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“Polly, Mandana, Franziska and Adrian, all between the ages of seven and nine, are supposed to be lying still on their mats – a tall order after having just been chasing each other around the school halls, playing to their hearts’ content with their classmates,” writes Oliver Cech, writing on the website of the German broadcaster Deutsch…

American and Swiss scientists say they may have detected “hints” that the hypothetical sub-atomic “Higgs boson,” which has the nickname “the God particle,” actually exists. What is the “God particle?” There’s a lot more inside the atom than protons, electrons and neutrons. For decades, researchers have been proving the existence of quarks, leptons, neutrinos, muons, bosons, hadrons,…

  Speaking on C-SPAN, Southern Baptist leader Dr. Richard Land chided presidential candidate Herman Cain for disregarding the constitutional rights of U.S. Muslims. Dr. Land reminded Cain that as a Christian and an African-American, Cain should have a special interest in the enforcement of the constitution in all communities, not just approving ones.      …

“If you want to see another blatant example of social activism at the expense of traditional marriage,” writes retired lawman Paul A. Ibbetson, “go no further than The Learning Channel. “Part of TLC’s knowledge-enhancing program lineup is the show featuring polygamist Kody Brown and his ever-growing, Utah-based harem of ‘Sister Wives,'” writes Ibbetson, who is host…

As daily temperatures climbed toward 120, the U.S. Agriculture Department issued a disaster declaration Wednesday for most of Oklahoma. Across the Sooner State, farmers are reeling from wildfires and the ongoing drought, according to the Daily Oklahoman. The declaration covers 74 of the state’s 77 counties. Nowata, Craig and Ottawa counties north of Tulsa in northeastern…

“When same-sex marriage bill was passed by New York State Legislature on June 24, it apparently did not put an end to the gay marriage battle,” reports the International Business Times.  “If anything, it added coals to the fire. Once the new law went into effect, thousands of protestors the same day and a lawsuit…

The Israeli intelligence site DEBKAfile reports that its intelligence sources say Iran is pressing ahead with its nuclear weapons ambitions. DEBKAfile also reports: Tthe Stuxnet malworm which played havoc with Iran’s nuclear program for eleven months was not purged after all. Tehran never did overcome the disruptions caused by Stuxnet or restore its centrifuges to…

Idaho Falls police have a warned a 34-year-old man in a bunny suit wearing a tutu to stop hiding behind trees to frighten local children. Idaho Falls resident William Falkingham allegedly was peeking out from behind a large tree and pointing his finger like a gun — scaring a little boy, whose mother filed a complaint. An investigation…

California kindergartners now, by state law, must learn about homosexual history and accomplishments. Columnist Michael Medved says it’s political correctness run amok. Writing in The Daily Beast, an internet news site. he writes: Thanks to California’s newly enacted “gay history” law, William Rufus Devane King will finally receive the comprehensive classroom attention that previous generations…

Tired of illegally parked cars ignoring police, Mayor Arturas Zuokas decided to crush offenders with a public warning to double-parkers, loading-zone blockers and anybody who ignored red-painted curbs. He borrowed an Army tank and personally crunched a snazzy Mercedes-Benz flagrantly parked in a bike lane in Vilnius, the capital of the European nation of Lithuania.…
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