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Mistletoe: Why All The Kissing Under A Parasitic Plant?

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living

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Kenneth C. Davis

Like other evergreens, mistletoe --a parasitic plant that attaches to other trees-- remained green in winter, even as the trees in which it hung were "dead."

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Anglo-Saxon Treasures, Largest Hoard Ever, Found By Amateur Terry Herbert In UK

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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LONDON — It's an unprecedented find that could revolutionize ideas about medieval England's Germanic rulers: An amateur treasure-hunter searchin...

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Friday Talking Points [58] -- [Expletive Deleted] Blagojevich

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The history of profanity in American political discourse is an untold story out there just waiting for someone to research and write about -- although...

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