• US military `at breaking point` (p)(f)
  The US military has become dangerously overstretched because of the scale of its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, two reports have warned. BBC Jan 26, 2006 00:29 GMT
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• USATODAY.com - `Intelligent design` ruling may have ripples (p)(f)
  Backers of "intelligent design" have been advising school boards to avoid lawsuits by encouraging criticism of evolution rather than mandating that students learn about intelligent design. But a judge`s ruling this week has given ammunition to those fighting challenges to evolution in three states. USAtoday Dec 22, 2005 10:08
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• USATODAY.com - `It`s just unreal` Tornadoes rip through Midwest, killing 10 (p)(f)
  Swarms of tornadoes killed at least 10 people across the Midwest, shut down the University of Kansas and damaged so much of Springfield on Monday that the mayor said "every square inch" of town suffered some effects. March 13, 2006
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• USATODAY.com - Biotech launches largest-ever Alzheimer`s drug trial (p)(f)
  The drug, called Flurizan, slowed the mind-robbing disease in some of the 128 patients with mild Alzheimer`s participating in a smaller test. March 13, 2006
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• USATODAY.com - Comcast to offer tier of family channels (p)(f)
  Comcast said Thursday that it will launch a "family" tier of channels in early 2006, with the aim of giving people more control of the type of cable-TV programming that comes into homes. USAtoday Dec 22, 2005
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• USATODAY.com - Evolution supporters win in Ohio (p)(f)
  In the first major vote since a federal judge ruled last year that intelligent design can`t be taught in public schools, the Ohio Board of Education voted Tuesday to eliminate science standards that asked students to apply a "critical analysis" to Darwin`s theory of evolution. cnn.com Feb 14, 2006
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• USATODAY.com - In letter to Congress, Justice Dept. defends spy program (p)(f)
  The Bush administration outlined an unflinching defense of the president`s recently disclosed domestic spying program in a letter to Congress asserting that the action is a “reasonable” strategy to secure the nation during a time of war. USAtoday Dec 22, 20005 9:55 ET
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• USATODAY.com - Kids no safer in SUVs, study says (p)(f)
  Children are no safer riding in sport-utility vehicles than in passenger cars, largely because the doubled risk of rollovers in SUVs cancels out the safety advantages of their greater size and weight, according to a study. USATODAY Jan 3, 2006
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• USATODAY.com - Let`s accept the fault line between faith and science (p)(f)
  If the perennial culture war between science and fundamentalist Christianity about evolution seems insoluble, the reason is that it is insoluble. USAToday Jan 15, 2006 8:01 pm
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• USATODAY.com - Security agency, related laws at a glance (p)(f)
  details about the NSA and the laws that govern it.
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• Use Tax Return to Reconstruct Destroyed Documents (p)(f)
  Here are some other examples from the California Society of Enrolled Agents concerning the documents you should have and how to reconstruct the information should it be destroyed. Color of Money, Washington Post, Sep 11, 2005 F1
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• USNews.com: Darfur: Can the United Nations now succeed where African peacekeepers have failed? (p)(f)
  Can the United Nations now succeed where African peacekeepers have failed? US News and World Report Feb 20, 2006
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• Utilities Cry Foul Over Verizon Dig (p)(f)
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• UUI Interview with Dan Barker (p)(f)
  Some religious leaders and theologians, like the Dalai Lama and George Fox, are calling for spirituality distinct from religion. The Dalai Lama, in fact, calls for a "secular spirituality" based on compassion and love, and on scientific research into matters like meditation
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• Value Engineering (p)(f)
  This Circular requires Federal Departments and Agencies to use value engineering (VE) as a management tool, [and] where appropriate, to reduce program and acquisition costs. OMB Circular No. A-131, May 21, 1993
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• Vansville Festival, Sunday, July 16, 2006 1 - 5 pm (p)(f)
  Don't miss the Vansville annual Community Day Festival, Sunday, July 16, 2006 from 1 pm to 5 pm. At nearby Vansville Park, on Old Baltimore Pike, 1/2 mile south of Muirkirk Rd.
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• Vatican Official Refutes Intelligent Design (p)(f)
  VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican`s chief astronomer said Friday that "intelligent design" isn`t science and doesn`t belong in science classrooms, the latest high-ranking Roman Catholic official to enter the evolution debate in the United States. Washington Post November 18, 2005; 9:09 PM
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• Vegetarianism in Buddhism (p)(f)
  The first lay precept in Buddhism is usually translated as “I undertake the precept to refrain from taking life.” Many see this as implying that Buddhists should not eat the meat of animals. However, this is not necessarily the case. There is a divergence of views within Buddhism on the need for vegetarianism, with the majority of schools of Buddhism rejecting such a claimed need. … A minority of Mahayana Buddhists, however, strongly oppose meat-eating.Wikipedia
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• Victim’s half-brother joins nightclub opponents (f)
  The half-brother of a man fatally shot outside J’s Sports Café in south Laurel on Jan. 28 has joined civic leaders in their push to shut down the nightclub. Mar 15, 2007
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• Video DVD Maker products (p)(f)
  Free DVD maker software
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