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Welfare Changes A Burden To States: Work Rules Also Threaten Study, Health Programs

Lenny Bruce: The comedy master turned martyr

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Okay, Patrick Swayze and Jodie Foster have now moved into the "shielding the bigot" column. Should I boycott them, too? (I know--boycotting Patrick Swayze won't take much effort.)

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Rep. Bob Ney Won't Seek Re-Election

Feeling Unwelcome, Some Gays Vacate Virginia: November Ballot Ban Helps Fuel Migration

Number of Black Lobbyists Remains Shockingly Low

Sergeant Charged With Child Sex Abuse: Teen Says She Was Hired By Capitol Police Officer

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U r sckd: worker fired by text message -- And I worried about firing someone through the mail.

Manatee cruises Hudson River

Beams reveal Archimedes' hidden writings

Florence Nightingale photograph on view

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Investigator: Troops drank, golfed before Iraqi killings, rape

New worry for drivers: BP shuts oilfield: Damaged pipeline in Alaska affects 8% of U.S. oil production; crude surges; record gas prices seen -- I hope you've filled your gas tank recently. (Although there doesn't seem to be much reason for it to get so ugly.)

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Yeah, this man is a great ambassador: US Ambassador John Bolton said there was no moral equivalence between the civilian casualties from the Israeli raids in Lebanon and those killed in Israel from "malicious terrorist acts".

Dead Israelis outweigh dead Lebanese.

DailyKos diary on the topic.

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Elderly 'should take probiotics'