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A 74-year-old woman now holds the record for “world’s oldest mom” after she reportedly gave birth to twins on Thursday following a round of in vitro fertilization using donor eggs. The woman, identified as Erramatti Mangayamma, and her husband, 80-year-old Rajarao, hail from a small Indian village in the Eastern Godavari district, SWNS reported. The couple welcomed two girls after undergoing one round of IVF in January, her doctor claims, ending their 60-year wait to be parents. Mangayamma’s alleged feat surpasses that of 70-year-old Daljinder Kaur, who previously held the record for oldest recorded age at birth, SWNS reported. The...

I've been up fighting a cold...you know, the kind that keeps you up and you can't get to sleep. I've been thinking about the upcoming elections and all that is at stake. It's plain to see that there are many opinions out there about what direction the country should go. Even among conservatives, there is some disagreement about the changes that must be made. Even so, I was thinking...what if the election DID go our way? What if we elected the candidate who would do what they promised and got America's government back to promoting the ideas the Founders intend...personal...

M7.7 - 139km S of Masset, Canada 2012-10-28 03:04:08 UTC Event Time 2012-10-28 03:04:08 UTC 2012-10-27 20:04:08 UTC-07:00 at epicenter 2012-10-27 20:04:08 UTC-07:00 system time Location 52.774°N 131.843°W depth=9.9km (6.2mi) Nearby Cities 139km (86mi) S of Masset, Canada 199km (124mi) SSW of Prince Rupert, Canada 288km (179mi) SW of Terrace, Canada 551km (342mi) NW of Campbell River, Canada 636km (395mi) SSE of Juneau, Alaska Related Links

They branded us "Generation X". They said we had no cause to fight for. They labeled us as lazy, and lost, all the while feeding us their rhetoric of "Equality". They drowned us in a sea of political correctness, while they continued on living contrary to their own words. They tried to use the Earth herself to enslave us. We grew up knowing that we could never trust them, but we never knew where to turn. We remember the values of the founding fathers, and we know that our politicians are not up to par with them. Now is the...

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey has launched a campaign against what he calls Al Gore's "bad science" and "harmful" proposals to fight global warming. Armey says the former vice president's popularity in Hollywood makes his ideas more dangerous than ever. Dick Armey's group Freedom Works is vigorously opposing Gore-recommended proposals to enact price controls on gasoline and mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions. The former Texas congressman says when the "beautiful people" in Hollywood embrace an idea, they almost always infuse that idea with a "romantic error." "While everybody's out here right now celebrating Al Gore's new celebrity status,...

Toxic Tides: Another reason to worry about hurricanes Sid Perkins When Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne struck Florida in the summer of 2004, they killed 116 people, left thousands homeless, and caused billions of dollars in damage. Now, scientists suggest that the storms may also have triggered an intense, widespread Gulf of Mexico algae bloom that afflicted the state's western coast throughout 2005. DANGER ZONE. The red-and-yellow patch of Gulf of Mexico water off Tampa Bay shows the origin of last year's huge red tide, which may have been fueled by nutrient-rich groundwater discharges boosted by 2004 hurricanes. Hu,...

EW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A teenage girl was being held hostage by two men in a house here Tuesday, and authorities had the building surrounded, police said. Police Sgt. Thomas Keefe said police believe two armed men were holding a 14-year-old girl hostage. County hostage negotiators were on the scene and Keefe said authorities were communicating with the men.

In Latvia will fine passengers of drunk drivers Minister of Internal Affairs of Latvia Eric Ekabsons suggests to fine not only drunk drivers, but also their passengers, radio station " Echo of Moscow " informs. " Passengers too are responsible for possible misfortune ", - minister at session of Security Council of traffic of Latvia has told. In general the Latvian ministers compete in an ingenuity how to punish drivers-alcoholics. At the same session minister of the message of Latvia Ajnar SHlesers has suggested to punish drinking drivers 160 hours of forced hard labour. They will be necessary for...

Melanie Conner for The New York Times After three years of debate among tribal leaders, 42 alternatives to Squaw Creek have emerged in Sisters, Ore. Olivia Wallulatum, left, prefers "ayayat," or "beautiful." Colleen Roba prefers "choosh," or "water." SISTERS, Ore. - It took two years for members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to persuade Oregon lawmakers to remove the word "squaw" from the state's maps, which are filled with places like Squaw Meadow, Squaw Flat and, here in central Oregon, Squaw Creek. Figuring out what to rename these places has proved more complicated. Around the Warm Springs...

THE 2004 ELECTION may not be over, but it is finished, and Wednesday-morning quarterbacking always makes results look perfectly rational. At every point in the campaign (save the first presidential debate) John Kerry was the candidate who had the embarrassing iconic moments: windsurfing, botox, fake-tan, Swift Boats, Mary Cheney, $87 billion, saying "fuck" in Rolling Stone, "global test," goose hunting. Every Dukakis-in-a-tank moment in this campaign belonged to Kerry. And when you lose a race, all anybody ever remembers are the Dukakis-in-the-tank moments. So looking back, Bush's victory appears almost inevitable. Of course it wasn't. Had Kerry won, observers would...

What needs to be done Although Bush's first term tenure was imperfect, it was still, by any objective measure, a clear success. A decent economy, relatively low unemplyment and two middleastern terrorist states turned into democracies by steady stable leadership. By contrast his opponent was a waffling indecisive fraud. This election shouldn't have been close, but it was. The reason? The media. And while our side has made significant and important strides with Fox News, talk radio and bloggers, many of these just reach those who are already converted, while the middle of the road undecided watch the Dan Rather's...

Fox news announces that the environmentalist whackos have now identified that there are as many as 500 types of dirt that might be endangered. (hello????) The dirt or soil is supposedly different than some other types of dirt and we should not build and destroy this dirt. Great way to stop building and progress.

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April 22, 2002, 06:31 AM - US support for Israel, international silence, and Arab inability to 'act' have all contributed to the tragic collapse of the peace process, and more painfully, to the horrendous killing of Palestinian civilians throughout the past few weeks, let alone since the outbreak of the Intifada in September 2000. Palestinian disbelief in the international will to protect the Palestinian people is significantly mounting to unprecedented levels; Palestinians feel abandoned by the rest of the world. In fact, while Ariel Sharon's radical government, now "enriched" by new elements of radicalism (the MIFDAL party), seems bent on...