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Boing Boing: Grand Canyon bookstore still selling Creationist myth
Unbelievable. BoingBoing reported years ago that the official bookstore at the Grand Canyon was selling a book that claimed that it was the result of Noah's flood and was therefore explicable in a fundamentalist, Bible-based world-view.
I once had the distinct displeasure of arguing with someone who actually [...]

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Caveat Lector » Trafalgar and Westminster
Despite my mother’s enthusiastic recommendation, I found Westminster Abbey a difficult place to visit, and should I return to London, I don’t believe I will return there. The church itself is well-built and handsome, but its graceful old bones are impossible to see for all the plaques and busts [...]

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In the sky A bird? A plane? A … UFO? | Chicago Tribune
It sounds like a tired joke–but a group of airline employees insist they are in earnest, and they are upset that neither their bosses nor the government will take them seriously.
A flying saucerlike object hovered low over OHare International Airport for [...]

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Great Performances . From Vienna: The New Years Celebration 2005 | PBS
I've been listening to KUNC's "eclectic music" programming via streaming Internet just now, and they  announced that they'll be broadcasting the annual New Year's concert from Vienna later this afternoon. I started crying.
Last night at midnight, I was just dozing off when firecrackers [...]

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