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Caring For A New Tattoo

Do-It-Yourself – When you finally decide to get a tattoo, the first thing you'll need to do is find a reputable tattoo artist. Most tattoo artists have several designs that you can pick from

Voted for on September 18, 2007 09:23am Commented on 1 time: 1

Tattoo remorse fuels booming business
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Tattoo remorse fuels booming business

Health & Fitness – Laura Hathaway initially had no regrets after getting a tattoo on her lower back when she was 21. But 10 years later she wants it gone. Tattoo regret is common in the United States. Among a group of 18- to 50-year-olds surveyed in 2004, 24 percent reported having a tattoo and 17 percent of those say they want it off

Voted for on September 18, 2007 09:16am Commented on 1 time: 1

Placating the GOP base or protecting the workplace?
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Placating the GOP base or protecting the workplace?

Do No Evil – Whether or not the Bush administration's stepped-up immigration raids are a political stunt to soothe angry Republican voters, they still carry a human price tag.

Sunk on July 30, 2007 04:15pm

Flickr censors Germany, suffers backlash
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Flickr censors Germany, suffers backlash

Do No Evil – From Flickr: "SafeSearch is a feature that allows you to control what turns up in your searches on Flickr, and it's on for everyone by default. Note: If your Yahoo! ID is based in Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong or Korea you will only be able to view safe content based on your local Terms of Service so won't be able to turn SafeSearch off." A full revolt is going on at Flickr over this censorship.

Voted for on June 14, 2007 05:12pm

CIA Leak Trial Judge Received Threats After Libby Verdict
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CIA Leak Trial Judge Received Threats After Libby Verdict

Politics – The federal judge who oversaw 'Scooter' Libby's CIA leak trial said Thursday that he received threatening letters and phone calls after sentencing the former White House aide to prison. 'I received a number of angry, harassing mean-spirited phone calls and letters,' U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said.

Voted for on June 14, 2007 05:10pm

Rivals Try To Deflate Fred Thompson Campaign
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Rivals Try To Deflate Fred Thompson Campaign

Politics – Fred Thompson has had a relatively easy ride as he has flirted with a bid for the Republican presidential nomination. His strategists have found traction promoting him as the heir to Ronald Reagan

Sunk on June 14, 2007 06:04am

Sacred Shiite shrine devastated
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Sacred Shiite shrine devastated

News – Insurgents blew up the remaining two minarets of the Askariya Mosque, a holy Shiite Muslim shrine in Samarra that was badly damaged in a similar attack in early 2006, a Samarra Police official told CNN. There was no immediate word on casualties.

Voted for on June 14, 2007 06:04am

The Rich Are Making the Poor Poorer
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The Rich Are Making the Poor Poorer

Do No Evil – Twenty years ago it was risky to point out the growing inequality in America. I did it in a New York Times essay and was quickly denounced, in the Washington Times, as a "Marxist." If only. I've never been able to get through more than a couple of pages of Das Kapital, even in English, and the Grundrisse functions like Rozerem. But it

Voted for on June 14, 2007 06:04am

Officials: Subpeonas for 2 ex-Bush aides
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Officials: Subpeonas for 2 ex-Bush aides

Politics – Two congressional committees are issuing subpoenas for testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former political director Sara Taylor on their roles in the firings of eight federal prosecutors, according to two officials familiar with the investigation.

Voted for on June 14, 2007 06:04am

Genarlow Wilson's Appeal Case
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Genarlow Wilson's Appeal Case

News – The bizarre story of a 17-year-old boy who was given a 10-year jail sentence for participating in a sex act.

Voted for on June 08, 2007 03:16pm

G-8 Offers $60B to Combat AIDS in Africa
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G-8 Offers $60B to Combat AIDS in Africa

Health & Fitness – Germany's development minister said Friday the Group of Eight member states had agreed on a program worth more than $60 billion to combat the spread of HIV/AIDs in Africa.

Voted for on June 08, 2007 03:15pm

Feds to suspend border passport rule
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Feds to suspend border passport rule

Politics – The Bush administration is poised to suspend a major post-9/11 security initiative to cope with increasingly angry complaints from Americans whose summer vacations are threatened by new passport rules.

Voted for on June 08, 2007 03:15pm

Secret CIA prisons confirmed by Polish and Romanian officials
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Secret CIA prisons confirmed by Polish and Romanian officials

Politics – Despite denials by their governments, senior security officials in Poland and Romania have confirmed to investigators for the Council of Europe that their countries were used to hold some of America's most important prisoners captured after 9/11 in secret.

Sunk on June 08, 2007 11:09am

Godless in Union Square
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Godless in Union Square

Books – The new book Wolves in Sheep's Clothing is a "journey into the heart of the ideological retreat of the baby boomer generation. It is a quest to discover what drives people to abandon their youthful anti-militarism and sanction the kind of warfare that ultimately destroys and destabilizes entire communities.

Sunk on June 08, 2007 11:07am

Considerable Sounds: 10cc Draws from Diverse Influences and Redefines
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Considerable Sounds: 10cc Draws from Diverse Influences and Redefines "Popular" Music

Music – 10cc created some of the freshest most intelligent pop music of their time. Drawing from cabaret, show tunes, rock, pop, and the avant garde - the band was completely unique. All four songwriters injected their songs with an incisively sharp wit and lyrical dexterity that no one has ever quite matched.

Voted for on June 08, 2007 11:07am