Daily Archives: July 18, 2008

Man Returns To Place Of Birth To Mate

TWIN FALLS, ID—”It’s beautiful,” said one nearby observer who wished to remain anonymous. “I never tire of watching these majestic creatures breed.”
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[audio] Earth Explodes

Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland
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Still no cure for cancer hysteria

Science & environment: The newspapers are so profoundly overrun with pseudoscience
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Mandela issues plea to help poor

Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday and spoke of his concern at the state of South Africa’s poor
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Obama begins international trip

Barack Obama embarks on a critical world tour which will take in the Middle East and Europe
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Castro gives private farmers space

Communist officials decreed that private farmers can begin using idle government land
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How did teen get to Guantánamo?

The world had its first glimpse of Omar Khadr in the interrogation video obtained by his lawyers
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Fantasy islands

Concerns over climate change have pushed the idea of cities at sea to the forefront. But do they hold water, asks Oliver Burkeman
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Ode to joy

Travel, life & style: An odyssey to find the secret of happiness puts David Newnham in rather good spirits
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Turkey turns westwards

Comment is free America: Fadi Hakura: If, as is widely expected, the Islamist AKP party is thrown out, an electoral earthquake is possible
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‘The girl screamed. I don’t remember anything else’

Over four years an Israeli journalist spoke to Samir Qantar, the murderer freed in the Israeli prisoner swap
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Portrait of a lady

Arts & entertainment: Rereading: Did Robert Browning do away with Elizabeth Barrett? Elizabeth Lowry looks to his dramatic monologue ‘My Last Duchess’ for clues
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Rain Told To Go Away In 1986 Returns

ADAIR, IA—A rainstorm that in August 1986 was told to “go away” and advised to come again another day returned Monday, soaking the downtown…
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[audio] Gettysburg Battlefield Solemnly Urinated On

Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland
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Quit operations, Taliban warlord warns Pakistan regional leaders

Security crisis escalates as provincial government’s policy to seek peace talks deemed ‘insincere’
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Golf carts switch course

Rising fuel costs drive move to economical but unconventional transport
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US plays down expectations for Iran meeting

Western diplomats say major movements will not be made until new US president elected
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Remembrance of flings past

Travel, life & style: What happened when Tanya Gold tried to track down her ex-boyfriends?
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‘Time’ Publishes Definitive Obama Puff Piece

NEW YORK—The 24-page profile features the most lack-of-depth reporting on Obama ever published, and has helped to redefine the boundaries of journalistic drivel.
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Over the rainbow

Arts & entertainment: Why was The Wizard of Oz banned for decades in US schools?
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How To Make Your First $1000 Online 02

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Israel’s Teva buys US drug rival

Business & economics: Purchase will put Teva in a prime position to exploit patent expiration of several blockbuster drugs
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Obama embarks on crucial world tour

Commentators have used the term ‘high stakes’ to describe his trip
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Golf carts hit the road

Economical but unconventional transport switches course
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