Author: Josh Hafner
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New California declares ‘independence’ from California in bid to become 51st state
The founders of New California took an early step toward statehood Monday with the reading of their own Declaration of Independence from California, a state they describe as “ungovernable.” Their solution: Take over most of current-day California — including many rural counties — and leave the coastal urban areas to themselves. “The current state of…
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Art teacher fired after nude paintings shown to elementary students
A Utah art teacher fired after students saw European paintings depicting nudity in his class claims he was wrongly terminated. The elementary school teacher in Hyrum, some 80 miles north of Salt Lake City, said the art that led to a classroom pornography complaint belonged to the school’s library before he ever worked there, Utah’s…
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Six-legged ‘land lobster,’ long thought extinct, discovered on volcanic crag
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Nearly 100 years ago, a British supply ship ran aground at Lord Howe, a tiny island roughly four hundred miles east of Australia. Black rats trickled off the ship, scouring the island and feasted on its native bug: a large spindly stick insect known as Dryococelus australis, or the “land lobster,” as the Conversation notes.…
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Frontier Airlines sale offers $29 flights this week
Frontier Airlines is offering a slew of cheap flights this week, including some at an eye-popping $29, to cities such as Orlando, Denver and Atlanta. But there is a catch or two to know.The sale is tailored for last-minute, end-of-summer getaways, with the flights available between Aug. 4 and Aug. 30. Those taking advantage need to move quickly, as these…
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Obama ranked 12th best president by historians in new C-SPAN poll
Just weeks after leaving the White House, President Barack Obama ranks as the 12th best U.S. president overall in a new poll of historians conducted by C-SPAN ahead of Presidents Day. It’s the first time Obama was eligible for the Presidential historians Survey, which asked 91 historians to rank all 43 former presidents across 10…
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Hanukkah overlaps with Christmas this year. But why all the moving around?
A giant menorah stands in front of a Christmas tree at the Brandenburg gate to celebrate both winter holidays in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 16, 2014. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch © Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
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Male birth control study nixed after men can’t handle side effects women face daily
A male birth control shot exists and is nearly 96 percent effective at preventing pregnancy, researchers found, but a study on the contraceptive ended early after men taking it reported negative side effects including mood swings, an altered libido and acne. In other words, they experienced side effects faced by women already taking birth control…