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Authorities at the University of Kentucky are trying to find out who hung an effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on campus. College spokesman Carl Nathe said it was found hanging from a tree Wednesday morning. Police immediately took it down. School President Lee Todd says that he plans to personally apologize to the Obama family on behalf of the university and that he is "personally offended and deeply embarrassed by this disgusting episode." It's the second time an effigy has been found on a college campus recently. Earlier this week, George Fox University in Oregon said it was...

SEN. BOXER KNOCKS FOXNEWS IN INTERVIEW: SEN. BOXER [D-CA]: I hear that you agree with the president. I am not surprised. FOX ANCHOR: We are just trying to bring both sides. SEN. BOXER: Yeah, you are fair and balanced, thank you very much. FOX ANCHOR: Indeed we are...

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A Novosibirsk court launched a new trial on the illegal sales of corpses to a German scholar. The case is being tried for the third time. Previously, in November 2003 and July 2004, judges acquitted Vladimir Novosyolov, the chief of the Novosibirsk regional forensic department. However, both times prosecutors filed relevant petitions with higher instance courts and the court verdicts were cancelled, while the case was returned for reexamination. Charges were brought up against Novosyolov in 2001 as part of investigation into the illegal sale of more than 50 dead bodies from Novosibirsk to a German scholar in 2000. The...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... ignominy \Ig"no*min*y\ noun ignominies; noun, plural ignominious; adjective ignominiously; adverb ignominiousness; noun Great personal dishonor or humiliation Shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. Marked by shame...