CNN: CNN Poll: Obama 49, McCain 48 On the eve of the Republican convention, a new national poll suggests the race for the White House remains dead even. ...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Thousands expected Monday for protest About 50,000 are expected today, despite no-shows by Bush and Cheney. But some call recent...
Palin backed 'bridge to nowhere' in 2006 By Ken Dilanian, USA TODAY ST.PAUL - In her nationally televised speech accepting the job as John McCain's running...
NY Times: Don't Like Palin's Wikipedia Story? Change It IN the 24 hours before the McCain campaign put the finishing touches on its surprise announcement...
I've always thought Putin was sneaky and he even looks sneaky, but I think we are involved in this. Also, Russia isn't going to let the US and China be the...
Hi Patricia, Makes me wonder what our lives will be in 10 years. Sonya ... -- Sonya D. Herzog "Tell no lies and you don't have to remember more than one...
Methane gas oozing up from Siberian seabed: Swedish researcher 2 days ago STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is leaking from the permafrost...
moneybox Lost Highway The foolish plan to sell American toll roads to foreign companies. By Daniel Gross Posted Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at 4:56 PM ET ... If...
Sea levels globally are very unlikely to rise by more than 2m (7ft) this century, scientists conclude. Major increases would have to be fuelled by a faster...
Women tend to choose husbands who look like their fathers, a study shows. And it works both ways - the women in the Proceedings B study also resembled their...
The ice shelves in Canada's High Arctic have lost a colossal area this year, scientists report. The floating tongues of ice attached to Ellesmere Island, which...
Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble...
Harry Potter beware! A team of Chinese scientists has developed a way to unmask your invisibility cloak. According to new research, certain materials...
Ahem...as a woman who has married and/or partnered...well, let's just say more than once or twice...none of the men ever looked remotely like my father. And I...
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance **************************************** "In Germany, the Nazis first came for the Communists, and I didn't ...
I was wondering if this ice shelf was the one the Russians were wanting to claim from Canada some time back. My recall isn't perfect for some reason and I...
NASA researchers are preparing to launch an experimental telescope that can see a "secret layer" of the sun thought to be the birthplace of space weather. FULL...
Hi.........I could get excited about things like this except for the state of our economy. ... -- Sonya D. Herzog "Tell no lies and you don't have to remember...
I hear ya talkin'! The other day, I heard Bush was wanting to send Georgia a billion dollars ( I think he only wishes to do that to give Russia a bit of a slap...
... Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is "Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean" September 5, 2008 by Charley James - *Charley James is an...
Those in power are becoming a bunch of idiots. What's going on in Washington? Are they using lead in their booze? Sonya ... -- Sonya D. Herzog "Tell no lies...
I found this article very interesting in the aspect of the launching of the experiment. For years I have been following the efforts being made with solar...
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new national poll taken entirely after the end of the Republican convention suggests the race for the White House between John McCain and...
It does seem the sail idea has been around forever and never gets anywhere. LW **************************************** "Things that come to those who wait......
Note from LW: Predictions are showing it heading for those oil and gas rigs off La. and Texas. Some snips from Houston paper: Some 80 percent of oil...
Pastor: GOP may be downplaying Palin's religious beliefs a.. Story Highlights b.. Sarah Palin belonged to Pentecostal church for more than two decades until...
You have to be a likely voter to be in the poll. That means you had to have voted in the last two elections. The polls are a joke! The real poll should be...
Interesting thinking. <smile> I figured they use registered voters for the polls because they figure people who voted in the past are most likely to vote in...
I know that's not really funny, but I laughed anyway. I think when they give their percentage of "accuracy", that's supposed to cover all the "contingencies",...