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Knowledge of current affairs little changed with emergence of cable, Internet news outlets Posted: 3 years ago by Bornbad
Americans' knowledge of national and international affairs has changed little in two decades despite the emergence of 24-hour cable news and the Internet as major news sources.
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World Cruise in a 24-Day Voyage Posted: 3 years ago by arrch8
Travelers now have the time to experience a world cruise vacation. Crystal Cruises is offering the opportunity to experience all of the trimmings and onboard programming of its World Cruise in a 24-day voyage.
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Americans annoyed by all these "International News" all over the internet Posted: 2 years ago by kamaloo
The profusion of international news available on the Internet has made it increasingly difficult for the average American to ignore the rest of the world, a trend researchers say threatens Americans' long, proud history of disregarding anything not about them.
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Top 10 PR Blunders of 2007 Posted: 2 years ago by deepcleanfun
The year 2007 was full of bad news for some, and the bad handling of bad news. Here's a good overview of the worst of the worst.
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115 Social News and Bookmark Sites Ranked and Rated Posted: 2 years ago by Bearsuit
Here’s a collection of 115 social bookmark and news sites ranked by PageRank, number of links and value of each site.
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World record for longest solar-powered flight around the Mediterranean Posted: 3 months ago by Bingo
A family of adventurers who spent their summer holiday flying around the Mediterranean - including swimming across shark infested waters - have set a new world record for the longest solar-powered flight by paramotor.
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Briton wins 'best job in the world': £74,000 for six months looking after a string of sun-kissed Pacific islands Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
A bungee-jumping, ostrich-riding British charity worker has won the 'best job in the world' - as a 'caretaker' for a string of sun-kissed islands along Australia's famous Great Barrier Reef. Update on this post.
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New Rome Is Falling Into Disrepair Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
A few years ago, a number of brave intelligent men and women from the land of JaxWorth set out for the shores of Nova Roma. This was the New World discovered in the 15th century by Roman sailors traveling across the Pacific in search of a route to trade with India.
Basically it was a shared-world created by Donteatpoop, Icepigs, and others. They imagined a world where Rome never fell and went on to discover the continents on the other side of the globe. Little has been heard from the colony for 2 years. Mayhaps there is yet hope to determine their fate?
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50 Creative WWF Campaigns That Make You Think Twice Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment. It is the world’s largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide, working in more than 90 countries, supporting around 1300 conservation and environmental projects around the world. With the mission” to halt and reverse the destruction of our environment”, WWF is trying hard to make this world a better place.
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World Toilet Summit gets down to business Posted: 2 years ago by Proverb
There's a World Toilet Summit?
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News from the other side Posted: 3 years ago by ybne1else
This site posts weird news of the week for those who want a glimpse into the strange lives of others or for those who just need a break from the disheartening 'real' news out there.
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Philadelphia Phillies are the World Champs! Posted: 1 year ago by muppetmaker
First Philadelphia Championship in 25 Years!
2008 World Champs!!!!!!!
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A Cardboard Universe: A Guide to the World of Phoebus K Dank. Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
Total Dick-Head's David Gill gives us the following review of Christopher Miller's novel 'A Cardboard Universe: A Guide to the World of Phoebus K. Dank.' Of course, Dank is a simulacra-of-sorts of pulp science fiction pioneer Philip K. Dick.
*props to boingboing*
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Beach attempt to break world record for bikini-clad beauties fails Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
A bid to set a new world record for the number of women being photographed wearing bikinis in one place failed, after only 42 of the required 1,924 turned up.
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Myths about the devoloping World Posted: 3 years ago by dorkfire
"Top swedish students arestatistically less knowledgeable about world health than Chimpanzes!" An amazingly interesting piece about the world, a bit long, but totally worth it. Plus the graphics are AMAZING
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World Tells Bush to Bugger Off Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A massive photo collection of people from around the world, with homemade signs, telling Bush to F**K OFF in their own language.
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Zac Completes His Around The World Solo Sail Posted: 4 months ago by suebe
Zac Sunderland, who left Marina del Rey 13 months ago with a bold ambition to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone, returned to complete that quest today at 10:30 a.m. Update to this post
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Associated press to track, charge for news content Posted: 4 months ago by meggysue
Starting in November, AP text stories will contain a 'beacon' that will allow tracking where their news go. Sources submitting to AP can opt in too. "This is a pivotal step in the fight to ensure that quality journalism can be funded in the digital era," said Tom Curley, AP's chief executive. "We have stood by too long and watched other people make money off the hard work of our journalists."
What will this mean for Plime?
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They all fall down: Mattress dominoes world record attempt Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
A new unique world record is on the cards after staff at a furniture warehouse made a video of themselves playing mattress dominoes. The game sees dominoes substituted with mattresses and the addition of some willing participants.
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Memoirs of a World War II soldier Posted: 2 years ago by tundramonkey
Gordie Bannerman served in the Canadian Army in World War II. He discusses training while still here as well as fighting overseas, all accompanied by pictures.
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