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Prop 8 Struck Down

California judge strikes down Prop 8 (PDF)…

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Top Secret America

A fountain of information from the Washington Post… 854,000 with top-secret access.

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Drugs Inc. – Meth Episode

A look at the ins-and-outs of meth

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Billion Bug Highway

Fantastic animation/report from NPR to cleanse the palate today… It’s about billions of bugs in the sky.

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Aimee Sword Convicted

Sword gets 30 years for sex with son…

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USA V. Arizona (PDF)

The Justice Department has officially filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona over still yet to be enacted SB1070. Read the filing here (PDF).

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Meghan McCain Wants Attention, She Gets It

I know what you’re thinking… I can’t read the title of that book! It’s backwards!

Wait, was I wrong? Meghan McCain, daughter of Presidential second-placer John McCain, posted the above photo on her Twitter stream (she currently has 60k followers) last night around 8PM. She followed up about 30 minutes later with a series of ‘tweets’ (jesus, I hate the language of Twitter) suggesting she was getting evil responses to her picture. Here’s a timeline of her responses……


Craigslist Drops ‘Erotic Services’ Section

In the wake of the Craigslist Murders, the anything-goes website has decided to drop a controversial ‘erotic services’ section. This section was essentially filled with blatant as well as masked prostitution offers. When I talked to Craig Newmark, the founder of the website, last week he didn’t seem comfortable with budging on this section. Newmark always falls back on an ‘enter at your own risk’ argument.

The section will disappear entirely in the next few days. But I’d bet you…


More Topless Miss California Photos Leak Before Trump Presser – Update: Fakes?

TMZ took what may be a parting shot at Miss California, Carrie Prejan, this morning. The website, which has mocked other websites for releasing topless photos of the ‘opposite marriage’ contestant. Donald Trump is speaking right now, I’ll follow up with his final judgment in minutes…

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Nevada Gov Busted With Playmate

The photo that accompanies this column is exactly what it appears to be — your governor embracing a woman in a dark parking lot.

For some of you, this photo, taken last Saturday at the Reno Rodeo, is legitimate news because you believe it may call into question the judgment and moral character of Gov. Jim Gibbons, the most public of our public officials. For others it’s the lowest form of paparazzi journalism, invading the privacy of a


Lara Logan Sex Scandal Update

Burkett’s wife, Kimberly, also accuses Logan of teaming up with him to take her 3-year-old daughter away, according to the source.

A close pal of Logan, who confirmed the allegations to The Post, said Burkett’s marriage to Kimberly was already finished six months before they sparked up a relationship.

“She is not the cause of their divorce,” the friend told The Post yesterday.

“It was going to happen.”

The pal also said Logan was particularly hurt by the