By MEGAN HAWKINS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
September 22, 2007
A community college instructor in Red Oak claims he was fired after he told his students that the biblical story of Adam and Eve should not be literally interpreted.
Steve Bitterman, 60, said officials at Southwestern Community...
The following is an excerpt from the Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007).
Introduction
America is about to enter a presidential election year. Although the outcome is of course impossible to predict at this stage...
A man who handed over a counterfeit million-dollar bill to a cashier at a Pittsburgh supermarket and asked for change has been arrested.
Police told the BBC the man became abusive when a manager at the Giant Eagle store confiscated the fake note.
He broke an electronic funds-transfer machine...
Quick Summary:
Cuba’s communist system rests in part on these block-by-block gatherings, convened every 2 1/2 years, where anyone 16 and over can nominate and elect neighbors to local government posts.
These “nomination assemblies” are organized by election officials and the...
Vazquez-Marquez III, possibly set for March 1 in Mexico
Boxingtalk.com has been informed that the eagerly anticipated rubbermatch between the 122 pound champion of the world, Israel Vazquez and former two division champion Rafael Marquez is expected to take place on Showtime Championship Boxing...
Man, I have tears in my eyes. I'll never forget where I was when Brett Favre became the man who threw the most interceptions in NFL history, 277.
da bears!!
314 total return yards on Sunday. Damn thats insane!!
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Electrifying on the field and humble off it, Devin Hester thanked God and his Bears teammates Wednesday after being named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September.
Brendon Ayanbadejo watches...
Evolution at work.
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23 May 2007
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AEC) have found evidence that certain fungi possess another talent beyond their ability to decompose matter: the capacity to use radioactivity as an energy source for making food and spurring their...
By Mark Vester
The proposed pay-per-view fight between celebs Kid Rock and Tommy Lee has now gotten richer.
TMZ.com reports that Top Rank president Bob Arum has thrown his hat in the mix to help the fight get off the ground. Initially the offer for the two rockers to throw down was $1 million...
y Mark Vester
At some point on Wednesday, several photos surfaced on the popular paparazzi website X17, depicting former six-time division champion Oscar De La Hoya in some unflattering positions while dressed in full drag and a wig to boot.
Within hours, the photos made their way to each and...
I think Freddie is going to have to give up some draft picks, probably a young Filipino....
CEBU CITY, THE PHILIPPINES - "Let's go to the video tape!" is no longer a saying used exclusively by television sportscasters and a certain NFL coach. It's also getting A LOT of use from world-famous...
By Patrick O’Connor
13 September 2007
After a week of political turmoil, with the majority of his cabinet wanting him to quit, Prime Minister John Howard has been forced to say that, while he will lead the government into the election, he will retire during the next term if his government...
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, Sept 10 -
The Maoists have warned that they will quit the government there is no agreement on their 22-point demands within a week.
They informed that they will launch the agitation on September 18 if all the parties do not agree on the demands including declaration...
By Sarath Kumara
LTTE fighters
A new operation launched by the Sri Lankan military on September 1 to seize a strip of land on the northwestern coast of the island marks a further intensification of the civil war against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Having seized...
Creation Scientists Discover the Origins of Mankind
INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
Freehold, Iowa - In the culmination of a 3-year, $4.8 million dollar world-wide True Christian™ quest to discover the origins of mankind and how God created human beings in His image, The Landover Baptist...
Happens every year. Seemed to be a handful of them yesterday. Post all known injuries in this thread.
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Buffalo
Kevin Everett - Out for season, possibly career. Likely paralyzed for life.
Chicago
Mike Brown - Torn ACL - Out for Season
Dusty Dvoracek - Torn ACL - Out for season...
Adam Schefter By Adam Schefter | NFL Network
The Chicago Bears lost two defensive starters for the season during Sunday's 14-3 loss to the San Diego Chargers.
Safety Mike Brown suffered a season-ending knee injury, while defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek suffered a season-ending torn ACL...