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The No. 1 U.S. lawn care company is staking out new turf by offering baseball fans a chance to replicate the lush, green playing fields of such iconic ballparks as Wrigley Field and Fenway Park in their own yards as part of a sponsorship deal.
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Sought after since the beginning of recorded history, gold remains a highly valued metal, reaching record highs recently, climbing over 135% in value in the past year alone. The recent rise in the price of gold comes just as annual worldwide mine production has decreased - down by nearly 8% since 2001. In human history, only 161,000 tons of gold have been mined - more than half of that extracted in just the past 50 years. Collected here are a handful of recent photographs of people searching for, mining, rediscovering, celebrating, buying and selling gold. (37 photos total)
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It has been over a week since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince (the capital of Haiti) and its surrounding areas. What was the overall destruction? How many people were affected? How much help is on the way?
It is easy to place Haiti “out of sight, out of mind” and think that there is nothing that you can do, but in all honestly any little bit does help. If you would like to contribute to aid efforts and know for certain that your money will be put to use rather than squandered away, please visit the American Red Cross and do what you can. Even $10 will go a ways to help those who have it much harder then we will ever know.
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Sixty miles from Haiti's devastated earthquake zone, luxury liners dock at private beaches where passengers enjoy jetski rides, parasailing and rum cocktails delivered to their hammocks.
The 4,370-berth Independence of the Seas, owned by Royal Caribbean International, disembarked at the heavily guarded resort of Labadee on the north coast on Friday; a second cruise ship, the 3,100-passenger Navigator of the Seas is due to dock.
I actually have a little sympathy for the cruise line. They are stuck in a no-win situation. Avoid Haiti and you take away the only real income opportunity for a segment of the population. Go to Haiti and they are painted as uncaring. I don't know what I would do in their shoes.
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PolitiFact Texas is a partnership of the Austin American-Statesman and PolitiFact.com, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Web site of the St. Petersburg Times, to help you find the truth in politics.
Every day, reporters and researchers from the American-Statesman examine statements by Texas elected officials and candidates and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance. We research their statements and then rate the accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter – True, Mostly True, Half True, Barely True and False. The most ridiculous falsehoods get our lowest rating, Pants on Fire.
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Our church is in the middle of the sermon series called 'Your Questions'. People have submitted questions and each week the congregation gets 4 to choose from. You text in your vote and the 'winning' question is the sermon for the next week. The staff will then answer some of the 'losing' questions on the church blog.
One of the losing questions this week was 'How can I Tell a Cult?'. A non-Christian religion is an organized group that teaches something clearly different than Christianity does about God or the spiritual/supernatural realm.
A cult is a group that can, at first, appear to be aligned with the orthodox teaching of Christianity but upon further examination actually does not hold to the same beliefs as Christians on core doctrinal issues. Often these groups will deem themselves to be “Christian.” Trying to discern? Start with these questions:
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If you have a Wii and a Netflix account you will soon be able to stream movies to your TV. Click on the link above to read more.
