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CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 5:28pm mrmdc

Reuters -- The White House expressed opposition on Friday to any attempt by the U.S. Senate to revise the 2002 resolution that President George W. Bush used to go to war in Iraq. Senate Democrats said they were working on a proposal to rewrite the 2002 resolution.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 5:28pm mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Fresh off a spat with rival Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) says he'd like to see an end to the "tit-for-tat" that dominates politics. The Obama and Clinton campaigns fired off dueling press re.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 5:25pm mrmdc

BBC News -- Canada's Supreme Court has struck down a controversial system that allowed the government to detain and deport foreign-born terror suspects. The nine judges ruled that the security certificate system - in place since 1978 - violated Canada's Charter of.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 5:14pm mrmdc

CNN -- Come and meet those dancing feet, up on 42nd Street -- but only in nightspots with special licenses. The city's 80-year-old cabaret law banning dancing by patrons in ordinary bars and restaurants is legal, the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division r.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 5:13pm mrmdc

CBS News -- Even for New Yorkers who had seen everything, the sight was a jaw dropper: hordes of rats running freely through a closed fast food restaurant in the West Village. Agile, plump, leaping and bounding from table to table, the rodents ran across the floor.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 5:13pm mrmdc

FOX News -- Britain said Friday it would send additional troops to southern Afghanistan in response to NATO's call to bolster forces in the region. Defense Minister Des Browne confirmed the deployment in a statement late Friday — two days after Prime Minister To.. Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 5:11pm mrmdc

MSNBC -- Craig Brewer is happiest making movies about the very things that make most people profoundly uncomfortable. It should come as no surprise that writer-director Craig Brewer’s provocative new film, “Black Snake Moan,” evokes sadomasochism. Brewer.. Read More

LIFE / OPINION Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 5:09pm mrmdc

ABC News -- Most people who meet college student Sarah Fortino would describe her as beautiful, smart and articulate. How would she describe herself? "I am worry. Worry is my life," she said. Fortino is a constant worrier, and two of her biggest fears are flyin.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 4:55pm mrmdc

Alter Net -- In accordance with military regulations, Sgt. Paul Cortez, who pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi, as well as the murder of her family, will be eligible for parole after only 10 years. Sgt. Paul Cortez, the second sol.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 4:55pm mrmdc

MSNBC -- China’s recent anti-satellite weapons test and its continued military buildup are “not consistent” with its stated aim of a peaceful rise as a global power, Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday. In a speech in Sydney, Cheney also expressed wari.. Read More

LIFE / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 4:54pm mrmdc

MSNBC -- For much of the country, it’s Girl Scout cookie time again. And this year, all those cookies, not just the Thin Mints and a few others, will come nearly free of harmful trans fats. The Girl Scouts have marked their 90th year in the cookie business by.. Read More

LIFE / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 4:53pm mrmdc

CBC -- A Statistics Canada employment study suggests that women are no more likely to leave their jobs than their male counterparts, challenging the traditional view that women are more likely to quit because of family obligations. The study, released Friday,.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 4:52pm mrmdc

News.com.au -- A PASSENGER train has derailed overnight in northwest England, Sky News has reported. The 1750 GMT (3.50am AEDT) Virgin train, en route from London to Glasgow derailed in Cumbria in northwest England. Sky News has reported that eight passengers are.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS VIDEO Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 3:24pm mrmdc

Tree Hugger -- Even with gas prices down for now, most of us would love to find a way to cut our fuel costs in half. One enterprising California winery found a way to do just that: replace their mowers with a herd of sheep. The CBS News video above explains how the Nava.. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 3:17pm mrmdc

ABC News -- Could a guilty verdict for a former aide bring further criminal scrutiny of Vice President Dick Cheney? "Yes," said Sol Weisenberg, a former deputy independent counsel to former Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr. As a federal jury delibera.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 3:15pm mrmdc

ABC News -- Annie Laurie Gaylor speaks with a soft voice, but her message catches attention: Keep God out of government. Gaylor has helped transform the Freedom From Religion Foundation from obscurity into the nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics, with.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 3:14pm mrmdc

Guardian Unlimited -- Much of the intelligence on Iran's nuclear facilities provided to UN inspectors by US spy agencies has turned out to be unfounded, diplomatic sources in Vienna said today. The claims, reminiscent of the intelligence fiasco surrounding the Iraq war, coi.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 3:13pm mrmdc

Raw Story -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) says that it's just a coincidence that he and eight other lawmakers received donations of $5,000 each from Merck lobbyists just a few days before mandating the drug giant's HPV cervical cancer vaccine for all females in Texas age.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 10:15am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Almost 2-1/2 years have passed since the Moon plunged completely into the Earth's shadow. But if you live in Europe, Africa, or the eastern half of North America, but sure to put a big circle on your calendar for Saturday, March 3. Unlike an eclipse of.. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 10:14am mrmdc

TPM Muckraker -- he Justice Department has "refused to cooperate" with a congressional analysis of whether the administration's recent firing of U.S. attorneys is unprecedented, according to House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI). Conyers and Rep. Linda Sanchez (.. Read More