Library Book Overdue for 61 Years

A public library book issued in 1945 has racked up an overdue fees bill for $6,114 — but the book's borrower has had the fine waived.

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Punxsutawney Groundhog Sees His Shadow

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, but it was hard to find a complainer in the crowd on Gobbler's Knob, where the morning temperature was well above freezing and Thursday's high was expected to hit 48 degrees.

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Man Gets Wallet Back After Nearly 40 Years

A man is being reacquainted with his past after a Utah family returned a wallet he lost at a gas station nearly 40 years ago.

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The White house response to FOX "news" is late in coming but welcome. FOX has become a total right wing commentary channel that represents it's self as "fair and balanced".

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Former vice president Al Gore—who for the past three decades has unsuccessfully attempted to warn humanity of the coming destruction of our planet, only to be mocked and derided by the very people he has tried to save—launched his infant son into space Monday in the faint hop …

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Look, I don't get what's going on here either—and, yes, this is clearly not news—but apparently singer and controlled substance enthusiast Amy Winehouse will autograph whatever is handed to her when someone visits her London residence.

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The wife of Britney Spears' paparazzo pal has filed for legal separation from him.

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HIS dilemma was timeless. Only the means of resolving it reflects our times. She took his breath, and his words, away. And by the time he had found them, she was gone.

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Never before have 4 words come together so perfectly: Pole Dance Cat Fight. Why would you ever try to break this up?

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They're easy, filling and available in just about any size. No wonder, large sub sandwiches are the "must have" food of many super bowl parties. It's a no brainer right, since most party sub sandwiches are sold in 3 foot sections, that's what you'd expect.

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A MadTV Parody of Apple's new iProducts and also a mocking of Iraq.

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fox IS not news nor should it be considered as such.

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Yes, the squares marked A and B are the same shade of gray.

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Caption this picture of the President

Here's a game we haven't played in a while. I give you a picture and you display your ingenuity and wit to make the world laugh. I got this picture from Greg B's article: Preaching to the Choir: Christianity in Middle Class America

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Statistics released by the Department Of Defense estimated that 2,937 U.S. troops and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died in the ongoing American military victory in Iraq.

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While thinking people might suspect that hype about the so-called "culture war against Christmas" is nothing more than a cheap way to sell controversy to the conservative base; the reality is that if you approach the world from the perspective of a right-wing blowhard, you can se …

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What began as a street fair to raise money and awareness for Girl Scouts, ended in mayhem and tragedy. Six scouts died and dozens were trampled by a hostile, hungry mob. The girls had run out of cookies.

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It is something one half of the population has long suspected - and the other half always vocally denied. Women really do talk more than men.

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This site lets you browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991.

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Newsvine's Marketplace of Ideas: A Featured Failure?

I came to Newsvine because I was interested in an open and public forum in which ideas could be expressed, shared, and evaluated by other critical thinkers.

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The State of the Newsvine

Nine months ago I performed a little analysis, to find out if the general feeling of a tech-centered Newsvine was correct. It turned out it was, but not as overwhelmingly as it seemed. Nine months later, has the situation changed?

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Poll: What Makes a Continent?

A recent query from a Newsvine user sparked an age-old discussion here in the office. Gabbahead asked us to put Russia into the 'Europe' region, instead of Asia. We told him to go make a poll instead of leaving it up to us, which he did.

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Here's a funny list I came across. Not too much value here but worth a passing interest if you're bored:

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This is definitely not news Update: This might actually become news: I'm trying to help my old roommate George get a date with a 29 year old virgin who works for Jane Magazine. If he wins, a segment of the date will be aired on the Today Show!

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Really? These two people did not hit it off? Wow, what is the world coming to.

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A brilliant, very engrossing article by Malcolm Gladwell that will be of particular interest to people interested in psychology, dogs, and nonverbal communication

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A revealing portrait of perhaps the greatest poker player alive

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BEIRUT, LEBANON—As the cost of rocket fuel soared to $630 per gallon Monday, Middle Easterners who depend on the non-renewable propellant to power 10-kilogram rockets have been forced to severely restrict their daily bombing routines, bringing this latest round of fighting to a …

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