EMBRACING THE ENVIRONMENT | Chicago Tribune When Steve Levinthal got ready to build his house in Glenview, he knew he wanted it to be environmentally friendly and energy-efficient–translation, "green." Levinthal chose a green architect, Nathan Kipnis Architects in Evanston, and green builder, Sturm Builders in Northbrook, to help him design and build his green house. The result is a house that is ahead of its time in green features. Instead of a furnace and air conditioner, its geothermal system heats the house in winter by pulling heated fluid from the Earth, then cools it in summer by sending the fluid…
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FDA: Chemical Found in Pet Food Recall | Chicago Tribune The Food and Drug Administration said it found melamine in samples of the Menu Foods pet food, as well as in wheat gluten used as an ingredient in the wet-style products. The FDA was working to rule out the possibility that the contaminated wheat gluten could have made it into any human food, but was not aware of any risk to people. It wasn't immediately clear whether the melamine was the culprit in the deaths of more than a dozen cats and dogs and the illnesses of hundreds more, said…
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Menu Foods Income Fund – Annual General Meeting Golly, somebody should change the name of this page quickly, it's going to get too many people thinking "right, must make sure I don't own any stock in this company." Recalled Cat Product InformationRecall Information 1-866-895-2708 1. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets 2. Authority 3. Best Choice 4. Companion 5. Compliments 6. Demoulas Market Basket 7. Eukanuba 8. Fine Feline Cat 9. Food Lion 10. Foodtown 11. Giant Companion12. Hannaford 13. Hill Country Fare 14. Hy-Vee 15. Iams 16. Key Food 17. Laura Lynn 18. Li'l Red 19. Loving Meals 20. Meijer's Main…
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Tsvangirai appeals for international support | International News | News | Telegraph Mr Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said:"Yes, they brutalised my flesh. But they will never break my spirit. I will soldier on until Zimbabwe is free. "Democratic change in Zimbabwe is within sight. Far from killing my spirit, the scars they brutally inflicted on me have re-energised me. "Of course we need the support of the world, and please do support us in achieving democratic change in Zimbabwe." Mr Tsvangirai described how a peaceable meeting organised by local churches was broken up by police…
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Clinton Ducks Answer on Whether Homosexualty is Immoral – The Caucus – Politics – New York Times Blog It's not that she is pro- or anti- gay rights; it's that she won't give a simple yes or no answer to a tough question. I hate that. Shit or get off the pot, lady… especially if you're courting votes and financial backing from gays and their friends/family.
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Group wants Gen. Pace apology for calling gays immoral – CNN.com Well, it wouldn't be adultery if gays could legally marry, now would it? This guy needs to have his attitude adjusted. Perhaps someday a family member will come out and wise him up. Gays is people, dammit.
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OpenCongress – H.R.342 Among the many useful pieces of information at the new OpenCongress.org website: a bill to rename a federal building in Cape Girardeau MO the "Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. Courthouse." It's apparently named after a male relative who was a judge or something in Missouri, but still: ew.
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Rutland Herald: Rutland Vermont News & Information Six of the eight recently fired United States Attorneys told Congressional committees that they believed they lost their jobs because they wouldn't play partisan politics in their handling of high profile political corruption cases. Some also claimed they'd been threatened by the Justice Department not to go public with their complaints. Nine American servicemen were killed in action Iraq. More than 100 Iraqi Shiites making a religious pilgrimage were killed by suicide bombers. At least 200 were injured. Seriously wounded soldiers told Congress about the neglect, bad housing and bureaucratic nightmares they suffered…
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so make it up I'm getting married. I got engaged to my long-time boyfriend about two weeks ago, and I've decided to blog about the whole ungirly-bride process. My attempts to make sense of (read: mock) it all should yield infinite hits, as other like-minded women (not to mention cultural studies professors and other Paglia types) scour the World Wide Net Superhighway for scraps of sanity amidst the wedding machine madness. In addition to writing about my impending nuptuals, I will continue to deconstruct, harangue and satirize the rest of girl culture as well. In some ways, the wedding industry…
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Suit builds case in woman’s fall | Chicago Tribune The Police Department has protocols that require officers to transport mentally ill people who have not committed serious crimes to nearby hospitals for mental health evaluations. Police officials have acknowledged that officers did not seek mental health care for Eilman in the more than 29 27 hours she was in custody. At one point while Eilman was jailed, according to the amended complaint, detention aide Teresa Williams responded to her pleas to be hospitalized by saying, “ain’t nothing wrong with her and she ain’t going to the hospital and if she…