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The list assignment is out for the 2,996 list. I am just one of the people who has signed up for this very worthy project. 2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11. On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers will join together for a tribute to the...

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Wow

Published on August 17 2006

I just found this story online last night, and started reading the chapters already posted. I am *so* glad they are posting it this way, but damn....what a book this would have made. The Jill Carroll Story My chief captor had an idea about how to prod...

Damn. This is the most over the top example of hoof-in-mouth disease I've seen in a long time. Even *I* couldn't have topped this one--and I am famous for my little problem of speaking before I think. Tramm Hudson Destroys Himself | Redstate Sure wish...

Chavez to visit, bringing 'a good cake' for Castro's birthday

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Mel Gibson's Statement

Published on August 2 2006

ABC News: Mel Gibson's Statement "There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful...

Rusty Yates: 'Case was built on lies' Yates, an engineer at NASA's Johnson Space Center, said he plans to visit his ex-wife regularly, but his role in her life will diminish as he moves on with his own. He remarried in March and now has two stepsons....

Severed hand found in nude dancer's home Two people who knew Kay told The Star-Ledger of Newark that the hand, which Kay nicknamed "Freddy," was a gift from a medical student who frequented an all-nude juice bar where she dances. "She has a flair for...

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Read transcripts of previous shows - MSNBC Transcripts - MSNBC.com July 5: Activist Cindy Sheehan, who is leading a hunger strike against the war in Iraq, tells Norah O’Donnell she would rather live under Hugo Chavez than George W. Bush. O‘DONNELL: You...