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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.   - William Hazlitt Pasted from < http://www.google.com/ >

Rivals of Jesus: There was a man who cured the sick, performed miracles, was called the son of God and rose from the grave three days after his death. His name was Apollonius of Tyana and he was not unique. We ask why so many preachers and supposed miracle workers appeared by the Mediterranean around the 1st Century AD and why the cult of Jesus won out in Rivals of Jesus. Pasted from < http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5055454/The_Secret_Bible__(National_Geographic) >

Record fines Despite its success, size and profitability, BP is no stranger to controversy. The Deep Horizon spill is certainly a massive challenge to the company, both financially and in terms of public relations, but it is not the first time BP has been in the international spotlight. In 2006, a US congressional hearing accused BP of "unacceptable" neglect of pipelines in Alaska after it was forced to shut down oil operations in Prudhoe Bay because of leaking pipes. In 2007, the company was fined a total of $373m by the US Department of Justice for environmental crimes and committing fraud. The fine included $50m relating to a Texas refinery explosion in 2005 that killed 15 people and injured 170 more. The largest single fine of $303m related to a price manipulation scam in the propane market. Last October, BP was fined a further $87m for failing to correct safety hazards at the Texas refinery. The company has also faced harsh criticism, from shareholders and environmental

if you haven't seen this, you should. brilliant. this home-built a sequencer that uses a turntable and light sensors. found at hack-a-day .

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) -- Bomb disposal experts are at a foreclosed home in Riverside on Wednesday that was apparently booby-trapped. Several suspicious devices were also located on the property.

the Washington Post which alleges that the FBI " illegally collected more than 2,000 US telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or simply persuading phone companies to provide records." the report continues: "E-mails obtained by The Washington Post detail how counterterrorism officials inside FBI headquarters did not follow their own procedures that were put in place to protect civil liberties. The stream of urgent requests for phone records also overwhelmed the FBI communications analysis unit with work that ultimately was not connected to imminent threats. ... FBI officials told The Post that their own review has found that about half of the 4,400 toll records collected in emergency situations or with after-the-fact approvals were done in technical violation of the law. The searches involved only records of calls and not the content of the calls. In some cases, agents broadened their searches to gather numbers