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Breast-feeding case leads to punishment
"A commuter airline has disciplined a flight attendant who ordered a passenger off a plane for refusing to cover herself with a blanket while breast-feeding her toddler, the airline said...Delta kicks woman off plane for breastfeeding
"What I found interesting and, I guess, disturbing in MSNBC's use of the AP article is the "Also on this Story" section in the middle... notice anything interesting?"Dems grow spine; oppose Military Commissions Act
""The bill goes back and undoes what was done," Dodd told The Hill. Dodd was one of the top critics of the military tribunal bill the GOP hashed out with the White House and was signed into law last month."South Korean Leads Restroom Revolution
"Now, the South Korean politician with those humble roots is leading a movement to beautify the world's toilets in a restroom revolution he insists should not be the target of jokes, but a serious effort that...Radio station uses killer in ad campaign
"A Norweigian radio station has recruited a convicted murderer for an ad campaign that warns if people do not listen, "I'll kill you." The radio spot featuring notorious convict Veronica Orderud is running on Oslo radio station P3 touting Mina Hadjian's show, Aftenposten...Software tells people with same name apart
"The software tool analyzes results of a search engine query, recognizing unique identities within the results, NewScientist.com said. For example, in a search on Google.com, the software differentiated between Michael Jackson the singer and Michael Jackson the beer expert."C-Murder denied lift of interview ban
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that the rapper's attorney requested a lift of the ban, which was imposed Oct. 24th. C-Murder has been on house arrest since March after the Louisiana Supreme...Chinese Net users say China likely banned Wikipedia again
"Barely a week after Wikipedia viewers were able to access the Web site, after a yearlong ban, they on Friday reported that it was blocked again in several parts of China."Anne Frank's tree to be cut down
"The ancient chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she was in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Holland must be cut down, the Amsterdam city council said Tuesday."Why the FBI Is Coming After Me
As a rule, I don't believe in conspiracy theories. They tend to be tidy and selective, whereas life seems so random and messy. But the case of Cuban militant and would-be Fidel Castro assassin Luis Posada Carriles has sorely tested my convictions.NY Times wouldn't know a populist...if one got elected
They start with a discussion of the freshman class in 1994 under Newt Gingrich, which they say was distinctly ideological despite the fact that it was, in reality, deeply populist. Gingrich railed against entrenched Democrats and the day was carried by the House...China sub secretly stalked U.S. fleet
A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected, The Washington Times has learned....Impeaching Bush [VIDEO]
"Four-term congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, who played a key role in the impeachment of Richard Nixon, isn't surprised that top Democrats aren't leading the way on impeachment. According to her, after the election of 197"U.N.: Lack of sanitation has human cost
The humble flush toilet, taken for granted in most rich countries, could be a cheap but powerful tool to reduce childhood deaths and boost global development, a U.N. report said Thursday.
