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CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- The United States is pledging $350 million to help tsunami victims, a tenfold increase over its first wave of aid, President Bush announced Friday. ``Our contributions will continue to be revised as the full effects of this terrible...

Romanian doctors say a 67-year-old woman is seven months pregnant with twin girls after fertility treatment. Um, what is this woman thinking? Even more importantly, what were her doctors thinking?????

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The Minister of Defense

Published on December 26 2004

Former NFL star Reggie White died Sunday morning at his home near Huntersville, N.C., ESPN's Chris Mortensen has learned. The former Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles defensive end, a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame who retired as the NFL's...

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Cartograms, explained

Published on November 6 2004

Whew, these are really cool maps!! The Geomblog: The 'Purple Haze', revisited.

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Election year in one entry

Published on November 2 2004

Dave Pell at Electablog, bringing back the memories of the year gone by.......auld lang syne, anyone? Electablog* U.S. Ambassador to Cyberspace

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This is it

Published on November 1 2004

There is no more important day.......If you do nothing else today......GO VOTE.......GO VOTE......GO VOTE

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Tutakai

Published on September 22 2004

Tutakai: Convention-al Wisdom -- A Moderate Shifts Towards Bush Interesting essay.......

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What I did Tuesday night

Published on September 17 2004

Well, it's political season in Wisconsin; so we had a guest speaker at our Region convention. No, it wasn't Kerry--that visit fell through--but Dick Gephart stopped by to make a very rousing speech. I did enjoy hearing from him, but a lot of us wondered...

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Tuesday night date?

Published on September 12 2004

Well, I'm off to my PACE leadership convention/ school. Rumor has it that we're going to have a special speaker at the Tuesday night banquet. Since John Kerry is campaigning in Milwaukee on Tuesday and appearing in Madison on Wednesday.......hmmmmmm,...