tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51256492011-09-01T18:27:59.569-07:00Blogging in Berkeley. Notes on news, politics, law, and technology in the US and China. [This blog is inactive. I am now staying busy and having a great time at UVA Law.]Theodorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479130183845098672noreply@blogger.comBlogger4111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125649.post-1157897561262010482006-09-10T07:12:00.000-07:002006-09-10T07:12:41.376-07:00

Tag jurisdiction...Iranian Jews sue ex-president Khatami - Yahoo! News: "NEW YORK - A group of Jewish Iranians who say their missing relatives were kidnapped and tortured by the Iranian government have sued the country's former president, delivering the summons to him directly while he was visiting the United States. "

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Judge to lawyers: Play the game - Jun. 7, 2006: "NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - Faced with the inability of two bickering attorneys to resolve even the most innocuous scheduling questions without his intervention, a Florida federal judge yesterday ordered the two to meet on the steps of the federal courthouse and resolve their latest quarrel by playing 'one (1) game of 'rock, paper, scissors.' '"ORDERED

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Portrait of Mao to go under hammer and sickle: "BEIJING (Reuters) - Mao Zedong, the founder of Communist China, is to fall victim to a distinctly capitalist tradition when his portrait goes up for auction next month.The original model for the Mao painting that hung above Tiananmen Square, the symbolic heart of the China's Communist revolution, is expected to fetch 1 million to 1.2 million yuan (

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ABC News: Baghdad Journal: May 7, 2006: "I survived Fallujah, but the treadmill nearly got me. If you have followed any news from Iraq, you know the power here is only on for about eight hours a day, and that is a good day. One grows quite used to the lights going on and off and on and off, and generators turning on and off, etc.Nevertheless, I wasn't thinking about any of this as I was going for

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ABC News: Baghdad Journal: May 7, 2006: "I survived Fallujah, but the treadmill nearly got me. If you have followed any news from Iraq, you know the power here is only on for about eight hours a day, and that is a good day. One grows quite used to the lights going on and off and on and off, and generators turning on and off, etc.Nevertheless, I wasn't thinking about any of this as I was going for

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Nice, it's already made it to his Wikipedia entry...Patrick J. Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "On May 4, 2006, at approximately 2:45 a.m., Patrick Kennedy was operating a motor vehicle with its lights turned off in the darkness. He collided with a parked Capitol police cruiser before smashing into a security barricade at First and C streets Southeast at 3 a.m. The officer approached

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Wow...how corrupt are these cops that they think they can cover up an incident like this? This is something out of another decade...and what is it with Kennedys and cars anyway? I'd never take a ride with any of them.DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2006?: "ROLL CALL reports: According to a letter sent by Officer Greg Baird, acting chairman of the USCP FOP, the wreck took place at approximately 2:45 a.m.

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In the Roberts Court, More Room for Argument - New York Times: "While it is too soon for substantive appraisals of the first year of the Roberts court, it is not too soon for stylistic observations about what is clearly, in the view of lawyers who have appeared there this term, a different court.'The tone has changed,' Prof. Richard J. Lazarus of the Georgetown University Law Center, where he

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That a gruesome scene like this is even possible in our society is degrading to us all...CNN.com - Killer executed the hard way - May 2, 2006: "COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) -- A double murderer was put to death in Ohio Tuesday but not until after one of his veins collapsed, causing the condemned man to sit up and tell his executioners, 'It's not working,' officials said."

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Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Case - New York Times: "The former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith was given a new chance by the Supreme Court today to try to get part of the vast fortune of her late husband, a Texas oil tycoon who was six decades her senior.Skip to next paragraphThe justices were unanimous in finding that Ms. Smith, who is also known as Vickie Lynn Marshall, could pursue

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United Press International?-?The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "A four-legged illegal alien captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona has been granted what amounts to unconditional amnesty.'Minute Mutt,' a 3-month-old puppy picked up last week with a group of illegal aliens, faced immediate deportation after no one claimed ownership, The Washington Times reported Sunday.Fortunately,

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This is totally unacceptable...Deputies' feelings trumped her rights: "I'm pretty sure we all have a right to close our blinds and lock our doors to keep police from peeking or barging in without a warrant, at least when there is no emergency going on.A garage door was still open. Lutz stood where he could block the safety beam to prevent it from closing. He heard the closer activate but the door

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Brigade de l'Argent des Fran?ais: La BAF crash la manif des Islamistes contre les caricaturesVideo of Muslims in France bullying two lone counter-protesters. They will take advantage of Western free speech when in Western nations (rights they don't have in their own countries), and here they attack other people for exercising their own rights to free speech. Helllloooooo irony.

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Malaysia weighs concerns of Muslim space travelers??Reuters.com: "BANGI, Malaysia (Reuters) - As Malaysia prepares to pick its first astronaut, the country's space agency is hunting for solutions to the problems it expects devout Muslims to face while in orbit, such as in which direction to pray."

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IR // News // Judge Hints at Code in 'Da Vinci' Ruling: "LONDON - The judge who presided at the 'Da Vinci Code' copyright infringement trial has put a code of his own into his ruling, and he said Wednesday he would 'probably' confirm it to the person who breaks it.Since Judge Peter Smith delivered his ruling April 7, lawyers in London and New York began noticing odd italicizations in the 71-page

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The Volokh Conspiracy - An Unintentionally Funny Article by Former Duke Law Professor Michael Byers: "An Unintentionally Funny Article by Former Duke Law Professor Michael Byers explaining why he gave up his U.S. green card and returned to Canada, in the Globe and Mail (hat tip: Leiter). For example, he claims:'[After 9/11], fear replaced curiosity as the standard response to things unknown.

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Unreal...BREITBART.COM - Iran Ready to Transfer Nuclear Know-How: "Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that the country is ready to transfer its nuclear technology to other countries. Meanwhile, Tehran threatened to halt all cooperation with the U.N. atomic energy agency if the U.N. Security Council imposes sanctions, warning that it might hide its nuclear program if the West takes any other '

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Chron.com Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can't Be Fired: "NEW YORK ? Saying surfing the web is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone, an administrative law judge has suggested that only a reprimand is appropriate as punishment for a city worker accused of failing to heed warnings to stay off the Internet.Administrative Law Judge John Spooner reached his decision in the case of

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Overreacting to Protest: "WENYI WANG acted rudely when she yelled and waved a banner at visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao during his White House appearance Thursday. The Secret Service was right to hustle her off the grounds. President Bush was right to apologize. But does Ms. Wang deserve to go to prison for six months? That might be the response to embarrassing and rude speech in Beijing. It

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Guardian Unlimited Special reports Chinese flee backlash from Pacific cold war: "Australia and New Zealand sent more troops to the troubled Solomon Islands yesterday as Chinese residents continued to flee violence sparked by claims of electoral corruption.The former British protectorate, with a population of little more than 500,000, was the scene of riots and looting last week that destroyed

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'South Park' creators banned from showing image of Islamic prophet -- Beliefnet.com: "Parker and Stone were angered when told by Comedy Central several weeks ago that they could not run an image of Muhammad, according to a person close to the show who did not want to be identified because of the issue's sensitivity.The network's decision was made over concerns for public safety, the person

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Report Alleges Semel's Yahoo Helped China Again - Forbes.com: "Lijun, 39, is serving a four-year prison term after being convicted in November 2003. The verdict published on the Reporters Without Borders Web site and translated by the Dui Hua Foundation said that Jiang Lijun had 'used the Internet? to promote so-called Western-style democracy,' and 'advocate that our country implement a

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Slashdot Yahoo! Allegedly Helps Beijing Arrest a Third Reporter: "'According to a damning press release from Reporters without Borders, Yahoo has helped Beijing to locate, arrest, and imprison a 3rd reporter. This latest incident occurs about 2 months after Yahoo testified, under oath in front of Congress, that the company regrets being 'forced' to help Beijing.' "

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Hu's Visit Bigger For China Than U.S. - CBS News: "The 21-gun salute China?s President Hu Jintao receives on the South Lawn of the White House this week is likely to appear a lot more impressive in Beijing than it will in Washington. The fact that there will be no state dinner honoring Hu will be downplayed, while what the White House calls a 'social' lunch with President Bush and the

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ABC News: Hawaii May Honor Humuhumunukunukuapuaa: "HONOLULU Apr 18, 2006 (AP)? The humuhumunukunukuapuaa officially lost its title as the state fish more than a decade ago but is set to reclaim the honor.A bill reinstating the critter known as humuhumu for short passed the Legislature on Monday and heads next to the office of Gov. Linda Lingle for a signature.The little fish with the long name

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ABC News: Hawaii May Honor Humuhumunukunukuapuaa: "HONOLULU Apr 18, 2006 (AP)? The humuhumunukunukuapuaa officially lost its title as the state fish more than a decade ago but is set to reclaim the honor.A bill reinstating the critter known as humuhumu for short passed the Legislature on Monday and heads next to the office of Gov. Linda Lingle for a signature.The little fish with the long name

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TKS on National Review Online: "We've learned that when the issue is the First Amendment right to publish something offensive to Muslims, the first to fold and capitulate are newspapers, television networks, and bookstores! The ones who are supposed to be the most staunch defenders of our First Amendment freedoms! And who rallied to insist that no, the Islamic rules for blasphemy do not apply to

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"Iran president filth" got 4 fired - Persian Journal Iran news, Latest iran news Iranian newspaper women zan: "Iran prez arrests 4 over text messageFires head of phone company, sues over claim he doesn't washWhen Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got an anonymous text message suggesting he didn't wash enough, he did not take it lying down.He fired the president of the phone company, had four

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For Visitors, Graveyard Holds Memories of a Bloody Era - New York Times: "CHONGQING, China, April 7 ? One of the many unexpected things about the small graveyard here where Xi Qingsheng buried his mother during the mayhem of the Cultural Revolution is that it still exists.The rusted front gate, locked for many years, opens into a walled cemetery that amounts to a time capsule from an era the

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Fascinating...but could the transfer (bribe) to save her husband have really been 3.5 BILLION brittish pounds? They must mean millions...MGGPillai.com :: [Independent] Rise of Chinese whizzkid ends in lethal injection: "Yuan Baojing's remarkable rise from rural poverty to the head of a multi-billion-pound investment group ended with a lethal injection. The stock market whizzkid has been executed

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Chinese man bids to sell his soul on auction site - Yahoo! News: "SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Some might call it an auction to die for, as the Chinese observe their traditional Qing Ming festival honouring the dead.A man in his late 20s in Jiaxing, a city near Shanghai, has attempted to sell his soul on Taobao, China's top online auction site, attracting bids from some 58 soul-searching buyers before

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Spitzer Sues 'Spyware' Co. Over Pop-Up Ads - Yahoo! News: "ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's attorney general sued another Internet pop-up advertising company Tuesday, accusing it of secretly installing malicious programs on personal computers and sending ads through 'spyware' that is already installed.Eliot Spitzer said Direct Revenue LLC has installed millions of pop-up ad programs that also monitor

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MercuryNews.com 03/31/2006 Free Harvard tuition for students from low-income homes: "Harvard University, the oldest college in the United States, said students from families with a combined income of $60,000 or less can attend the school for free.The new program, the most generous in the eight-school Ivy League, will begin in September, the school said in a statement. Its plan also reduces the

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Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Friendly Greeting: "I suppose across the world their are various ways to greet someone. Looks like Italy is definitely the friendliest. This is Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi greeting a traffic cop just before he gets in his limousine."

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China says it will close new Rolling Stone magazine - Mark Magnier :: China Digital Times (CDT) ??????: "Rolling Stone has hit a wall.The rock-and-roll publication entered the Chinese market early this month with a huge splash, including billboard advertisements, a 125,000-copy roll-out and free 'Rolling Stone' hats with each copy. On yesterday, regulators said they were shutting it down after

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Hemlock: "The working day starts in a deserted hotel ballroom. Rows of chairs face a dais, which has a long table on it. Behind it is an expanse of scarlet curtain and a cheap polystyrene and cardboard sign. My suggested snappy slogan ? ?Another year of mindless, impulsive deal-making and obscene shareholder returns? ? was rejected in favour of the more prosaic, even moronic, ?S-Meg Holdings 2005

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South Carolina corruption.GreenvilleOnline.com -Local News-Bauer not ticketed after being clocked at 101 mph - (3/29/2006): "COLUMBIA ? Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer was stopped twice for speeding in the last four months ? once for going 101 miles per hour in his state car ? but wasn't issued a citation, state records show.Bauer last week denied to a reporter for The Greenville News that he had been

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BostonHerald.com - Local / Regional News: ?Sopranos? stars divided on bawdy body language: "Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says anybody who thinks his Sicilian gesture was obscene has been watching ?too many episodes of ?The Sopranos,? ? but a star of the TV mob hit says such body language is just as injudicious in real life.?It?s an obscenity,? Joseph Gannascoli, who plays capo Vito

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BostonHerald.com - Local / Regional News: ?Sopranos? stars divided on bawdy body language: "Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says anybody who thinks his Sicilian gesture was obscene has been watching ?too many episodes of ?The Sopranos,? ? but a star of the TV mob hit says such body language is just as injudicious in real life.?It?s an obscenity,? Joseph Gannascoli, who plays capo Vito

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Impact Lab - Losing Faith In Television: "A new survey from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and Forrester Research found that 78% of advertisers feel that over the last two years television advertising has lost effectiveness, and ? as a direct result ? marketers are exploring emerging technologies to help bolster their television advertising spend.The world of advertising will never

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Ben Maller : Archives: "The traditional blood sport of cockfighting has not made its way into baseball's fabric, and it probably never will considering that it is illegal in 48 states and the District of Columbia. So imagine the surprise of two Phillies season-ticket holders when they recently played a Phillies highlights DVD only to find a Spanish-language cockfighting video, according to the

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High school was time of torment: "On April 10, Ghyslain Raza's $160,000 lawsuit against three ex-classmates is to be heard by a Quebec Court judge in Trois Rivieres. Raza - who gained notoriety in 2003 as the 'Star Wars Kid' - is suing his former classmates for posting a private video of him wielding a mock 'light sabre' on the Internet."

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Inside Bay Area - IBA - Bay Area Living: "Concerns about hard-to-open packaging may not be just about consumer inconvenience. According to 2001 Census Bureau data, people suffered more than twice as many injuries related to household packaging and containers than from skateboards or swimming pools (although those numbers include injuries that involve dropping a package on a foot).And British

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Old but interesting:6abc.com: Legal Loophole Ends Bigamy Case: "You can't get married if you're already married.That's the legal loophole that has led Virginia authorities to drop bigamy charges against Charles Hicks. Court records show he was married to seven women over the last 40 years.Officials say he got hitched three times while married to someone else. But under Virginia law, the marriages

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Turkmen president offers a place in heaven to his readers - Yahoo! News: "ASHGABAT (AFP) - Turkmenistan's president-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov announced on state television that anyone reading his philosophical work three times would be assured a place in heaven."

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German court prescribes viagra for stallion - Yahoo! News: "BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court ordered viagra to be given to a stallion after his new owner claimed he was impotent and refused to pay the full asking price.The buyer of the horse called Vedor paid just a tenth of the price of over 4,000 euros (2,772 pounds), claiming it had only one testicle and failed to get frisky with a female

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Tampabay: Horse sense and the law: "Robyn Pelszynski trained with experts to provide the ultimate in relaxing messages to Fancy, her 15-year-old gray Arabian horse. Looking for some part-time work, she then inquired about getting a license as a horse massage therapist in Pasco County.Pelszynski says she was turned away. Florida law gets murky when it comes to holistic therapies for animals, such

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Judge refuses request to end baby boy's treatment - Yahoo! News: "LONDON (Reuters) - A High Court judge on Wednesday refused a request from doctors to turn off a ventilator keeping alive an 18-month-old boy with incurable spinal muscular atrophy.The boy's parents had opposed their request, arguing that although he was severely physically disabled, the boy could still enjoy spending time with his

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Oddly Enough News Article Reuters.com: "BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in eastern China can tap the country's first human body odor bank to help their dogs get a nose for criminals, Xinhua news agency said.The facility in the city of Nanjing has a collection of 500 different smells, meant for comparison with samples taken from crime scenes. They are kept on ice -- at minus 18 degrees Celsius (0

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Oddly Enough News Article Reuters.com: "BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in eastern China can tap the country's first human body odor bank to help their dogs get a nose for criminals, Xinhua news agency said.The facility in the city of Nanjing has a collection of 500 different smells, meant for comparison with samples taken from crime scenes. They are kept on ice -- at minus 18 degrees Celsius (0

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Scalia critical of what he calls the 'judge-moralist' - Boston.com: "BOSTON --U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia railed against the era of the 'judge-moralist,' saying judges are no better qualified than 'Joe Sixpack' to decide moral questions such as abortion and gay marriage. 'Anyone who thinks the country's most prominent lawyers reflect the views of the people needs a reality check,'

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A spoof hits China's Web - and a star is born csmonitor.com: "BEIJING ? An underground video sweeping Chinese cyberspace has half the country cracking up.Titled 'A Murder Caused by Mantou,' the video is a spoof of a new film, 'The Promise,' by famed director Chen Kaige."

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A spoof hits China's Web - and a star is born csmonitor.com: "BEIJING ? An underground video sweeping Chinese cyberspace has half the country cracking up.Titled 'A Murder Caused by Mantou,' the video is a spoof of a new film, 'The Promise,' by famed director Chen Kaige."

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WorldNetDaily: Snorer in the court? Ruth Bader Ginsburg snoozes: "According to the Associated Press, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg snoozed during oral arguments today over political redistricting in Texas. "

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McDonald's VideogameRuin the world through corporate greed in this McD's simulator.

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BBC NEWS Middle East No-one else to blame, says Saddam: "Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has told his trial in Baghdad that he alone should be made to answer for the actions of his regime.At the end of a second straight day of prosecution evidence, he said the court should not be trying anyone else - a reference to his seven co-defendants"

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Hemlock: "?We ought to look as if we care what?s going on,? reads the punch line in this morning?s Business Post cartoon strip. It?s not easy. Reading the newspapers in the gwailo?s lair on the top floor of S-Meg Tower, I strain to turn the pages, so heavy are they with the tedium of contemporary world affairs.In the Ming cartoon, investors take the Hang Seng Index up to 15,999 before stepping

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Scientist debunks football strategy - LiveScience - MSNBC.com: "It's fourth-and-goal in the first quarter of an important National Football League game. The fans rally for the coach to go for it, but they know he probably won't. As usual, the kicker trots out.Obviously the conservative coach knows something the fans don't. He's analyzed the numbers and is making a sound judgment.Right?Actually,

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Astronomers claim 10th planet: "US astronomers have discovered an object in the outer reaches of the solar system -- a rock bigger than pluto, which they labelled as the 10th planet. If confirmed, the discovery would be the first of a planet since pluto was identified in 1930. 'Get out your pens. Start re-writing textbooks today,' Mike Brown, a planetary scientist at the California Institute

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ABC7Chicago.com: After chase, man ends up in own courtroom: "An Iowa man who led officers on a highway chase that ended at the Clay County Courthouse Wednesday ran inside and tried to barricade himself in the courtroom where he was scheduled to appear, authorities said. The Clay County Sheriff's Office was asked to help find a pickup truck suspected in a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 29

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Chinese delegation heads to North Korea: "A Chinese Communist Party delegation is heading to North Korea for the first leg of a three-nation regional tour. The envoys left just hours before US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was expected to press for North Korea to return to multilateral talks on its nuclear drive in Beijing. The delegation is travelling at the invitation of the Worker's

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Londoners Take Pride in 'Blitz Spirit': "Amid the twisted metal and mangled bodies left by Thursday's devastating bomb attacks, Londoners took pride in their tradition of fortitude and quiet defiance. 'As Brits, we'll carry on _ it doesn't scare us at all,' said 37-year-old tour guide Michael Cahill. 'Look, loads of people are walking down the streets. It's Great Britain _ not called 'Great'

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Bush Involved in Bike Crash in Scotland - Yahoo! News: "GLENEAGLES, Scotland - President Bush collided with a local police officer and fell during a bike ride on the grounds of the Gleneagles golf resort while attending a meeting of world leaders Wednesday." This makes two bike crashes, one Segway wreck, and a potato chip choking incident so far...thank goodness he doesn't skydive like his

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Law.com has profiles of the people believed to be involved in the selection process for replacing Justice O'Connor:Bush's Key Players

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MSNBC Analyst Says Cooper Documents Reveal Karl Rove as Source in Plame Case: "NEW YORK Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source, and what might happen to him or her. Friday night, on the syndicated McLaughlin Group

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"NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The successor to retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will shape the direction of our nation's democratic experiment, one of nine individuals charged with deciding such crucial issues as the separation of church and state, the extent of power the federal government can exert over the states and possibly even deciding who will become the next president.But one

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C&L has a 5 minute clip from CNN of former Supreme Court Nominee Robert Bork talking about O'Connor's legacy and the next nominee. VIDEO: Bork on CNN

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KQED | Forum: China's Bid for California Based-Unocal: "China's Bid for California Based-Unocal" Good program with some good experts.

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law.com - Article: "A critic of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that governments may seize private property for economic development is suggesting the process be used to replace Justice David Souter's New Hampshire home with a hotel. 'The justification for such an eminent domain action is that our hotel will better serve the public interest as it will bring in economic development and higher

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My Way News: "BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese rioted in a dispute sparked by a lopsided roadside brawl, set fire to cars and wounded six police officers in an outburst likely to worry communist leaders in Beijing desperate to cling on to power. The official Xinhua news agency, in a rare report on a local disturbance, blamed Sunday's riot in Chizhou in dirt-poor eastern Anhui province

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Boffins create zombie dogs | The Other Side | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (27-06-2005): "SCIENTISTS have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans. US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials on humans within years.

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I recently saw an episode from the second season of King of the Hill about a girl joining a school wrestling team. Peggy and Hank Hill had the following exchange:PEGGY: Oh, give me a break. I don't see how having a girl on the team would ruin it. Did a woman judge ruin the Supreme Court?HANK: Yes, and that woman's name was Earl Warren.How often do you find legal humor in an animated TV show?

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Ashcroft Gone, Justice Statues Disrobe: "WASHINGTON -- With barely a word about it, workers at the Justice Department Friday removed the blue drapes that have famously covered two scantily clad statues for the past 3 1/2 years. Spirit of Justice, with her one breast exposed and her arms raised, and the bare-chested male Majesty of Law basked in the late afternoon light of Justice's ceremonial

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Italy seeks 'CIA kidnap agents': "Italian authorities have issued arrest warrants for 13 people they claim are agents 'linked to the CIA'. The suspects are accused of abducting an Islamic cleric in Milan in 2003 and flying him to Egypt for interrogation. Osama Mustafa Hassan, also known as Abu Omar, was already being investigated in Italy as part of a terrorism inquiry.

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China's Haier bids $1.28 bln for Maytag - Yahoo! News: "SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Haier Group, the top Chinese appliance maker, and private equity giants Bain Capital and Blackstone Group have bid $1.28 billion for Maytag Corp., the No. 4 U.S. appliance maker, topping an offer from U.S. private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings LLC."

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My Way News: "JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel publicly apologized to the United States on Sunday over arms exports to China that have drawn criticism from Washington and strained U.S.-Israeli security ties. 'It is impossible to hide the crisis between Israel and the United States with regard to the security industries. We are doing everything possible to put it behind us,' Israeli Foreign Minister

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law.com - Article: "William H. Rehnquist was tapped to be chief justice 19 years ago today, and while conventional wisdom says his combination of age and cancer won't allow him to stay around for a 20th, some court watchers are not so sure. They point out that he looks better than he had been, is keeping a regular schedule and, maybe most important of all, still loves his work. All that adds up

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'One way or another' N.Korea to lose nukes - U.S.: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration, under fire for what critics call its failed North Korea policy, expressed confidence on Tuesday that 'one way or another' Pyongyang ultimately would give up its nuclear weapons. 'One way or another they're not going to have these systems,' said Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the

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After 2,000 Years, a Seed From Ancient Judea Sprouts - New York Times: "JERUSALEM, June 11 - Israeli doctors and scientists have succeeded in germinating a date seed nearly 2,000 years old. The seed, nicknamed Methuselah, was taken from an excavation at Masada, the cliff fortress where, in A.D. 73, 960 Jewish zealots died by their own hand, rather than surrender to a Roman assault. The point is

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Analysts missed Chinese buildup - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - June 09, 2005:"Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said in Singapore over the weekend that China has hidden its defense spending and is expanding its missile forces despite facing no threats. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also expressed worries this week about China's expanding military capabilities.Among the

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Bush: 77 Kerry: 76 Bush wins again by a slight margin... Yale grades portray Kerry as a lackluster student - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Washington - News: "WASHINGTON -- During last year's presidential campaign, John F. Kerry was the candidate often portrayed as intellectual and complex, while George W. Bush was the populist who mangled his sentences. But newly released records show that

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The seventh largest city in the United States will be electing a new mayor on June 7th. San Antonio has a choice in this runoff election between two candidates who strike a considerable contrast: Judge Phil Hardberger and Julian Castro. The pseudonymous "Cincinattius" at The Jeffersonian Blog supports Hardberger. I have linked and excerpted his endorsement; it is followed by my own response.

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High Court Sides With Inmates on Religion: "WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court sided with a witch, a Satanist and a racial separatist Tuesday, upholding a federal law requiring state prisons to accommodate the religious affiliations of inmates. The three Ohio prisoners and others sued under the 2000 federal law, claiming they were denied access to religious literature and ceremonial items and

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Court Overturns Arthur Andersen Conviction: "WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court threw out the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents, ruling unanimously Tuesday that the jury instructions were too broad. The decision was a defeat for the Bush administration, which had declared prosecution of white-collar criminals a high priority following

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VOA News - Hong Kong Reporter Detained in China: "A Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore's largest English language daily has been detained in China for allegedly obtaining state secrets. Ching Cheong, the China correspondent for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper, is said to have been arrested on April 22 in the southern city of Guangzhou. Mr. Ching's wife, Mary Lau, told Hong Kong

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Protesters at the entrance. The Telegraph Ave. bumper sticker guy attended as well.The following summary is based solely on notes I took at the event. Condoleezza RiceCommonwealth Club Speech and Q&ADavies Symphony HallMay 27, 2005There was a high level of security outside of the event; one street next to Davies Hall was blocked off by police. There appeared to be about 40 to 60 protesters,

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law.com - Article: "The takeover of China's Harbin Brewery Group last summer was filled with nail-biting excitement worthy of any M&A deal on Wall Street. In May 2004 Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., acquired 29 percent of the Hong Kong-listed company's shares. In turn, London-based SABMiller, which already owned over 29 percent of Harbin, launched a hostile takeover of the Chinese company three

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My Way News: "WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court, re-entering the abortion debate amid burgeoning speculation about Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's retirement, agreed Monday to hear an appeal of a decision striking down a state parental notification law. Justices will review a lower court ruling that struck down such a law in New Hampshire. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

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Juan Non-Volokh on NYT and filibusters- The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "NYT on Filibusters -- Then and Now: Today the NYT editorializes against elimination of the judicial filibuster. According to the Times' editorialists, the filibuster and other modes of obstruction are 'all part of the Senate's time-honored deliberative role and of its protection of minority rights, which Republican leaders

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ABC News: Court Strikes Down Ban on Wine Shipments: "Wine lovers may buy directly from out-of-state vineyards, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, striking down laws banning a practice that has flourished because of the Internet and growing popularity of winery tours. The 5-4 decision overturns laws in New York and Michigan, which supporters said were aimed at protecting local wineries and limiting

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Chinese TV show's cat slinging act draws fire from pet lovers - Yahoo! News: "BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese television channel was reportedly forced to apologize after receiving complaints from pet lovers about a programme in which a cat was thrown out of a four-storey building. The Travel Channel broadcast a feature on May 4 showing how a cat can safely survive even when dropped from great height

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The Dartmouth Online: "Petition candidates Peter Robinson '79 and Todd Zywicki '88 won this year's trustee election, the College announced early Thursday evening, defeating four Alumni Council nominees. Out of over 35,000 votes cast by more than 15,000 alumni, Robinson received 21 percent and Zywicki received 20 percent. Zywicki and Robinson both expressed satisfaction and surprise with their

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1010wins.com: "Security cameras caught the caper on tape, but the picture was too grainy to allow identification of the rustlers. 'I think it was definitely an inside job,' Fischer said. She suspects one of her fellow senators was involved, but she would not name names. One ransom note, signed by the 'Suburban Rustlers,' demanded that she vote for or against certain bills. 'I had to vote for

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Boston.com / Business / 1675 Indian ban puts convention bid at risk: "Boston is a finalist for hosting a big convention for minority journalists, but a 1675 law requiring the arrest of Native Americans who enter Boston could prevent the city from winning the bid. Officials in City Hall and at the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority met yesterday with the executive director of Unity:

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Futures of 2 Military Institutes Uncertain: "The Naval Postgraduate School, which offers the nation's first master's degree in homeland security, is rumored to be on the chopping block, said Monterey deputy city manager Fred Cohn. The Defense Language Institute also could be closed but is less likely to be on the list because of its unique mission. The world's largest language school gives

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law.com - Article: "When the founders of King & Wood -- now the largest law firm in the People's Republic of China -- chose that name 11 years ago, it wasn't about ego. 'Actually, we do not have a Mr. King and a Mr. Wood,' says Wei Zhang, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based partner in the firm. Instead, the firm, hoping to appeal to Western clients, named itself with two Chinese characters that, when

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MLB Sees Fewer HRs Amid Steroid Crackdown: "In the first year of toughened steroid testing, home runs are down in the major leagues for the first time since 2002. Florida Marlins pitcher Todd Jones doesn't think it's a coincidence. He's convinced there's a connection."

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Former Nurse Tells of Hitler's Last Days | Germany | Deutsche Welle |: "According to the Berlin-based daily Berliner Zeitung, a survivor from Hitler's Berlin stronghold has decided to break her silence over what she saw and heard in the final days of the Third Reich. Erna Flegel, a 93-year-old from the German capital, claims to have been the Nazi leader's nurse at the end of World War II and

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The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Laura Bush Talks Naughty: "The coverage of Mrs. Bush's comic debut may change some minds, but for devout Bush-bashers, it's much easier to stay the course. If you live in a blue-state stronghold, a coastal city where you can go 24 hours without meeting any Republicans, it's consoling to think of the red staters as an alien bunch of strait-laced

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Washington Square News: "The dean of NYU's School of Law defended himself at a Town Hall meeting yesterday against complaints that an e-mail he sent out to the law school community criticizing the recent protest against Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was discriminatory and an attempt to silence opposition to the associate justice's visit. 'The balance struck in my message is one I still

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