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December 3, 2005

13:26
Full of uncomfortable truths about American racism, Sarah Silverman's Jesus is Magic would benefit from a bit more structure and a bit less of a 'bigot, doodie, fuck spree.'
Source: AlterNet
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13:26
Maine has become the latest state to reject federal funding for sex education programs that teach only abstinence.
Source: AlterNet
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What to do when the war you crafted starts getting bad press? According to a recently leaked memo, Bush would have liked to shoot the messenger -- literally.
Source: AlterNet
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13:26
On Nov.2, 20 college students in Virginia staged a walkout on the World Can't Wait day of action. The school administration shut down the protest and threatened to expel them.
Source: AlterNet
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13:26
Shopping for kids seems to be getting harder every year, Diana Zuckerman says. She hears from parents across the country who are shocked every time they shop -- not just by the prices, but by the toys and other desirables on children's wish lists. National Research Center for Women and Families
Source: Blogger News
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13:26
This report is on the role of the arms lobby in promoting missile defense and space weapons. Arms Trade Resource Center
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13:26
Mark Weisbrot says that history is repeating itself in Haiti, as democracy is being destroyed for the second time in the past fifteen years. Amazingly, he says, the main difference seems to be that this time it is being done openly and in broad daylight, with the support of the "international community" and the United Nations. Center for Economic and Policy Research
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December 2, 2005

21:00
In Ohio, Democrats think they could unseat Representative Deborah Pryce, the highest-ranking Republican woman in the House.
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21:00
Justice Department officials defended the approval of a Texas redistricting plan, which helped Republicans gain seats in Congress.
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21:00
There are eight blank pages in the public version of a decision that ordered two reporters jailed in the C.I.A. leak case unless they testified.
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21:00
Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. said his "personal views on a woman's right to choose" would not affect his judicial decisions.
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16:32
New Orleans’ mayoral and city council elections should be postponed for up to eight months because of Katrina, a top election official recommended Friday.
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15:56
Military officials in Baghdad for the first time Friday described a Pentagon program that pays to plant stories in the Iraqi media, an effort one official said was part of an effort to “get the truth out.”
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11:47
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, who expressed strong opposition to abortion rights two decades ago, pledged Friday that his personal views on the subject “would not be a factor” in his rulings, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said.
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10:07
Justice Department lawyers objected to a Texas redistricting plan orchestrated by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, but top agency officials brushed aside concerns about diluting minority voting strength and approved the plan anyway, according to an agency memo released Friday.
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09:32
Most U.S. troops will leave Iraq in a year, and the Army is “broken, worn out” and may not be able to meet future military threats to the country’s security, Rep. John Murtha said.
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08:56

CULTURE: Christmas Under Siege?
ADMINISTRATION: Justice Denied

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December 1, 2005

08:42

IRAQ: Propaganda On The March
SUPREME COURT: Alito's Crusade To Overturn Roe

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November 30, 2005

12:26
Robugs, biologically based software, the GeoWeb, transgenic art and other hot frontiers in technological innovation.
Source: Salon.com
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12:26
Advances in 3-D printing and embedded electronics will revolutionize how everything from coffee makers to cellphones gets made.
Source: Salon.com
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