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Zapatista Prisoners Threaten Hunger Strike in Tabasco
Offbeat  (tags: Zapatistas, political prisoners, Mexico )


- 590 days ago - mywordismyweapon.blogspot.com
Both men threaten to hunger strike despite serious health problems. Ã
Disabled Girl's Parents Defend Growth-Stunting Treatment
Offbeat  (tags: hysterectomy, breat surgery, disabled, static encephalopathy, cerebral palsy )

Sc
- 628 days ago - cnn.com
It's been a year since the parents of a severely disabled child made public their decision to submit their daughter to a hysterectomy, breast surgery and drugs to keep the girl forever small. Today, the couple tell CNN, they believe they made the right de
Mayan Culture Lives on...in Colorado
Offbeat  (tags: Mayans, Mayan culture, Colorado, Alamosa, Q'anjob'al Indians, Guatemala )

RC
- 646 days ago - denverpost.com
Fascinating and informative piece about a community of Q'anjob'al Indians from Guatemala transpanted to Alamosa, Colorado.
Fair Trade?
Offbeat  (tags: Jacksonville, Florida, doctor, sex, oxycontin )

RC
- 647 days ago - jacksonville.com
A Jacksonville, Florida doctor who is an acupuncture specialist was trading oxycontin prescriptions for sex. Naughty pusher! Good thing no one died from an overdose.
Petition: Keep Foster Children Off the Street
Offbeat  (tags: children, home, petition )

Rachel
- 650 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
One in five foster children grow up to be homeless adults. Many of these children are forced to leave their homes due to physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse
The System Fails Again: 6-Year-Old Allegedly Raped in Massachusetts Library
Offbeat  (tags: sex offender, child rape, Massachusetts, New Bedford, library )

RC
- 668 days ago - nytimes.com
A heart-rending story of a pitiable sex offender released unrehabilitated when he shouldn't have been and the chld who is suffering for it.
Are Americans Really That Stupid? Video
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, video )

Kenneth
- 714 days ago - metacafe.com
Australian tv show, in which they interviewed Americans... OMG!
How Babel Fish Almost Caused a Diplomatic Incident
Offbeat  (tags: internet translation, offbeat, diplomacy, journalists, Israel, Netherlands )


- 742 days ago - guardian.co.uk
So when indignant officials at the Dutch foreign ministry received an email from a group of Israeli journalists that began, "Helloh bud, enclosed five of the questions in honor of the foreign minister: The mother your visit in Israel is a sleep to the fav
NewspaperARCHIVE.Com -This Day in History Novembe 9 - Kenndy to Hitler
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, history, newspaper article covers, links )

Cheryl Su
- 752 days ago - newspaperarchive.com
1960: Kennedy elected, Finnish school shooting, 1933: Roosevelt approves Civil Works Administration, 1939: Hitler escapes assassination attempt. More links to follow for each news cover with PDF's to print out
StumbleVideo - Is Bush An Idiot?
Offbeat  (tags: bush, idiot, stupid or inarticulate )

Cheryl Su
- 753 days ago - video.stumbleupon.com
News item of people saying bush is an idiot and more. stupid or inarticluate? lol, right. bush verbal mistakes. I shouldn't be laughing but I am so offbeat
 
 
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