Nov
23
2010
Now he tells us. Al Gore says his support for corn-based ethanol subsidies while serving as vice president was a mistake that had more to do with his desire to cultivate farm votes in the 2000 presidential election than with what was good for the environment. “It is not a good policy to have these [...]
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Nov
20
2010
This ought to outrage dog lovers all over the free world. A stray dog, adopted by an American soldier after helping prevent a suicide bomber from inflicting mass casualties at a U.S. barracks in Afghanistan, has been euthanized by mistake in Arizona, the New York Times reported. Target, a shepherd mix, was one celebrated mutt [...]
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Aug
10
2010
Forget the old, overblown Cleveland jokes — the mistake by the lake, the mayor whose hair caught on fire, the mayor’s wife who passed up an invitation to the White House because it fell on her bowling night. The Cleveland Orchestra is the real deal. It puts its host city on the cultural map in [...]
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