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- In news from Michigan: The Detroit Free Press today contains an article headlined "Conservative majority is altering court's methods; Study shows state justices less likely to reinterpret laws." The article begins, "Four justices who joined the Michigan |
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- Six years after Medicare began paying for an annual mammogram for women over 40, only 51.8 percent of the eligible women over 50 had at least one mammogram in 2001 or 2002, according to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That translates to about 7.6 million women nationwide. |
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- SCHOLASTIC WRAP - Kelly Nelson's RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning sparked a two-run William Tennent rally as the Panthers (2-0) defeated the Owls (1-1) 5-3 in Suburban One League softball action. |
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- "Horndog is for everything men are interested in," says Bob Smart, creator of Booble.com. "Except sports, gambling, and guns. Oh, and beer." |
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- A $32.6 million budget that would raise taxes $143 for the owner of a home assessed at the township average was approved by the Board of Education last night. |
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- Although Butch Davis said the Browns coaches have toyed with a concept that would put Lee Suggs and William Green in the backfield together, it is apparent that there is room for only one feature back. It is Suggs for... |
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- The company's chairman and chief executive wants to reach the 'enormous demographic.' |
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- "Edwards judge resists lawyers' diagnosis": Columnist James Gill has this essay today in The Times-Picayune. |
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Hosting (Mar 31 2004 12:43 GMT) - So I cancelled my Zettai hosting for the time being because a) I wasn't finding the time to learn Plone/Zope and b) my host reaffirmed his desire to be a host. I downloaded Blog-CFC and was planning on converting from Blogger to it.Yesterday, my host dropped a bombshell. He was exiting the hosting business because he just didn't have the time to dedicate to it and it was costing him a lot of money with zero return. I completely understand, but now I'm in a quandary. |
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Leviathan (Mar 31 2004 12:43 GMT) - Our parent site, Econlib, has just put up a library of classic works. You can browse Books and Essays. Among... |
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- Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, a relentless critic of the U.S. war in Iraq, will lead the Interior Ministry under a major government shake-up announced Wednesday. De Villepin, France's top diplomat since May 2002, will be replaced by European Commissioner Michel Barnier, the presidential Elysee Palace announced. |
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MDP (Mar 31 2004 12:41 GMT) - De Abou Jahjah wil een nieuwe partij, de MDP oprichten. Het acroniem staat voor Moslim Democratische Partij. Voornaamste programmapunten: werkgelegenheid en onderwijs. Ze doen mee aan de verkiezingen op 13 juni en ze komen op in Oost-Vlaanderen en Antwerpen. |
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- Just letting those that know me know that I have to go into hospital today as I went for a chest xray and they think I have TB so I dont know how long I am going to be in. |
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- Just letting those that know me know that I have to go into hospital today as I went for a chest xray and they think I have TB so I dont know how long I am going to be in. |
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- Compie settant'anni Ruggero Savinio pittore, scrittore, saggista e poeta, figlio di Alberto Savinio e nipote di Giorgio de Chirico, fra i grandi esponenti del Novecento italiano ed internazionale. Nonostante la vicinanza di personalità così forti nel mondo culturale, come il... |
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- I just got acquainted with the Database Project in VS.Net. Very cool. This sample chapter gives a very nice intro on the Hows and Whys of it(PDF). |
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- Okay, so whilst January 1st is the date Aquarionics celebrates its birthday, The date of my first Blogger entry is the 7th April 2000 this makes it exactly one week until the 4th anniversary of me getting a Blogger account. Tenuous? Indeed, but I didn’t think about this for the actual anniversaries (I started the diary in January 2000) so I’m doing it now. |
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- A part-time police chief has been suspended after a lawsuit accused him of assaulting a teenager by paddling the boy as part of a crime diversion program for a speeding ticket. |
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- An argument that liberals will buy in a sex education context suddenly isn't so convincing when applied to guns. Imagine that.It really wasn't that long ago when high schools in NYC had their own rifle teams, and students would take their rifles on the public transit system. |
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- Yesterday's IFEX Communique says that "Saudi Arabia has lifted a ban on two gay websites in response to pressure from Reporters Without Borders... Access to the websites gaymiddleast.com and 365gay.com within the country had been blocked since early March 2004... |
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- Mike Hargrove has come full circle. He has gone from being fired as Indians manager four years ago to throwing out the ceremonial first pitch for the 10th anniversary celebration of Jacobs Field. Hargrove, in his first season as the... |
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- "Justice steps down in malpractice case": The Houston Chronicle reports here today that "A Texas Supreme Court justice has removed himself from a multimillion-dollar medical malpractice case involving a Houston lawyer who supported the justice's primary |
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- The Logies are just around the corner, and you know what that means... so are ">The Fuglies. There's still two... |
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- Two of the city's major transportation hubs will be closed during the Democratic National Convention in July, an unpopular plan certain to snarl traffic but one that organizers say is necessary to ensure security. |
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- The lower house of the Russian parliament passes the first hearing of a bill which will lead to a ban on some public protests. |
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- Proceedings held under heavy secrecy; Comedy club owner who introduced boy to singer also reportedly heard |
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- The last stage of an arctic odysseyThe French explorer, Gilles Elkaïm, who left North Cape (Norway) in May 2000, has almost completed the seventh and final stage of his 12,000 km solo trek along the rim of the Arctic Ocean,... |
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- Naar aanleiding van het bezoek van de Finse president in Gent voerden activisten van Voor Moeder Aarde deze voormiddag actie aan het stadhuis. |
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- The politically minded group of people meeting last week near Washington, D.C., weren't wearing enough navy suits and power ties to be confused with the U.S. Congress, but there was a much deeper concern for the Internet than most congressmen can muster. |
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- A description of the site. |
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- Air America is launching today at noon with The O'Franken Factor. Here's where you can hear it: WLIB-AM (1190), New York WNTD-AM (950) , Chicago KBLA-AM (1580) , Los Angeles KCAA-AM (1050) , Riverside and San Bernadino, Calif. KPOJ-AM (620) , Portland, Ore. Channel 167 on XM Satellite Radio... |
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- Ich muss zugeben - nur selten werfe ich einen Blick auf die Zeitschrift Öko-Test. So war ich doch überrascht, in den heutigen Nachriten zu hören, dass in der nächsten Ausgabe "schwarze BHs" getest werden. (Nebenbei: Der BH wurde vor ca. 100 Jahren von einem Schwaben erfunden, dem seine Erfindung zunächst ... |
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