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Cho Seung-Hui’s Last Words
After he killed the first two people, he took some photographs, shot a video and sent it in the mail to NBC. This is most likely THE explana...

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Virginia Tech Is Columbine 2.0
Tragic news coming out of Virginia Tech. From the AP: BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, ki...

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I’m Moving To North Korea
I know, I know…you think this is some sort of lame April fool’s prank. Well, it’s not. This is 100% real. It all star...

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Elizabeth Edwards’ Cancer Is Incurable
I respect that it’s a decision between John and Elizabeth, but this isn’t breast cancer. This is cancer in one of her ribs. A...

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John Edwards Will Continue To Run For President
Politico was half wrong. His wife’s cancer has returned, but he’s going to keep going. From MSNBC: CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - John Edwards said Thursda...

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Politico: John Edwards To Suspend Campaign
They say they have the scoop… John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a r...

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Is John Edwards Out Due To Wife’s Cancer?
Speculation is running wild and none of it looks good. John and Elizabeth have called a news conference today and whenever you hear someth...

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Mooninites, Meet Homeland Hysteria
Two guys were putting up guerilla marketing Lite-Brite signs around the country for Cartoon Network’s show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, ...

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A cure for cancer?
It sounds too good to be true. But everything I can find says this could be legitimate. A molecule used for decades to combat metabolic diseases in children, may soon be availab...

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Gerald Ford, R.I.P.
He was 93. More from the AP: LOS ANGELES - Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon’s scandal-shattered White House as the 38th and only unelected presi...

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Tim Johnson Recovering From Surgery
He had bleeding in the brain. From the AP: Johnson, 59, suffered from bleeding in the brain caused by a congenital malformation, the U.S. Capitol phys...

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