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Bullfighting is tried by the International Court of Justice for Animal Rights in Geneva. - swissinfo

Posted by slicely from writeon.swissinfo.ch

The bullfight: a traditional, spectacular ballet of death that pits man against beast, or a ritualised sadistic slaughter?

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George Carlin: Comedian George Carlin Dead

Posted by okami from Feeds.gawker

Stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose routine about forbidden words on the airwaves led to a key Supreme Court decision on government broadcast oversight, died of heart failure near Los Angeles. He was 71.

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Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights - Editorial - NYTimes.com

Posted by okami from New York Times

In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president's powers to spy on Americans without a court order.

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why does Chris Matthews keep saying African-Americans aren't "regular people"?

Posted by theangryindian from Media Matters

The past several months have brought a congealing conventional wisdom among many reporters and pundits that MSNBC is lurching to the left. It is perhaps unsurprising that this story line would emerge. It is, however, nonsense. Why is the story line unsurprising? Quite simply, several of its most prominent advocates have a clear interest in MSNBC being seen as liberal.

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Mich. ruling allows K-9 units to sniff without warrant

Posted by okami

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Police - or at least K-9 units - now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant.

A recent court ruling said police don't need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing dogs to the front door of homes, as long as they have a tip there are illegal drugs there.

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Einstein Letter: Belief In God

Posted by Damianmann from Huffington Post

Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday.

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Film legend Charlton Heston dead at 84

Posted by okami from Yahoo News!

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84.

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