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Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather – great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun – some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth. Citing the accurate fact that solar activity is currently ramping up in its standard 11-year cycle, there are those who believe that 2012 could be coincident with such a flare. But this same solar cycle has occurred over millennia. Anyone over the age of 11 has already lived through such a solar maximum...

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The moral equivalence apologists (and Chris Matthews) for Islamic terrorism who have long cited Timothy McVeigh, Jared Loughner, abortion bombers, the Spanish Inquisition, Crusaders, Nazis as somehow examples of right-wing Christian fanaticism and hate-mongering have finally got an actual real example of it: “What we know is that he is right wing and he is Christian fundamentalist,” deputy police chief Roger Andresen said Saturday morning at a televised news conference. “We have not been able to link him up to an anti-Islamic group.” He said that the suspect had not been arrested before, and that police were unsure if he...

One final note about the CNN Republican debate Monday night: Judging from the number of Leroy Jethro Gibbs slaps to the back of the head I've received, I am apparently the only person in the known universe who didn't think Michelle Bachmann stole the show. Obviously, I missed something that most of you saw. Now, back to the important things. The European Union is struggling to find a way to bail out the government of Greece in the face of its being unable to pay its debts. Countries - like Greece and the U.S. - borrow money to run their...

Gretchen Carlson asks: Do you always go to Walgreens with your gun? Joseph Zumudio: I go everywhere with it. This is one of the guys that helped restrain the Tuscon shooter. He ran to the trouble from Walgreens to help. All the while with his pistol in his jacket ready to roll. Gotta love it!

Voters now know a thing or two about Harry Reid's type -- the Senate majority leader, speaking at a fundraiser Monday, reportedly called New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "the hottest member," in front of a crowd that included the blond mother of two. Politico.com reported that the remark caused Gillibrand to blush and surprised those in the audience. Reid apparently was explaining that senators are known for "many things," but that Gillibrand has a reputation as a Capitol Hill hottie. ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – A doctor involved in an "on-again, off-again" relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later. Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue, Bakersfield police Sgt. Mary DeGeare said. While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation,"...

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning to Texas authorities to be on the lookout for terrorists trying to sneak in through the Mexico border. The DHS warning follows an indictment of a Somali man accused of running a smuggling ring bringing in hundreds of Somalis all the way from South America up through Mexico and into the U.S. This news follows reports that the Obama Administration has ignored pleas from Texas to send more National Guard troops to help secure the border. National Guard troops have been sent to other areas of the border, reportedly not to...

Julie Brown in Earth Girls Are Easy singing Cause I'm a Blond.

IT really is a case of blonde ambition. Women with fair hair are more aggressive and determined to get their own way than brunettes or redheads, according to a study by the University of California. Researchers claim that blondes are more likely to display a “warlike” streak because they attract more attention than other women and are used to getting their own way — the so-called “princess effect”. Even those who dye their hair blonde quickly take on these attributes, experts found. The study could cast fresh light on the ability of Joanna Lumley, the actress and former model, to...

PANAMA CITY – A woman trying to enter the Bay County Courthouse on Wednesday said she “forgot” she had drugs, a knife and a razor in her purse. According to an incident report from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, Trina Beth Smith of Panama City Beach, 38, tried to bring a lock-blade pocket knife with a 4-inch blade into the courthouse about 10 a.m. on Aug. 12. Told by deputies on duty at the entrance that she couldn’t bring a knife into the courthouse, she walked outside, put the knife on the ground and walked back into the entryway. Smith...

RIGA, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - A blonde parade will be held annually in the Latvian capital at the end of May, the country's Chas news website reported on Monday. Some 1,000 people participated in the first blonde parade held on Sunday under the motto: Make the world a brighter place. "People need positive emotions, especially in hard times. We held this event for the first time and will make it a tradition and hold it annually at the end of May," the website quoted Marika Gederte, the head of the Latvian Blondes Association, as saying. Sunday's parade was followed...

WEST PALM BEACH, FL-- A woman has been arrested and charged with stalking a teacher who was fired for working in a bikini. Felisha Nally has been arrested and charged with stalking Tiffany Shepherd. Shepherd gained national attention when she was fired from her teaching job at Port St. Lucie High School for working on a charter boat featuring bikini clad and topless women. The probable cause affidavit from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says Nally is the ex-girfriend of Shepherd's fiance. Officials say Nally posted information on MySpace that she would harm Shepherd by beating and shooting her....

Captain Ed Morrissey points out that, according to her Twitter feed, Meghan McCain has found the comedic Holy Grail: (Tweet #1 and #2) To the people at current that created this, I am flattered beyond words. I can officially die a happy woman. Officially the funniest thing I have ever seen in my entire life (and I have seen my fair share). Thanks for correctly animating my bootylicious body :-) LOVE IT!!!

I saw it this morning. Summary: She interviewed her mom, says her mom was treated unfairly by NY Times etc. I agree. Still won't talk about Palin. She is tired of being asked about Palin. Whatever.

A young ventriloquist is touring the clubs and one night he's doing a show in a small town. With his dummy on his knee, he starts going through his usual dumb blonde jokes when a blonde woman in the 4th row stands on her chair and starts shouting: 'I've heard enough of your stupid blonde jokes. What makes you think you can stereotype women that way? What does the color of a person's hair have to do with her worth as a human being? It's guys like you who keep women like me from being respected at work and in...

Russian IT professionals have come out with an unusual device – a keyboard, suitable for girls with blonde hair, who are considered to be less smart than girls with other hair colours (by folklore). The unique keyboard has got nonstandard symbols on its buttons, aimed at making their functions easier for understanding. For instance, the “Enter” button is called “The biggest button” or “Yes” button. The “Space” button carried the proud name of “The longest button”. Functional “F” buttons are called “useless” buttons, and “Esc” is marked with “No!”. However, there exists no scientific explanation for the fact why blonde...

Ann Coulter is going to be on tonight Hannity & Colmes at 9pm on the Fox News Channel.

FORMERBaywatch babe Pamela Anderson has taken the shears to her ugg boots. The Hollywood pin-up credited with turning the Australian boots into a global fashion phenomenon denounced the footwear on her website. In a truly blonde moment, the actress has suddenly realised that the boots are made from shaved sheepskin.

Kuelap – the Machu Picchu of Northern Peru.The mysterious super fortress of the Chachapoyan Cloud PeopleKuelap is the largest building structure of the Americas. It is estimated to contain 3 times more material than Egypt’s largest pyramid. Peru considers Kuelap to be as good as Machu Picchu and is trying to make this its equal 2nd major destination. It is twice as old as the Incas and in remarkably better condition before restoration. Kuelap is an unknown giant just waking up. Peru is a huge country the size of the 5 west coast states, California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Montana....

Archaeologists find 2,500-year-old mummy in Mongolia, tattoos and all Thu Aug 24, 2:18 PM ETAFP/DDP/GAI-HO Photo: This undated picture released by the German Archaeological Institute (GAI) shows a mummified body from... BERLIN (AFP) - An international group of archaeologists has unearthed a well-preserved, 2,500-year-old mummy frozen in the snowcapped mountains of Mongolia complete with blond hair, tattoos and a felt hat. The president of the German Archaeological Institute, Hermann Parzinger, hailed the "fabulous find" at a press conference to present the 28-member team's discovery in Berlin. The Scythian warrior was found in June at a height of 2,600 meters (8,500...

Jessica Simpson snubs Bush Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:50 PM ET By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Concerned about politicizing her favorite charity, singer-actress Jessica Simpson on Wednesday turned down a invitation to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush, a snub that left Republicans dismayed. The apparent final word that Simpson would be a no-show at a major Republican fund-raiser with Bush and congressional leaders on Thursday night came after a day of conflicting reports from her camp and organizers of the event. The blond star of the film "The Dukes of Hazzard" still plans to visit Washington...

Paris Hilton: No Reservations About Her Exclusive: Saturday night, under the carport of the Beverly Hills Hotel. It’s 1:30 a.m., and a white luxury SUV pulls up. The passenger-side back door slides open, and a long leg, finished with a white high heel shoe, reaches down to the ground. Pan up: It belongs to Paris Hilton, in a white mini-dress, with a white fur stole around her shoulders and large pearls around her neck. She is blonde on blonde, dazzling, Marilyn Monroe reincarnated. “Wait!” she announces as she steps on the pavement. “I forgot my CD!” It’s her own CD,...

For those who are still considering the debate on whether men prefer blondes, a study may have provided proof in favour of the flaxen-haired, if only because they appeal to the "caveman" within. Academic researchers have discovered that women in northern Europe evolved with light hair and blue eyes at the end of the Ice Age to stand out from the crowd and lure men away from the far more common brunette. Blond hair originated through genetic necessity at a time when there was a shortage of both food and males, leading to a high ratio of women competing for...

They say blonds have more fun, and now a Canadian anthropologist says it's been happening for over 10,000 years. The population of blond women grew rapidly at the end of the last ice age because their looks got them noticed at a time of male scarcity in northern and eastern Europe, says Peter Frost, who is associated with St. Andrews University in Scotland. Food was also in short supply, which made men more choosy as they cut down on the mouths they had to feed by selecting fewer mates, his study says. The blond gene had begun in Europe as...

KEY WEST - As murder attempts go, it wasn't the most clear-eyed plot. Police say Morning Star Vaber, 24, put Visine drops in a co-worker's tea in an attempt to kill her. But a sharp-eyed witness foiled the plan: A fellow worker who reportedly saw Vaber's actions poured out the tea before the woman could drink it, police said. Vaber, a Homestead resident, was arrested Wednesday by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, more than a month after the alleged poisoning attempt at the real-estate office where she worked. Police say Vaber put Visine in the woman's drink on Dec. 8...

I don't usually pass on jokes, but this one was too funny to pass up.

Did you hear the latest dumb blonde joke? You didn't? Good. Maybe this new California law is working. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB1825, the workplace harassment bill, in September 2004. The law requires California companies "who employ 50 or more persons to provide all California-based supervisors with two hours of sexual harassment training every two years.'' (The irony that Schwarzenegger experienced his own allegations of improper behavior before he was elected only reinforces the point that it can happen at any level.) But if the bill was signed over a year ago, why bring it up now? Two reasons. The...

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One blonde asks another, "Which is further away, London or the Moon?" The other replies, "HELLOOOOO, can you see London from here?????!!!!!"

A 23-year-old female teacher in Tampa, Fla., was arrested Monday for the second time on charges of having sex with a 14-year-old male student. Debra Lafave, (pictured, Below) was accompanied by her new attorney, John Fitzgibbons as she surrendered to Marion County deputies in Ocala. Lafave, who is married, is a reading teacher at Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, just northeast of Tampa. The new charges accuse Lafave of pursuing the 14-year-old student to Ocala, Fla., while he was visiting his 15-year-old cousin. Detectives said Lafave had sex with the student twice in Ocala - once in the back...

Sarah Bender, 17, of Strasburg spoke Friday during a rally for Sen. John Kerry at Perry High in Massillon. Bender is the youngest delegate to the Democratic National Convention and the daughter of former Tuscarawas County Democratic Party chairman Greg Bender. Copley Ohio Newspapers/Michael S. Balash

After a steady stream of mostly flattering headlines, Conservative leadership candidate Belinda Stronach received some unwelcome attention Friday in the form of a supermarket tabloid front page that blared: Hillary Screams Divorce Over BILL'S NEW BLOND. The headline in the Globe weekly, a reference to Stronach's friendship with former U.S. president Bill Clinton, is accompanied by a full-page photo of the two walking together into a Toronto charity event last year. The innuendo-filled article suggests Hillary Clinton, a New York senator and the wife of the former president, is upset that rumours of an amorous liaison between her husband and...

Australian blonde bombshell TV star Charlotte Dawson is denying she had sex with ex-President Bill Clinton after the two were spotted slipping away together at a speaking event for what one New Zealand newspaper described as a "date." "Dawson looked stunning in an outfit flown over from Sydney, (Australia) for her date with former American president Bill Clinton," reported New Zealand's Sunday News. "He was a really nice bloke, and very charming, but nothing went down," insisted the buxom Dawson, after New Zealand's "Women's Day" reported that the couple had a "secret, late-night rendezvous" while Clinton was down under for...

Just like gentlemen, mosquitoes sometimes prefer blondes. Oh, we can pay lip service to Thomas Jefferson's promise that we're all created equal. But, as you gather around the barbecue, face it. Some of us just get more attention. And in that regard, being blonde doesn't hurt. Or does it? Professor Andrew Spielman, co-author of Mosquito (Hyperion) and one of the world's foremost experts on mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, says blondes and redheads might be more attractive to skeeters, for the same reason they tend turn heads at cocktail parties. That is, they stand out in a crowd. "Mosquitoes...