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Daily photos from the SF Bay Area
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago on MetaFilter
So you'd like to see daily photographs taken in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area? You can start with What I'm Seeing and supplement your vie...

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Mystery on 5th Avenue
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It began when Mr. Klinsky threw in his two cents, a vague request that a poem he had written for and about his family be lodged in a wall so...

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Supreme Court rules in favor of Gitmo detainees
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago on USATODAY.com - On Deadline
Terrorism suspects who are being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to contest their detention in federal courts, according to the...

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A Completely Original Game, Except For All Of The Parts That Aren’t
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Epic Theft? Epic Fail. "Steve Bovis, Tim Croucher and Laurence Francis, all from Maidstone, have dreamt of seeing Limbo of the Lost pla...

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Report: Nagin, wife dining on taxpayer’s dime
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago on USATODAY.com - On Deadline
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is eating well ... and taxpayers are picking up the check. Between September and January, The Times-Picayune says...

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Today’s video: Footage of UAV firing missile at ‘anti-Afghan forces’ near Pakistan border
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago on USATODAY.com - On Deadline
The U.S. military took the unusual step of releasing grainy video footage of Tuesday's missile strike on "anti-Afghan forces" near the border...

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Retail sales up 1%
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago on USATODAY.com - On Deadline
Retail sales rose 1% last month, according to the Commerce Department. That's twice as much as analysts had forecast, the Associated Press says....

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Backlog means Nevada allows criminals to maintain teaching licenses
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago on USATODAY.com - On Deadline
The Nevada Education Department is still allowing criminals to teach children long after their convictions, despite an audit that criticized...

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Update: Marines punished for video that shows puppy being tossed off cliff
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago on USATODAY.com - On Deadline
The U.S. Marine Corps announced yesterday that two Marines have been punished for producing a video that appears to show one of them hurling...

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News roundup: Deadly twister tears through Scout camp; big bid for Bud
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago on USATODAY.com - On Deadline
Good morning. It's Thursday. CNN and MSNBC lead with the the twister that killed four people and injured at least 40 others at a Boy Scouts camp...

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Gasp
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