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ATLANTA, April 19, 2007 — Americans are having a lot less sex than just about everyone else in the world, and when they do, less than half are fully satisfied.
On average, Americans have sex just 85 times a year (about once every 4.3 days) — well below the global average of 103 times (about once [...]

HarpBlaster.com
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2007 – Legislation that would replace the country’s current tax system with the FairTax (H.R. 25) has 60 co-sponsors, setting a new record, U.S. Rep. John Linder, R-Ga., said.
“I am ecstatic, but I have to say, I am not terribly surprised,” Linder said in a statement. “This has been the case all [...]

By John D. Banusiewicz
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2007 – After meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders in Baghdad today, Vice President Dick Cheney said he noticed “a greater sense of urgency now than I’d seen previously” on the part of those leaders to meet their obligations toward continuing the [...]

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WASHINGTON, May 9, 2007 — The United States is dedicated to success in Iraq, but it won’t appear instantaneously, White House spokesman Tony Snow said today during a press briefing.
“Please avoid the idea that Iraq is like Oz, and one day it’s going to be black and white and the next day you’re going to [...]

HarpBlaster.com wire reports
CAMDEN, N.J., May 8, 2007 – Federal authorities arrested five radical Islamists today for allegedly plotting to “kill as many U.S. soldiers as they could” at the Army’s Fort Dix, N.J.
A sixth person is charged with aiding and abetting members of the domestic terror group, authorities announced today.
The arrests occurred last night in [...]

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ST. LOUIS, May 7, 2007 — Former Major League Baseball knuckleballer Tom Candiotti has thrown many strikes in his career, but it’s the strikes he rolls on the bowling lanes that earned him a spot in the Hall of Fame.
The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame announced today that Candiotti, a radio analyst for [...]

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LAS VEGAS — One man was killed and another injured yesterday after a bomb exploded in the parking lot of the Luxor Hotel.
The explosion happened at 4 a.m. after the victim tried to remove the object left on top of his car. The man apparently worked at a hot dog stand, The Associated [...]

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WASHINGTON, May 7, 2007 – The United Kingdom and the United States “accept the burdens of global leadership” and are defending liberty “against tyranny and terror,” President Bush said today as he welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to the White House.
“Our two nations hold fundamental values in common,” Bush said. “We honor our traditions and our [...]

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WASHINGTON, May 7, 2007 — The brightest stellar explosion ever recorded may be a long-sought new type of supernova, according to observations by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes.
This discovery indicates that violent explosions of extremely massive stars were relatively common in the early universe, and that a similar explosion may be ready [...]

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ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 7, 2007 — A recent Harris Poll reported that only 25 percent of the public gave Vice President Dick Cheney positive ratings while fully 68 percent rated him negatively, but a new Harris Poll shows that most people do not agree with his critics who think he is too powerful or that [...]