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Oh. My. God.

AP is reporting:

The U.S. Army in Iraq has at least twice seized and jailed the wives of suspected insurgents in hopes of "leveraging" their husbands into surrender, U.S. military documents show.

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Welcome to the Wild, Wild West

So, how many innocent people's lives were endangered in this inter-agency chase and shoot-out in the streets of Jackson? Good to know they recovered a small amount of marijuiana to …

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‘It Just Looks Really Bad'

The picture of how this city (and state?) treats sex with minors is very disturbing to me. Witness this article today about the police officers who allegedly had sex with …

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Why I'm Pro-Choice

I'm beginning to believe that the pro-life movement is made up mainly of a tense alliance between very sincere, deeply religious people and very insincere, deeply cynical people. The people …

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Trading One Depot For Another

While The Home Depot in South Jackson is relocating to Clinton, a new Food Depot debuts on W. Northside Drive this week. Being the nosy person that I am, I …

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Rice's attitude linked to "sexual problems".

Condoleezza Rice's anti-Russian stance based on sexual problems

For the love of all that is good and holy, please read the title to this article in a Russian paper. (Link found on Wonkette).

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A Real Woman

I found this AP article and just wanted to share.

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The definition of Overkill

I found this article online this morning. I picked the CBC article instead of the Reuters version of it for a particular reason.

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Update Re: Woman Who Protested Medicaid Cuts From Bed

After struggling to get my Medicaid coverage back (for now anyway), I wondered what was going on with Dorothy Bishop's situation.

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This Ain't Funny, People!

If people made fun of cancer the way they make fun of mental illness, what kind of society would we have?

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Dr. King: More Than an Icon

Geov Parrish writes for Alternet:

MLK, Jr. Day, the holiday, has devolved into the Mississippi Burning of third Mondays. What started out as gratitude that they made a movie about it, gradually becomes revulsion at …

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ARTICLE: Fetuses Don't Count For Carpools, Court Says

I will no longer use the phrase "Now I've seen everything" ever again.

PHOENIX -- A judge says an Arizona woman's

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Get Fat, Be Happy

I found this AP article online today.

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Councilman Ben Allen's JFP Blog Goes Live

Click here to visit the Councilman's new blog.

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‘Trolling' Anonymously Now Federal Crime

Wow. Declan McCullough of CNET reports: