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Danielle Steel, author, believes the laws of the United States should be changed so that the mentally ill can be hospitalized against their will. An advocate for going back to the asylum days, as far as I can tell. She states her position as she opines about Britney Spears.

On a related note: Blood test could reveal bipolar disorder: Method that could diagnose, assess patients also raises ethical question

Edited to delineate more definitely between her opinion and mine.

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Customer backlash against bad service

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Starving student blames stingy host family: Parents consider suing AFS after son was placed in Egyptian home -- at issue: dietary restrictions of Coptic Christians

TV meme (found via bixxy)

Bold the ones you've seen at least 3 episodes of!


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Response to caller 'a serious mistake,' says Planned Parenthood of Idaho: They also criticized The Advocate for trying to discredit employees with recorded phone calls

Planned Parenthood of Idaho officials apologized Wednesday for what they called an employee's "serious mistake" in encouraging a donation aimed at aborting black babies.

[...] The call to Idaho came in July to Autumn Kersey, vice president of development and marketing for Planned Parenthood of Idaho.

On the recording provided by The Advocate, an actor portraying a donor said he wanted his money used to eliminate black unborn children because "the less black kids out there the better."

Kersey laughed nervously and said: "Understandable, understandable. ... Excuse my hesitation, this is the first time I've had a donor call and make this kind of request, so I'm excited and want to make sure I don't leave anything out."

Yes, read the entire article, including the sidebar.

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Explosion at Illinois mall injures 6: Blast ignites fire; natural gas leak suspected as cause of explosion

Born-again virgins claim to rewrite the past: Through spiritual or surgical routes, women give their first time a do-over -- I've claimed this before (usually in a joking way)

At least she didn't do a poll dance: Oregon town votes to strip mayor of office over MySpace underwear pics -- Arlington, pop. 500; vote 142-139. The Puritans would be proud.

'Zombie' debt is hard to kill

1988 vs. 2008: A Tech Retrospective -- "Think the iPhone is pricey? The cool cell phone of 1988 cost $4,382 in today's dollars. A 150MB hard drive? $8,755." What should really frighten you is how inflated the dollar has become in only twenty years.

1 in 100 Americans behind bars, report finds: Prison spending ballooned from $11 billion to $49 billion in 2 decades

The CO2 State: Texas produces more carbon emissions than most countries

Paulson: Housing plans to hurt more than help: Treasury Secretary knocks Congress proposals in strongest gov't objection

Pelosi seeks grand jury for Bolten, Miers

Cuba signs rights treaties at U.N.