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Violence against pregnant women

An article in the Boston Globe today (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2004/12/19/violence_trails_expectant_mothers_d ata_indicate/) cited Washington Post research that suggests...

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Condi Rice Hearing - PM Part 1 - Archived

The morning session of the Condi Rice hearing just ended with a great grilling by Barbara Boxer. The hearings are now adjourned and will restart at 2:30 pm on C-SPAN. Let's use this thread for updates...

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Condi Rice Hearing - PM Part 2 - Archived

The thread has gotten rather long, so here's a new one to (hopefully) finish out the afternoon hearings. Please remember to recommend!The chair made an attempt to see if they could finish up and vote...

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Condi Rice Hearing - PM Edition, Part 3

This should be the last thread for the hearings today. It has been requested that people refrain from posting photos due to the length of these threads.I noted in one of my comments below that there's...

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Live coverage of ANSWER coalition protest is on C-SPAN 2 NOW!

Ramsey Clark is slated to speak.jk;ljk;jkl;jkl;jkl;jkl;jk;ljkl;jk;kl;'kl;'kl';kl;'kl';kl;'kl;' kl';kl';kl';kl;'kl;'kl;'kl;'kl;'kl;'kl;'kl;'kl';kl;'kl';kl;'kl;'kl;'...

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Partial transcript of Mark Dayton on Rice nomination

Through the wonders of TiVo, I was able to back up and transcribe the last part of Mark Dayton's excellent speech on the Senate floor today opposing the nomination of Condoleeza Rice. Update [2005-1-25...

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Ken Rudin comments about Dean on CNN

I've been listening to a pretty decent commentary on CNN about Howard Dean becoming chair of the DNC, so I thought I'd transcribe some of it for those who missed it.Sophia Choi: His failed presidential...

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Blogger Suppression at Boston Globe

The following story appeared in the Ombudsman column on the op ed page of The Boston Globe this morning.Blog reportLast November the Globe learned that technology reporter Hiawatha Bray was posting his...

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One year's salary asked for electrocuted dog

There has been a rash of dog electrocutions this year in Boston. You heard me right. Dogs being walked by their owners step on a manhole cover or in a slushy puddle connected to live underground wires...

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A million people wandering the South...

I was listening to a guy named Tom Foreman, who at the end of an interview with Soledad O'Brien on CNN, pointed out something I've been wondering about. It's the first time I've heard anyone talk about...

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Jack Cafferty on CNN

[From the diaries -- Hunter.] Another example of a newsman calling it like it is. (Transcribed as best I can. )The thing that's most glaring in all of this is that the conditions continue to...

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Katrina was predicted

I did a little research and found this article called "The Big One" from the Times-Picayune that describes today's situation pretty closely. (I'm not sure when this was published; it's post-Georges and...

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CNN attacking "couldn't be predicted" line

CNN's Tom Foreman is doing a bit showing Chertoff saying the hurricane couldn't be predicted, then showing spots of weather forecasters doing just that...But the National Hurricane center was warning...

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Massachusetts Volunteer Information

A few days ago I heard that Massachusetts will be housing 2000 evacuees at Otis Air Force Base, and was looking for how to volunteer. A number of you also expressed interest and asked me to post when...

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CNN suing for right to film the dead - UPDATED

Anderson Cooper just saidIn response to official government statements that the media will be barred from showing photographs of bodies of dead Americans in New Orleans, today CNN filed a lawsuit...

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CNN reporting tornado heading toward Miami

CNN is reporting a tornado sighted in Miami Beach heading toward Miami. If you live in Miami, take precautions! trying to get to 300 characters..................................................

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Bridge blockade on Anderson Cooper (UPDATED with transcript)

Anderson Cooper tonight was the first time I've seen discussion of the bridge blockade by the Gretna police discussed on TV. COOPER: Well, the one fact that no one disputes about this bridge over the...

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Carter speaks out on FEMA

(I haven't seen this diaried - sorry if I missed it.)Jimmy Carter spoke out today against what the Bush administration did to FEMA (an agency which he created). He was shown on CNN saying the...

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Medicare Part D - In the Trenches, Part 1

There's been a lot of discussion lately about the new Medicare drug plan, and how confusing it is for seniors to try to figure out what plan to choose and how to sign up. Especially if they don't have...

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Medicare Part D: The states are paying for it

We've talked in the past about how Medicare Part D has randomly assigned Medicaid recipients to one of the myriad of available plans. And how maybe  50% of these people have gotten assigned to a plan...

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