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Super Bowl Win by Saints Proves God Still Loves America - and That the Recession is Over

What? Are you kidding? God may still love America, but until we all go green and force fair trade with China, then the recession is still with us. Meanwhile, there is good football.

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Who Dat? Onside Kick and Late Pick Contribute to Amazing Super Bowl Win by New Orleans

They bent but didn't break. An onside kick that went their way to start the second half, along with a late interception of Payton Manning for a Saints touchdown, contributed to New Orleans winning their first-ever Super Bowl.

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Alfred Hitchcock Does Sci-Fi - With Steve McQueen and Arthur Hill

In this completely whacked-out episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Steve McQueen plays a reporter sent to a bar to interview a man who claims he's really a Martian thrust into the body of a human.

'Let's Go To Prison' - the Sequel - Actor Rip Torn Arrested After Breaking Into Bank

Celebs and their downfalls. Sometimes when the fame fades and the phone calls from your agent stop coming...this is the time many of them go over the edge.

The Truth About Haiti

While the rich lived in walled estates, the poor ate dirt cookies and tried to subsist on two dollars a day.

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Dolphins - The OTHER Intelligent Life on Earth

One of the hottest debates in natural science is whether dolphins should be considered a form of intelligent life. Put two scientists together and you'll hear heated arguments from both sides of the question.

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12 More Things That Will Become Reality By 2020

Two years ago, this writer published an article for Newsvine called 12 Things That Will Become Reality By 2020. With the turn of the decade, it seemed reasonable to post up another dozen predictions.

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Obama Takes Daughters Out for Treat in Hawaii

President Obama took his daughters and friends Friday to sample a Hawaiian delicacy of ice shavings and flavored syrup, joshing with his group about winning college football teams on New Year's Day. People are already calling it a 'Snowbama', of course...

One Lives, One Dies - Washington State Deputy Shot Last Week Finally Loses Battle for Life

SEATTLE -- Pierce County sheriff's deputy Walter "Kent" Mundell has died after he was taken off life support after a week of showing no signs of improvement, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

Restored Version of 'The Grapes of Wrath' Shows Henry Fonda Using the Word 'Hell' to Ma Joad

Okay, it's a little thing I'll admit. But after reviewing the restored version on DVD of John Ford's famous film, the word 'hell' is clearly heard being spoken by Henry Fonda to Jane Darwell in one scene.

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Television and Media Depictions of Police Officers at Work Contributing to Violence Against Them

Ever since television shows such as 'Cops' appeared on the scene, police officers have been consistently depicted as harsh, Star Wars storm-trooper types who overreact and slam people into the ground every chance they get.

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Not Again! Two More Pierce County, Washington Police Officers Shot and in Critical Condition

Early report: Pierce County deputies responding to a domestic violence call at 3405 Tanwax Court East in Eatonville, Washington have been shot and are in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.

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The Big Lie - Millions of Dollars in Campaign Contributions by Health Insurance Companies Having Desired Effect - Current Proposals Sell Out Seniors and Most Americans

Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany, firmly believed in a concept called 'The Big Lie'. This is where you tell the populace such an outrageous distortion of the truth that most people actually believe it.

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What the Hell ... It's Christmas

There was a movie showing today on the Lifetime Channel, a Christmas flick about a dysfunctional family celebrating the holidays, and in the film someone in that family had hung a banner saying, What the Hell...It's Christmas. Hence, the title of this article.

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15 Signs There is Still Hope for America

This is a response to the Newsvine-seeded article 'Fifteen Signs That American Society is Coming Apart at the Seams,' which takes a hard look at some of the negative things happening right now in the good old U.S.A.

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My Year at Newsvine in Review - 2009

About every Thanksgiving, I do a review of my activity at the Vine for the previous year. I went into January at full speed, doing a whopping twenty-one articles, starting with a plea for our new President to end the war in Iraq now, instead of waiting for 2011.

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'It's a Wonderful Life' for Zuzu - What Actress Karolyn Grimes from the Famous Film is Doing Today

The American Film Institute once voted 'It's A Wonderful Life' as the most inspirational movie ever made. No surprise there. James Stewart's portrayal of George Bailey is a holiday tradition.

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The Afghanistan Question, 9-11, The London Blitz of 1940, and 'Hunting People For Jesus'

Sometimes it's good to step back and take a look at things with a historical eye. President Obama is probably losing sleep about what to do in Afghanistan. Or maybe he's just wondering where to find all those soldiers that General McChrystal is requesting for the war.

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Newsvine Earnings for November are Posted

Well, again...that bit of appreciation from Newsvine/MSNBC is in for the month. AB of Seattle report, according to Google Analytics, for the month of September 2009, on which current earnings are based: Unique Visitors: 16,249 Total Pageviews: 22,110

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Bill Belichick's Boneheaded Call on Fourth Down Causes Loss in Big Game to Colts

The Sunday Night NFL game between the 'Rivalry of the Decade' teams all came down to a frankly dumb call by New England head coach Bill Belichick, with a little help from his quarterback, Tom Brady.

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Amelia Earhart and the Raccoon Coat - Images From NASA You Probably Haven't Seen

All of the pictures in this article are drawn from NASA's infamous 'G.R.I.N.' files ('Great Images In NASA'). Shades of Mark Twain!

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Health Care PASSES! Score One for American Families - ZERO For Greedy Insurance Companies

A first-term Republican Congressman from New Orleans, Joseph Cao, had the guts to vote for today's health reform bill. He was the only Republican to do so, and for that he will probably be ostracized by his own party leadership, who stood universally against the President's plan.

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From the Files of Escape Velocity - 'Scream Quietly' by Sheila Crosby - Conclusion

To view Part One of this story first, CLICK HERE. Windscour farm Otley 16th July, 1849, pre-dawn

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A Simple Tribute to Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper, a world-class actor who has never been afraid to take chances, was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. He once risked his career doing a Twilight Zone episode playing a guy who got his advice on street politics from Adolf Hitler.

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More than you care to know about me or I was dumb enough to tell you. Sci-fi author and bottle washer for Adventure Books of Seattle.

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