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March 15, 2006

16:39
House panel OKs bill to stop Net gambling
A House committee Wednesday approved a bill aimed at stamping out the $12 billion Internet gambling industry by stopping businesses from accepting credit cards and other forms of payment.
Source: MSNBC Political Reports
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16:00
Will Durst: Don't Impeach; Impale
Impeachment just isn't proper punishment for the evil, cowardly, imperialistic slime buckets of the Bush administration.
Source: AlterNet
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16:00
MediaCulture: 20 Reader Questions for CNN's President
We asked, you responded. Here are your questions for CNN.
Source: AlterNet
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14:09
A Whole New Ball Game
Dave Zirin writes that as sixteen national teams take to the field for the World Baseball Classic, fans are getting a glimpse of how exciting our national pastime could be.

Source: The Nation Editors' Picks
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13:00
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The real culprit behind all that lost productivity at Tournament time. Plus: How USA baseball's failure is different from basketball's.
Source: Salon.com
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10:56
Politics: Bloggers Join Fray on Political Ads
Celia Viggo Wexler writes that as the House considers two bills to regulate political speech online, the liberal Daily Kos and conservative Red State blogs are supporting a flawed GOP-sponsored bill that opens the door for soft money to buy political ads online.

Source: The Nation Editors' Picks
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07:30
The Fix
Are Tom and Katie already married? Mike Wallace stops the clock. Plus: Scott Stapp says sex tape is hot ... as in stolen.
Source: Salon.com
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05:31
A truce in the "Mommy Wars"
Politicians, the media -- and women themselves -- hype the work vs. stay-home issue as a catfight. But a new book says the real war is within each woman.
Source: Salon.com
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05:00
Only the GOP can save us
It's time for honorable Republicans to save us all from George W. Bush, a man who does not represent the best that is our country.
Source: Salon.com
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04:12
The K Chronicles
A step back in time with ... Thomas Dolby!
Source: Salon.com
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04:08
It looks like my niece is autistic
Could you offer some words of advice to her mother?
Source: Salon.com
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01:00
ForeignPolicy: Pledges and Punishment
The director of an HIV prevention program explains how the Christian Right's growing control over U.S. foreign aid policy may cost Indian prostitutes their lives.
Source: AlterNet
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01:00
Rights and Liberties: Pledges and Punishment
The director of an HIV prevention program explains how the Christian Right's growing control over U.S. foreign aid policy may cost Indian prostitutes their lives.
Source: AlterNet
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01:00
WireTap: Shaking of the Golden Arches
News: A showdown between McDonalds and farmworkers escalates.
Source: AlterNet
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01:00
Progress Report, 03/15/06

BUDGET: A Blueprint For Fiscal Disaster

Source: Center for American Progress
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March 14, 2006

23:16
WP: Feingold motion roils Congress
A maverick Democratic senator from Wisconsin has forced his party and Congress to confront head-on the question of whether Bush should somehow be punished for secretly ordering warrantless wiretaps of U.S. citizens.
Source: MSNBC Political Reports
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17:00
Arianna Huffington: Dinner With the Right People
Bill Clinton, Jack Kemp and how money is clouding the ports deal debate.
Source: AlterNet
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13:00
Annalee Newitz: Roomba Cockfight
Never have I been closer to true life among the geeks.
Source: AlterNet
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10:00
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NCAA women's Tournament: Tennessee fumes over seed, ESPN wisely promotes Doris Burke. Plus: World Baseball Classic.
Source: Salon.com
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07:30
The Fix
Isaac Hayes quits "South Park." Village Voice fabulist keeps his job. And Jennifer Aniston begs the world, "Don't make me your victim."
Source: Salon.com
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