What will we do when thinking computers are common technology? Read about the Singularity, sometimes called "The Rapture of the Nerds." Will we be the masters, or the slaves? Thought-provoking read.
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]]> This is a great local effort in West Virginia fighting against coal and for wind power - you can help in their efforts!
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]]> Climate change could release unexpectedly huge stores of carbon dioxide from Arctic soils, which would in turn fuel a vicious circle of global warming.
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]]> Climate change is here, it’s real, and it is time to stop quarreling about the causes and get on with doing something about it.
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]]> According to a study focusing on the Brazilian Atlantic forest, certain aspects can return surprisingly quickly – within 65 years. But for the landscape to truly regain its native identity takes a lot longer – up to 4000 years.

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]]> Another proposed "gift" from the Bush Regime: allowing state & local police to collect, share & store data about we the people. The government says no worries, if properly implemented and controlled - but we know it won't be proper or controlled.
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]]> Under the Bush administration, it seems, developing countries threatened by global warming are on their own.
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]]> He reviewed that history to point out the Chinese Communist Party has the ability to change "according to reality."

The 21st century, he added, should be about transparency. Hypocrisy and distortion, he noted, "will no longer work."

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]]> For more than 30 years, the Endangered Species Act has protected wildlife at risk of extinction. Now the Bush/Cheney Administration wants to make some serious changes to this landmark law -- changes that would eliminate vital checks and balances -more
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It began in London with the Dalai Lama, & now the handshake has gone online. We will deliver our message of government accountability in a bold Olympic media campaign before the closing ceremonies

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]]> FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. (AP) - The Center for Whale Research on Washington's San Juan Island says a new baby orca has been spotted.

The killer whale calf was seen Tuesday off the west side of San Juan Island. It has been designated L-111, the next number
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]]> The video comes a day after the AFL-CIO similarly used McCain's wealth as fodder for a political attack. The union distributed fliers on Thursday pointing out, among other things, the 10 houses and $520 Italian loafers the Senator owns.
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]]> The neo-cons are pushing the Iraqi government,for a deal wherby all Blackwater murderer's are given "blanket immunity" for crimes committed in Iraq.This immunity would include crimes already comitted, and one's which will be committed in the future.
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]]> The family of a gay teenager who was fatally shot in class blames the school district for allowing their son to wear makeup and feminine clothing to school -- factors the family claims led to the death.

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]]> For decades the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido has attracted tourists hoping to step out onto drifting slabs of the world's southernmost Arctic sea ice
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]]> Analysis of horse remains found on property managed by a former South Carolina agriculture official's family indicates that some of the animals likely starved to death, according to a report released Thursday.
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]]> Police said a 1-year-old boy's throat was slashed in the Strawberry Mansion section of Philadelphia.
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]]> The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental action organization, recently conducted an in-depth study into the quality of drinking water across the United States.
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]]> According to new research the widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace.
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]]> Zimbabwe's ruling party said power-sharing talks set to resume on Tuesday risked collapse because of differences with the opposition over roles in a new government.
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]]> The project has documented around 6,000 new annual nests in the zone. The most important site is Armila beach in southern Panama, which is managed by the indigenous Kuna community with stringent protection measures in place for the turtles.
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]]> ''1% Water and Our Future,'' an exhibition at Z33, a design and art gallery in the Belgian city of Hasselt, explores our relationship to water, and how design can help us to use it more responsibly and productively.

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]]> Elephant seals swimming under Antarctic ice and fitted with special sensors are providing scientists with crucial data on ice formation, ocean currents and climate change
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]]> Aphids Are Sentinels Of Climate Change
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]]> Washington's poor relations with Moscow have soured further over Russia's military action against Georgia and experts say it will be impossible for President George W. Bush to mend them before his term ends.
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]]> Human activity and the El Nino weather pattern over the last century have warmed West Antarctica, part of the world's coldest continent, according to a study based on four years of collecting ice core data.
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]]> Dealers Grow Tens of Thousands of Marijuana Plants on Public Land
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]]> Report Says Most Corporations Pay No Federal Income Taxes; Lawmakers Blame Loopholes
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]]> Israel has offered a peace deal to the Palestinians which would annex 7.3% of the West Bank and keep the largest settlements, Israeli reports say.
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]]> The landmark Endangered Species Act is under attack.

The Bush admin is proposing new rules that would weaken species protections & eliminate independent scientific review of development projects that could threaten species habit.
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]]> BUSHco wants to hand over regulatory powers in the act to federal agencies to determine if development, logging or other activities would negatively impact endangered wildlife. No independent scientific reviews by qualified biologists would be required.
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]]> A look at what most of us do when we create passwords, and how to create safer ones. Also, exploring alternative secure log-in methodologies.
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]]> Intensifying invasion and attacks from Russia are being met with increased resistance from Georgia. The powderkeg is about to explode. Don't miss the riveting photos of this tragic event.
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]]> Russian tanks are rolling deeper into Georgia. That country's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, accuses Russian of a "well-planned invasion. From Beijing, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared "War has started." Will this be another Czechoslovakia?
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]]> The assumption of ever greater integration led to the prediction that manufacturing would continue to move from countries with low labor costs to those with even lower labor costs and even looser laws
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]]> Please call on the Iranian government to overturn the conviction of Yaghoub-Ali for his nonviolent activities in support of women's rights, and to take immediate steps to halt the repression against other human rights defenders.

PETITION - PLEASE SIGN!
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]]> Former Presidential candidate John Edwards admits to having had an extramarital affair while his wife suffered with cancer.
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]]> New ways to tackle an old pain in the rear!
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]]> Studies have shown that cranberry juice does exactly what countless grandmas and herbalists said it does. It wards off infections. But how?
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]]> Congo has appointed a Belgian prince to fight corruption and poaching in Africa's oldest national park after rare gorillas were butchered there last year
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]]> The ACLU filed a motion yesterday to hold Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio in contempt for disobeying a court order that would allow women prisoners in Maricopa County to obtain timely, safe, and legal abortions
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