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Indian village proud after double ‘honor killing’
BALLA, India (Reuters) - Five armed men burst into the small room and courtyard at dawn, just as 21-year-old, 22-week pregnant, Sunita was drying her face on a towel. ...
On LinkedIn? Join the Atheist Network
Ronaldo Menezes created the LinkedIn atheist network. The professional world seems to be the last bastion against discussing your religious beliefs or lack thereof. (Wouldn't want to lose that job ...
Why I Moderate Comments
Name: jeff bob | E-mail: joshy793@aol.com | IP: 71.252.132.111 | Date: May 13, 2008 Al gore is a hoax. All he did was restate an opinion. ...
RMI Car of the Future on NOVA
I received this email from the Rocky Mountain Institute today for Earth Day. Since oil dependency finances corrupt theocracies and is at the root of both global warming and ...
Some Cambodians Pray to the ‘Spirit’ of Mass Murderer Pol Pot
ANLONG VENG, Cambodia (AP) -- Ten years after the death of brutal Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, his grave has become a symbol of spiritual comfort to some in the ...
Shock and Horror: Teens Use Cell Phones for Sex Pix
(AP) Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves. The instant text, picture and ...
Surprise: Muslims Don’t Want to Talk About Their Crimes
FURY is mounting over plans for Muslim sex offenders to be let off rehab. Perverts must go ...
Classroom Evolution Kids Can Watch
As all students of Darwin know, evolution occurs when there is variation in a population; where some variants confer a survival or reproductive advantage to the individual, and where the ...
Town Considers Forcing 100-Gallon-Per-Person Water Limit
OAKLAND, Fla. -- A small town in Central Florida is considering forcing a 100-gallon-per-person daily limit on water for its residents. ...
The Truth Hurts - Again
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- It looked harmless enough, but the words on a billboard un-nerved so many people that a popular restaurant nearby actually lost business. ...
Keep All Gods Off Money!
I ran across this $20 bill recently--no, this was not my handiwork. But I couldn't agree more! Hells yeah. Anyone know where to ...
The Misanthropic Fury of Chris Hedges
Ebonmuse at Daylight Atheism recently gave Chris Hedges--author of I Don't Believe in Atheists--a good thumping. Now Chris Swanson has posted another excellent deconstruction of Hedges ridiculous arguments ...
Poetic Justice for Spitzer
Apparently in his heart of hearts, Eliot Spitzer agrees with my position that people should have the right to pay for sex. But he built a political career on locking ...
A Feminist Atheist Perspective on Marriage
Gamophobia - fear of marriage - is a little-used term to mark a still less acknowledged concept. I hold my hands up to it, not waving but drowning under the ...
Coptic Christians Starve American Exchange Student
HALLOWELL, Maine - Jonathan McCullum was in excellent health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.
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Second Largest Doctor’s Group Endorses Medipot
In a position paper, a leading American medical association has endorsed the medicinal use of marijuana, called for more studies of its medical uses, and urged the US government to ...
Religious Delusion Hampers Nanotechnology
Addressing scientists Feb. 15, 2008 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dietram Scheufele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of life sciences communication, presented ...
TM Founder Dead
"To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach," he said.
A Medieval Theocracy With Rockets
Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the supreme court upheld the death sentences against them, the Etemad newspaper Monday quoted their lawyer as saying.
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Supernatural Fantasy Play Kills Woman
ODESSA, Texas (AP) - A man accused of killing his wife says he was trying to exorcise a demon from her when the devil entered his body and caused her ...
Why Science “Sucks” (Is Damned Inconvenient)
Why Science "Sucks" (Is Damned Inconvenient)
Nice piece from Wired on the sad state of the public perception of science. Though I disagree with the idea that science can't handle ...
Sudanese ‘Soldiers of Monotheism’ Murder U.S. Diplomat
(CNN) -- A group calling itself the Partisans of Monotheism in Sudan claimed responsibility Friday for the shooting death of an American diplomat and his driver early New Year's Day.
"The ...
Blair’s Whimsical Irrelevancy
Blair's Whimsical Irrelevancy
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has switched his allegiance from Henry VIII's divorce-granting Anglican church back to the original Holy See. He had planned the conversion ...
Saudis Preparing For When the Oil Runs Out
Saudi Arabia plans to establish a sovereign wealth fund that is expected to dwarf Abu Dhabi’s $900bn and become the largest in the world.
The new fund will be a formidable ...
40-Year-Old Solar House Heats and Cools Without Electricity
Forty years ago, Hay invented a simple, inexpensive way to heat and cool a home using the sun's rays, but without the panels and wiring that come with conventional solar ...