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Daily Archives: 18 February 18, 2010
Top Earners Averaged $345 Million in 2007, IRS Says
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — The 400 highest-earning U.S. households reported an average of $345 million in income in 2007, up 31 percent from a year earlier, IRS statistics show. The average tax rate for the households fell to the lowest … Continue reading
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Atlantic City, N.J., police officer accidentally kills himself
ATLANTIC CITY — Atlantic City police said an officer has died from an accidental gunshot wound. Police Chief John Mooney said 31-year-old Officer Kevin Wilkins was trying to put a rubber sleeve on the grip of his pistol as he … Continue reading
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School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home
According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools’ administrators, who have … Continue reading
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Bedrock, TX?
Nearly a third of Texans believe humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth at the same time, and more than half disagree with the theory that humans developed from earlier species of animals, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. … Continue reading
Agency that monitors religious freedom abroad accused of bias
Allegations of religious bias are being leveled against a notable federal body: the one responsible for monitoring international religious freedom. Some past commissioners, staff and former staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom say the agency charged with … Continue reading
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SheldonShirts.com – The Big Bang Theory TV T-Shirts, Shirts Worn by Sheldon & Leonard
You’ve reached T-shirt Nerdvana! Here at SheldonShirts.com, we’ve collected all the best t-shirts worn by Sheldon and Leonard on The Big Bang Theory, plus Howard’s belt buckles, some shirts we think Sheldon and Leonard should wear, cool stuff seen on … Continue reading
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Young adults ‘less religious,’ not necessarily ‘more secular’
Young adults today are less church-connected than prior generations were when they were in their 20s. But a new study finds they’re just about as spiritual as their parents and grandparents were at those ages. Members of today’s Millennial generation, … Continue reading
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Please Rob Me
Hey, do you have a Twitter account? Have you ever noticed those messages in which people tell you where they are? Pretty annoying, eh. Well, they’re actually also potentially pretty dangerous. We’re about to tell you why. The danger is … Continue reading
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It’s not that John Hughes, and it’s not John Hughes
As a cold wind blew across Forest Hill Cemetery on Whitten Road on Tuesday morning, Dr. Lisa Funte peered into a newly unearthed brown steel casket that just 30 minutes earlier had been 6 feet beneath a headstone marked “John … Continue reading
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Bag of Randomness
Dolphins surfing off the coast of South Africa World Record Kick to the Groin Snow and parking space etiquette in Philly I’m all for this – TSA to swab airline passengers’ hands in search for explosives Cinnabon rocks the cupcake … Continue reading
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