Two of comicdom’s most legendary characters are none other than Superman and Captain Marvel, more popularly known as Shazam. To the unfamiliar, at first glance the two heroes seem almost indistinguishable from one another with Captain Marvel wearing the spiffier costume while Superman possesses the more iconic insignia. Superman/Shazam: First Thunder chronicles a contemporary...
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I’m befuddled as to why Arizona was recently found by some goofball study or other to be the dumbest state in the union, because they just did something quite intelligent, and are being allowed to do it… for the time being. Arizona authorities wanted to enact a law that said that anybody who was...
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Americans point to divorce as the biggest challenge to stable family life today, outpacing other factors such as same-sex or dual-career couples, according to a new survey, “The Changing Shape of the American Family.”
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It sounds like an exaggeration, but apparently you can’t set a backpack down in southern Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument without finding a dinosaur. That’s exactly what led a scientist to the discovery of a skull of a horned dinosaur that roamed the area 80 million years ago.
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Last week, cable networks and mainstream press celebrated the birth of the 300-millionth American. Segments and stories abounded emphasizing the glories of high-population density and Tower-of-Babel diversity.
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“Operation Together Forward … has not met our overall expectations in sustaining a reduction in the level of violence,” General Caldwell said.
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Telling women they can’t do well in math may turn out be a self-fulfilling statement. (Yo momma is sensitive.)
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One worked with the nation’s top atmospheric scientists; the other was an aspiring journalist. Now they both face years in prison for the ELF arson fire at a UW research facility. (Yo momma wants a treehouse.)
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During a speech delivered at a National Republican Senatorial Committee reception, President George Bush suggested that a “philosophical shift” by the Democratic Party began in the Cold War era, stating that the party at that time gave up the war against communism and backed away from beliefs in “the power of liberty and freedom.”
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by Jim Kouri, CPP According to statistics released Wednesday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 7,163 criminal incidents involving 8,380 offenses were reported in 2005 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Hate Crime Statistics, 2005, published by the FBI’s Uniform Crime...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP More than 125 individuals have been arrested nationwide, including 17 in New Jersey, on charges for subscribing to websites depicting hardcore child pornography involving children as young as infants engaged in sexual activities with adults, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special-Agent-in-Charge Kyle Hutchins announced today....
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The Shiite militia run by the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr seized control of a southern Iraqi city today in one of the boldest acts of defiance yet by the country’s powerful, unofficial armies, witnesses and police said.
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In a small box titled “Names of the Dead” on page 10, The New York Times recorded the passing of Cpt. Mark Paine this week, who died after a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Iraq.
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Why don’t you leave the man in peace?
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A California judge dismissed an indecent exposure charge against a woman accused of disrobing in front of a 14-year-old boy, saying the law only applies to men.
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Muslims are facing cruel and false accusations about their faith but must bear some responsibility for the wrong impressions, President Hosni Mubarak said.
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That’s got to be what Democrats are telling their Connecticut Senate candidate behind closed doors as they channel Fred Sanford in a fit of nervousness. In Connecticut, Joe Lieberman, now running as an Independent after losing the Democrat primary, has built a 17-point lead over Democrat challenger Ned Lamont. The famous “Joe-mentum” has kicked in, and Lamont’s...
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Aging Saudi king reforms rules of succession
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Ideally, he is looking for someone aged about 700,000.
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