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Contaminated Baby Carrots Are Recalled

Food – An undisclosed amount of carrots that may be contaminated with bacteria could cause diarrhea, nausea, fever and vomiting.

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Submitted and Voted for on August 26, 2007 12:24am

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Wheat prices reach record level

Money – Wheat prices have hit record highs on global commodity markets, bringing the threat of rising bread prices. Bad weather in key grain growing areas such as Canada and parts of Europe has limited supplies as demand has risen, sparking fears of a supply shortfall.

View Story Discuss (0) (news.bbc.co.uk) 22 hours ago by idreamed

Voted for on August 26, 2007 12:10am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 31 votes / 1 sink

Is Eating Local Even Possible?

Food – The author samples some of the growing list of how-to books on eating local -- including the latest from Barbara Kingsolver -- and follows their recipes for the slow food lifestyle.

View Story Discuss (0) (alternet.org) 1 day ago by populist

Voted for on August 25, 2007 11:52pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

YouTube - Summer of Zen

Popular Videos – Moments of Zen from July and August - Clipped together. From The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

View Story Discuss (0) (youtube.com) 11 hours ago by Fedquip

Voted for on August 25, 2007 11:49pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

Fringe Evangelicals Distort US Military Policy

Religion – For decades, especially since the end of the Vietnam War, the US military has been wrestling with aggressive sects of doomsday Christians demanding control and conversions of those of other faiths as well as nonbelievers within the armed forces.

View Story Discuss (5) (truthout.org) 8 hours ago by bruhaha

Voted for on August 25, 2007 11:37pm

Foley may be off hook in Florida
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Foley may be off hook in Florida

Politics – Former Congressman Mark Foley is unlikely to face criminal charges for sending sexually explicit e-mails to teenage boys, sources close to the year-long investigation have told Scripps Howard News Service.

View Story Discuss (37) (tcpalm.com) 18 hours ago by corey.spring

Voted for on August 25, 2007 11:34pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 38 votes / 7 sinks

The Horror! The Horror!

Politics – The Assault on Reason, which is in essence an assault on Bush. The most prominent figure to buy into the assertion that modern conservatism is a force more sinister than any before seen in this country, Gore has spent much of the last four years railing away at the president for his "incuriosity about new information," his "refusal

View Story Discuss (73) (weeklystandard.com) 16 hours ago by catstevens

Sunk on August 25, 2007 11:33pm

Bush is Right About Iraq - It Is Another Vietnam
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Bush is Right About Iraq - It Is Another Vietnam

Politics – President Bush is right about Iraq; it is another Vietnam. In fact, a reporter made note of this during the President's press conference before we invaded Iraq. The President responded that it was "a good question," but did not answer the reporter's question of what we would do differently to avoid repeating the errors of history.

View Story Discuss (155) (opednews.com) 1 day ago by populist

Voted for on August 25, 2007 05:31pm

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Bush's "killing fields"

Politics – George Bush's invocation of the "killing fields" in Cambodia to try to bolster his failing argument for an indefinite continuation of the Iraq occupation was a reference to the extreme right's decades-old rant that U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam caused the bloodbath in Pol Pot's Cambodia.

View Story Discuss (4) (huffingtonpost.com) 11 hours ago by HomerJS49

Voted for on August 25, 2007 05:27pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Bush says offensive in Iraq just beginning

Politics – US President George W. Bush signaled Saturday his unwillingness to consider early US troop reductions in Iraq, saying new offensive operations there were just in their "early stages."

View Story Discuss (2) (news.yahoo.com) 13 hours ago by Aidenag

Voted for on August 25, 2007 02:53pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / 1 sink

Organic Gardening for Toddlers at Eco-Preschool

Food – Two new day-care centres have opened on Sydney's northern beaches with an environmentally friendly ethos.

View Story Discuss (0) (smh.com.au) 13 hours ago by Neophile

Submitted and Voted for on August 25, 2007 02:47pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 27 votes / 2 sinks

How Come Nobody Told Me This Before?

Do No Evil – Many people think Bush had a plan to invade Iraq from the first day of his Presidency. Actually he had TWO. Here is the scoop that U.S. news organizations wouldn't cover for a million dollars.

View Story Discuss (29) (gregpalast.com) 15 hours ago by HomerJS49

Voted for on August 25, 2007 01:33pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 42 votes / 4 sinks

Aussie former 'ex-gay' leaders denounce conversion therapy

Gay & Lesbian – Five former leaders of "ex-gay" ministries Down Under have publicly condemned converstion/reparative therapy, according to the Sydney Star Observer.

View Story Discuss (16) (advocate.com) 20 hours ago by david_nwpa

Voted for on August 25, 2007 01:32pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 21 votes / No sinks

Wil Wheaton Indicted for Role in Robot Fighting Ring

Humor – Actor and Internet personality, Wil Wheaton, has been indicted by federal prosecutors on charges of promoting and hosting a robot fighting ring. Prosecutors allege Wheaton kicked and electrocuted robots that weren't performing well, as many as fifteen robots. "He just blew their circuits," said US Attorney Bob Schrumpkin.

View Story Discuss (8) (bbspot.com) 17 hours ago by Aidenag

Voted for on August 25, 2007 11:25am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 58 votes / 13 sinks

Saddam's WMD: The Russian Connection (2 of 5)

Do No Evil – In December 2002, Russia's Middle East envoy, Yevgeny Primakov (former Russian Intelligence Chief), flew to Baghdad. His plane loaded with "sensitive materials". The Russians did send GPS jammers to confuse American satellite-guided bombs, night vision goggles, special anti-tank missiles, and Russian advisors. Gen. Vladimir Achalov, a fo

View Story Discuss (31) (newmediajournal.us) 1 day ago by DavidHalko

Sunk on August 25, 2007 10:50am

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