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Molten Eagle's Honorary Naval Historian contest for 2006, can be found at famous Submarine blog here.

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The brightest star in the nighttime sky is Sirius. Did you know it has a white dwarf companion called Sirius B? It has often been suggested that the Dogon tribe of Mali knew about the unseen companion star(s) before they were discovered in the 19th century. As usual, this myth has also been debunked. Sirius' White Dwarf Companion Weighed by Hubble spacecraft.

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McCain's allies continue their bizarre distractions. Who? Russell Feingold, (lawyer) D-Wis; Arlen Specter, (lawyer) R-Penn; and Lindsey Graham, (lawyer) R-S.C. More than a GOP ticket for 2008?

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New face of terrorism in New Zealand: "Santarchy" Santas Go on Rampage in New Zealand City
Wearing ill-fitting Santa costumes, they threw beer bottles and urinated on cars from an Auckland overpass. "They came in, said 'Merry Christmas' and then helped themselves," store owner Changa Manakynda said.

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Jane Fonda's protege: Sheehan Leads War Protest in Spain

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The latest face of al-Qaeda terrorism is Abdullah Khadr, a Canadian. His immediate family had been directly involved earlier. Now, the DHS has allegedly caught Khadr aiding terrorists, too. Abdullah Khadr told investigators that he provided explosives components, specifically, hydrogen peroxide, to make mines for distribution to al-Qaeda. He allegedly bought explosives, rocket propelled grenades, mortar rounds and other munitions for al-Qaida at the request of his father, Ahmed Said Khadr, an Egyptian-born Canadian who was killed in a 2003 battle with Pakistani forces. A 16-year-old Khadr brother, Karim, lives in Toronto and was paralyzed after being shot in the battle that killed his father. Read about his sister, Zaynab too.

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Our steadfast VP: Cheney Roars Back on Spying, Torture, Iraq Obviously, "when we have a situation where we have communication between someone inside the U.S. and an acknowledged al Qaeda or terrorist source outside the U.S., that that's something we need to know. " Are any left-leaning individuals, who stepped over the line in communicating with al-Qaeda worried?
Well, they should be -Molten Eagle.

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Web Sites Let Users Send E-Mail to Future - The e-mail says, "are you wearing women's clothing?" It was sent through a Web site called FutureMe.org. Forbes.com also adopted the future in its "e-mail time capsule" recently. Messages are slated to arrive in senders' inboxes in up to 20 years. Forbes.com partnered its promotion with Yahoo! and Codefix.