'Unique Creature' Cheney Refuses To Say He's Part Of The Executive Branch

After rolling back his claims doesn't have to obey an executive order designed to protect classified national security information because he believes that the Office of the Vice President is not an “entity within the executive branch,” Vice President Dick Cheney refused to say today whether the OVP is part of the executive branch.

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Irony of Oil Spills: Clean-up does more harm than good

Dispersants, the chemicals typically used in eliminating the thick slicks that result from oil spills, have been found to be more harmful to ocean corals than the oil itself. Researchers/marine biologists speak to the importance of taking into account circumstantial considerations before following the typical dispersant-dumping procedure.

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Oscar the Cat Predicts Patients' Deaths

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.

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Toyota Has Finally Done It! Japan Certifies Plug-In Hybrid For Road Tests!

Toyota, the firm which we all thought would never actually do it - have finally launched a press release and video of their plug-in Prius, the first commercial plug-in hybrid for Japan. While the car is still in testing phase, hopes are high that Toyota will soon release this car to the general public. Get ready to suck those amps!

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Why Women have a longer life Expectancy than Men [Funny picture series]

Series of pictures showing why the ladies have a higher life expectancy. And why men really never have a chance.

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'$100 laptop' production begins

Five years after the concept was first proposed, the $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production.Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines.

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Ex-Reagan Republican: Impeach Bush and Cheney IMMEDIATELY. By P C ROBERTS

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS--Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran.Bush has put in place all the necessary measures for dictatorship in the form of "executive orders" that are triggered whenever Bush declares a national emergency. Recent statements by Homelan

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Myspace blocks the letter "i"

This is just bizarre: MySpace has started to filter out the letter “i” on MySpace blogs - all of them. No matter where the letter “i” appears in a word or sentence, it gets replaced with “..”. The only place where an “i” can be used is in the title of a post.

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