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In pointing out how Barack Obama only won in 2008 by a slim margin, so this year’s Republican nominee doesn’t have to win over all that many Americans, ABC’s Jake Tapper on Sunday morning listed the media amongst the factors “going” for Obama four years ago: “You had the media, perhaps, tilting on the scales a little bit.” That’s an understatement, but a noteworthy realization when it comes from the chief White House correspondent for a major network. From the roundtable on the Sunday, January 8 This Week with George Stephanopoulos produced in Manchester, New Hampshire:

Ice Ages Blamed on Tilted Earth By Michael Schirber LiveScience Staff Writer posted: 30 March 2005 In the past million years, the Earth experienced a major ice age about every 100,000 years. Scientists have several theories to explain this glacial cycle, but new research suggests the primary driving force is all in how the planet leans. The Earth’s rotation axis is not perpendicular to the plane in which it orbits the Sun. It's offset by 23.5 degrees. This tilt, or obliquity, explains why we have seasons and why places above the Arctic Circle have 24-hour darkness in winter and constant...

January 19, 2006 - Alleged Threats Take Small Toll On Spitzer, Quinnipiac University New York State Poll Finds; Top Dem Buries Suozzi, GOP Contenders After one month of allegations that he threatened public officials who oppose him, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's voter approval rating stands at 64 - 18 percent, and he has substantial leads over possible Democratic or Republican contenders in the race for Governor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of New York State voters released today. Spitzer had a 68 - 13 percent approval, his highest ever, in a December 14, 2005, poll...