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Iditarod, Last Great Race on Earth

Iditarod, Last Great Race on Earth

A new record has been set. Dallas Seavey has finished the Iditarod in the fastest time ever recorded at 8:13:4:9. Right now, teams of mushers and their dogs are still undergoing the grueling 1,112 mile (on even years) race across the Alaskan tundra. The annual Iditarod dogsled race is as famous as it is dangerous. […]

Congo follows Uganda in proposed anti-LGBT laws

As of Monday, the Democratic Republic of Congo is considering a bill that would criminalize homosexuals and transgender people. Notably, the punishments outlined in the bill’s 37 articles as drafted by MP Steve Mbikayi in December do not include capital punishment.  Anyone found guilty of being LGBT will face a minimum of 3 years in […]

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Pug vs police K9

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Pug vs police K9

  During a standoff with an armed robber in Phoenix, AZ a pug picks a fight with a K9 unit attached to the swat team. Napoleon, eat your heart out. Fox and Megyn Kelly gave more screen time to this dog than they did to Elijah Cummings after Darrel Issa shut him down during a […]

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Nigerian anti-gay laws have dire consequences. Simply being accused of being gay is enough to warrant a beating and a fine. For those individuals who live under these conditions, simply being who you are is enough to be killed. Fortunately police intervened before a mob could lynch or stone these 4 young men. A judge “leniently” decided to […]

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Student loan interest generates $51 billion revenue

Student loan interest is the most profitable product our nation has. With the number of students attending college on the rise, so also increases the number of loans that are taken out to finance higher education. Originally projected at roughly $40 billion in revenue, the latest data released from the Congressional Budget Office indicates that those […]

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Steve IrwinÕs last words, ÒIÕm dyingÓ

  A moment that has been a long time coming, Australian legend Steve Irwin‘s dying words have been shared with the world. His cameraman, Justin Lyons has come forward on an Australian talk show to talk about the Crocodile Hunter’s final moments. While filming the massive bull stingray that caused his death, Irwin decided on […]

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ÒAbolitionistsÓ Take New Tactic in Fight Against Abortion

A new group named Abolish Human Abortion, which insidiously uses the same AHA acronym as the American Heart Association, has started to gain momentum. Founded from Norman, Oklahoma by former drug dealer Toby Harmon and former graduate student Russell Hunter, the group now has chapters nationwide. Shunning the phrase “pro-lifer” they prefer to be called “abolitionists” and encourage […]

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Dolphin Stampede captured by drone

  Whale and dolphin watching tours around the world  have been a tourist activity for decades. Dana Point, CA has the largest population of dolphins in the world. The dedicated crew of Capt. Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari have managed to capture a breathtaking sight. An enormous pod of dolphins stampeding through the waves has been […]

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Organic Battery from Harvard Researchers

As we have grown fonder of the concept of renewable energy sources, efforts to store that energy have been lackluster. That all changed with a Harvard research team led by Michael J. Aziz. Thanks to funding from ARPA-E, Aziz and his team have developed an organic battery from compounds known as quinones.  Similar to the components […]

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Cutting education means expanding prisons

We are what we teach our children. We practice hate, our children learn to hate. When we preach love and compassion, our children do the same. They idolize and emulate us in every way. As the data below demonstrates, there is an inversely proportional correlation between education spending and prison spending. The fiscally and socially […]

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