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I see so many people asking to be put on the 'ping list', what does that mean? I also see that you can be 'pinged' if something you are interested in is posted. Are you notified someway? Thanks

Voltaire's stirring words seem so quaint now. "I may disagree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." These words summarized what our freedom was about. But the vast majority of the American press no longer believes this. For the defense of the freedom to critize radical Islam has come entirely from the blogosphere. The major television networks have only spoken in the most reverential tones of the offense to Islam from Danish newspapers. Why has our press abandoned the principal of freedom? Why do they not take offense at the death threats? Threats...

I'm asking for help. My daughter is an A+ student in her senior year at the University of Illinois studying to be a veterinarian (College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences). She has been on the Dean’s List every semester and has been given academic scholarships every year. She has been recognized as a leading volunteer and has been ranked as one of the top students in her program. Her grades and achievement (objective criteria) could not be higher. Here is the dilemma. After completing her application for Veterinary School at U of I, which included an essay, she has...

Sony Online Entertainment today announced a contest to find a real-life version of "EverQuest II" heroine Antonia Bayle, Queen of Qeynos. The competition, called "Quest for Antonia," encourages women (sorry, fellas) who think they look like the fetching brunette to send in pictures to the official contest Web site beginning May 17, just enough time to give potential entrants time to dye their hair and hit the gym for that only-in-games figure. The contest will be co-sponsored by men's gadget monthly Stuff Magazine and culminate in Las Vegas on Aug. 13. Semi-finalists will be selected from the initial group through...