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Please give what you can to victims of tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti. Text “Haiti” to 90999 to contribute $10 to the Red Cross. allen

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Same-Sex Marriage Passes D.C. Council, 11-2 – DCist

DCist Brings the good news: No big surprises in the first D.C. Council vote on legalizing same-sex marriage: the Council today voted 11-2 to approve the “Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009,” with Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) the only dissenters.

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Oh, the memories

Via – LJWorld.com stories: Sports There are reminders of Kansas University’s 2008 national title victory over Memphis all over Allen Fieldhouse.

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Early Praise for Our New Design

Thanks to Doug of Doug Draws the new nesbittresearch.com has drawn some initial design praise. Thanks to Doug for the flattering write up and once more to our design team of Billy from Protagonist Theory and John from DIY Ninjas, both are excellent. Of course, none of this would have been possible without WordPress and [...]

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Study: 2,200 Vets Died Last Year Because They Lacked Health Insurance

Via – Think Progress On the eve of Veterans Day, a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School has released a study finding that an estimated 2,266 veterans under the age of 65 died last year because they did not have health insurance. That “translates to six preventable deaths per day” and more than twice [...]

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AARP Endorses House Health Care Reform Bill

Via – AARP Bulletin Today AARP, the 40-million-member association of older Americans, today announced its endorsement of the sweeping House health care reform bill.

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Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says

Via SF Gate & AP: Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says: “Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.”

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Harkin Lays Down The Law on Lieberman’s bluff

Via – Daily Kos Tom Harkin isn’t worried about Joe Lieberman’s bluff: "As I said before, when it comes down to getting the 60 votes necessary to pass this bill, I do not believe that Joe Lieberman would want to be the one person who caucuses with the Democrats … to bring this bill down. [...]

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Basketball Capsules: Kansas overwhelming No. 1 in AP preseason poll | basketball, kansas, storied – Sports – Brownsville Herald

AP via The Brownsville Herald For the second time in its storied basketball history, Kansas is No. 1 in The Associated Press’ preseason Top 25. The Jayhawks were a runaway choice Thursday, receiving 55 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to easily outdistance Michigan State, which was No. 1 on five ballots.

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Seven Members Of House Defense Subcommittee Scrutinized By Ethics Investigators

Washington Post via – Politics on HuffingtonPost.com Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, who have trained their lens on the relationships between seven panel members and an influential lobbying firm founded by a former Capitol Hill aide.

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