Reading Into Bush's Book List

submitted by: kchintal  6 hours and 29 minutes ago

In what without a doubt is the most astounding op-ed piece of the year, Karl Rove reveals that his friend and former boss, George W. Bush, has read probably hundreds of books over the course of his presidency. One of them was Albert Camus' "The Stranger," with its unforgettable opening lines: "Mother died today. Or perhaps it was yesterday, I don't know." After reading Rove's Wall Street Journal column, it's clear there's much we all don't know.

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Bad Timing

submitted by: weiliu  7 hours and 4 minutes ago

The deaths of Palestinian Arabs in Gaza, and of Israelis (Muslim and Christian Arab, and Druse and Bedouin, as well as Jewish, don't forget, in Ashdod and Sderot), are hardly ennobled by the sordid realization that the timing of the carnage has been determined by three sets of electoral calculation.

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Murder, Politics And Crocs

submitted by: gamemark  8 day ago

The top 10 most viewed stories on Newsweek.com in 2008.

• How He Did It : NEWSWEEK reveals the secrets of Obama's victory.
• Young, Gay and Murdered : The tragic story of 15-year-old Larry King.
• Trouble in the Hills : The case of a secretive religious sect in rural Texas.
• What to Watch For : Nate Silver's hour-to-hour guide for election night.
• Michelle, on the Move : The future First Lady gets ready for Washington.
• What Rielle Hunter Told Me : A reporter's encounters with John Edwards's other woman.
• Deadly Combo? : Exploring the drugs found in Heath Ledger's apartment.
• Make. It. Stop. : Another case against Crocs.
• Our Mutual Joy : A religious case for gay marriage.
• The Many Faces of Amanda : American student charged in grisly Italian murder.

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Student dies during competitive-eating event

submitted by: srinivas  74 day ago

A student died just as he was about to win a university binge-eating contest, officials said Friday.

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Navy confirms lost WWII sub has been found

submitted by: xyzws  94 day ago

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii: The Navy has confirmed the wreckage of a sunken vessel found last year off the Aleutians Islands is that of the USS Grunion, which disappeared during World War II.

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Sarah Palin's Unassertive Fashion Statement

submitted by: Rachel  99 day ago

Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's style is exceptionally ordinary. Nothing about it connotes authority. No detail announces that she is in charge. And that's what makes it so powerful.

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