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KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The head of the
Nepal Mountaineering Association urged the government Saturday to take
action against a sherpa who reportedly stripped on top of Mount Everest.
The Himalayan Times had reported Friday that the […]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi tennis coach and two
of his players were shot to death this week in Baghdad because they were
wearing shorts, authorities said Saturday, reporting the latest in a
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We had a real snappy caption all ready for this comic, but now we can’t remember what it was…

Although we recognize the centrality of Economics
in any understanding of the modern world we live in, and have in fact
taken several courses in the material,many of the economic phenomena
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The
entire Miami Heat basketball team was suspended from league play today
by NBA Commissioner David Stern. The suspensions
were announced simultaneously with the launch of an investigation of
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By studying chimpanzee droppings in remote African
jungles, scientists reported yesterday, they have found direct evidence
of a missing link between a chimpanzee virus and the one that causes
human AIDS.
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Haider
Hamid was arrested in Baghdad on April 15 by officers wearing Interior
Ministry uniforms, according to Mr. Hamid’s brother, Majid. Majid Hamid
found his brother’s body, above, showing signs of torture, five days
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - At 73, country music legend Willie
Nelson is still doing headstands and smoking joints in the back of a
tour bus at hundreds of concerts and, far from slowing down, he’d like
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These
stories seem to run in bunches….
NEW YORK — People who smoke marijuana may be at less
risk of developing lung cancer than tobacco smokers, according to a study
presented yesterday.
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MEXICO
CITY - Demonstrators pretend to smoke fake marijuana cigarettes during
a protest for the decriminalization of marijuana
in La Alameda park, in this May 4, 2002 file photo in Mexico City. Police
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In tiny, tiny bits, gold makes exquisite geometry.
Clusters of 20 gold atoms, for example, always come in the shape of a
pyramid, perfect for a subatomic King Tut.
Now scientists have found a […]