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A Colbert Rally to Restore Truthiness [Dispatches from the Culture Wars]
A poster at Reddit named mrsammercer has a brilliant idea : Stephen Colbert should hold a rally at the Lincoln Memorial to restore truthiness to America. It came to her in a vision:I was woken in the middle of the night by this(along with the sound ...
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Southampton Titanic Engineers Memorial unveiled
Source: BBC (9-5-10) A newly-restored memorial marking the bravery of the engineers who died when the ill-fated RMS Titanic sank 98 years ago has been unveiled in Southampton.Almost 550 people from the city lost their lives when the ship, which set ...
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Van Gogh's Bedroom restored
The Bedroom, by Van Gogh, is famous across the world. But in fact, no-one really knows what the painting originally looked like, because it has been
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Restore Clean Water System
Keep your drinking water free of bacteria, viruses, and other nasties with the Restore Clean Water System( $ 70). This Brita-killer combines traditional filtration that reduces heavy metals, chlorine, and pollutants, with Ultraviolet Clean Technology ...
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Lincoln 12, Cheyney 0
Lincoln 12, Cheyney 0 After the NCAA disclosed rules violations at Lincoln University school last week, the Lions have been trying to restore some sense of normalcy. On Sunday, Lincoln's football te...
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Facebookers rally for Colbert 'Truthiness'
THOUSANDS of Stephen Colbert fans join Facebook group calling on the TV satirist to hold a rally at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Team USA might win at the FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, but that isn't enough. It needs to dominate to restore order to international basketball.
Used to be that a U.S. victory was a slam-dunk in international competition, but those days are gone. Here's hoping Team USA can return to dominance in Istanbul.
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PREVIEW-Soccer-Bosnia present tough hurdle for ailing France
Reuters - LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - After his campaign to restore pride in the French jersey suffered a first-day setback with a home defeat by Belarus, new France coach Laurent Blanc could have done with an easier task than a trip to Bosnia on Tuesday.
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PREVIEW: Argentina keen to beat world champions Spain
Buenos Aires- Argentina have a good opportunity to restore their football pride and prestige in a high-profile friendly against world champions Spain on Tuesday. The South Americans limped away from the World Cup battered and bruised after a 4-0 ...
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Should Washington Leave Social Security Alone?
Ezra Klein likes to think so. In Newsweek he urges lawmakers not to mess with Social Security in order to restore balance to the federal budget. Popular wisdom has it has Social Security is financially unsustainable. Klein disputes that. He notes ...
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With Jobless Rate Rising, Obama Pledges to Keep Working
On Labor Day weekend, President Obama says that while the holiday is a chance to throw some food on the grill it is also a day to honor to American worker, promising to keep working day-by-day to restore economic security. ...
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Little-known bill heaven sent for laid-off textile workers
NORLINA, N.C. A few blocks from the restored antebellum homes that draw tourists to rural Warren County, wooden shacks sink into the sandy soil, their tin roofs bowing low, walls askew. Clothes hang on lines outside, limp under a stifling, ...
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PAX 10: Interview with Ed Boon for Mortal Kombat 9
So many of us grew up playing the amazingly bloody Mortal Kombat series , and we even watched those God awful films over and over again. (Seriously, Johnny Cage, WTF?!) But in recent years, the games have be unable to restore the old flame that has ...
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How to manage and restore degraded forest in Eastern Africa?
"Degraded Forest in Eastern Africa. Management and restoration" Forest degradation as a result of lodging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss of soil fertility, water ...
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Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel restored to former glory
ISTANBUL (Reuters Life!) - The Pera Palace, once Istanbul's grandest hotel which hosted Alfred Hitchcock and Winston Churchill before it slumped into disrepair decades ago, re-opened this week after a lavish, 2-1/2 year renovation.
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Dear Glenn Beck : When Did We Lose Our Honor?
Dear Mr. Beck: You say that you want to restore America's honor? Wonderful! Let me help you! When exactly did Americans lose their honor? Did they lose it when a black man was elected President? Or did they lose it when the Republicans first voted ...
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Hot Property: Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds buy Los Feliz house for $2.9 million
It seems as though actress Scarlett Johansson had no sooner sold her old place in the Hollywood Hills than she and her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds, closed on a house in Los Feliz for $2.9 million. Built in the late '60s, the restored Buff & ...
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1st century wall paintings restored in Jordan
British archeologists have completed conservation of rare wall paintings near the city of Petra, Jordan, that are more than 2,000 years old.
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Phones, power down in NZ quake-hit areas
Authorities are warning that communications will get a lot worse if power is not restored to earthquake-struck mobile phone sites in Christchurch before midday.
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New Zealand PM reiterates offer to Fiji to help it restore democracy
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said his government is willing to help the Fiji interim government restore democracy. Key made the remarks in his "New Zealand in the World" speech to the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs in ...
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The meaning of Glenn Beck's rally on the National Mall
I have heard and read numerous comments about Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally last weekend that specifically noted "the whitest" crowd, as Courtland Milloy described it in his Aug. 30 Metro column, " The only thing being restored by Beck is ...
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OSU in top form, U.S. Open, Manny returns to Fenway
Order was restored in the universe Thursday as last night marked the return of college football. While Saturday will serve as this weeks main pigskin dish, Thursday night provided a savory appetizer to tide us over. No. 2 Ohio State and Heisman ...
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The Other Religion at Ground Zero
A Greek Orthodox congregation has been waiting longerand working harderthan Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of the Park51 Islamic Center to restore the church that was destroyed on September 11, 2001.
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Russia's grain export ban extension not a crisis-FAO
Source: Reuters * Export ban plan adds volatility, but supplies still solid * FAO calls for experts meeting to review market situation * Calm restored in Mozambique after food riots * Wheat output forecasts ...
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Are wolves saving Yellowstone's aspen trees from elk?
Previous research has claimed that the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 is helping restore quaking aspen in risky areas where wolves prowl. But apparently elk hungry for winter food had a different idea. They did not know ...
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Clearing Afghanistans Financial System
It is axiomatic in counterinsurgency warfare that things get worse before they get better. Immediately after troops enter an insurgent-infested area, there is much hard fighting before peace can be restored. Thus it would be a mistake to see the ...
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Karl Frisch: Will Stephen Colbert hold a Restoring Truthiness Rally?
Fans of Comedy Centrals resident faux-servative StephenColbert have taken to the internets in a drive to organize a Restoring Truthiness rally on October10, 2010 -- thats 101010:What:It's time to Restore Truthiness to America! ...
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Muni drivers fight restoring service cuts
Muni operators are trying to halt plans to restore 61 percent of the service that was cut in May. The restorations are set to go into effect Saturday and would add more runs late at night, on community routes and the busiest lines. Transport Workers ...
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Larry Sabato predicts a Republican House majority
1. In a report issued this morning, University of Virginia political handicapper Larry Sabato estimated that Republicans will pick up 47 seats in the House on Nov. 2, more than enough to restore the party to majority status at the start of the 112th ...
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Scientists 'listen' to paint pigments
MONTREAL, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A new technique that can "hear" the sound of colors may help art restorers identify the pigments in centuries-old paintings, researchers say. Pigment - Paint - Business - Chemicals - Dyes and Pigments
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