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10 Jun 2010 10:48

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Politics: Reason Alvin Greene won: Nobody knew who his rival was, either

  • 82% of people were unsure of Alvin Greene’s rival source
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09 Jun 2010 22:44

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Politics: Alvin Greene: Nikki Haley no longer most scandalous S.C. politician

  • tuesday Some unemployed former army guy without a Web site, Alvin Greene, somehow wins the Democratic primary in the state’s Senate race. Probably because nobody knew who the other guy was, either.
  • wednesday Conveniently, it comes out that Greene allegedly showed a college student some dirty stuff on a computer, which is a felony. The Democratic party, freaked out by this, wants him to quit. He won’t. This’ll be fun, guys. source
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19 Nov 2009 20:14

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World: The new European Union president: He sure blends into a crowd

Who’s the least-recognizable person in this lineup? If you chose the dude on the bottom right like we expected, you just picked new EU president Herman Van Rompuy. source
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02 Aug 2009 11:06

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U.S., World: Identified: The remains of a missing pilot from Gulf War I

  • His plane was shot down January 17, 1991 The Department of Defense today identified the remains of Captain Michael Scott Speicher, who was killed in Iraq during the first Gulf War. Dental records confirmed the match. The Navy pilot’s remains had been unidentified for years – as well as the fate of Speicher. The pilot was believed by some to be held captive by Saddam Hussein. “Our Navy will never give up looking for a shipmate,” said Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, “regardless of how long or how difficult that search may be.” source
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