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Dodd Wins Battle in Spy Bill Standoff
Politics – After a full day of debate on Monday, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) prevailed in his effort to halt an Intelligence Committee bill that included legal immunity for telecommunication companies that may have broken the law in cooperating with the Bush administration's warrantless spying programs.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
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The Superbug
Health & Fitness – Although MRSA has been around since 1995, in 2007 we learned countless new facts and figures about the bacteria as it carved its way through the world's open sores and bloodstreams. If it infects open wounds it can cause necrotizing pneumonia that destroys lung tissue and kills 75 percent of those infected - within 24 hours.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 30 votes / 1 sink
Housing crisis reverberates around the globe
Money – Few people knew at the start of 2007 the meaning of "subprime" real estate loans or how they might affect the US and global economies. Today, worries are growing that the crisis that began with mortgage failures and spread to banks and brokerages may push the US economy into a downturn and put the entire global economy at risk.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 17 votes / No sinks
Interior secretary revises ethics policy; environmental group says accountability weakened
Do No Evil – Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has quietly revised the department's ethics policy so a review panel can only consider matters referred to it by two of the department's top officials.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
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Lawmakers and consumers ask FDA to delay cloning ruling
Health & Fitness – The Food and Drug Administration should delay a decision on whether milk and meat from some cloned animals are safe to eat until additional safety studies can be conducted, a Democratic lawmaker and consumer groups said in separate statements on Tuesday.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
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Bush's Torture Policy is a Cancer
Politics – Increasingly, U.S. government officials, including senior military officers, must go through verbal gymnastics to avoid implicating George W. Bush in an obvious crime: the authorization to torture al-Qaeda suspects.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
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Adopted son finds birth mom at his workplace
Family – For years, Steve Flaig, a delivery truck driver at the Lowe's store on Plainfield Avenue, had searched for his birth mother. He found her working the cash register at the front of the store.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
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Intuit to Launch iPhone-friendly Quicken for $3/month
Gadgets & Tech – Intuit Inc is looking to boost Quicken personal finance software sales by offering it as a service for $3 a month that can run on Apple Inc's iPhone. It hopes the product, which launches on January 8, will vastly expand Quicken's 14 million users and boost the market penetration...
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
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Gavin Newsom Will Tax Soda Pop in San Francisco: Thank You Big Government!
Politics – While I am a proponent of federalism, and keeping government local, someone better keep a close eye on San Francisco. Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco has decided to tax large grocery stores for stocking Coke, Pepsi and other drinks sweetened with high fructose corn syrup.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
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Miley Cyrus: "We Got In A Fight Because I Didn't Want To Go Outside Without Makeup On."
Celebrities – Hannah Montana actress Miley Cyrus told M magazine that she rarely fights with her parents. However, the last dispute they had was over makeup!
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks
Chalk Up Another Lie
Politics – The White House has given several versions of when Bush knew about the NIE on Iran's nuclear program. This includes the rather laughable, but not shocking, claim that in August 2007, Director of National Intelligence McConnell told Bush they had new information on Iran's nuclear program and Bush did not bother to ask what it was.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 21 votes / No sinks
The Conservative Origins of the Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis
Money – Everything you ever wanted to know about the mortgage meltdown but were afraid to ask.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks
Highway Rube-ery (Or, The GOP Thinks You Are Stupid)
Politics – Sen. Jeff Sessions -- and the leadership of theÃ;Â Republican Party -- thinks you are stupid enough to swallow their inaccurate, fear-mongering PR-testedÃ;Â swill whole and never bother engaging your brain.Ã;Â Their floor show in the Senate yesterday serves as a crystal clear exa
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks
Sony NWZS615FRED 2GB Walkman Video MP3 Player
Gadgets & Tech – The walkman lives albeit in a different form to what it used to be. Sony have this 2GB walkman video MP3 player which is rather cool. Like anything Sony do this MP3 player is top quality.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 18 votes / No sinks
Krugman: Barack Obama's naivete of hope
Politics – Broadly speaking, the serious contenders for the Democratic nomination are offering similar policy proposals - the dispute over health care mandates notwithstanding. But there are large differences among the candidates in their beliefs about what it will take to turn a progressive agenda into reality.
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Voted for on January 15, 2008 04:52am
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