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Conyers: 'We're Closing In On Rove'

Politics – Conyers told us that Rove has a week to appear before his committee. If he doesn't, said Conyers, "We'll do what any self-respecting committee would do. We'd hold him in contempt. Either that or go and have him arrested."

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Voted for on May 15, 2008 11:47pm

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World Wildlife Numbers Down 25% in Three Decades

Science – More than one in four of all individual animals, birds and fish on the planet have disappeared since 1970, zoologists have found. Human activities are to blame, they say.

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Voted for on May 15, 2008 11:24pm

California Supreme Court approves gay marriage
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California Supreme Court approves gay marriage

Gay & Lesbian – SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.

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Voted for on May 15, 2008 10:10pm

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Obama says Bush falsely accuses him of appeasement - Yahoo! News

Politics – Obama says Bush falsely accuses him of appeasement

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Does Weight Watchers work?

Food – Heidi prefers WW a great deal more than Jenny Craig because WW incorporates real food from the start and a support system is the cornerstone of the program. The price is also much cheaper at $125/month not including the food.

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Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics

News – In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.

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Voted for on May 15, 2008 09:55am

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CBS buying CNet in online push

Money – CBS (CBS) is making a bigger push on the Internet. The broadcast company said Thursday it would acquire CNet (CNET) for $11.50 a share, or $1.8 billion, in a deal that will make CBS one of the top 10 Internet companies in the US The deal offers CNet

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Voted for on May 15, 2008 09:53am

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Can Segall pick up Alabama House seat?

Politics – After Tuesday's shocking GOP defeat in the deep-red 1st District of Mississippi, Democratic strategists are looking throughout the South for possible pickups. One such possibility is Alabama's 3rd District, where Democrats are pinning their hopes on a candidate who is not exactly the normal brand of Southern congressional challenger.

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Hagee's apocalyptic support of Israel

Politics – Hagee's commitment to Israel, however, is itself controversial: It's rooted in the belief that the Jewish state will be the site, soon, of Armageddon.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 09:50am

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Myanmar Says Constitution Approved

News – Myanmar announced Thursday that a constitution won massive support in a referendum -- a claim slammed by a leading rights group as an insult to the country's people.

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Voted for on May 15, 2008 09:48am

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Ellison, Capote, and the difference between writer's block and procrastination

Books – In their sustained anticlimaxes, Capote's and Ellison's writing lives raise a perplexing question: What is the difference between severe procrastination and writer's block? Are they part of one continuum, like a Mobius strip? Were Capote and Ellison truly blocked, or did they merely delay so long that they ran out of time?

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Great novels about wasting time. - By Jessica Winter - Slate Magazine

Books – Those of us who are vulnerable to the siren call of procrastination can find plenty of fictional compatriots on our bookshelves, though they may provide cold comfort. We could start with Hamlet, obviously, who wonders "whether it be/ Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple/ Of thinking too precisely on th' event" that causes his ditherin

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Voted for on May 15, 2008 09:44am

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Winter Soldier on the Hill

News – Winter Soldier on the Hill will allow the US Congress to be more fully informed about the situation in Iraq through soldiers' eyewitness accounts of the on-going military occupation, while they debate the funding for U.S. military operations in Iraq.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 09:33am

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Senator John Kerry Calls for Hearings on Blackwater's No-Bid Contract Renewal

News – Senator John Kerry, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relation's Committee's Middle East Subcommittee, called for Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the State Department's decision to renew Blackwater's no bid contract for private security in Iraq.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 09:31am

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Ancient Bust of Caesar Found in French River

Art & Design – He was a military leader turned dictator who had such a complex about his receding hairline that he perfected the Roman comb-over and liked laurel crowns that disguised his bald patch.

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Voted for on May 15, 2008 09:28am