Some facts about the cougar

Some facts about the cougar, also known as mountain lion, puma, panther and catamount:

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Some little-known facts about cocktails

Although people tend to call anything in a V-shaped glass a cocktail, the drink traditionally is required to have spirits, sugar and bitters. Some other facts about the drink:

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Facts about US rail freight system

Some facts about the U.S. rail freight system:

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Foot-And-Mouth Facts

WHAT FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE IS:

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Information About Suicide

Some of the information provided at community meetings in Caruthersville, Mo., which is in an area where five young men have committed suicide in recent months:

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Facts About Mexico

Some facts about Mexico:

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Kidsdata.org recently expanded to offer data for all cities, school districts, and counties in California. These statewide data are available for a wide range of topics measuring the health and well being of children, and more data will be phased in throughout 2010.

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"Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time." - Associated Press Writer Calvin Woodward.

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"National Geographic News's 2009 Halloween roundup" provides a variety of information about Halloween.

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Does the H1N1 vaccine give you the flu? Will it cause autism or Gulf War syndrome? Is it a cover for a sinister government plan to kill people? Is a plot by big pharma to sell drugs, make money and rule the world?

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Here we go again Joe Scarbrough has misled viewers. This man is not intelligent by any means. A good description to use for him would be a wannabe. He often make factual errors and he was exposed a few months ago by Mika who is a co-host of Joe In The Morning Show.

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Last week, Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Bob Bennett (R-UT) drafted a controversial amendment to H.R. 2847, the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill, that would add questions on citizenship and immigration status to the 2010 census.

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9 Steps for Obama to Save His Presidency

1) JUST THE FACTS. Strong opinions and nebulous promises only work on the campaign trail. Obama's inability to respond to opposition with fact based information makes him look uninformed and emits a lack of confidence.

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Well I thought this was pretty entertaining. Fox has higher ratings but CNN has more viewers.

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"In short, the AMA is endorsing a plan whose closest existing example is the most frequent denier of claims. How the public option exemplifies "delivering care to patients" is unclear.

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This information is not new but well put together and a must read if you are interested in the truth.

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1. Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With a Rise in Incidences of Schizophrenia 2. Marijuana Smoke Doesn't Damage the Lungs Like Tobacco 3. Cannabis Use Potentially Protects, Rather Than Harms, the Brain 4. Marijuana Is a Terminus, Not a 'Gateway,' to Hard Drug Use

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The article is a breakdown of the different health care reform bills and their effects on individuals and families by Consumer Reports. While this may not be a perfect representation, it does cut through much of the noise being presented.

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Recently someone asked me which countries have nuclear bombs, and how many they all have.

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..."The kind of blockade that Netanyahu wants qualifies as an act of war. Israel has long threatened to attack Iran on its own but prefers to draw in the US and NATO. Why does Israel want to initiate a war between the United States and Iran?

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The Right's Nonexistent Predictive Power Regarding Gay Marriage

This is only the beginning, if we allow this [ same sex marriage ] to happen we will, in effect, have destabilized the basic institution of our society, which is marriage between a man and a woman - Brian Camenker, President of the Parents' Rights Coalition, as quoted by MassNews …

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These Are Facts 4: The Test

Written: Friday, September 4, 2009 - Saturday, September 5, 2009 "These Are Facts...Part 4" By: Lamar Lester

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WASHINGTON � The recession has eaten into people's nest eggs so the government is promoting ways to make it easier to save for retirement.

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Labor Day, begun as the "workingmen's holiday", is always celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States.

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Democrats and Republicans alike are adept at making decisions without letting the facts get in the way, a new study shows.

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The Lifetime Distribution of Health Care Costs Per capita lifetime healthcare expenditure was $316,600 (in 2004). Nearly one-third of lifetime expenditures is incurred during middle age, and nearly half during the senior years.

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Last night on Hardball, Chris Matthews asked an exuberant Tom DeLay about the Tea Party/Birther agitation bubbling up around the country.

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to make the sensational claim that Emanuel says health care should not be extended to the disabled is a gross distortion of his position, lifted out of context from an academic paper in which he poses philosophical ideas but doesn't necessary endorse them.

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We belong to a remarkably quirky species. Despite our best efforts, some of our strangest foibles still defy explanation

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In a conversation earlier this week about polls showing that large numbers of Republicans don't believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, I wondered how many of those respondents might not know that Hawaii is a state.

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Remember the Hitler Zombie? He doesn't show up all that much anymore. The reason is not because a lot of brain dead Nazi analogies aren't being used to demonize political opponents.

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