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Friday, lameautarch, rikhei, her friend Erik and I went to see Little Miss Sunshine. I really enjoyed it, and I think everyone else did, too. It's hard to categorize, but if I had to, I'd call it an ascerbic comedy.

I encourage everyone to see it.

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Rep. Harris: Church-state separation 'a lie'

Separation of church and state is "a lie we have been told," Harris said in the interview, published Thursday, saying separating religion and politics is "wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers."

"If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin," Harris said.

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Promises dim for the nation's poor

U.N.: Cluster bombs litter south Lebanon: U.S. State Department investigates whether Israel broke agreements

Lieberman still a Democrat -- on paper

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Telescope set to reveal 'Big Bang'

Boiled bones show Aztecs butchered, ate invaders

Archaeologists find 2,500-year-old mummy in Mongolia, tattoos and all

Professor helps invent lightning sensor

Ethanol turned into food-grade alcohol

After all that hoopla.

"No charges will be filed against John Mark Karr after his DNA did not match evidence from JonBenet Ramsey murder scene, Denver, Colorado's KUSA TV reports," CNN's breaking news banner says.

I read that and laughed out loud.

After all that hoopla!

Edit: Here's the link.

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2 Lodi residents refused entry back into U.S.

The federal government has barred two relatives of a Lodi man convicted of supporting terrorists from returning to the country after a lengthy stay in Pakistan, placing the U.S. citizens in an extraordinary legal limbo.

Muhammad Ismail, a 45-year-old naturalized citizen born in Pakistan, and his 18-year-old son, Jaber Ismail, who was born in the United States, have not been charged with a crime. However, they are the uncle and cousin of Hamid Hayat, a 23-year-old Lodi cherry packer who was convicted in April of supporting terrorists by attending a Pakistani training camp.

Federal authorities said Friday that the men, both Lodi residents, would not be allowed back into the country unless they agreed to FBI interrogations in Pakistan.

[...] Neither Muhammad nor Jaber Ismail holds dual Pakistani citizenship, [their attorney Julia Harumi] Mass said.

"We haven't heard about this happening -- U.S. citizens being refused the right to return from abroad without any charges or any basis," said Mass, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union.

McGregor Scott, the U.S. attorney for California's eastern district, confirmed Friday that the men were on the no-fly list and were being kept out of the country until they agreed to talk to federal authorities.

"They've been given the opportunity to meet with the FBI over there and answer a few questions, and they've declined to do that," Scott said.

[...] "They want to come home and have an absolute right to come home," said Mass, who has filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security and a petition with the Transportation Security Administration.

"They can't be compelled to waive their constitutional rights under threat of banishment," Mass said. "The government is conditioning the return to their home on cooperation with law enforcement."