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All Things Are Lights

It will only take a few tens of thousands of years at most before almost every trace of our present dominance has vanished completely. Alien visitors coming to Earth 100,000 years hence will find...

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Raging Bull

Working in Morgan Stanley for a few months. It’s strange working just beside Wall Street – before it was something I usually only saw doing the tourist thing… now I am sourly pushing through...

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Saddam On Finding A Good Wife

[Saddam] was particularly phobic about germs. Even top generals summoned to meet him were often ordered to strip to their underwear and their clothes were then washed, ironed and X-rayed before they could get...

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Sic Transit

Prime Minister al-Maliki said in statements released Friday that those who opposed the execution of Saddam were insulting the honor of his victims. His office said he made the remarks in a meeting with...

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Dolphin Mania

Snaked out in a boat today past mangroves and into ocean. Was tracked by a school of dolphins swimming under the boat and jumping all around. They really do look happy. They remind me...

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Holy Vanishing Magic Foreskin Batman!

Not since the Middle Ages, when lopped-off body parts of divine do-gooders were bought, sold, and traded, has relic theft been big news. But the mysterious disappearance of Calcata’s beloved curio is different …...

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Back Of The Bus

A woman who reported a vicious attack by an ad-hoc “modesty patrol” on a Jerusalem bus last month … says she was traveling to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City early...

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Silicon Dynasty

[YouTube] Chad was also lucky to meet his future wife, Kathy Clark, at a party in 2000. Clark shared his interest in technology and in starting a family. She also turned out to be...

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Little Miss Moonshine

The Miss Universe Organization, owned by Trump and NBC, scheduled a news conference Tuesday to discuss Miss USA Tara Conner, who has come under fire amid reports she has visited bars, though she is...

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Democracy Is So Messy

Violence has flared since Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday called for new elections, a move the Hamas-led government branded a “coup” … While Fatah … controls the presidency, Hamas, which won elections in...