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17 Nov 2009 10:28

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U.S.: Sen. Robert Byrd is about to become the longest-serving congressman

  • 20,774 number of days – or 56 years, 10½ months – Byrd has served; he (finally!) breaks the record at midnight source
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17 Nov 2009 10:22

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U.S.: U.S. hunger just soared to an unbelievable 14-year high

  • 49 million Americans don’t have consistent access to decent food source
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16 Nov 2009 20:53

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U.S.: Washington Blade dead: Gay-advocacy journalism suffers a huge blow

For 40 years, the Washington Blade was one of the strongest beacons for gay rights. Today it, and a bunch of other papers, abruptly closed. A damn shame. source
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16 Nov 2009 19:55

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U.S.: Breast cancer backstep: The U.S. flips the script on mammograms

  • 50 the new recommended age for women to start getting biannual mammograms (too many false positives) source
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16 Nov 2009 10:30

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U.S., World: We’re already dumping a lot of money into Pakistan’s intelligence

  • ⅓ of the Pakistan intelligence agency’s cash comes from the CIA source
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16 Nov 2009 09:57

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Biz, U.S.: General Motors has much less debt than it did before

  • General Motors, just before they came out of the other end of bankruptcy, had $94.7 billion in debt owed, source
  • After its first full quarter out of bankruptcy, GM had $17 billion in debt – $6.7 billion owed to the U.S. government. source
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15 Nov 2009 21:37

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U.S., World: Which verboten images do you want to see more?

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15 Nov 2009 12:22

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U.S.: Recession lesson: Teachers can make bank selling coursework online

Erica Bohrer has turned a lesson of hers into $650 in cold, hard cash, which has gone to both the classroom and her mortgage. Some see an ethical crisis in this. source
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15 Nov 2009 12:15

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U.S.: Daily poll: Is medical marijuana a whiff of the future for pot?

  • Last week in Portland, Oregon (that bastion of hipsterism and indie rock and Elliott Smith shrines), a pot cafe opened up for medical marijuana users. Its the first of its kind in the country, and pretty much the only place it would really make sense at this point is on the West Coast. Anyway, with this new barrier broken, it’s about time to take stock – will pot usage be straight-up legal at some point, or will it at least be accepted? Vote above.source
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15 Nov 2009 11:17

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U.S.: Snooty pool club accused of racism falling victim to bankruptcy

  • While many will point towards our legal situation and negative media exposure this summer as the reason [we’re going bankrupt], the truth is that the club has struggled to stay out of the red for at least the last decade.
  • Valley Club president John Duesler • Attempting to explain that his suburban Philly pool club’s fall into bankruptcy had nothing to do with the barrage of negative press they got for blocking minority children from swimming in their pool. The club is in debt over $100,000 this year alone – mostly from expenses and legal fees. Oh, and a lot of pretty awful press comparing them to Jim Crow probably doesn’t help either. • source
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