The number of Americans who say they are atheist or agnostic, or choose not to identify with a religious tradition is increasing, albeit from a very low base. The most secular Americans are those 30 and younger - 19% of whom do not identify with a religious tradition.
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The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of last month’s deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians, The Associated Press has learned. Once you get immunity, it cannot be taken away. More abuse of power? You decide.
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Who has the primary authority to wage war on the behalf of the United States: the commander-in-chief or the Congress? The new Jones-Delahunt resolution would specifically prohibit the president from entering into future hostilities without congressional action. This is an important piece of legislation and needs to be supported.
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A more prestigious, cushier job awaits!
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THE splotches of black ink that block out words, sentences and sometimes whole pages of Valerie Plame Wilson
s new memoir, Fair Game, pose an irresistible challenge to readers: What did the Central Intelligence Agency not want us to know? So lets play Guess the Redaction!
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When George Butler’s critically acclaimed 1977 documentary Pumping Iron was re-released in 2002, before Mr Schwarzenegger ran for governor of California, he was unconcerned by the scene showing him smoking marijuana…
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Nuke watchdog ElBaradei: Nukes are at least a few years away, if Iran’s even got the capabilities.
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my dog Maxine came running to me and they blew her head off right next to me.
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my dog Maxine came running to me and they blew her head off right next to me.
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The rally was one of 11 large antiwar held nationwide yesterday as part of the National Day of Action to end the war. An estimated 10,000 people gathered on the Common to listen to speakers. One man says, “I’m not convinced of the value of this. The polls indicate that everyone’s against the […]
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"We started working on developing the site back in October 2004," Kevin Rose told ZDNet "We started toying around with the idea a couple of months prior to that, but it was early October when we actually started creating what would become the beta version of digg. The site launched to the world on December 5th 2004."
Kevin Rose's friend David Prager (The Screen Savers, This Week in Tech) originally wanted to call the site “Diggnation”, but Kevin wanted a simpler name. He chose the name "Digg", because users are able to "dig" stories, out of those submitted, up to the front page. The site was called “Digg” instead of “Dig” because the domain name “dig.com” was previously registered. “Diggnation” would eventually be used as the title of Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht's weekly podcast.