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26 Mar 2009 10:38

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U.S.: Camping is the new hip thing to do in our cruddy economy

26 Mar 2009 10:34

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U.S.: Best way to stop the stem of STDs in men? Circumcision, doctors say.

  • All providers who care for pregnant women and infants have a responsibility to assure that mothers and fathers know that circumcision could help protect their sons.
  • Dr Judith Wasserheit • Researcher at the University of Washington, on the role that circumcision can play in protecting men from the most common sexually-transmitted diseases. You know, there are many jokes we could make here, but for your sake as well as ours, we’re not going to make them. • source

26 Mar 2009 10:28

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Culture: Let’s make a Three Stooges movie with big-time serious actors!

  • Oscar-winning superstar Sean Penn’s already in place to play the nested-hair guy. source
  • Fellow Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro is in talks to play the ticked-off straight man. source
  • Jim Carrey is in talks to play the fat funnyman – but wouldn’t he be a better Shemp? source

26 Mar 2009 10:18

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Biz, U.S.: The economy’s showing signs of life, but not in jobless claims

  • 5.56 million ongoing jobless claims, which is a (sad) record source

26 Mar 2009 10:13

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U.S., World: How bad has Mexico’s drug violence gotten?

  • 7,000 deaths from drug-related violence in Mexico since January 2008, when turf wars flared up source

26 Mar 2009 10:06

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U.S., World: Secretary of State Clinton: Blame us for Mexico’s drug violence

  • Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade. Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these criminals causes the deaths of police officers, soldiers and civilians.
  • Secretary of State Hilary Clinton • Who admitted that the U.S. played a role in creating the volatile Mexican drug trade. By admitting the U.S. was largely to blame for the violence by both its usage and its weapons, she went much further than many other government officials have in the past. • source