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Not sure why the thread was closed, don't really care and assume Jim & Company had their reasons. This is not about that. In the article linked on Drudge, it mentions, somewhat as an aside, the following: He joked at the second fundraiser that she graduated summa cum laude, "not just magna or laude laude, but summa cum laude."Not sure if this is a pointed comment, a gaffe, or what, but I do believe a rough translation is actually: cum laude = with honors suma cum laude = with high honors magna cum laude = with highest honors I'm open...

The head of one of the world's biggest oil companies has admitted that the threat of climate change makes him "really very worried for the planet". .... Lord Oxburgh's words will also fuel arguments over sequestration. Supporters say it will allow a smoother transition to reduced emissions by allowing us to burn coal, oil and gas for longer. Critics argue that the idea is an expensive and probably unworkable smokescreen for continued reliance on fossil fuels. ....According to a 3,000m (about 10,000ft) ice core from Antarctica revealing the Earth's climate history, carbon dioxide levels are the highest for at least...

I have been searching and find nothing. Apparently, there was a body hanging from the overpass on the Spur 408 to I-20 Westbound, and had traffic all snarled up. This did come from the Bone, but it was too ad-lib to be a setup, and the TxDOT cams are shut down there, so I can't see anything. If anyone has heard anything, or was there, I'd appreciate any info. I won't go into why, but I'm curious if this was really a suicide.

"In 1995 Sanford Robertson also had a big financial interest in the U.S. computer security industry. Robertson's investment firm had hundreds of millions of dollars tied up in a Massachusetts based computer company named Security Dynamics Inc. (SDI). Thus, in 1995 Gore had direct control of policy that also affected Robertson financially. Security Dynamics was able to import computer security hardware manufactured in China. SDI secured Hong Kong electronics maker RJP Industries to produce electronic computer security cards for sale in America. The Chinese manufactured cards are sold to major defense contractors, medical institutions and the U.S. government. Hong Kong...

I live in Euless. omething is blowing up like freakin crazy south of trinity blvd, NE tarrant county!

I was flipping through AM searching for some news in the DFW area. Just above 820 I came across a middle-eastern or possibly Indian station, and the DJ (a woman) was ending a sentence about "troops in the Gulf" or something. Then she plays this freaky song, and as I am busy driving it plays fopr a minute or so. Then she interrupts it and says something like "I'm sorry for playing such a slow song, this TUESDAY morning, at EIGHT-TWENTY-THREE, I will play something else that I hope you will enjoy..." (emphasis hers, in caps). It was just really...

FORT WORTH, Texas, 12:41 p.m. CDT June 26, 2002 - A tanker truck reportedly carrying 9,000 gallons of gasoline exploded and burned just south of DFW Airport this morning right near a daycare.....