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Tests on skull fragment cast doubt on Hitler suicide legend.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/27/adolf-hitler-suicide-skull-fragment?71
Sixty-four years later, the world is still in the dark about what really happened in Hitler's bunker on April 30, 1945. And it appears that, just as with the JFK assassination, the Soviets are in the middle of it, as they hid what are claimed to be Hitler's bones, supposedly found burned outside his Berlin bunker, from the Allies until 2000.
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Obama op-ed. First for a sitting president?
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/the-early-word-salesman-in-chief/
Well it sure sparked a dialog. Already some 1,400 Web comments posted to Washington Post site by 2:00pm, and 2,100 by 7:00pm.
"In recent days, there have been misguided criticisms of this plan that echo the failed theories that helped lead us into this crisis -- the notion that tax cuts alone will solve all our problems; that we can meet our enormous tests with half-steps and piecemeal measures; that we can ignore fundamental challenges such as energy independence and the high cost of health care and still expect our economy and our country to thrive.... I reject these theories, and so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change."
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And they call this "justice" in Italy? "Google Execs on Trial in Italy Over Video" [Digital Media Wire].
Charging a Google executive criminally for a YouTube video is almost as crazy as indicting the Williams F1 Team in 1994 for manslaughter in the aftermath of the racing death of Formula One legend Aryton Senna. Thank goodness for jury nullification, because under no rational legal system can hosting a Web video be considered a personal crime by corporate officers.
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A poignant end for Kurt Warner...
It's the photograph, not the linked Associated Press story. Epitomizes the loneliness and isolation of a proud warrior nearing the end of his career. Kurt hasn't said whether after that amazing game, and loss, last night in the SuperBowl, he will be retiring before the '09 NFL season.
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Big boys can cry. Federer loses Aussie Open.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/01/sports/AP-TEN-Australian-Open-Mens-Final.html
The match will be replayed on ESPN and is a real gem. Definitely worth watching.
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