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• Wave of bombs kills dozens in 12 cities across Iraq

  Tue Mar 20, 2012
  • Paul, what is an ancient history book going to do for Joe except teach him about the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire which stretched from Greece and Libya to India? The Persian are the current day Iranians.

• 5 great reasons to kick your soda habit

  Sun Mar 11, 2012
  • Honey in tea is nasty. I'll have to give the maple syrup a try, though.

• Six British soldiers feared killed in Afghanistan roadside bomb attack

  Wed Mar 7, 2012
  • @JJ1962 And exactly who or what is Canada? Never heard of them. :p

• Your IT department is ruining your March Madness fun

  Fri Mar 2, 2012
  • I just take Thursday & Friday off so I can enjoy the games.

• Man who admitted jamming cell phones: 'A lot of people are extremely loud'

  Thu Mar 1, 2012
  • “Every time I see this guy on the bus, I have a mixture of fear and anger. Part of me wants to go up to him and say, ‘Stop doing this, how dare you,’” said Marie.

• Confirmed: Colonoscopies cut cancer deaths

  Thu Feb 23, 2012
  • Had my first a couple of years back at age 51. While I've done more pleasant things in my life, the prep was bearable. Just like somone else said, stay close to a bathroom, though. I did surprise the doc and woke up during the procedure and started watching the monitor and seeing my insides.

• Cops: Grandmother, stepmom charged with murder after girl is forced to run for 3 hours

  Thu Feb 23, 2012
  • I read nothing about a concerned citizen making any calls. The quoted witness said he saw the girl running but thought nothing of it. The call came in from the stepmother after the girl had seized and become unresponsive.

• Flu season finally arrives, CDC reports

  Mon Feb 13, 2012
  • The only time I've ever had the flu was before I started to regularly receive the vaccine. I've never had a reaction to the shot other than maybe a bit of tenderness at the injection site. Of course, that's an immuno reaction to the vaccine which is what you're striving for.

• Dad punishes Facebook post with 8 bullets to daughter's laptop

  Fri Feb 10, 2012
  • Most cities may have laws against discharging a firearm within the city limits but that sure didn't look like any city he was sitting in.

• Five killed in fiery crash after driver goes wrong way on interstate

  Fri Feb 10, 2012
  • I some instances, where lanes are reversed during ecavuations, you can't be having spikes ruining tires when they reverse the lanes.