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Before admiring the powerful muscularity of the latest pickup truck model, some men attending The Man Expo on Friday afternoon stopped off to get their nose hair waxed or uni-brow trimmed. "I can breathe better," said Paul Garfield, 18, after taking his turn on the waxing table. "I won't have to deal with the pesky nose hair. It didn't hurt as bad." Encouraged by Garfield, a handful of his friends lined up, one by one, for their own wax jobs. The group of young men from Springville were among the thousands of men and women who ventured to the first-ever...

The Cambridge bomb squad descended on the Central Square post office this morning, ultimately -- it turns out -- because of a buzzing electric nose hair trimmer. A birthday package sent to an MIT staff member aroused suspicion at about 7:30 a.m. today when it wouldn’t stop humming. Postal workers contacted the authorities, and the building was evacuated for 90 minutes. “There was a suspicious package, kicking, making noise, vibrating—they got concerned,” said Cambridge Police spokesman Frank Pasquerello. “We had to take the certain precautions.” Cambridge police and fire officials responded to the call at 770 Massachusetts Avenue, as did...

Waxman to push global warming bill By Mike Soraghan Posted: 01/15/09 11:22 AM [ET] Comprehensive global warming legislation will be sent to the House floor by Memorial Day, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) announced Thursday. "Our committee will be acting quickly and decisively to reduce global warming and end our dependence on foreign oil," Waxman said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has indicated that reining in climate change is among her top priorities.

Phrases that sound innocent as well as dirty--depending on your mindset: Petra told Ingrid, "You have a lovely rug." Let's grab something at the golden arches. St. Louis was once known as Mound City. She was caught raising the flag this weekend. The cavernous hole is wet with dew. She favored wood as a golfer. No one ever confused Lance as a wine sipper; hard stuff was his passion. There was ecstatic joy as Marc Spitz lapped the pool several times in triumph, until he accidently fell into the mud. We were in a tight spot as our camels' toes...

I'll keep this short and simple. After six years of membership on FR I've decided to resign from the forum today. I'll keep checking my freepmail for a few days and wind down my posts here, so if any of you wish to contact me please do so there and I will provide you with a means to do so. I hope to continue future posting activities elsewhere - perhaps a blog - but only time will tell. It's truly been a blast and left me with many fond memories, but all good things had to come to an end....

I have to sit in the back of my Mom’s mini van and listen to her 60’s music. I lost my license and now have to have my Mom drive me everywhere. She won't let me sit in the front because that is where her dog sits. I need some good advice from freepers on how to solve this problem. She is a flaming Lib who loves the Democrats and is always saying I must do more for society. I have been doing more for society. My 1992 Grand Marquis with no muffler is off the road so I am...

<p>July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Halliburton Co. contributed $1,000 last year to the re-election campaign of Representative Henry Waxman of California, the company's most vocal congressional critic, according to campaign records.</p> <p>The Nov. 6, 2003, donation was made one week after Waxman accused Halliburton of overcharging the government on a multibillion dollar Army logistics support contract for Iraq. Waxman said Halliburton overpaid for petroleum products purchased from Kuwait and passed on the cost to U.S. taxpayers.</p>

Questions Increase on President's Use of Forged Nuclear Evidence June 2, 2003 - Rep. Waxman asks the President to explain why he cited forged evidence about Iraq's efforts to obtain nuclear materials in his 2003 State of the Union address. Rep. Waxman also releases an ambiguous one-page letter from the State Department regarding the use of the forged evidence. The letter is in Acrobat format but here is the link! Letter to the President