Concord Monitor Online - Concord Monitor

Seeded on Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:43 AM EDT (Concord Monitor Online)

Apparently there is an epidemic of weather vane theft in New England.

theft, odd, odd-news, new-england, weird, antiques

Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time - New York Times

Seeded on Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:17 PM EDT (The New York Times)

LAST week, in an effort to solve the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, I withdrew settlements in the Gaza Strip. But then a suicide bomber struck in Jerusalem, the P.L.O. leader called my actions "condescending," and the Knesset demanded a stern response.

technology, middle-east, controversy, columbine, video-games

NEJM -- Plan B, Reproductive Rights, and Physician Activism

Seeded on Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:36 PM EDT (New England Journal of Medicine)

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine about the battle against contraception by the pro-life movement, and how physician-activists are fighting it.

health, plan-b, contraception, pro-life, public-health, pro-choice, reproductive-rights, roe-vs-wade

NEJM -- Roe versus Reality -- Abortion and Women's Health

Seeded on Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:34 PM EDT (New England Journal of Medicine)

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine on the struggle for choice in Nebraska and other midwestern states. An excellent overview of what it is like to be an embattled abortion doctor.

bush, abortion, politics, nebraska, pro-life, pro-choice, roe-vs-wade, right-to-choose

'A Fistful of Dollars? It's my worst ever score'

Seeded on Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:10 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

An insightful interview with the great Ennio Morricone.

music, interview, arts, cinema, composer, ennio-morricone

Pitchfork: Harry Potter to Wyrd Sisters: @!$%# You, Pay Me

Seeded on Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:07 PM EDT (Pitchfork)

A Canadian band called the Wyrd Sisters sued just about everybody involved with the fictional band "Weird Sisters" in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". Unfortunately, Warner Brothers had better lawyers, and now they will have to pay for their ridiculous lawsuit.

entertainment, music, harry-potter, litigation, funny, pitchfork, wyrd-sisters

A Sweetener With a Bad Rap - New York Times

Seeded on Tue Jul 4, 2006 1:40 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The NY Times reports on the controversy surrounding high-fructose corn syrup. As it turns out, some of the researchers who origingally postulated that the increasing usage of this sweetner is driving the obesity epidemic have reconsidered. Interesting.

health, obesity, nutrition, high-fructose-corn-syrup

Gelf Magazine: An Interview With Raël

Seeded on Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:12 PM EDT (gelfmagazine.com)

An interview in the online magazine Gelf with Rael, leader of the cult Raelians, in which we learn: 1) Rael frequently plays video games online 2) The head of the Raelians in Britain was in Jesus Christ Superstar, but they one day hope to have a star of "Tom Cruise caliber" 3) …

nascar, odd-news, tom-cruise, video-games, weird, cult, scientology, dianetics, raelians

Has your Vineacity been pruned?

Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:23 PM EDT

As a member who checks Newsvine regularly, and contributes irregularly, I always check on my home page to see if anyone has commented on my articles or voted (sadly, usually, no).

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technology, poll, crisis, newsvine, humor, blight, vineacity

Carrying off the art of one carry-on

Seeded on Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:30 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

Phileas Fogg had Passepartout, Bertie Wooster had Jeeves and Sir Edmund Hillary had a retinue of stalwart Sherpas. The rest of us, alas, must schlep our own bags.

travel, guide, useful, lifehack, packing

Senate Emphasis on Ideology Has Some in G.O.P. Anxious - New York Times

Seeded on Wed Jun 7, 2006 8:44 AM EDT (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON, June 6 — Though some Republican candidates may relish the Senate's current concentration on same-sex marriage and other ideologically charged topics, Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island is not among them.

gay-marriage, politics, gop

Gay Marriage and the Cynicism of the Bush Administration

Tue Jun 6, 2006 3:59 PM EDT

Recently, I was privileged to attend the marriage of two lesbian friends. A committed couple, they had been together for many years. It was a beautiful and meaningful ceremony.

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bush, elections, discrimination, gay-marriage, politics, gop, hypocrisy

Starving beats sweating to slow primary aging process

Seeded on Thu Jun 1, 2006 10:28 AM EDT (scienceblog.com)

Scientists have demonstrated that calorie restriction reduces so-called primary aging-- the natural phenomenon of aging differentiated from "secondary" aging-- the curtailment of life by disease. Exercise was not shown to have this effect.

health, aging, calorie-restriction

Study shows Autism-related developmental 'red flags' identifiable at age two | Science Blog

Seeded on Thu Jun 1, 2006 10:25 AM EDT (scienceblog.com)

Researchers have shown that it is possible to identify children with autism by age 2 or earlier-- providing more time for crucial behavioral interventions to help these children and their families.

health, children, psychology, autism

Sploid: Santorum is a liar and a crybaby

Seeded on Tue May 23, 2006 3:47 PM EDT (sploid.com)

"As Ann Coulter remains a fugitive from the law, another darling of the fire & brimstone Right is facing accusations of voter fraud.

elections, politics, santorum, gop, hilarious, whiny

Yale Society Skull and Bones has the Skull of Geronimo After All

Seeded on Tue May 9, 2006 5:36 PM EDT (yalealumnimagazine.com)

This was a favorite rumor on campus. I guess it is true. I actually did witness the Bones initiation from a roof-top, but could not see actual bones.

bush, odd, odd-news, yale, native-american, privilege, geronimo

A Comedian's Riff on Bush Prompts an E-Spat - New York Times

Seeded on Mon May 8, 2006 10:38 AM EDT (The New York Times)

"Stephen Colbert's performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner nine days ago has already created a debate over politics, the press and humor. Now, a commercial rivalry has broken out over its rebroadcast."

politics, web, colbert, c-span

Memento Mori-- David Sedaris essay from The New Yorker

Seeded on Mon May 8, 2006 9:22 AM EDT (New Yorker)

David Sedaris' humorous account of buying a skeleton for his boyfriend. Sample paragraph: 'Having been dead for three hundred years, there's a lot the skeleton doesn't understand; TV, for instance.

skeleton, humor, arts, essay, david-sedaris, memento-mori

Doctors Object to Gathering of Drug Data - New York Times

Seeded on Thu May 4, 2006 10:31 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Although virtually unknown to consumers, the information has long been considered the most potent weapon in pharmaceutical sales — computerized dossiers showing which physicians are prescribing what drugs.

doctors, health, pharmaceuticals, physicians, drug-companies, health-car

After Press Dinner, the Blogosphere Is Alive With the Sound of Colbert Chatter - New York Times

Seeded on Wed May 3, 2006 5:26 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Mark Smith, a reporter for The Associated Press who is president of the White House Correspondents' Association, acknowledges that he had not seen much of Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central before he booked him as the main entertainment for the association's annual black-tie dinn

bush, politics, blog, blogosphere, colbert, correspondents-dinner

Jury Decides Against Execution for Moussaoui - New York Times

Seeded on Wed May 3, 2006 5:21 PM EDT (The New York Times)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 3 — A federal court jury spared the life of Zacarias Moussaoui today, voting to send him to prison for the rest of his days rather than condemn him to death for the carnage of Sept. 11, 2001.

u-s, us-news, moussaoui, jury, 9-11, capital-punishment

The De Villepin code from Guardian Unlimited: News blog

Seeded on Wed May 3, 2006 1:08 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

It's more complicated than the Da Vinci code and worthy of a political thriller, writes Angelique Chrisafis from Paris.

france, watergate, scandal, interesting, conspiracy, davinci-code

WSJ.com - Wedge Issue: Minimum Wage

Seeded on Wed May 3, 2006 9:45 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

"WASHINGTON -- As Republicans resist efforts to raise the federal minimum wage, Democrats see the issue boosting party turnout in November's midterm elections -- and their chances of gaining seats in Congress."

elections, democrats, politics, minimum-wage, midterm-elections, ballot-initiative, republics

Mexico to Allow Use of Drugs - Los Angeles Times

Seeded on Wed May 3, 2006 9:39 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Vicente Fox will sign a bill that would legalize the use of nearly every drug and narcotic sold by the same Mexican cartels he's vowed to fight during his five years in office, a spokesman said Tuesday.

mexico, drugs, u-s, world-news, controversial, war-on-drugs, decriminalization