AP IMPACT: Chinese drywall poses potential risks

At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short supply, American construction companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant and cheap.

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Judges plead guilty in sending kids to lockup

Pair accused of taking $2.6 million in payoff to put away young offenders

Warren Buffet Says: I Pay Less Tax Than My Cleaning Lady, Or When I Was Paper Boy -- McCain/Palin Have Even Worse Deal in Store For Middle Class

Warren Buffet may be the last of the giants of the business world that is still seen nearly unanimously as a statesman, a corporate citizen, and a man who will not claw over the less-fortunate for his own gain.

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GOP senator: A 'stretch' to say Palin is qualified

Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel said his party's vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, lacks foreign policy experience and called it a "stretch" to say she's qualified to be president.

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Solana: IAEA's Iran report worries Russia, China

The European Union's foreign policy chief says he believes Russia and China are "quite worried" about a new IAEA report that says Iran has blocked efforts to investigate its nuclear program.

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Matt Damon says he fears a Palin administration

Matt Damon says the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican nominee for vice president could end up "like a really bad Disney movie" if John McCain wins the November presidential election.

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Has the glass ceiling changed to reinforced concrete for British women?

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of women in many top jobs and positions of power has fallen, with progress on equality moving at a "snail's pace", a report said on Thursday.

Palin: Iraq war 'a task that is from God'

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God."

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U.S. Moves Toward International Accounting Rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission moved Wednesday to allow some large American companies to begin using international accounting standards as early as next year, and to require all American companies to do so by 2016.

Newsviners To Cover National Conventions

I am very happy to announce that after several months of planning and collaboration between Newsvine users and staff, msnbc.com, NBC News and convention organizers - Newsvine will be sending several of our best contributors to both the Democratic National Convention and the Repub …

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NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

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Clinton fulfills a promise to high school graduate

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton fulfilled a pledge to a young supporter by speaking at the teenager's high school graduation on Sunday.

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Why the Christian right fears Obama - Yahoo! News

On paper, the Democrats' nomination of Barack Obama is a gift to the Christian right.

GOP senator's wife donates to Obama

Sens. John McCain and Chuck Hagel have long been friends. Fellow Republicans and Vietnam War veterans, their Senate offices are just across the hall from each other.

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Rachael Ray ad pulled as pundit sees terror link

Dunkin' Donuts pulled a television spot featuring talk show host and Food Network personality Rachael Ray this weekend after a Fox news commentator associated it with terrorists.

Global warming may 'stop', scientists predict

Now this is hilarious. The "consensus" scientists are now saying that global warming caused by humans may stop for a decade while natural variation takes hold. Uh huh.

Obama's Plan for NASA

As the legend goes, when the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortez landed in what is now Mexico in 1519, he ordered the boats that brought him and his men there to be burned. Obama seems to have something similar planned for NASA.

How Benedict XVI Will Make History

The master teacher, who visits the U.S. this week, has begun an unprecedented interaction with Islam, writes Newsweek contributor George Weigel. Discuss: Is Pope Benedict XVI starting a religious revolution? Do you feel personally influenced by him?

Red Sox jersey up for auction after failed curse attempt

A secretly buried jersey that was supposed to start a curse has instead become a goodwill gesture between longtime baseball rivals.

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Illinois State Rep: "It's dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy [atheism] exists!"

Davis: I don't know what you have against God, but some of us don't have much against him. We look forward to him and his blessings. And it's really a tragedy -- it's tragic -- when a person who is engaged in anything related to God, they want to fight.

In Bush's Justice Dept, Being Gay Is "Even Worse Than Being a Democrat"

About a year ago, we learned in jaw-dropping detail about the questions asked of those seeking employment at Bush's Justice Department.

Immune System Reactivated In Adults With HIV: Thymus Producing New T-cells

ScienceDaily (Feb.

Bush's 2009 Budget Will Slash PBS Funds More Than 50%

Under Bush's plan, the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, a private nonprofit that distributes the funds to local stations, would lose $420 million of the $820 million in federal funds it was set to receive over the next two years.

For Those Who Don't Believe in Global Warming and Climate Change, Please Read This

How can we expect anyone to care about melting glaciers in the abstract when even in the face of their stupendous presence we remain careless?

Obama: Palestinian refugees cannot return to Israel

''Palestinian refugees belong in their own state and do not have a "literal" right of return to Israel, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday.

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