Brian Gongol

They're sticking with "Beautiful Nebraska" and rejecting a really average-sounding country alternative



Trade goes both ways: The NFL is recruiting Chinese players

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Laughs aside, the survey suggests that legal and regulated prostitution may help deter crime

Apparently a whole bunch of fuel was contaminated with silicon, screwing up the cars' oxygen sensors. It's probably just an industrial-strength error (some silicone-based chemicals are used for things like anti-foaming agents), but what if it had been a terrorist stunt?

The proposal under consideration would divide the whole country into driving zones, and charge people each time they enter or leave a zone. A less liberty-infringing proposal than GPS devices in each car, to be sure. The US, which needs to replace the gas tax but has fewer problems with road congestion, needs an annual odometer tax.

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