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"Committed To Parkview," was written for Porter Wagoner 25 years ago by Johnny Cash for Porter upon his learning that he and Wagoner had both spent time in the Nashville sanatorium. more inside

No more lab monkeys The U.S. National Institutes of Health, which supports a variety of biomedical studies using animals, will stop breeding government-owned chimpanzees for research - a step animal rights advocates lauded on Thursday

The two Sumatran orangutans at Zoo Atlanta are playing computer games The orangutans use a touch screen built into a tree-like structure that blend in with their zoo habitat. Visitors watch from a video monitor in front of the exhibit.

Curious George becomes victim of Conspiracy Planet more inside

Greg Palast Looks Ahead at the 2008 Elections From the Democray Now interview with Amy Goodman last night,, And '08, so what's happening is there is no fix of the system. In other words, just like black folk get bad schools and bad hospitals, they get the bad voting machines, which are going to kill those votes. But they're not satisfied with just letting the ballots be thrown away. They're going to move it along. And one of the things I discovered is the Republican Party has something called "caging lists," which came to our -- you know, just like you had Friday, the way the Yes Men capture material by using false websites, so through a false website we were able to capture Republican Party internal missives, through georgebush.org. more inside

In Spain the Socialist Party has introduced a bill to include simians in the world of people. If the bill passes, one assumes that upon adulthood said simians will, be granted the vote, a drivers license and they will be permitted to drink alcohol?? Next thing you know,,one of them could be a world leader.

Lava Tubes are natural conduits through which lava travels beneath the surface of a lava flow. They have been used by more than just insects. Archaeological artifacts and Hawaiian oral history tell us that lava tubes were used by humans much like their limestone cave counterparts.
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The hanging of 38 Sioux at Mankato, Minnesota on December 26, 1862 following The Dakota Conflict Trials which condemned over three hundred participants stands as the largest mass execution in American history.

The Church of Jesus Christ in Zion is sect of Mormonism. They recognizes Roger Billings, who invented the first hydrogen fueled car, as a prophet Billings, is a scientist, engineer and inventor prior to creating his own sect.
The Billings Business Computer was an early competitor of Apple and he was the originator of many ideas in spreadsheets, databases, etc. He has now created his own following of people who practice the doctrine polygamy as well as other teachings of the fundamentalist beliefs among his members.(more inside) more inside

On March 1st, 2002 the results of this study was released. Sodium pentobarbital was found in at least half of the dry dog foods On March 1st, 2002 the results of this study was released. Sodium pentobarbital was found in at least half of the dry dog foods they had tested.