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Some universities calling off Mexico travel plans (KATC 3 Lafayette)

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:28:21 -0700
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A number of American universities are calling off student travel to Mexico because of swine flu. Campuses from Western Illinois University to the University of...

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Agee at Harvard ...

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700
... Vistas of Perfection . The critic Dwight Macdonald, a friend and fellow Exeter alumnus who had helped Agee land the job at Fortune , later wrote that “for a writer to be given the run of Time was] like a collector of sculpture being offered his pick of wax figures from Madame Tussaud’s Museum.” No wonder Agee was “always looking for a way out”: Guggenheim grants (he was turned down twice), leaves of absence, freelance arrangements. But he stayed at Time Inc., writing for Fortun

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Barry Schwartz: Another Reason to Get to the Bottom of Waterboarding

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:12:15 -0700
This was a risky move, but thus far, it has been wildly successful. It is ahead of its timetable for achieving environmental responsibility, and profits are up! One reason why profits are up is that Anderson's workforce has approached its task with incredible enthusiasm and dedication. Everyone is on a mission, and this new goal has inspired everyone to work harder and smarter. They are working not just for a paycheck, but for the world's future. Sheldon Filger: Is the United States too Bi

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Progress!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:43:46 -0700
Yes! Yes! Yes! By an overwhelming majority, most Americans are coming out loudly to support civil rights for all . Equality is one of the pillars this country was founded on and our fellow Americans agree! A new poll from The New Times and CBS News finds that 42% of Americans nationwide now say same sex couples should be allowed to legally marry. That's up nine points from last month , when 33% supported legalizing same sex marriage. Wow. Wow. Wow. Why such a huge jump in one mo

South Africa: 'Keep an Eye on Your Pets This Season' (AllAfrica.com)

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:31:43 -0700
With winter fast approaching, the Cape of Good Hope SPCA has appealed to all animal owners to keep a close watch on their pets, after 39 lost dogs were brought to the centre when the cold, rainy season made its first appearance.

Air France trials NFC ticketing

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:37:29 -0700
According to Silicon.com , Air France is testing out NFC-enabled mobile boarding passes. It’s in pilot (no pun intended) right now, and the trial will run till October - with those who frequently fly between Nice and Paris being the Guinea Pigs Early Adopters The NFC enablement means that passenger info can be read from the device, and also the boarding pass uploaded - frequent flyer points updates can also be made. There are a number of partners in the scheme making it all happen, a

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Political Lineup for DC Fest

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:27:38 -0700
Washington will resemble Sundance during the second weekend of May. Celebrities will trek to the White House Correspondents dinner, an annual surreal ritual of Hollywood and politics that also will include a bevy of cocktail parties and other functions. And...

Judiciary Committee gives gay marriage bill strong vote of support (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:48:56 -0700
AUGUSTA, Maine - A same-sex marriage bill is going to the Maine Senate and House with a strong committee endorsement. Eleven of the 14 Judiciary Committee members voted Tuesday to pass the bill, while two voted against it and one proposed sending it to voters in a November referendum.

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Center Pet Pharmacy Invites Pet Owners to Win Gift Certificates This Holiday Season

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Colllierville family gets OK from town to keep goats as pets (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:16:44 -0700
Collierville on Monday night joined towns that allow miniature goats as pets. But the permission is for only two pygmy goats, Silvie and Lilly, that reside with the Caswell family at the corner of Booth Lane and Collierville-Arlington Road.

Rach's Sluggy Evening

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:35:00 -0700
I'm feeling utterly exhausted and quite sluggy. My A/C at work is still broken, it was ten million degrees in my room (okay, maybe only 9 million, but still...), I had a meeting after school and I'm done. Between the worry about Brien, listening to Lil cough--she too seems to have allergy attacks like mine (sniffling and coughing, not sneezing)--while she's trying to sleep, and sitting down to look up something on the internet instead of getting straight to work on my evening chores, I'm tired

Karzai Vows To Change Controversial Law

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:46:23 -0700
'Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai Vows To Change Controversial Law On Sex', Los Angeles Times, 28 April 2009EXCERPT: "Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged Monday to change a law critics say legalizes marital rape to remove concerns that it violates human rights. The law, which sparked an international outcry after it was signed last month, says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse. It also regulates when and for what reasons a w

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30/30, #11: the Diamondback

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:14:49 -0700
In the late fall and early winter, I fell into a swoon regarding the perfect marriage between two ingredients: rye whiskey and apple brandy. While I’d flirted with this combination before, I’d never really explored its potential. By November, though, I was reaching for the black-labeled bottles of Rittenhouse bonded rye and Laird’s bonded apple ...]

Protect your poochie’s peepers

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:07:55 -0700
Sure, carting your precious poochie in Louis Vuitton purses is cute, but keeping their eyes safe from harm is cuter. Dogs have a much wider nose bridge than humans, along with protruding eyes. Doggles are protective eyewear for dogs, designed specifically to fit a dog’s unique face structure. Doggles are actually modeled after sports goggles and fit the dog’s head like traditional goggles, hence the name. But unlike ordinary sunglasses for dogs, Doggles protect dog’s eyes from foreign obj

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Peers name Lederman ‘Centennial Scholar of Communication’

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:03:40 -0700
Professor Linda Lederman, dean of social sciences in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and director of the Institute for Social Science Research, receives a new title this month: Centennial Scholar of Communication. The title is being given by the Eastern Communication Association in recognition of Lederman’s scholarly work in health communication and her recent contribution to the association’s anniversary anthology – “A Century of Transformation: Studies in Honor of the 100th Annive

Time Capsule in New Pet Website Lets Pet Lovers 'Make Their Pet a Star'

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:01 -0800

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Time Capsule in New Pet Website Lets Pet Lovers 'Make Their Pet a Star'

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New Social News Site, Weoped.com, Raises the Level of Online Political Debate

Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:01 -0700

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Win at any cost, even in politics (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:35:07 -0700
Corruption in Cov? In politics - as in life, sports and business - the need to get ahead and to win can sometimes take a misguided path.

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Savi Political Consulting to Offer Training Seminars on Political Campaign Strategy

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Victoria, SA brace for wild weather (ABC) (Yahoo!7 Australian News)

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:58:55 -0700
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned Victorians to expect extreme weather conditions today while South Australia braces for further destructive winds.

Capitalism isn’t working…..

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:10:50 -0700
It was a very interesting conference today organised by LEAP (Left Economic Advisory Panel), Capitalism isn’t working . The day was a mixture of optimism and pessimism. How did the economic crisis happen? How did it evolve and develop? The toxic mixture of policies that undermined trade union rights, suppressing the ability to organise and pushing down wages, attacks on pay and conditions, onslaught of privatisation, unfair and unjust tax system (banker more likely to pay less tax than a c

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NV Lawmakers Consider Raising Marriage License Fee (FOX 5 Las Vegas)

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:41:41 -0700
Wedding chapel lobbyists and anti-domestic violence advocates clash Friday over a bill that would add $5 to the cost of a Nevada marriage license.

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Airline strictly for pets (UPI)

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:17:26 -0700
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 23 (UPI) -- The Florida owners of a pets-only airline that is expected to begin operations July 14 say flights are already filling up with reservations.

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Surprise A Pet! Offers New Pet Gift Packages for the Holidays

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:01 -0700

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Airline strictly for pets (UPI)

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:17:26 -0700
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 23 (UPI) -- The Florida owners of a pets-only airline that is expected to begin operations July 14 say flights are already filling up with reservations.

New Website Aims to Educate and Inspire Group Travelers

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:01 -0800

Americans Worried About Severe Weather Trends

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New Social News Site, Weoped.com, Raises the Level of Online Political Debate

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Conn. governor signs gay marriage bill (Boston Globe)

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:30:57 -0700
A decade-long battle for same-sex marriage in Connecticut has ended with the governor's signature on a bill updating the state's laws.

KELANTAN PALACE TRIED TO BRIBE MANOHARA’S FAMILY!

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:31:12 -0700
Nurfika Osman April 24, 2009, Jakarta Globe ‘My Manohara Is Irreplaceable,’ Mother Pleads Daisy Fajarina, the mother of a missing 17-year-old Indonesian-American model married to a Malaysian prince, says her son-in-law’s family offered her a million-dollar apartment if she would cut all contact with her daughter, Manohara Odelia Pinot.“Even if they offer me the world, I cannot accept it, Manohara is irreplaceable,” she said, choking back tears. “I just want them to give back my da

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2009 Game 16: Twins at Water-logged Red Sox

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:40:40 -0700
April 22nd, 2009 by socaltwinsfan Time: 6:15 p.m. CDT (weather permitting)TV: FSN-HDRadio:TRN, XM 179Starting Pitchers: Francisco Liriano (0-3, 5.09 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) vs. Brad Penny (1-0, 11.00, 2.00).Whenever this game does begin, it will be interesting to see which pitcher shows up for both teams. Both Liriano and Penny have been completely different pitchers in their starts so far this season. In Liriano's first start, he allowed two home runs and had only three strikeouts but zero walks in sev

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Mealy-Mouth Apology Makers Make Me Sick

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:36:22 -0700
But Miss California is good for my health. When asked a question about homosexual “marriage” by a homosexual gossip blogger “Perez Hilton,” who, inexplicably, was a judge in the Miss USA pageant, Carrie Prejean provided a “controversial” answer : “We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. Nope, and that's the way it should remain. She meant relationships , which is true.] And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a mar

Surprise A Pet! Offers New Pet Gift Packages for the Holidays

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:01 -0700

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Banish the barking blues

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:08:02 -0700
If Fido has you up all hours of the night, the PetSafe Outdoor Ultrasonic Bark Deterrent might be the solution for you. Disguised as a decorative birdhouse, the unit is triggered by the sound of a dog’s bark. It then emits an ultrasonic tone (not audible to humans) to interrupt any dog’s barking within the 50-foot designated area. Startled by the high-pitched tone, the dog should stop barking, as he will soon begin to associate his bark with this unpleasant sound. When the dog stops bark

EXCLUSIVE: Senator's husband's firm cashes in on crisis - Washington Times

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:24:36 -0700
EXCLUSIVE: Senator's husband's firm cashes in on crisis - Washington Times : On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband’s real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms. Way to kick things off, there.

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Why Bother with Those Baby Teeth?

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:47:15 -0700
Just like us, our cats and dogs are born toothless. Within the next few weeks (here starts the difference from us) the deciduous (baby) teeth begin to erupt and are fully in place around 6 and 12 weeks in kittens and puppies, respectively. Over the next several months, the second set of teeth, their permanent or adult set, erupt. The baby teeth are supposed to fall out as the adult teeth come in. Often, owners find these teeth on the carpet or stuck in a toy or they are swallowed with no harm.

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Reliable Weather Information for Beijing Olympics with Vaisala Weather Observation Equipment

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:01 -0700

Did Miss CA Lose Miss USA for Gay Marriage Views?

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:51:28 -0700
It would be disturbing if the judges held Miss California's views on gay marriage against her . I have to commend her for having the courage to state her views truthfully, obviously, in a potentially hostile environment. And why do they even ask these questions to the contestants, especially after the last fiasco (which I pointed out wasn't as bad a fiasco ).

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Talk About Travel: Great Smoky Mountains, Dublin, More (Washington Post)

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:00:00 -0700
Post travel editors and writers field questions and comments.

Poor Man's Geneva Bible - Rebound by Leonard's Book Restoration

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:08:29 -0700
A few months back, I received an e-mail from California Dave asking some questions about the Geneva Bible. He was on a quest, and the end result is a magnificently rebound facsimile edition. The starting point was a Hendrikson's reprint of the 1560 edition, which went to Leonard's Book Restoration for star treatment. The results are pretty stunning. So let's let Dave tell the story -- accompanied by photos. There's even a contribution from Eric Haley, who did the work at Leonard's, explaining

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Amid tight budgets, companies allow pets as perks (WTOL 11 Toledo)

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:04:57 -0700
Associated Press - April 18, 2009 2:05 PM ET WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) - Some companies are allowing employees to bring their pets to work in hopes of boosting morale and productivity as...

Strange News, Politics, Sport, and Celebrity on the Anorak (Anorak)

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:40:19 -0700
“Actors should shut up about politics, because they tend to be ill-informed finger-pointers who just cozy up to some flavor-of-the-month liberal, you know?”

John Paul II’s ‘Rule’ for married couples discovered, published by newspaper

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:45:08 -0700
In its Thursday printed edition, the Italian daily Il Messagero published an unknown booklet written by Cardinal Karol Wojtyla in 1968 to help married couples in his Polish diocese implement the Encyclical “ Humanae Vitae, ” released that same year by Pope Paul VI. The text, entitled “Rule for Spouses,” was never made public outside the Archdiocese of Krakow, but was recently discovered by a student from the John Paul II Institute for Life and Family in Rome. The booklet will be officially pr

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Slashing Health

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:08:50 -0700
I knew I would not be disappointed by the reaction of Labour to the OECD report on New Zealand’s health services . Bear in mind that the OECD report is about the economic consequences of continuing down the current path of health funding and modeling. It is not talking about the quality or breadth of our health services at all, merely suggesting ways we could make them cheaper and more efficient. This is the context that seems to have escaped Ruth Dyson: Labour’s health spokeswoman, Ruth Dys

App Review: Flight Control

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:36:29 -0700
Flight Control from the Australian developer, Firemint is a game with a very simple concept – land aircraft while keeping them from crashing into each other. A quick look at almost any screenshot will tell you pretty much all you need to know about the game mechanics. You’re presented with an aerial view of an airport and different aircraft appear from off screen (slow jets, fast jets, light aircraft and helicopters) which you direct by simply dragging your finger from the plane, around the s

Catskill Spring

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:57:45 -0700
Click painting for a larger, clearer image: 12×16″, Oils on Raymar canvas panel $395 via PayPal, $20 shipping within US For the past several days, I’ve been craving a painting day up in the Catskills. I loaded all my gear into my car this morning and drove up to do this painting this afternoon, then turned around and drove back. It was worth the trip for the exquisite weather, spring buds on the trees, and beautiful mountain views. The grass was shimmering in the sunlig

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Research: Toxicant exposure and mental health

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:56:43 -0700
Toxicant Exposure and Mental Health—Individual, Social, and Public Health Considerations Stephen J. Genuis Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, 2935-66 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6K 4C1. KEYWORDS forensic science • depression • environmental exposure • environmental medicine • mental status • mercury poisoning • neurotoxins • obsessive–compulsive • public health • toxicology ABSTRACT Thoughts and moods are the result of biological processe

"How could things go so wrong?" asks Lakeville finance director (Lakeville Sun-Current)

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:17:06 -0700
"How," asked City Finance Director Dennis Feller, "could things go so wrong?"

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"How could things go so wrong?" asks Lakeville finance director (Lakeville Sun-Current)

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:33:50 -0700
"How," asked City Finance Director Dennis Feller, "could things go so wrong?"

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A List of Medical Terms for Phobias (Fears)

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:06:00 -0700
When was the last time you climbed a fifty story building and looked at your street from the very top? When was the last time you sat inside your well closed home, alone? When was the last time you crossed the street? Have you been frightened by any of these experiences? There are fears everywhere, and so the medical community has interesting terms to refer to each. There are fear of loneliness, fear for great heights, fear for darkness, and fears you may think far more ridiculous, such as the f

Officially Official: EPA rules greenhouse gases are harmful to human health

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:16:40 -0700
Finally. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has today ruled that six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are harmful to the health of humans and will therefore be listed amongst the other pollutants that can be regulated by the Clean Air Act. According to the official report, greenhouse gases have, among other things, the following impacts: increased drought; more heavy downpours and flooding; more frequent and intense heat waves and wildfires;

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Make the Rules- Overcome the Fear

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:38:24 -0700
by singapore trader reportsRenowned trading coach Price Headley, author of “Big Trendsin Trading”, once wrote about the dangers of letting your ego control your trading decisions, especially the three critical decisions of how much money to risk, when to enter a trade and when to get out. “The ego desires to make discretionary decisions because it desires to appear sophisticated, and daring, and to relieve boredom. But the point of trading is not sophistication, or excitement. It is to make mone

CQ and CDG Interactive Unveil the New CQ Corporate Site

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:01 -0700

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OMG gossip: Gywneth vs. Winona virtual catfight

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:39:58 -0700
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Koi watch: Controlling Your Koi Population

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:02:55 -0700
In caring for koi, population control is something that you need to do. You see, your pets will always spawn and lay their eggs, and others will fertilize them as well. It is the pets's nature as wild animals, and there's only little you can do about it. Controlling the population will mean removing those ...]

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Pets may again land on luggage compartment no-fly list (Canada.com)

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:30:22 -0700
Cats and dogs could be relegated to the no-fly list for luggage compartments on the country's largest airline following a court ruling that sided with Air Canada in a legal battle to send pets as cargo rather than allowing their owners to check them as baggage.

More orangutans held as pets, report finds (MSNBC)

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:45:34 -0700
Even after decades of conservation efforts, the illegal trade of wild orangutans as pets is getting worse, with some 2,000 taken since the 1970s, a wildlife watchdog reported Thursday.

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IMF: Recession Will Be ‘Unusually Longlasting’

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:19:29 -0700
More good news: More than half of the world’s countries have been plunged into recession by the credit crunch, a higher proportion than at any time since 1960, according to the International Monetary Fund, which warns today that the downturn is likely to be “unusually severe and long-lasting”, and will starve developing countries of resources. As the world’s finance ministers prepare to descend on Washington for the IMF’s spring meetings next week, it offers a stark warning to politicians

The Guidoisation of politics comes of age...

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:34:00 -0700
Guido gives the lobby two barrels in The Times .

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Salman Khan Campaigns for Priya Dutt

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:39:59 -0700
Sanjay Dutt seems to be losing his friends. The reasons may be many — from his marriage to Manyata to politics. According to showbiz rumours, the latest pal to desert Dutt is Salman Khan . Salman , campaigns for Priya Dutt who is contesting the election from Mumbai Northwest where both the actors are voters. Sanju may apparently campaign against his sister and for Samajwadi Party candidate Abu Asim Azmi, a close associate of party general secretary Amar Singh. Salman has clearly made his

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Today’s pork report

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:08:42 -0700
Congressional pork projects cost taxpayers $19.6 billion in 2009 MORE For the record: The 10,160 projects - valued at $19.6 billion - represent a 14 percent increase in the cost to taxpayers over last year’s spending on “pork.” That’s even though the number of projects went down 12.5 percent during the same period. “Everyone in Washington has promised a new era of transparency and restraint in earmarks, from President Obama to the leaders of both parties in Congress,” said CAGW presiden

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Campaign Signs Printer Launches New Website Serving Candidates and Political Consultants

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Conn. health care advocate wins reappointment (Boston Globe)

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:12:05 -0700
Connecticut's General Assembly is keeping the state's health care advocate, defying Gov. M. Jodi Rell's cost-cutting plan to eliminate his office.

Travel with caution, Malaysians visiting Bangkok urged (The Star)

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:34:35 -0700
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysians registered with the embassy in Thailand are safe and those visiting Bangkok have been advised to travel with caution.

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"Impressions" from a meeting with bloggers

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:01:00 -0700
I had again the pleasure to meet some bloggers! Paris received a visit (for the eighth time?) by Bob and his wife, here to celebrate a marriage anniversary. Cergie came up with the good suggestion that we should meet at "La Maison Fournaise" , a little bit outside Paris, for lunch. Olivier joined us, as well as Cergie's husband. This used to be a place where the impressionists went. "La Maison Fournaise" is situated on the banks of the Seine River on the Chatou Island (I

15 Years Dead, Cobain Gets a Strange Tribute

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:04:48 -0700
Last week, the famous (or infamous, depending on your politics) cartoonist Ward Sutton did up a full page comic in the Village Voice in honor of Kurt Cobain’s death 15 years ago this April. It basically pokes fun at stardom and fandom. Kurt thinks twice about killing himself, lives on and dies in the year 2051 listening to The Melvins. Along the way he becomes a diva ala Axl Rose (nice switch, Ward!) and recluse. His bandmate Dave Grohl becomes “the guy who killed Nirvana and a studio sessio

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Saudi judge refuses to annul 8-year-old's marriage (CNN)

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:40:37 -0700
A Saudi judge has refused for a second time to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man, a relative of the girl told CNN.

UK finance watchdog to investigate banks (The Economic Times)

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:55:44 -0700
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Four pets dead after two separate house fires (Lawrence Journal-World)

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:29:00 -0700
Two separate house fires left a total of four pets dead and two families homeless on Saturday. The first fire occurred late Saturday morning at 2313 Atchison Ave. The fire caused roughly $60,000 worth of damage, was confined to the kitchen and took the life of one of the occupants’ dogs.

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10-year-old brainwashed kid

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:54:00 -0700
This video is just sad. A 10-year-old brainwashed kid claims that he "used to be gay" but turned straight when he saw on the news that gay marriage was wrong. It only gets worse - he then tries to convince his viewers (and himself) that he is now interested in girls. For real. Here is another one of his videos, titled "Stop calling me a homo". Sigh. If he wasn't a brainwashed kid, those videos would actually be funny. As of now, they are just pathetic, sad, and scary as fuck . PS. Somet

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New from Litwin Books: Library of Walls

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:42:44 -0700
Library of Walls: The Library of Congress and the Contradictions of Information Society Author: Samuel Gerald Collins Price: $32.00 Published: April 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9802004-2-3 Printed on acid-free paper “The experience of reading this book] was something akin to watching a reality show featuring Jorge Luis Borges, Marshall McLuhan, Michel Foucault, Lewis Mumford, and Paul Virilio in the Library of Congress—surreal twists of perspective, profound insights into mass media, piercing c

The Top 5 iPhone Applications For Killing Time

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:01:11 -0700
If you ever need to travel long distance or you have to constantly wait around killing time then here are my five favorite free iPhone apps to help make that time go a little bit faster. iMob Online When I’m hanging around waiting for something this is probably one of the first apps I would open. It is an RPG based game for the iPhone where you play a mobster. In iMob the goal is to get as many mobsters to join your mob and earn as much cash as you can by completing missions and purc

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ASPCA: Pets abandoned amid foreclosures (Moldova.org)

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:43:28 -0700
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says U.S. residents losing their homes to foreclosures routinely leave their pets behind.ASPCA Executive Vice President Stephen Zawistowski the foreclosure wave facing parts of the nation has resulted in a growing number of abandoned pets finding their way into animal shelters, The Washington Times said Friday.They'll leave the ...

Clark University Drops Controversial Holocaust Scholar

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:54:00 -0700
Schedule conflict, controversy cited By Matt Byrne The Boston Globe Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:14 UTC Massachusetts-Clark University canceled a campus talk scheduled for later this month by controversial Holocaust scholar Norman Finkelstein, saying his presence "would invite controversy and not dialogue or understanding," and would conflict with a similar event scheduled around the same time. The Clark University Students for Palestinian Rights, a student-run group on the Worcester campus, had ar

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How To Bring An Ex Husband Back With Psychological Tricks

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:00:26 -0700
So how does all this help you Get your Ex Husband boyfriend back? Well, the first step to doing just that is to figure out what you did wrong in the relationship, and how you can correct it. You may not want to think about the possibility that your guy was either bored or scared of you…but why else would he leave? Thinking about this stuff may hurt, but it’s necessary if you want to Bring him back and KEEP him. Remember that if you Bring back toBringher with him and you’re still doing the thing

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Friday Blog Roundup

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:19:03 -0700
The ways drugs are tested and marketed are under the spotlight these days: Liz Kowalczyk at White Coat Notes reports that doctors at Massachusetts Partners HealthCare hospitals will no longer be allowed to accept gifts, meals, or “speakers bureau” travel from drug companies. Sarah Rubenstein at WSJ’s Health Blog explores the new Johns Hopkins policy, which is banning free drug-company samples as well as doctor gifts and meals. Roy M. Poses MD at Health Care Renewal responds to a Wa

Fla. company recalls pistachios for health concern (AP via Yahoo! News)

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:07:40 -0700
A Miami nut company is recalling its pistachio products due to a health concern.

WCB finance plan backfires, putting $105m bid in trouble (The Standard)

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:45:23 -0700
AN attempt by Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory to cut farmers' milk prices to finance a $105 million cheese joint venture has failed. The company on Thursday withdrew a $50.6 million rights is...

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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:01 -0800

Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:05:59 -0700
Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton Dickinson rose $.82 or 1.2 percent, to $67.24.

George Will Crossed the Line

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:21:07 -0700
Eugene Robinson tells Rachel Maddow that George Will “crossed the line” (emphasis in original): MADDOW: Eugene, I feel like factchecking politicians is a full-time job and it is a very fun one. But does it sort of feel like there is just more made up stuff in the daily back and forth of political news right now than usual? ROBINSON: It certainly does, and it’s distressing. I think there’s a distinction here among the examples we cite. What George Will did was cherrypick a sentence in a r

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Diagnosing and Treating Sleep Apnea with a Sleep Study

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:26:57 -0700
by Jeff RobertDoctors perform sleep studies or polysomnography (PSG) to diagnose sleep related illness or symptoms. Traditionally, patients completed a diagnostic study for an entire night to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Once the doctor confirms OSA, he provides a therapeutic study. During this second study, the doctor adjusts (or titrates) continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to levels that eliminate or reduce significantly the number of abnormal breathing episodes.In CPAP or c

Behind the scenes at the Pet Connection

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:20:02 -0700
Christie’s in Vegas at the HSUS Animal Care Expo . Everyone else is on some painful needed-it-yesterday deadline or at a conference. I’m on several of those deadlines at once, plus on puppy watch. The minute cloning is cool for people, I mean to sign up. I could use a couple more me’s. Oh but … this is exciting: Pet Connection Contributing Editor Mikkel Becker Shannon will spend six weeks in glorious San Francisco starting later this month. No, it’s not some fabulouso vacation: She has

CNN.com Poll: ‘Should Michelle Obama Run For President in 2020?’

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:00:09 -0700
It appears that CNN’s “Michelle mania” has reached a new level. After referring to the Obamas as the “royal family of the United States” on April 1, the network conducted a web “quick vote” on Monday on whether the first lady should run for her husband’s position in 2020. The results, however, did not bode ...]

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Milwaukee Man Kept 13 Large Reptiles As Pets In His Home (FOX 6 Milwaukee)

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:32:19 -0700
Milwaukee Animal Control Rescued The Large Reptiles Friday Milwaukee Animal Control officers have seen a lot of strange things, but what they rescued Friday surprised them. Thirteen large reptiles were taken from a southside home, where they were a man's pets. FOX 6's Tami Hughes tells you why they were illegal.

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STRANGE de JIM ZINGER COLLECTION - APRIL 4 2009

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:13:30 -0700
STRANGE de JIM’S ZINGER COLLECTION April 4 2009 By Strange de Jim Beep beep! Love from Strange Seth Meyers on “SNL”: “Poison blowfish testicles sickened several diners in Japan, probably because the testicles were from these Blowfish.” Showed photo of Hootie and the Blowfish.] “A new site protesting Facebook’s banning of breast-feeding photos has 160,000 members, dozens of them women.” Jay Leno : “New Jersey is not going to ban Brazilian waxing. Too many women f

Author Explains History, Current State and Future of Liberal-Conservative Divide

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:01 -0700

Iowa marriage ruling good for business (UPI)

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:47:54 -0700
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 5 (UPI) -- A university study predicts the Iowa Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage will result in a financial windfall for The Hawkeye State.

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Online Pet Shop and Pet Product Supplier Parcel Pets Wins Prestigious Award

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:01 -0700

Veto override for Utah game bill still possible, improbable

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:30:00 -0700
Utah-based newspaper Deseret News recently ran a piece about the extraordinary measures Utah state legislators would need to take to resuscitate HB 353 , which enforces strict penalties on retailers who sell M-rated games to minors, following Gov. Jon Huntsman's somewhat unexpected veto . The paper claims "legislative sources" are reporting neither the Utah House nor Senate have the votes to reach the two-thirds majority to override the veto -- though this may end up being the smaller of two

Super 14 fans travel on selected buses to the game (Scoop.co.nz)

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:47:09 -0700
This Good Friday (10 April), watch the Blues take on the Lions in the Super 14 tournament at Eden Park. Rugby fans who have pre-purchased their game tickets, or have an Eden Park membership card, can travel to and from the match on selected buses for free.

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Who is the Arrogant, Dismissive, and Derisive One?

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:57:54 -0700
I have a column up today at Pajamas Media about Obama’s criticism that America has been arrogant, dismissive, and derisive. Here’s a portion: While in Strasbourg, President Barack Obama told an audience in a townhall meeting that America needs to change its attitude toward Europe. He said America was wrong for not celebrating Europe’s “dynamic union” and not seeking “to partner” with them to better address the “common challenges” that face our nations. He even went so far as to say past A

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Pets of the Week (The Temecula Valley News)

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:37:32 -0700
For more information on Christmas, Kona and other pets available for adoption, call Animal Friends of the Valleys at (951) 674-0618. AFV also has pets available every day at the Lake Elsinore PetSmart and Petco stores. As spring is here, AFV has kittens and puppies in need of temporary foster homes. For an application, contact foster coordinator Terry Thompson at the phone number listed above....

Presents not to buy your mother

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:06:32 -0700
I wrote this post after Mother’s Day (the UK version) and was going to save it for next year until I discovered that my transatlantic cousins have yet to celebrate this special day. More pertinently, I lost the post in a file on my Mac and have only just discovered it - vintage gold, my friends, vintage gold. When the best you can hope for is a Mum’s Night Off bucket from Kentucky Fried Chicken, it’s a fair bet that Mother’s Day is going to be another wash-out. Mother’s Day works on the prin

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Yes, Mutts ARE Healthier!

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:20:00 -0700
T-shirt available here . When it comes to warranties and insurance , predictive values are important, and fortunes are made by determining the correct digits to place to the right of a point mark. What does this have to do with dogs? Quite a lot. You see, pet insurance companies are in a competitive business to get your dollar. If they get the numbers wrong, and price a premium too high, potential customers may forgo pet insurance altogether or else sign up with a competitor's

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Twin twitchers: Conn. pet shop has 2-nosed bunny

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:31:34 -0700
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) -- It's no April Fools joke. The baby bunny really does have two noses. A Connecticut pet shop worker found the nosey bunny in a delivery of 6-week-old dwarf rabbits that arrived at the Milford store last week. Both noses have two nostrils. The owner of the Purr-Fect Pets shop says he's never seen anything like it in 25 years in the business. He says the bunny eats, drinks and hops around like the rest of the litter....

Finance giant GMAC eases credit to revive auto sales (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:05:28 -0700
US auto finance giant GMAC, the former financial arm of General Motors, said Wednesday it was easing credit to dealers and expanding credit for consumers in a bid to rev up the stalled auto market.

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PetSmart(R) Invites Pet Parents to Celebrate Pets' Birthdays (Marketwire)

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:41:51 -0700
PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwire - April 1, 2009) - According to a national PetSmart ® ( NASDAQ : PETM ) survey, 53 percent of pet parents celebrate their pet's birthday or the day their pet joined their family. For pets of all kinds, PetSmart understands and knows the joy in celebrating important milestones in pets' lives, from the day they come home to their new family through their golden years.

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Surprise A Pet! Offers New Pet Gift Packages for the Holidays

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:01 -0700

ETFs: Investing for the 21st century

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:22:14 -0700
by Jordan J. Weir While many investors have an overall outlook, and may be able to accurately predict what will be the next big thing, it is often harder to nail which company will be able to best take advantage of the coming conditions. After all, while it may be easy to figure out, retail stocks are going to be hammered by this recession, that doesn’t help you decide which retail company is best to short. And while it may be easy to figure out, reduced demand from the developed world is go

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Travel Guide Service Launches Free Online Search Directory for Travel Discounts

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:01 -0700

Free Health Care For Some Laid Off Workers

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:59:07 -0700
I got a press release today about the Walgreens Take Care clinics offering free health care to people who are laid off between March 31st and the end of the year, and went looking for more information. Michelle Andrews at On Health & Money has some more details about the program that I didn’t see reported in the mainstream news articles . All in all, this looks like a good deal for everyone involved. The Take Care clinics will get widespread name recognition (already, these news repor

G20 protests - a change is gonna come.

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:36:49 -0700
Today I went down to the protest outside the Bank Of England that coincided with the meeting of the G20 in London. It was a multi-angle protest, seeking to bring together the shared concerns of the environmental movement, anti-capitalists, the climate change brigade, the stop the war coalition and those who wanted to see a greater degree of culpability placed on the financial systems and institutions that presided over the current global economic collapse . It was the first time that the va