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New Hampshire legislators, two week ago, rejected a measure to make the use of seat belts mandatory,leaving the feisty New England state--whose motto is "Live Free or Die'--as the only one in the union that does not require adults to buckle up.If you want to risk your life by not wearing one,said State Sen. Robert Clegg, its not the government's responsibility to force you.
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Free pornographic photos and videos are now so easy to find on the Internet that it's hurting the X-rated film industry.Sales and rentals of pornographic videos dropped from $4.28 billion in 2005 to $ 3.62 billion last year--the first decline in decades.People are making movies in their houses and uploading them to free Web sites,complained former professional pornographer Harvey Kaplan.It's killing the marketplace.
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Fred Thompson isn't the only Republican presidetial hopeful with acting credentials. Rudy Giuliani has had cameos in more than a dozen films and TV shows,including The Out-of-Towners, Anger management,and a classic Seinfeld episode in which he vows to investigate whether nonfat yogart on sale in New York City is,in fact,fattening.
Newsweek
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Greenland is feeling the effects of global warming more quickly than any other part of the globe.Average winter temperatures rose 11 degrees from 1991 to 2003. Many of the 56,000 residents of the ice-covered country welcome the warmth. "it's good for me" said sheep farmer Ernst Lund "The sheep get fatter."
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Due to a widespread shortage of police officers,many cities are relaxing standards for new recuits.Boston is now taking recuits up to age 40,several cities have relaxed fitness and weight requirements,and Oakland no longer disqualifies applicants for past drug convictions or gang membership.
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