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DADT Disproportionately Affects Women

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VetVoice In the Air Force, a majority of those removed were women, the first time a service has had such a record since the implementation of the controversial law in 1994, according to Palm Center senior research fellow Nathaniel Frank.
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Adobe Reader Users Targeted Again via Unpatched Vulnerability

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Softpedia News Attackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the latest versions of Adobe's Reader and Acrobat products to compromise computers. The company recommends disabling JavaScript as a temporary solution until a patch is shipped on October 13. ...
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Donovan McNabb to Play Against the Buccaneers Sunday

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OddJack For now, that's what the Birds from Philly are chirping about. That's bad news to this Tampa Bay team that hasn't won anything after four weeks into the 2009 NFL football season. And in case you're not paying attention, yes, quart...
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Inside the Nobel Prize: How a CCD Works

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Gadget Lab This year’s Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded, with the inventors of the CCD getting recognition for the invention which enabled modern digital photography. It has taken a while: Whilst the invention took just one hour, the prize took 40...
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Checking in on Tim and Mitt

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FiveThirtyEight Given the focus on health care, the 2009 gubernatorial races and 2010 congressional cycle, it's surprising how much Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney have been in the news of late. Let's check in on these two 2012 Republican presidential primary f...
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Bob Barker donates $3m to help injured troops

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Hot Momma Gossip A television staple for more than three decades, ‘The New Price is Right’ host, Bob Barker has just donated $3-million to help injured victims of America’s ongoing wars. A former World War II naval pilot himself, the 84-year old host made his worthy donation to help build a new hospital in Bethesda, Maryland,...
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Robert Kaplan on the Regional Dimensions of Afghanistan

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The Washington Note Center for a New American Security Senior Fellow Robert Kaplan has an excellent op-ed in today's New York Times that offers a balanced assessment of the regional and great power dimensions of the United States' involvement in Afghanistan.
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Bacon-Addicted Obese Skunk Put on Diet

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Small Bits & Pieces An obese skunk has been put on a strict diet to help wean him off his addiction to bacon sandwiches. The mammal, named Mr. Bumble, was given to the RSPCA by his previous owners when he became too...
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Tebow or Brantley? LSU to Adjust

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Fan House OK, so we know that Tim Tebow has been cleared to act like Tim Tebow. He can go to class, he can watch TV and game tape, he can tolerate bright lights and he doesn't have a headache. That was Florida coach Urban Meyer's latest med...
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Alessi Laser Shot watch

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SlipperyBrick Who needs old fashioned hands that go around a dial, when you can have lasers? That’s the thinking behind the latest concept watch from Alessi. Supposedly, the Laser Shot watch won’t burn your...
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Bethenny Frankel replaced on The Real Housewives of NYC

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TVsquad BF is nobody's BFF these days... or so it seems. Just days after Bravo announced that three reality stars were getting spinoffs of their own, one of them has made news again. Bethenny Frankel is...
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New Chris Lilley project in the works

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TVsquad Exciting news for both fans of Summer Heights High and men dressing as multiple characters in general! HBO is helping to launch a new Chris Lilley project called Angry Boys, set to begin...
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Employment Report

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Angry Bear Not only was the employment report disappointing, but previously reported encouraging leading indicators of employment were revised away. Most importantly, hours worked...
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Melbourne out for redemption in decider

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The Roar Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy admits nothing his side produces in today’s NRL premiership decider against Parramatta will ever replace the feeling of last year’s embarrassing grand final loss to...
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Weekly Standard Celebrates United States Not Getting The Olympics

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Daily Kos The Weekly Standard  managed a twofer on Friday; they showed both how big of bunch of pseudo-patriotic douchebags they are, and followed that up with a dose of cowardice. This is how they...
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How To Really Take a Day Off from the Madness of Life

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Dumb Little Man I consider myself to be somewhat of a vagabond. After being lucky enough to have the ability to unplug and spend several months traveling, I have realized how important it is to take some time...
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The Mother of All Jobless Recoveries?

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The Big Picture Nice chart via Annaly Capital, showing the “Mother of All Jobless Recoveries.” You can see why the Rutgers study showing a full jobs recovery not taking place until 2017 is very...
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Is That a Server in Your Pocket, or…

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The Next Web Earlier this year I wrote The Internet Connected Home and touched on how our tools are evolving to make this sort of thing a reality. Thanks to a piece in ComputerWorld, now I see the OpenBlocks...
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Isn’t The “Obama Is A Commie” Meme Getting Old?

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Alan Colmes Liberaland A billboard on I-70 in Blue Springs, MO has some motorists upset.  Of course, it’s free speech to say “How do you like your change now? Obama Nation. They are coming for you! The...
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Do You Work Out to Music You Wouldn’t Otherwise Listen To?

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FitSugar Bjork has a song on her album Homogenic titled "Pluto" where she really screams. Or rather moans loudly, repeatedly. It feels like heavy electronica to me, which is not my fave. Although I love...
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