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I am starting to notice that ths area is pretty energetic. We see more people on bicycles and walking than we know what to do with. It kind of reminds me of when I lived in Atlanta…people were always out after work doing something. Since I am energetic too, I fit right in. I actually [...]

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AP - Colombia freed Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors from leftist guerrillas on Wednesday after military spies tricked rebels into giving them up without a single injury, the defense minister said. In all, the operation freed 15 hostages including Colombian soldiers and police, Juan Manuel Santos said.

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Airship design circa 1817Why do I feel like what Im about the present isnt real-thats itll come out that its really just a big sociology experiment on the gullibility of bloggers?We covered Darren Campbells Turtle Airships about eight months ago, but Mr Campbell has just issued another pronouncement about the great turtle airship future that is so (cough) enthusiastic that I am compelled to share it. Ill let the original text work its magic....

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AP - John McCain denied a Republican colleagues claim that he roughed up an associate of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on a diplomatic mission in 1987, saying the allegation was "simply not true."

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Econ 101: SubsidiesOne of the many problems with subsidies is that they are almost impossible to repeal. Thats because they usually give big benefits to a small group of people at a relatively small cost to a huge number of people. For example, corn-ethanol subsidies are going to be very hard to phase out because they might mean hundreds of thousands of dollars to farmers, while their cost is spread over the rest of the population and almost invisible. Farmers are a lot more

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photo: Getty ImagesSubsidies may be distorting the true price of oil in the United States, and the price of crude continues to rise unchecked but that wont slow global demand for oil over the next few years-even if demand in the developing world is contracting-according to the International Energy Agency. The Paris-based organization predicts that demand is expected to grow by 1.6% per year between 2008 and 2013, while non-Opec supply will increase at only 0.5% pe

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AP - Are the Brangelina twins boys or girls? Will they be delivered naturally or by Caesarean?

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AP - Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by years end. He conceded that June was a "tough month," in fact, the deadliest for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began.

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AP - Republicans deemed it beyond the pale when Sen. John McCain crossed the Capitol, set up shop in an office belonging to House Democrats and lobbied wavering lawmakers on legislation to reduce the role of money in politics.

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AP - The father of a 13-year-old girl who may be Lindsay Lohans half-sister said the family went public with the story after Lohans father, Michael, repeatedly refused to provide support.

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AP - Christie Brinkleys estranged husband said Wednesday he had sex with his teenage lover in his office, then paid her $300,000 while hoping to keep their affair quiet. He also showered her with spending money, including $500 hidden under a rock.

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AP - John McCain put a top adviser in control of day-to-day campaign operations Wednesday after weeks of private concerns among Republicans that the GOP presidential campaign had not made the transition for the general election.

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AP - An independent arm of the Republican National Committee plans to spend $3 million on an ad campaign contrasting GOP presidential candidate John McCain to Democrat Barack Obama on energy security.

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Will create 50 animated Webisodes, each two minutes in length

Spent two years at Organic, where he led an innovation group that partnered with startups on new client apps, programs

The Wall Street Journal’s Web site has enjoyed significant traffic growth of late, while still managing to keep its vaunted—and some predicted, doomed--subscription model intact.

AP - Brandon Ziegler served two tours in Iraq and wears a bracelet inscribed with the name of an Army buddy who never made it home. Jim Morin saw action in both Iraq and Afghanistan and has lost several friends to the war in Iraq, the latest just a month ago.

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AP - Be afraid, be very afraid: David Cronenbergs 1986 horror flick, "The Fly," has undergone a bizarre metamorphosis. Its now an opera.

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Duke Energy power plant (not in North Carolina, sorry) photo by Mike Baird.Duke Energy has been doing a lot lately to try to green its image: expanding its wind development, installing solar panels across North Carolina, talking up transitioning to a low carbon economy. However the fact remains ...

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AP - Boy Georges plans for a North American tour have run into some bad karma.

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