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The decadent world of Graham Greene - the high priest of darkness

NY exhibit unveils women's lives in ancient Greece

A woman's place has never been just in the home — not even in ancient Greece.

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Scientist says he has found oldest spider web

The tiny tangled threads of the world's oldest spider web have been found encased in a prehistoric piece of amber, a British scientist said Monday. Oxford University paleobiologist Martin Brasier said the 140-million-year-old webbing provides evidence that arachnids had been ensnaring their prey in silky nets since the dinosaur age. He also said the strands were linked to each other in the roughly circular pattern familiar to gardeners the world over.

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Roman battlefield discovered in northern Germany

Archaeologists say they have uncovered a third-century battlefield in northern Germany which could prove that Roman legions were fighting in the region much later than historians have long believed.

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Report: McCartney says he's the political Beatle

Paul McCartney claims that he was the real politicized figure in The Beatles, not John Lennon, according to an interview published Sunday.

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Bush desperately trying to rewrite history about the Iraq war

President Bush is trying mightily to rewrite the history of the Iraq war before his administration leaves power.

Gadgets that make you look like a jerk

Gadgets are confusing.

Colin Powell Slams Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh (video)

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell took aim at Sarah Palin and the Republican party's emphasis on small-town values during an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakharia that will air this Sunday.

Facebook's board connects with Washington Post CEO

Washington Post Co. Chairman Donald Graham is joining the board of Facebook Inc., connecting the popular Internet hangout with a media industry veteran.

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Gay Band to March in Inauguration Parade

If you click through to the band's site there's some YouTube video of them marching in the NYC Halloween parade.

Michael Jackson's famous glittery glove for sale

Michael Jackson's glittery glove is going on the auction block. The glove, which inspired countless copycats, quips and Halloween costumes after it was unveiled in the 1983 video for Jackson's hit "Billie Jean," will be part of a five-day auction next year, Julien's Auctions announced Wednesday.

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White House documents found to be altered

Scott Althaus, professor of political science and communication, and Kalev Leetaru, coordinator of research in the Cline Center for Democracy, recently found that the U.S. White House Web site has modified, and in some cases, deleted key documents in the public record.

Top Ten Sarah Palin Excuses for Her Turkey Pardon Disaster (video)

From Letterman.

'Buddha's skull' found in Nanjing

Chinese archaeologists have claimed that a 1,000-year-old miniature pagoda, unearthed in Nanjing, holds a piece of skull belonging to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism.

Joe Lieberman: Obama will put 'country first'

Speaking on "Meet the Press" this morning, Joe Lieberman said he thinks President-elect Barack Obama will work across party lines and will put  ... "country  first." (McCain's campaign slogan lives on!) 

Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork

King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday. The scientists found such paintings and signs of a regal two-story mausoleum, bolstering their conviction that the ancient Jewish monarch was buried there.

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Scientists find new penguin, extinct for 500 years

Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago.

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Breaking: Vice President Cheney and former Attorney General Gonzales indicted

A South Texas grand jury has returned multi-count indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County's federal detention centers:

Gremlins Thought Extinct, Found After 85 Years

Mouse-sized primates called pygmy tarsiers, not seen alive in 85 years, have come out of hiding from a mountaintop in a cloud forest in Indonesia.

Real-life Furbys rediscovered

A primate species that looks like a living, breathing version of the Furby electronic toy has been found alive in the forested highlands of an Indonesian island for the first time in more than 70 years, scientists announced Tuesday.

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Should Palin be Charged with Inciting to Riot?

What is the penalty for hollering fire in a crowded cultural theater? What should the Nation do about Palin mob type Cultural Terrorism? At the Dawn of America, cultural humanist and anti-humanist were present.

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