"If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's Okay, he's God. He can do whatever he wants. Anyone who adheres to this philosophy has had his sense of morality, decency, justice and humaneness warped beyond recognition by the very book that is supposedly preaching the opposite."
—Dennis McKinsey
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BP Report Blames Multiple Companies For Gulf Spill
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:20:00 -0400
The oil giant's 193-page report says a sequence of failures led to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill that fouled waters and shorelines for months. The company's findings are far from the final word on possible causes of the explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon drill rig.
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Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don't Let The Bedbugs...
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0400
Bedbugs virtually disappeared from the U.S. by the 1950s but now they're back -- in homes, hotels and schools. Entomologist Michael Potter, who specializes in pest management, explains how to check hotel rooms for the "perfect parasite" -- and what to do if you suspect an infestation.
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Facts Can't Trump Politics In Immigration Debate
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:40:00 -0400
ANALYSIS: Illegal border crossings are down, and so is border-state violence. But in a critical election year, with control of Congress at stake, the immigration reform debate isn't getting any less heated even as more facts come in.
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Republicans Are Voting In Far Greater Numbers Than Democrats
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:37:00 -0400
A study of what's happened so far in the primaries signals that Democrats just aren't as enthusiastic as Repubulicans this year. Nothing quite like this has happened since 1930.
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Hermine Lashes Texas As Storm Heads North
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:53:00 -0400
Downgraded to a tropical depression, Hermine brought downpours and winds gusting to about 70 mph across a swath of Texas and could spread as far north as Oklahoma and Kansas in the coming days.
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HP Sues Ex-CEO Hurd Over Oracle's Job Offer
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0400
Mark Hurd recently was fired from his job as CEO of Hewlett-Packard after a scandal involving an extra-martial relationship. One of HP's main tech rivals -- Oracle -- wants to make Hurd its co-president. That's prompted HP to sue, claiming Hurd can't possibly perform the new job without tapping into HP's trade secrets.
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Obama Takes Economic Recovery Plan To Ohio
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0400
President Obama travels to Cleveland Wednesday to outline his plan to get the economy moving again. White House officials are clear about why they picked Cleveland: Because House Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio was there touting the GOP.
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Obama Adviser: We're Moving In The Right Direction
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0400
Heading into midterm elections, President Obama is trying to give Democrats a boost in the polls by proposing economic initiatives. White House senior adviser David Axelrod tells Steve Inskeep that the wrong thing to do is to go back to the policies that created the problems in the first place.
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Florida Minister Still Plans To Burn Quran
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0400
Florida evangelical church leader Terry Jones plans to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11. His threat to go ahead comes despite warnings from senior military leader General David Petraeus, and senior administration officials about the potential damage to relations with the Muslim world.
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BP Issues Report On Gulf Oil Spill Disaster
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0400
BP is releasing a 200-page assessment Wednesday, detailing the cause of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill ultimately put more than four million barrels of oil into the Gulf. In addition, a new federal study finds that oil is gradually disappearing, as bacteria continue to gobble it up.
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Colo. Wildfire Keeps Families From Their Homes
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0400
An out of control wildfire continues to rage in the foothills west of Boulder, Colo. Dozens of homes have been destroyed and thousands evacuated in the hills and canyons above the city. This has been one of the most destructive wildfires to hit the region in years.
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Daley Departure Shifts Chicago's Political Landscape
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0400
Longtime Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced Tuesday he will not seek a seventh term in office. Part of the city's political royalty, he's credited with building the skyline and beautifying its stunning lakefront, but he leaves office with the budget in crisis, violent crime soaring in some neighborhoods and the feds probing corruption in City Hall.
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New College Teaches Young American Muslims
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:02:00 -0400
Late last month, the 15 students who comprise Zaytuna College's inaugural class settled in to their first day in a classroom near the University of California, Berkeley. For these students, this is a chance to study with top Islamic scholars. For the school's founders, it's a chance to hone a new image for American Islam.
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Football Fans Ignore Increasing Violence
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:01:00 -0400
To commentator Frank Deford, football provides us with nostalgia for the way war used to be -- with clear battle maps, focused campaigns and simple battle lines.
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The Politics Of A Tax Hike
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400
A full-blown congressional debate on the expiring 2001 and 2003 tax cuts will unfold this fall, but some lawmakers have already weighed in on the most controversial issue: whether it makes sense, at a time of huge budget deficits, to extend tax relief for those earning more than $250,000.
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