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U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- The wildfires in California have forced an exodus of estimated 950,000 people from their homes. But where have they all gone? The American Red Cross reported Wednesday that only a small fraction of the nearly 1 million evacuees spent the past few nights a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 11, 2007 @ 8:04am neoform

FOX News -- Kyle Winkelmann has learned in the past two weeks that if he's going to get into the cab of his tractor, he had better do it in a hurry. "I run really fast and get in quick, or else they'll get in with you," said Winkelmann, who farms near Tallula, abo.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 2:33pm neoform

Alter Net -- Over 11,000 service members have been discharged from the military in the past 14 years because of their sexual orientation. It's time to lift the ban on openly gay people in the military. Stephen Benjamin describes himself as a "recruiter's dream." He.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 8:40am neoform

Washington Post -- Operating with extraordinary secrecy, Maryland corrections officials over the past several weeks transferred all 850 inmates out of the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup, effectively closing the notoriously violent 129-year-old maximum-security priso.. Read More