign that deprived people in a different state of a fundamental civil right. (Read More)
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An elementary school principal could be disciplined for allegedly forcing a 6-year-old boy to unclog a toilet with his bare hands. The principal of Rahn Elementary has been on paid leave since mid-December while the school district investigated a complaint from the boy's parents. The school board proposed disciplinary actio (Read More)
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This is my 7 year old son who had an extra tooth removed last summer, 2008. I had the camera because he was so nervous before I wanted him to see before and after. He was so out of it after, I had to carry him out of the office. The staff was laughing and I had tears it was so funny.He is doing fine now and the teeth are g (Read More)
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President Barack Obama won approval from 68 percent of Americans in his first three days on the job, emerging at the high end of ratings for the last eight first- term predecessors, according to a Gallup poll. (Read More)
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Think twice before sending nude photos to someone electronically, always. But if you're a teenager, think thrice. Two teenage girls have been arrested and charged with disseminating child porn after they sent nude photos of themselves to two boys, who were also arrested and charged with possession of the pics. (Read More)
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Peru's top court has ruled that workers cannot be fired for being drunk on the job, a decision that was criticized by the government on Wednesday for setting a dangerous precedent. (Read More)
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The good folks at Squeeze the Banker have just released a panacea for relieving all that pent up stress: Alan, Ben, and Henry, those money-grubbing feds who managed to drain your savings, have been fashioned into dolls designed specifically for squeezing out your Dow frustrations. Go ahead: Crush 'em till their eyeballs bul (Read More)
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Police get calls about drunken drivers all the time, but rarely do they come from the alleged offender. A 17-year-old girl in Bismarck called 911 on New Year's Eve "to report herself driving under the influence," police Lt. Randy Ziegler said. "I've never heard of such a thing happening, and neither has anyone here.". (Read More)
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Google recently released its annual rundown of popular searches for 2008 - what they call the "zeitgeist" list - and it's a reminder, once again, of how much we reveal about ourselves every time we type into a search bar. (Read More)