Lucky the injured turtle gets coasters for feet

His name is Lucky, and it held true after the box turtle got his front legs chewed off by a raccoon: Thanks to the ingenuity of a veterinary surgeon, Lucky now skids along on plastic sliders where his legs used to be.

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Be the star at your election party!

- How do you prepare for your election night party?

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SC Dem chief says sorry for Palin-abortion comment

South Carolina's Democratic Party chairwoman said Wednesday that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's top qualification seems to be not having had an abortion. She later apologized.

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Wyo. festival to offer chances to dunk a Democrat

Republicans will get a rare opportunity this weekend to show that the Democrats are all wet. All they need is $5 and a good throwing arm.

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Nebraska, Maine electoral vote split creates opening

WASHINGTON - On election night in the last two presidential elections political junkies have been obsessed with Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico, Ohio, and Florida.

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Candidates' health can decide an election

WASHINGTON - According to eight years of Sen. John McCain’s medical records reviewed by The Associated Press, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee appears to be cancer-free and is generally in good health.

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Democrats gaining ground in the Deep South

WASHINGTON - The May 3 election of Democrat Don Cazayoux in a Louisiana congressional district that had been Republican for decades might be followed by the victory of Democrat Travis Childers in Mississippi’s heavily Republican First Congressional District.

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Obama racial subtext surfaces in Iowa

ELKADER, Iowa - As Democratic presidential contender John Edwards fielded questions from a crowd of about 100 people in Elkader, Iowa (population 1,374) Friday night, he got one of those out-of-left-field queries for which a candidate needs his sharpest wits.

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Loss Not All Bad for Venezuela's Chavez

In gracefully accepting his first electoral defeat, Hugo Chavez is casting himself as a true democrat and deflecting charges of despotism from Washington and critics at home.

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McKinney Introduces Bill to Impeach Bush

In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush.

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I cannot really do a summary, I just posted this for all to see it. I don't have time to read it all yet!

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Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.

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Poll: Majority of Republicans Believe ACORN Stole the Presidential Election

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President Obama has meant a lot of things to a lot people this year.

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Sure, the economy sucks. Unemployment is at least 10.2% and, yes, if you include part-time workers who would rather have full-time jobs it may be over 17%.

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So I have to ask: What's with the incessant stream of vitriol from the left? Why does almost every blog I read, every forum or message board I visit, along with many updates by my friends on Face Book, contain anti-Palin diatribes, snipes, or links?

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From the Department of Unlikely Events: George W. Bush's press secretary has been asked to serve in the Obama administration. Well, sort of.

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It's over. Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh, leads by 3,105 votes with 3,072 absentee ballots left to be counted.

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Just like the original 2,032-page, government-run health care plan from Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) massive, 2,074-page bill would levy a new "abortion premium" fee on Americans in the government-run plan.

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Top Obama Bundler Who Stormed Stage During Sarah Palin's RNC Speech Admits Meeting With Taliban

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Jeez Louise: the Rise of Sarah Palin

2000 years ago a relatively unknown young maverick burst onto the scene in Nazareth with an unprecedented message of hope and change. He was received, however, with mixed emotions; people either loved him or hated him for his message and his amazingly good looking anglo features.

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The political stakes enormous, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched long-awaited health care legislation Wednesday estimated to extend coverage to 94 percent of eligible Americans at a cost of $849 billion. More Articles

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Arkansas Free Health Clinic Event Publicly Thanks Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter! (Where is Senator Blanche Lincoln?!?)

Countdown's Lawrence O'Donnell publicly thanked Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter for his help securing the State House Convention Center for a Free Health Clinic. The Clinic was the brain child of Countdown's Keith Olbermann and his staff.

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Just before arriving in South Korea Wednesday, President Obama told Senior White House Correspondent Major Garrett that he's anxious to get a US trade deal with the country through Congress next year.

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So how could Fox have both the most balanced and the most anti-Obama coverage? Simple. It's because the other networks were all so pro-Obama.

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In my last post, I showed you what a roomful of Republican biotech-paid whores looks like. But in that same room are the following Democratic biotech-paid whores.

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BEIJING -- President Obama directly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay will not close by the January deadline he set, but he said he hoped to still achieve that goal sometime next year.

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An ACORN employee DOESN'T help child prostitution!! In LA no less! Major Headline!! Holy @!$%#! This will even make FOX!

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Obama IS in opposition to the Stupak Amendment in the government health care that would not allow Tax Dollars for Abortion.. Why did Obama say no Tax Dollars for Abortion in the Town Hall meetings? White House Axelrod tells it like it is... Article in part...

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I think it is significant that the Democrat Congressman David Obey wants true numbers and facts on the recovery.gov site as it is "undermining government creditability". I think it is truly worrisome the misinformation about jobs in Districts that do not even exist.

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Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has "unconceded" in New York's special House election after reports that the vote margin between him and Rep.

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In an interview with ABC News' Barbara Walters, Palin, whose book, "Going Rogue: An American Life," lands on bookshelves Tuesday, said she would give the president a mere four for his job performance on a scale of one to 10.

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The resolution supports "a timetable for withdrawal of our military personnel" and calls for "an end to the use of mercenary contractors as well as an end to air strikes that cause heavy civilian casualties." Advocating multiparty talks inside Afghanistan, the resolution also urg …

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A great write-up with plenty of references.

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A new study by the Pew Research Center finds that the GOP is alienating scientists to a startling degree.

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