repugican Mark Sanford used state aircraft for personal and political trips, often bringing along his wife and children contrary to state law regarding official use.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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repugican Mark Sanford used state aircraft for personal and political trips, often bringing along his wife and children contrary to state law regarding official use.
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- Are You Too Perfect for Your Own Good? We are pleased to report that we have never, ever, been accused of being too perfect. We are, more probably, perfectly imperfect, which according to research conducted at McMaster University and else...
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- Fresh Garlic Best for Heart It's not news to our readers that garlic is good for your heart, but researchers at the University of Connecticut took their investigation of the goodness a garlic a step further.
Wing-nuts disrupt forums on health care reform; NC congressman receives death threat
As they head home to their congressional districts for the August recess, lawmakers who support health care reform are bracing for protests and demonstrations that threaten to turn violent.
Bill Maher: New Rule: Smart President Does Not Mean a Smart Country
Bill Maher took a lot of flak recently, when he submitted that America was perhaps just stupid enough to elect Sarah Palin.
While that criticism was harsh, he had some pretty good evidence as he revealed in this week's New Rules.
While that criticism was harsh, he had some pretty good evidence as he revealed in this week's New Rules.
Baitullah Mehsud is dead: at least the US and Pakistan think so.
The US and Pakistan are almost certain a US missile strike killed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud and that his death led to a fierce power struggle among his deputies, officials said on Sunday, despite claims and counter-claims as to the fate of the country's most wanted man.
43 people killed in landslides in northern India
Landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 43 people in three remote villages in northern India, a police official said.
43 people killed in landslides in northern India
43 people killed in landslides in northern India
Were NC terror suspect's stories an exaggeration?
Authorities believe Daniel Patrick Boyd used tales of fighting the Soviets alongside the mujahedeen to recruit followers into a North Carolina terrorism ring, but U.S. officials in Pakistan while Boyd was there doubt his stories.
Cocaine Contributed To Billy Mays' Death
Sleeping Swede Ducks Passing Train
A man who fell asleep along a railroad track in Sweden probably awoke with a bad headache, which wasn't bad considering police say he was hit by a train.
Sleeping Swede Ducks Passing Train
Sleeping Swede Ducks Passing Train
Neighborhood Rules Can Trump Solar Power
Folks in a Minnesota city say a homeowners association is blocking their plans to install solar-power panels purely because of the way they look.
Neighborhood Rules Can Trump Solar Power
Neighborhood Rules Can Trump Solar Power
Best, worst airports for on-time performance
What are the odds your next flight will be delayed?
Depends on which airport you're flying from.
Best, worst airports
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World’s Biggest Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Caves are cavernous and scary places, filled with bats, bottomless pits, and other natural mysteries. In Vietnam, some brave explorers have discovered and mapped the world’s biggest cave.
The Son Doong cave is 262 feet wide throughout most of the passage, and features a 1.6 mile long river and 230 feet stalagmites. For a couple of miles of the passage, the cave measures 460 feet wide.
A local farmer discovered the cave and led the joint British and Vietnamese exploration team in their April expedition. The team mapping the cave got as far as a 46 foot high wall before they were stymied.
“The second team that went in got flooded out,” Adam Spillane, a member of the British Cave Research Association expedition that explored the limestone cavern, said. “We’re going back next year to climb that wall and explore the cave further.”
The previous record-holder, Deer Cave on the Malaysian island of Borneo, is 300 feet wide, but it is much shorter than Son Doong. The Vietnamese terrain, which is filled with similar limestone caves, presented a lot of difficulties to the explorers. The research team surveyed the cave using precise laser technology to assess its size.
Gas prices nationwide jump 16 cents
The U.S. price of gasoline jumped nearly 16 cents a gallon during the past two weeks to $2.64.
That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.
Gas prices nationwide jump
That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.
Gas prices nationwide jump
Ants Ruin Plants' Sex Life
Ants and ant-housing trees are a classic example of mutualism.
The trees provide room and board for ants that ward off herbivores in return.
Ants Ruin Plants' Sex Life
The trees provide room and board for ants that ward off herbivores in return.
Ants Ruin Plants' Sex Life
Tax-free shopping days coming up
Some states are waiving local sales tax on school items like computers and clothing.
Tax-free shopping
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10 Mysteries of you: Blushing
From New Scientist:
In a species with a reputation for cunningly manipulating others to maximise personal gain, blushing is pretty difficult to explain. Why would humans evolve a response that puts us at a social disadvantage by forcing us to reveal that we have cheated or lied?
It is a question that Charles Darwin struggled with. He pointed out that while all people of all races blush, animals - other primates included - do not. When it came to explaining the evolution of "the most peculiar and the most human of all the expressions", he was at a loss. That has not stopped others from trying.
One suggestion is that blushing started out as a simple appeasement ritual: a way to show dominant members of the group that we submit to their authority. Perhaps later, as our social interactions became increasingly complex, it became associated with higher, self-conscious emotions such as guilt, shame and embarrassment. This would seem to put individuals at a disadvantage, but blushing might actually make a person more attractive or socially desirable.
Noting that women blush more than men, neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran of the University of California, San Diego, suggests that blushing might have evolved as a way for women to demonstrate their honesty to men and so enlist their help in rearing offspring. "Blushing is telling you that I can't cuckold you. If you ask me about infidelity I can't lie - my blush gives me away," he says.
Primatologist Frans de Waal of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, also thinks blushing could have emerged as a way to foster trust. "If you were to go hunting with a partner with a face of stone, so you could never tell what he wants, you would feel uncomfortable and wouldn't be sure if you could trust him," he says. Once blushing became associated with embarrassment, anyone who did not blush might have been at a disadvantage because we are less likely to trust someone who appears never to feel ashamed about anything.
Read more: Ten mysteries of you
Dieting could lead to a positive test for cannabis
Cannabis smokers beware: stress or dieting might trigger "reintoxication", resulting in a positive drug test long after you last used the drug.
Dieting could lead to a positive test for cannabis
Saturn's Rings
Every 15 Earth years, Saturn has its equinox - the time during which its rotational axis is perpendicular to the rays from the sun, so that the sun is always directly "overhead" of Saturn's equator.
Strange New Objects Seen In Saturn's Rings
Strange New Objects Seen In Saturn's Rings
Divers look for wreckage, bodies in Hudson crash
Investigators search the Hudson River after a helicopter and small plane collided in midair, killing nine people.
Divers
One million flee massive typhoon in China
Typhoon Morakot pummels China's eastern coast, toppling houses, flooding villages, and forcing people to evacuate to safety.
Massive typhoon in China
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Cheap Tents Left As Litter In Scotland
Scottish national parks are dealing with camping equipment so inexpensive many visitors simply abandon tents and sleeping bags, rangers said.
Cheap Tents Left As Litter In Scotland
Cheap Tents Left As Litter In Scotland
Fitness myths debunked
Do you really need to spend 30 minutes of workout time on your abs? Find answers to this and other common exercise myths.
5 fitness myths debunked
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Beck, Others Irresponsible, Calling for Violence
Frank Schaeffer, a former Republican who has said in the past that "In the mid 1980s I left the Religious Right, after I realized just how very anti-American they are, (the theme I explore in my book Crazy For God)" appeared on Rachel Maddow's show on Friday, and held nothing back, saying that the GOP and conservatives are calling for violence, pandering to the "froot loops," and "uninformed."
Easiest cars to bargain for
The best chances for haggling down prices come with these vehicles.What hiring managers really think of you
Some folks think that job interviews have to go perfectly, but hiring managers are more forgiving than you might think.
What hiring managers really think
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Unusual Holidays and Celebrations
Today is
Assistance Dog Day
and
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Assistance Dog Day
and
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Daily Almanac
Today is Sunday, Aug. 9, the 221st of 2009.
There are 144 left in the year.
The moon is waning.
Today in history, August 9
There are 144 left in the year.
The moon is waning.
Today in history, August 9
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Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
You may feel like keeping a low profile these days, and it's no wonder -- the stars heat things up to a high temperature.
Don't be too surprised if something you did in the past catches up with you.
There's nowhere to run once it finds you, so you may as well face it.
Try to give your attention to a personal challenge that comes up too quickly to be ignored.
You're lucky to have so much inner strength at your disposal.
OK.
You may feel like keeping a low profile these days, and it's no wonder -- the stars heat things up to a high temperature.
Don't be too surprised if something you did in the past catches up with you.
There's nowhere to run once it finds you, so you may as well face it.
Try to give your attention to a personal challenge that comes up too quickly to be ignored.
You're lucky to have so much inner strength at your disposal.
OK.
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