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Alert the Patriots Tyrants are Ruining Our Country! (20 March 05:25) |
| Unfortunately for Rush, he gave out the toll-free FamiliesUSA number on his show on Tuesday, which meant his anti-reform listeners got a pro-reform message when they tried to call Congress. |
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Nervous Breakdown on the Right Over Health Care (20 March 01:25) |
| We've been so caught up in the day-to-day shenanigans, on both sides, that the truly historic nature of the moment has been missed. A great American injustice is about to be addressed. |
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The Hispanic Caucus Under Pressure (20 March 01:20) |
| This has not been a good political week for the Hispanic community. |
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Dealing With the Detroit School Closures (20 March 01:20) |
| My mother was on the line, going on about the announcement that Detroit Public Schools emergency financial manager Robert Bobb will close 41 school buildings by summer. |
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Conservative Talk Radio vs Grieving 11-Year-Old (19 March 02:10) |
| Aren't there better and tougher targets for Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck than an 11-year-old boy without a mother? |
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Discovery Channels Sequel to Planet Earth (19 March 02:10) |
| Truth be told, the eleven episodes of Life - coproduced with the BBC and narrated by Oprah Winfrey - are essentially just eleven more episodes of Planet Earth. |
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11th Hour Sell (19 March 02:05) |
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You Can Take the Man Out of Politics (19 March 02:05) |
| Just when we thought Dennis Kucinich was the last Democrat objecting to the bill because it wasn't progressive enough, enter Rep. Steve Lynch. |
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Dealing With Closure (19 March 02:05) |
| My mother was on the line, going on about the announcement that Detroit Public Schools emergency financial manager Robert Bobb will close 41 school buildings by summer. |
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Study More Children are Extremely Obese (19 March 02:05) |
| A large scale study of children between the ages of 2 to 19 finds that a growing number of young children are extremely obese. |
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Fess Parker 1924-2010 (19 March 02:05) |
| Fess Parker, star of numerous Disney movies (Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier) -- and TV's Daniel Boone -- has died at age 85. |
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How to Drive Down Health-Care Costs Treat People Like Dogs (19 March 02:05) |
| There's a piece by a veterinarian in the current issue of Newsweek that makes the case for structuring the human health-care system more like the one we have for animals. |
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David Petraeus and the Wrath of Commentary (18 March 03:05) |
| There's been a resounding silence over at the Commentary blog about the Centcom report, approved by David Petraeus, that identifies Israeli intransigence as a problem for the U.S. military i... |
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Amanpour to ABCs This Week A Waste of Talent (18 March 03:05) |
| Going outside its current stable of reporters and anchors, ABC is hiring longtime CNN international reporter Christiane Amanpour to host the Sunday-morning This Week interview show vacated b... |
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Razor Blades and Other Little Rip-Offs (18 March 03:05) |
| Printer ink -- which often costs more than the damn printer itself -- immediately comes to mind. So do razor blade cartridges that cost more than $4 a pop. |
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At Last the CBO Report on Health Reform (18 March 03:00) |
| Here's the 25-page Congressional Budget Office "preliminary estimate" of the Senate bill with the House package of changes. |
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Razor Blades and Other Little Ripoffs (18 March 03:00) |
| Printer ink -- which often costs more than the damn printer itself -- immediately comes to mind. So do razor blade cartridges that cost more than $4 a pop. |
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Fox News and Obama All About Process (18 March 02:55) |
| As Jay and I have pointed out, by the time Election Day rolls around, most voters probably won't care much what procedures or sweetheart deals Democrats employed in their efforts to pass hea... |
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Idol Watch A Singer Goes a Gimmick Stays (18 March 02:55) |
| You know what gimmick I'd like to see Idol bring back? The half-hour results show! |
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Tick Tock (18 March 02:45) |
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Fox News Cares About Process Even if Most Voters Dont (18 March 02:45) |
| As Jay and I have pointed out, by the time Election Day rolls around, most voters probably won't care much what procedures or sweetheart deals Democrats employed in their efforts to pass hea... |
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Detroit Events Worth Noting (18 March 02:45) |
| New Detroit, Inc., Marygrove College and Wayne State University are heading a one-day symposium called "Taking Charge of Our Story" for journalists, educators, business and community leaders... |
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Jay On Top Dave amp Jimmy Still Sniping Conan and Fox Getting Closer (18 March 02:45) |
| Two weeks into his restoration, Jay Leno is still leading David Letterman in the ratings, albeit with fewer viewers than when he left the Tonight Show. |
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Congress Passes A Jobs Bill Good For It (18 March 02:45) |
| The Senate today passed by a 68-29 margin a $17.6-billion measure intended to spur hiring nationwide, sending the bill to the White House for the president's expected signature |
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Food Stamp Foodies (18 March 02:45) |
| "I'm sort of a foodie, and I'm not going to do the 'living off ramen' thing," said one 31-year-old resident of Baltimore who recently qualified for $200 a month in food stamps. |
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How Bananas Could Help Prevent the Spread of HIV (17 March 02:50) |
| In laboratory tests, a chemical derived from bananas proved as effective against HIV as two currently used pharmaceuticals. |
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How Family Meals Benefit Asthmatic Kids (17 March 01:35) |
| For asthmatic children frequent family meals can help reduce separation anxiety and stress, which can exacerbate asthma symptoms. |
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Kucinich Says Hell Vote For Health Care Reform (17 March 01:30) |
| Ohio Congressman and former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich today announced his support for health care reform. |
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Morning-After Pill May Not Reduce Pregnancies (17 March 01:30) |
| Access to emergency contraception also did not lower the rate of unwanted pregnancies. |
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Lost Watch Good Cop Bad Cop (17 March 01:30) |
| In the end, I'm not rooting for any of the chess players who are trying to use our characters as pawns; I'm rooting for the pawns to fight back and not let themselves be played. |
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American Idol Judging the Final 12 (17 March 01:15) |
| The final twelve contestants belt it out for the judges. |
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No 2 Showdown (17 March 01:10) |
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Self-Executing Hypocrisy Democratic Edition (17 March 01:10) |
| As Michael notes, hypocrisy is a well-established parliamentary procedure. |
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Detroits Mayor Weighs What To Do With A Local Airport (17 March 01:10) |
| Interesting to see that Detroit mayor Dave Bing and members of his administration are looking at ways to breathe more vitality into an institution. |
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Why Pressing China on the Yuan Wont Work (17 March 01:10) |
| The new bill clearly shows how politicized the yuan has become and the growing anger China's currency policies are creating around the world. |
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Are Sovereign Debt Crises Inevitable (17 March 01:00) |
| Thanks to the ongoing debacle in Greece, we've become all too aware about the dangers of the rapid build-up of government debt throughout the developed world in the wake of the financial cri... |
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American Idol Judging the Final Twelve (17 March 11:30) |
| The final twelve contestants belt it out for the judges. |
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Hope for a Better Genetic Test for Autism (17 March 05:25) |
| A technique, known as chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA), may offer better, more accurate results than other genetic testsRead more: http://wellness.blogs.time.com/2010/03/16/toward-a-mor... |
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The World According to Jessica Simpson (17 March 05:25) |
| The premise of Jessica Simpson's The Price of Beauty is that Simpson travels the world looking at how different cultures measure female beauty, and the sometimes harmful steps women take to ... |
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The Fed To Stop Buying Mortgages (17 March 05:25) |
| It's not a cause for great worry, though, because the Fed has made it clear that it will resume buying if things begin to unwind. |
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From Job-Hopping to Career Monogamy (17 March 05:25) |
| In the era of the Great Recession workers are eager to stay put in long-term relationships, even if that means a situation that's less fulfilling, less rewarding, and less exciting than play... |
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Is AIPAC Putting Israel First (16 March 09:30) |
| The America-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has issued a statement criticizing the Obama Administration -- not Israel -- for its reaction to the Netanyahu government's recent announc... |
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Preserving Frank Lloyd Wrights Detroit Treasure (16 March 06:20) |
| You've probably heard about Detroit's $100 houses, the burned-out buildings and the empty shells deteriorating block after block.But have you heard about the million-dollar plus renovation h... |
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The Finer Points of HBOs Anti-Entourage (16 March 06:20) |
| Just caught up on How to Make It in America, the first episode to air since the review copies HBO sent me |
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Does Dodds Financial Reform Bill Give Enough Power to the Fed (16 March 06:20) |
| Senator Chris Dodd, the head of the Senate Banking Committee, is out this afternoon with his proposal for an overhaul of financial regulation. The big headline is that the bill gives more po... |
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2009 The Year of Scams -- and Complaints (16 March 06:20) |
| It certainly makes sense that the two go hand in hand. Complaints about cell phone and TV providers rose steeply, and complaints about banks and Internet scams soared |
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A Guide to This Weeks Health Care Final Sprint (16 March 01:50) |
| Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. Here's a brief guide to the health care final sprint (at least the schedule that we can predict) in the House over the next week |
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Thinking Like a Psychopath (16 March 01:50) |
| An overactive dopamine reward system in the brain may help explain why psychopaths pursue rewards without regard for consequences |
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Adding Oxygen to Alcohol to Sober Up Faster (16 March 01:30) |
| Alcoholic beverages that have been pumped full of oxygen may take less time to process in the body -- meaning that drinkers sober up faster |
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The Public Option Could Be Back No Really (16 March 12:40) |
| If it passes, we may well see a public option established in some -- maybe many -- states. |
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