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Karl Rove to Resign at End of August | The 'architect' leaves the White House -- You know, I'll believe it when I see it.

Tommy Thompson Folds Presidential Campaign

Merv Griffin dies

China Toy Boss Kills Self After Recall

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The White House decides to drop the bombshell news of Rove's resignation right after Congress recesses.

Why would they drop this news on a Monday morning? And for him to give the standard "I'm leaving to spend time with my family"--that just doesn't jive.

Speculation starts here.

For your reading pleasure: Not the legacy he had in mind

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Life Expectancy Rating Slips for United States (thanks, guppiecat)

Two decades ago, we were ranked 11th in the world. This was around the time, according to SiCKO, that Nixon collaborated with private companies to create HMOs. Coincidence?

Edit: I'm operating on a sleep deficit; I inserted an extra decade. So, that was after the HMOs were already created. I still think privatizing health care has affected the US for the worse.

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Quit complaining — it may make you feel worse: Venting to friends about problems is unhelpful and unhealthy, experts say -- Nevermind. I should never have promoted an article that is so entrenched in gender hypernorms.

Church suspect charged with 3 murder counts: Police: Man targeted congregation leaders in shooting

Blows Against the Empire: The return of Philip K. Dick (thanks, supergee)

New Study Examines How Minorities are "Movin' on Up" When They Move to New Neighborhoods: Minorities make equal or better economic gains than whites when moving to new neighborhoods, but white children still populate the most advantaged neighborhoods in the nation (thanks, dsgood)

A 'private bandwidth' for communication in bats: Evidence from insular horseshoe bats (thanks again, dsgood, if for no other reason than to have broadened my vocabulary with the word 'sympatry')

Goldman and Investors to Put $3 Billion Into Fund -- "Goldman's CFO, David Viniar, said today that the investment should not be seen as an attempt by the bank and the investors to bail out the fund, but an effort to take advantage of the unusual conditions in the market. 'This is not a rescue,' Mr. Viniar said in response to a question from an analyst." Uh-huh.

None So Blind as the 'Color Blind' (by way of guttaperk)

IBARW: The interaction of race and class (by way of willshetterly)