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The turbaned gentleman handed me a cold bottle of water on a hot day. "Three more drinks coming right up," he said cheerfully and then doled out cold soda and drinks to the rest of the passengers in the car. It was very kind of him, considering that h… more »

The lack of any sort of reasonable judgement is simply astonishing coming from an adult who makes his living from socio-political commentary. NEW YORK (AP) -- Radio talk show host Glenn Beck said on his show that the camp in Norway where a gunman ope… more »

Can you please kick some sense into these damned politicians? Clearly they need a lesson in teamwork. Bring your helmets. You might have to dish out some hard hits, but don't be afraid throw it down low, after all they're politicians. They're used… more »

Remember, what has been read cannot be un-read. Fondrie wrote: "Cheryl's mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten memories." The Universi… more »

Does spirituality have to be linked to bloodshed, hatred and oppression? Can anyone answer that for me? more »

Or are there other people out there who have no idea wtf synchronized swimming's purpose is? more »

I remember being a kid and watching the test flights of the shuttle piggyback on a big ol' jumbo jet. I was skeptical that something so stubby, so funny looking could actually go into space and come back. It didn't nearly resemble any of the notions I… more »

The weekend job requires long hours of endless stalking about in the hot sun. Forty feet one way, twenty feet the other, pace, pace, pace. Bake, bake, bake. By the day's end you're tired, achy, worn out and more dehydrated than King Tut. One might t… more »

According to one Mashable Google+ is populated by a herd of roving, single, geeky guys... (Mashable) -- Here's an interesting tidbit from the Google+ stats trackers: Three quarters (or more) of Google+ users are male. SocialStatistics, a third-par… more »

Of course the whole point of voodoo is zombies coming back from the dead so maybe this was actually intended? PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A doctor in Haiti says four pilgrims died when a boulder fell on them on the peak day of a three-day Voodoo fe… more »

This is where a structured society, like China, has one up on us. They can run studies like these... HEFEI, China (AP) -- In China, where someone is killed in traffic every five minutes, one entrepreneurial doctor has an unusual approach for making… more »

I was struck by this quote: House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, in rare praise for the Senate's top Republican, said: "I think everyone who is concerned about lifting the debt ceiling is saying bravo for Senator McConnell." (AP) And while it w… more »

I can't see the downside in this, for anyone other than the bugs that is. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- What do mosquitoes like more than clean, human skin? Stinky socks. Scientists think the musky odor of human feet can be used to attract and kill mosquito… more »

Question 1 of 1: Which is worse in a restroom, the familiar stank of human byproduct or the eye-watering chemical assault of overly pungent "air freshener"? more »

It's in vogue these days to use the term "mixed race". The odd thing is that in the old days, and even today in some backwards part of the world, such a term is considered derogatory. What baffles me though is what people think it connotates. Is it j… more »

The man has a point. Actually he has a lot of them and I agree with each and every one... Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- If you're the kind of parent who allows your 5-year-old to run rampant in public places like restaurants, I have what could be… more »

Islam has long been recruiting the anti-social and disadvantaged by proselytizing in US jails. The result has been home-grown jihadists willing to kill their fellow citizens for the cause of a foreign nation. But what's sauce for the goose is also rig… more »