This Week in the Mercury
Monday, August 30, 2010
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Katrina: Five Years Later: Obama says he'll fix everything.
Seven US Soldiers Killed Today: Two separate roadside bombs in Afghanistan killed seven Americans.
The Other BP Spill: BP accidentally releases huge amounts of toxic chemicals in Texas, forgets to tell the neighbors.
Mosque Torched in Tennessee: Accelerant found after mosque burns... also someone drove buy blasting "Dixie" from their truck.
The Japanese Tea Party: They're loud, they're proud, and they hate Koreans.
Obama Doesn't Care That You Think He's Muslim. "There is, a mechanism, a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out there constantly."
Douche Your Way to a Raise: According to this ad, courtesy of SocioImages
Human Feet Keep Washing up on Washington's Shore: A tourist discovered the ninth human foot to wash up on the West Coast in three years.
PGE vs. the Environment, Round XVII: PGE and the state bicker over the closing date for Boardman coal plant.
iPads for Quakers! Every new student at Newberg's George Fox University can get a free iPad.
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