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Continue reading …The Pentagon will formally repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell on Sept. 20, and gay service members will be able to quickly read all about it. Defense officials have agreed to allow OutServe magazine, a new publication whose target audience is gay members of the military, to go on sale at…
Continue reading …The words “happy hour” might soon be banned from the Apple lexicon. CNET is reporting that a prototype of the iPhone 5 got left behind in a tequila bar in San Francisco, then sold on Craigslist for $200. The story is based on a single, unnamed source, and no photos…
Continue reading …Venus Williams finally has a name for her biggest foe in tennis: Sjogren’s syndrome. The 31-year-old abruptly withdrew from the US Open today, announcing that she has been diagnosed with Sjogren’s, an autoimmune disease that causes fatigue and joint pain and can lead to longer-term problems. (More details on the…
Continue reading …It’s the ultimate in good news/bad news for a little Hawaiian seabird: Ornithologists have declared the discovery of a new bird species in the US for the first time since 1974, reports Scientific American . But the species—dubbed Bryan’s shearwater—might already be extinct. It seems the bird specimen was…
Continue reading …In an age of 50% divorce rates and even divorce parties comes the inevitable: a divorce ring. The 18K gold ring from Spritzer and Furman—in the shape of a split heart, of course—will set you back $3,200. At the Stir blog , Emily Abbate will pass, thank you…
Continue reading …A facet of the American With Disabilities Act that probably never came up in the planning sessions: A trucking company is being sued by the federal government because it refuses to let an admitted alcoholic drive an 18-wheeler, reports the Heritage Foundation . Because alcoholism is classified as a disability under…
Continue reading …This might not bode well for President Obama’s chances of getting Republicans to go along with his jobs plan: The two sides can’t even agree on when he should unveil it. In response to Obama’s request to address a joint session of Congress on Sept. 7, John Boehner has asked…
Continue reading …An animated video featuring Willie Nelson covering a Coldplay song is getting some buzz for its message against industrial farming, notes AdWeek . Nelson sings “The Scientist” as the video—commissioned by the Chipotle restaurant chain—shows a farmer inflicting the evils of large-scale agriculture on his pigs before returning to…
Continue reading …With his memoir, and accompanying media blitz, Dick Cheney is trying to provoke us into once again discussing the merits of torture, a topic “about as compelling as a debate about the efficacy of slavery or Jim Crow laws,” writes Dahlia Lithwick of Slate . Almost everyone agrees torture isn’t effective,…
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