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Les Jones says not exactly despite what you may have read:

According to Bush, its because of Hurricane Gustav.

Besides the large amount of plastic products it creates, here are more reasons from the Environmental Defense Fund newsletter, Solutions, why we shouldn’t drink bottled water:

Live Nation's stock rose 28% a few weeks ago after the company reported razor-thin profits that actually beat market expectations. That jump increased the company's market cap by $262.5 million. In the days after, the stock rose as much as 8.2% (it has since dropped a bit). Why?

Melissa Greene discusses a break given to those carrying college loans:

We’re trying to land an interview with May Town Center developer Tony Giarratana to we can ask him a simple question: Will you actually develop any part of May Town Center? Or are you just a lobbyist for Jack May?

The business model of Politico doesn’t seem to be working:

So it looks as if they're going forth with the idiotic plan to move the Bellevue library to the new mall campus:

Last Monday, I was researching a story about the advertisers who bought advertising during the Olympics. The purpose of my research was to tell you who they are, and to boycott them because Of China's support of genocide in Darfur.

Well, to my surprise, I found out Barack Obama's campaign had purchased 5 million dollars worth of ads to run during the games.