Maryland Legislature to Employers: Hands Off Facebook Passwords

The state of Maryland just passed the first bill in the nation that bans employers from asking for the social media passwords of job applicants and employees. In a statement that the ACLU of Maryland issued about the bill's passage, Melissa Goemann, Legislative Director  …

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Hear a lost Mozart piece performed on the composer's piano (VIDEO)

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SCOTUS posts transcripts and audio recordings - POLITICO.com

The court has posted transcripts and audio recordings of Monday's arguments in the health care case.

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Mitt Romney : Memories from the womb

DETROIT—When Mitt Romney regaled a Michigan audience this week with childhood memories of a landmark moment in Detroit history, it was a rare instance of emotional candour. And, perhaps, an even rarer example of time travel. Romney recalled he was “probably 4 or …

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Poll: Santorum comes from behind in Alabama three-way | Second Front

Enjoy the article if you want. I'm pausing to marvel at the headline.

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Karen Santorum: husband’s presidential run is ‘God’s will’ - Election 2012 - The Washington Post

Rick Santorum’s wife granted a rare interview Thursday, telling conservative talk show host Glenn Beck that she initially had been against her husband running for president but finally concluded it was “God’s will.”  

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Infographic: Contraception Debate | Sally Kohn

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Harold Camping-October 21: Radio minister makes new end of days prediction.

UPDATE: Just in case anyone missed it, the world hasn’t ended.

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Is Mormonism a cult? Who cares? It's their weird and sinister beliefs we should be worried about. - Slate Magazine

I have no clear idea whether Pastor Robert Jeffress is correct in referring to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more colloquially known as the Mormons, as “a cult.” There do seem to be one or two points of similarity.

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Westboro Church Uses iPhone to Announce Steve Jobs Funeral Protest - ABC News

By Colleen Curry Oct 6, 2011 9:47am Westboro Church Uses iPhone to Announce Steve Jobs Funeral Protest   Email 94 Smaller Font Text Larger Text | Print

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Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why should you believe in world peace? - Slate Magazine

Is pessimism a biological trait, implanted in our ancestors by natural selection, or a learned, culturally inculcated propensity? Either way, it's awfully widespread these days. Almost everyone I know seems glum, especially about the prospects for a more peaceful world.

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Pee power: Urine-loving bug churns out space fuel

Scientists on Sunday said they had gained insights into a remarkable bacterium that lives without oxygen and transforms ammonium, the ingredient of urine, into hydrazine, a rocket fuel.

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Murdoch scandal: Is his domination of the British political class finally coming to an end? - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine

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Great White Leaps Onto Research Boat Off Coast of South Africa

A group of marine researchers attempting to lure sharks close to their boat for a better look were a little too successful at the task earlier this week when a ten-foot-long great white leapt onto their boat.

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The Liberty Scam

Why even Robert Nozick, the philosophical father of libertarianism, gave up on the movement he inspired.

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GOP to Palin: It's Over

Why a Sarah Palin presidential campaign is hopeless. By John DickersonPosted Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at 6:41 PM ET Sarah PalinDES MOINES—Sarah Palin says George Washington is her favorite founder because he was reluctant to serve but answered the call of duty.

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The man who changed Glenn Beck's life. Thanks....

In reality, however, the so-called 912ers were summoned to D.C. by the man who changed Beck's life, and that helps explain why the movement is not the nonpartisan lovefest that Beck first sold on air with his trademark tears.

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Body Language Expert Thinks Roethlisberger Telling Truth

Sally Chopping said she believes Roethlisberger is telling the truth about the allegations against him. "You can really tell he's finding this thing heavy going," she said after watching the statement.

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American Conservative Union For Sale - Cheap

The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a $2 million check in return for the group's endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay.

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Steelers Super Bowl XLIII Ring

The ring is cast in 14 karat yellow gold with black antique backgrounds to reflect the Steelers' colors. The Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XLIII ring weighs 104 grams (approximately 3.7 ounces) and incorporates 63 round, brilliant cut diamonds totaling 3.61 carats.

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Live arguments before SC Sup Ct of use of stimulus $$

SC Supreme Court to decide whether the state of South Carolina can use $700 million in federal stimulus money.

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Torture - The Final Frontier

When Picard's comrades on the Enterprise learn of Picard's capture, they insist that the Cardassians abide by the terms of a Geneva-like "Solanis Convention." The Cardassians rebuff the request: "The Solanis Convention applies to prisoners of war … [Picard] will be treated as a …

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Why Obama cited Churchill

As Col. Stephens wrote, following the words quoted above about how "violence is taboo" and that it "lowers the standard of information": There is no room for a percentage assessment of reliability.

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A Proud Moment In Ravens History...

"Source: Ravens ask NFL for no prime-time game in Pittsburgh Jamison Hensley of the Baltimore Sun reports that as part of their scheduling requests to the league, the Ravens asked not to play a prime-time game at Heinz Field this season, a team official told The Baltimore Sun. "

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Hypocrisy, thy name is Jindal

Jindal want his own train after calling the idea wasteful.

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