Johnson gone from Obama’s group already? yet another big player in the two major parties stepping down for questionable ethical behavior? Who’d a thunk i...

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Are you, like many others this summer, considering avoiding the costs & hassles of pricey foreign or domestic travel by having a "staycation" at home? Daily Show commenter John Hodgman (ably backed by Jonathan Coulton on the strin...

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In City of Shadows, Alexey Titareno uses long exposures to create an eerie effect. ...

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Right on, Alene! You took the words right out of my mind! We must do something and not just let Bush creep away at the end of the year!!!

NBC News reports that officials are ordering at least 10,000 people to evacuate Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after the Cedar River breached an earthen...

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Remember the heterosexual AIDS pandemic? There isn't one outside of Africa. Actually, there never was. Well, at least not for straight people. ...

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Baby please don't go, baby please don't go, baby please don't go down to New Orleans, I love you so, baby please don't go. ...

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Interested in making your own media and becoming what is now called a placeblogger? Listen as 12 folks, including me, provide first-hand inform...

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Use this thread for debates, arguments and discussions about issues that aren't covered by the postings we put up on the blog. This will allow...

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Blackboards were wiped after use: they were meant for immediate communication, not for record. Even as they were being used, their messages wer...

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The wife of a junior official in Zimbabwe's opposition party was mutilated and then burned alive last Friday, according to The (London) Times....

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