Diehl takes issue with comments on Visitor Bureau

Seeded on Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:00 PM EST (CNET News.com)

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Bubble pops on erotic bathhouse for ladies - Mainichi Daily News

Seeded on Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:57 PM EST (Mainichi Daily News)

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Others come first with $10 million donors from Winona

Seeded on Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:53 PM EST (Postbulletin.com)

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Mayo landmark wraps up transition to new mission

Seeded on Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:49 PM EST (Postbulletin.com)

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Mayo Clinic gets $2.5 mln donation for cancer center

Seeded on Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:46 PM EST (CNET News.com)

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Michigan AG commits adultery, but Fox leaves out party

Seeded on Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:38 AM EST (News Hounds)

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Ridiculous indeed

Seeded on Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:35 AM EST (News Hounds)

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Bill O'Reilly is not looking out for the kids

Seeded on Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:30 AM EST (News Hounds)

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Fox News' implicit message on sexy teachers: Do as we say, not as we do

Seeded on Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:19 AM EST (News Hounds)

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"Big Brother" Prompts Record Complaints to Regulator

Seeded on Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:09 AM EST (Bloomberg.com)

British broadcasting regulator Ofcom (Newspeak, as it were, for "Office of Communications") has received some 19,500 viewer complaints against British commercial broadcaster Channel 4 (C4) over a recent broadcast of the British version of "Big Brother" vis-a-vis racist comments a …

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MSNBC: Is "24"'s Jack Bauer a Fox "right-wing propagandist"?

Seeded on Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:59 AM EST (Raw Story)

Your Correspondent would have to say "yes."

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China threatens "reality TV" crackdown

Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:43 AM EST (BBC News)

The timing of this item couldn't have been more interesting: Just as the fifth series of "American Idol" is about to go on air in the United States, the Chinese are announcing a crackdown on "vulgar reality shows" on local television.

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When being first is nothing to be proud of

Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:31 AM EST (Mainichi Daily News/WaiWai)

Using Mrs. Warren's Profession to cancel long-standing debts is one thing. But to have the practicioners thereof under 18 years of age only risks playing games with John Law. The Japanese experience illustrates this.

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One couple's spat is another's spouse-bashing--@ least in San Francisco

Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:25 AM EST (Mainichi Daily News/WaiWai)

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do" is perhaps illustrated best in this item from "WaiWai," a daily compendium of weird news items from the Japanese gutter press--with particular attention paid to such Japanese in San Francisco.

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The Right's Short Memory

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:59 PM EST (-)

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Kirby VanBurch auction disappears

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:55 PM EST (Branson, Missouri Blog)

odd-news

Labour given thousands by Scientology charity

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:40 PM EST (This is London)

It's emerged that an affiliate of the Church of Scientology has donated £13,500 to the Labour Party in Great Britain to allow Scientology-affiliated charities to show themselves off @ their recent leadership conference, notwithstanding concerns on the part of the Labour Party ab …

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No dead end to disabled parking in city

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:29 PM EST (-)

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Bill O'Reilly claims Cindy Sheehan thinks anything that hurts America is good

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:20 PM EST (News Hounds)

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Madison short of gangster glory

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:17 PM EST (madison.com)

Doug Moe, columnist for The Capital Times in Madison, WI, used his column to make note of the rather subtle connexions which Wisconsin's capital city had to organised crime.

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