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Tax AIG Executive Bonuses Says Senator Dodd view story
57 votes- Submitted by McCaffertyHimself
- about 23 hours ago
- (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2...)
- Became popular about 2 hours ago
As public and political outrage grows over $165 million AIG paid as bonuses to executives while taking billions in taxpayer dollars, an idea is germinating in Congress. If you cannot get the money back, tax the bonuses.
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Believe it or don't: Golfer hits hole-in-one on her first swing ever - view story
58 votes- Submitted by thewanderer85
- 1 day ago
- (http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog...)
- Became popular about 5 hours ago
Okay, ready for your you-gotta-be-kidding-me story of the week, if not the year?
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Remains Of "Vampire" Found Near Venice view story
64 votes- Submitted by Nadia_
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/20...)
- Became popular about 8 hours ago
Body Of 16th Century Woman Discovered With A Brick In Her Mouth, A Vampire Slaying Ritual
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'Flash Mob' Phenomenon: Harmless Pranks to Public Mess view story
79 votes- Submitted by McCaffertyHimself
- about 23 hours ago
- (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,29...)
- Became popular about 9 hours ago
'Flash Mob' Phenomenon Ranges From Harmless Pranks to Public Mess, Such mobs, which form through Web networking platforms, are solely dedicated to the mission described as 'one spontaneous event at a time,' but sometimes the pranks leave a messy mob scene
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It’s Official, Tweetdeck Becomes SocialDeck With Facebook Integration view story
59 votes- Submitted by seelowitz
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/0...)
- Became popular about 10 hours ago
Today Tweetdeck will officially announce integration via Facebook Connect, bringing streaming Facebook status updates directly to your desktop.
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Obama's Challenge: Containing the AIG Bonus Outrage view story
67 votes- Submitted by Nadia_
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.time.com/time/politics...)
- Became popular about 11 hours ago
The President's harsh criticism of the company is unlikely to stem rising public anger at the multi-billion dollar cleanup operation
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OPEC urges US, others to do more to help economy: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance view story
60 votes- Submitted by cmcgill
- 1 day ago
- (http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090316/eu...)
- Became popular about 12 hours ago
OPEC urges US, others to do more to help economy. - VIENNA (AP) -- OPEC's secretary general on Monday blamed the U.S. and other leading industrialized countries for the global economic mess and challenged them to clean it up, saying his organization has a
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Walking, talking female robot to hit Japan catwalk view story
65 votes- Submitted by yoda
- 1 day ago
- (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200903...)
- Became popular about 15 hours ago
A new walking, talking robot from Japan has a female face that can smile and has trimmed down to 43 kilograms (95 pounds) to make a debut at a fashion show. But it still hasn't cleared safety standards required to share the catwalk with human models.
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Don't Believe These 7 Credit Card Myths view story
62 votes- Submitted by Orlando37
- 1 day ago
- (http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-...)
- Became popular about 17 hours ago
We've all heard some of them, and we've probably believed more than a few, but living by a credit card myth can cost you a lot of money in fees and hurt your credit rating. Here are seven of the most pervasive credit card myths to watch out for:
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ABC News: AIG Threatened with Subpoenas Over Bonuses view story
67 votes- Submitted by kat136
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter...)
- Became popular about 20 hours ago
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has sent AIG Chairman and CEO Edward Liddy a letter requesting the names and job descriptions of those receiving $165 million in bonuses. The deadline to recieve the information is 4pm Monday.
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Dangerous Japanese 'Detergent Suicide' Technique Creeps Into U.S. | Threat Level from Wired.com view story
64 votes- Submitted by yoda
- 1 day ago
- (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/...)
- Became popular about 22 hours ago
A suicide technique that mixes household chemicals to produce a deadly hydrogen sulfide gas became a grisly fad in Japan last year. Now it's slowly seeping into the United States
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With No Long-Term Solution, Nuclear Pallbearers Bury Waste in America's Backyard view story
65 votes- Submitted by yoda
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.wired.com/politics/sec...)
- Became popular about 23 hours ago
What to do with the ever increasing of nuclear waste? The stuff lasts 10,000 years or more... It's insane.
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At some schools, failure goes from zero to 50 - USATODAY.com view story
55 votes- Submitted by FerrisWheel
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.usatoday.com/news/educ...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
Proposed policy would allow student scores of zero to equal 50.
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The Last Eunuch of China view story
69 votes- Submitted by McCaffertyHimself
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.reuters.com/article/ne...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Only two memories brought tears to Sun Yaoting's eyes in old age -- the day his father cut off his genitals, and the day his family threw away the pickled remains that should have made him a whole man again at death.
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Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves (OpEd by the President of Bolivia) view story
55 votes- Submitted by katharinec
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
To place coca leaves in the same category with cocaine, as a United Nations convention on narcotic drugs did 48 years ago, is to disregard simple biochemistry.
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Interstate 5 May Be First Green Freeway view story
56 votes- Submitted by Jeffnfun531
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.newscloud.com/read/Int...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
Interstate 5 May Be First Green Freeway The governors of CA, OR and WA are working together to turn Interstate 5 into the nation's first green freeway, which would cater to alternative-fuel and electric vehicles with biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen and compr
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Former guerrilla party member leads El Salvador vote view story
66 votes- Submitted by loup.dargent
- 1 day ago
- (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
Mauricio Funes, a member of a political party that waged guerrilla war against the government 17 years ago, maintained a narrow lead for the presidency of El Salvador on Sunday night with more than 80 percent of the votes counted, the country's Supreme El
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Chuck Norris sues, says his Tears Do Not Cure Cancer view story
85 votes- Submitted by McCaffertyHimself
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.reuters.com/article/ne...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tough-guy actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris sued publisher Penguin on Friday over a book he claims unfairly exploits his famous name, based on a satirical Internet list of "mythical facts" about him.
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Woman mistaken for monkey, gets shot view story
74 votes- Submitted by Banksy
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29685...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
Police said a man in Malaysia shot his neighbor as she picked sapodilla fruit in his tree thinking she was a monkey.
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China's Own Version of the Real Estate Bust view story
66 votes- Submitted by McCaffertyHimself
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.time.com/time/world/ar...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
"Real estate price war!" the paper's headline blared. "Prices continue to move lower." It's a "great time to be a buyer," another story reads. If there was something plaintive about those stories, it is because Chinese home buyers are not to be found.
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