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These 47 Senators Have Never Gone Hunting with the Vice President or Huckabee.

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Current Events

47 senators want guns in national parks

By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press Writer
“WASHINGTON – Nearly half the Senate is pushing the Bush administration to let gun owners carry handguns and other firearms into national parks and wildlife refuges.
Forty-seven lawmakers have signed a letter asking Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to lift Reagan-era restrictions that prevent [...]

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Michael Adams, President of the University of Georgia, Addresses BCS System

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Georgia Bulldogs

 
“ATHENS, Ga. (AP) – The president of the University of Georgia proposed an eight-team playoff system to determine the NCAA’s national football champion.
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Bike Riding is Hazardous to Your Health

January 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Current Events

 
FULLERTON, Calif. – Police said they arrested a man who acknowledged digging holes on a park bike trail as payback for nearly being run down by a cyclist. Warren John Wilson, 52, faces a single felony count of vandalism, police Sgt. Linda King said Friday. King said nearly 50 holes measuring about 1 foot by [...]

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Man freed from Texan prison after 26 years

January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Current Events

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Jeff Carlton of the Associate Press wrote:
“Three times during his nearly 27 years in prison, Charles Chatman went before a parole board and refused to admit he was a rapist. His steadfastness was vindicated Thursday, when a judge released him because of new DNA evidence showing he indeed wasn’t. The [...]

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