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was recently discovered in Nebraska.

"Quantum Rate Earth Developments (TSX-V: QRE; OTC: QREDF) acquired the rights to what the U.S. Geological Survey called one of the largest deposits of niobium globally. The rare earth property, a 14-square-mile track of farmland in S.E. Nebraska, could employ hundreds once the mine is developed. ..."

Title: YouTube Refuses To Remove Terrorist Videos
Summary: YouTube [...] removed some of the videos

Did the same person actually write both, or what?
New Title: YouTube Refuses To Remove Some Terrorist Videos

or...

New Title: YouTube Refuses To Remove Most Terrorist Videos

Then again, wth is a "terrorist video"? A video with terrorists in it? A video with a religious leader spouting extremist ideas in it? What?

Anyway... the ones that -were- removed where apparently removed for violating YouTube's own community 'rules';
"Senator Lieberman's staff identified numerous videos that they believed violated YouTube's Community Guidelines. In response to his concerns, we examined and ended up removing a number of videos from the site, primarily because they depicted gratuitous violence, advocated violence, or used hate speech. Most of the videos, which did not contain violent or hate speech content, were not removed because they do not violate our Community Guidelines." - http://www.axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/16037

Sounds 'sane' enough (not too sure about the hate speech thing, but if YouTube comments are any indication, I wouldn't want to see the insult-and-flamefest that youtube would become if every 13-year old could spout their hatred for another YouTube user in a video.

Can you point to some actual examples of atheists being prosecuted for suggesting that Christians or Muslims be tortured?

No, I can't, because atheists generally don't suggest that other get tortured for all eternity. They don't because (1) they don't believe that anybody lives for all eternity, (2) most atheists are either religious or humanists and hence object to torture in any form, whether by divine beings or men, and (3) they know that if they speak out publicly, they risk death threats and arrest.

I suspect that your post is just irrelevant speculation.

Well, then you're living under a rock. Geert Wilders film, for example, has been condemned, literally, as "hate speech" by the UN secretary general (here), and all he did was compile a collection of quotes from the Quran and Muslim leaders.

Here are other examples:

http://www.lutononsunday.com/lutononsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=306589

http://www.axcessnews.com/user.php/articles/show/id/12315

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/ap-far-righters-arrested-for-anti-islam-protest

You can find many more if you look around, with free speech by students, bloggers, protesters, and others being suppressed for criticizing religions or saying things that "offend" people of one or the other religion.

Rowling made no mention of the tax benefits the auction's action would bring her and apparently the BBC never asked. Consider yourself enlightened.

In a 50-page document Google submitted to the Court, the search provider contends that Vista's desktop search, which is separate from internet search, limits users abilities to run Google's desktop search instead. Basically, Google says Microsoft's new OS only permits users to search Microsoft compatible information, such as e-mail.

A Google spokesperson said in a statement that Microsoft Vista "violates the consent decree" and that its nearly impossible to turn off. "There is no visible way for users to choose an alternate search provider," the Google spokesman stated.

You need to add another zero to that figure for prime-time shows (see http://www.axcessnews.com/business_082005.shtml).

1. Blame Canada
2. Impose tariff
3. Ignore NAFTA rulings that don't support the tariff
4. ???
5. Profit

More people are using the Internet every day, http://www.axcessnews.com/national_0307051.shtml http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=139 0 the ability it offers for the verification of material via corroborative website analysis, email correspondence and bulletin board communications is an amazing development for humanity.

Journalism like so much else has to move with the times, and currently these times are travelling at the speed of light through fibre optics of the Internet backbone!

Who is the third?! Deaths always come in threes.

Well, we have a few candidates: Hunter S. Thompson?(Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas).

Or Sandra Dee(also known as Gidget)

Or Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible)

FORTRAN?

SCO?

Delicious Delicacies?

Spreadfirefox.com?

The company project manager?

Maybe NASA should use all that extra cash to hire those guys.