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POPSSavory pumpkin puffs: yummy and cute With a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter, cut into 18 to 24 shapes. Immediately place the shapes on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Using a sharp paring knife, score each shape four or five times to make pumpkin ridges. Bake until golden, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer puffs to a wire rack; let cool slightly before serving.
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POPSDetails Of Evolutionary Transition From Fish To Land Animals Revealed "We used to think of this transition of the neck and skull as a rapid event," said study author Neil Shubin, PhD, of the University of Chicago and Field Museum and co leader of the project, "largely because we lacked information about the intermediate animals. Tiktaalik neatly fills this morphological gap. It lets us see many of the individual steps and resolve the relative timing of this complex transition." Very interesting read.
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POPSSecret, Foreign Money Flowing Into Obama Campaign Until recently, the Obama Web site allowed a contributor to select the country where he resided from the entire membership of the United Nations, including such friendly places as North Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Though Gadhafi asserted that fundraising from Arab and African nations were “legitimate,” the fact is that U.S. federal law bans any foreigner from donating to a U.S. election campaign. “All the people in the Arab and Islamic world and in Africa applauded this man, they welcomed him and prayed for him and for his success, and they may have even been involved in legitimate contribution campaigns to enable him to win the American presidency…” A pair of Palestinian brothers named Hosam and Monir Edwan contributed more than $31,300 to the Obama campaign in October and November 2007, FEC records show.
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POPSBiden Sacrifices Why do Obama and Biden hate giving money to charity? "But for people who have studied the impressive generosity of the American public, there is news in Biden’s returns. “I’m not going to say he’s a bad guy,” says Arthur Brooks. “My only point is that his values are not typical American values when it comes to charitable giving. Americans in general are very generous.”
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POPSList of weakest US banks with assets + or -
1st Centennial Bk Redlands CA D- 715,231 1st United Bk Boca Raton FL D+ 575,509 Affinity Bk Ventura CA D- 1,172,207 Alliance Bank Lake City MN D 651,634 Alliance Bk Culver City CA D- 1,111,157 Alliance Bk Corp Fairfax VA D 553,450 Amboy Bank Old Bridge NJ D- 2,695,636 Amcore Bk NA Rockford IL D+ 5,135,631 American Bk St Paul MN D 612,162 American Bk of Commerce Wolfforth TX D+ 690,847 American Founders Bk Inc Frankfort KY D- 561,375 American River Bk Sacramento CA D 585,958 Americanwest Bk Spokane WA D 2,106,351 Ameriprise Bank, FSB New York NY D 1,551,509 Amtrust Bank Cleveland OH D- 17,301,384 ANB Financial NA Rogers AR F 1,895,545 Anchorbank FSB Madison WI D+ 5,088,062 Avidia Bank Hudson MA D+ 954,640 Baltimore County Svgs Bk FSB Baltimore MD D 615,915 Banco Popular North America New York NY D+ 12,738,302 Banco Santander PR San Juan PR D 9,103,575 Bank of Blue Valley Overland Park KS D- 753,205 Bank of Choice Evans CO D- 560,922 Bank of Choice Colorado Arvada CO D- 6