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Refusal to tip for lousy restaurant service results in arrest - video

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:04 PM EST (gadling.com)
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Tipping is a really complicated issue in the US. What was once introduced as a way to reward good service, has now turned into a way for patrons to actually pay the salary of restaurant workers. One of my biggest pet peeves with tipping is the mandatory tip on groups.

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How We Pay for Big Pharma's Malpractice

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:49 PM EST (MotherJones.com)
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The main reason we can't get a health reform bill enacted is because the pharmaceutical and insurance industries aren't happy with their piece of the action.

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Oprah's show: a new job for Sarah Palin?

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:25 PM EST (Telegraph)
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the great quandary over what to do next could now be solved: forget the White House, in 2011 an afternoon talk show slot is opening up on ABC, now that Oprah Winfrey is stepping down to manage her modest cable venture.

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Demi Moore loses part of her thigh in airbrushing accident

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:05 PM EST (Telegraph)
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Two articles: Demi Moore loses part of her thigh in airbrushing accident

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Jon Stewart Enlists Pro-Wrestler Mick Foley To Protect 10-Year-Old Gay Marriage Activist (VIDEO)

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:55 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
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"I was touched by young Will's plight so I'll tell you what I'm going to do: If I find out that anybody has hassled this young man or teased him or called him a wad of any sort, I and perhaps a few of my friends will come to his school and bring a world of pain.

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John McCain May Not Be Senator For Long - Former GOP Nominee Faces Dead-Heat Primary Challenge in 2010

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:41 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)
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A new Rasmussen poll finds that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) could potentially be in trouble with Republican voters back home in Arizona, where he's often faced criticism from the right for his views on immigration.

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Army Limits Media Access at Palin Event at NC Base

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:14 AM EST (The New York Times)
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The U.S. Army will allow the media limited coverage of Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, but will bar reporters from interviewing her or her supporters on the post, officials said Thursday.

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Some Lawmakers Send Few Minorities to Military Academies

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:57 AM EST (The New York Times)
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

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Texas May Have Banned All Marriage While Attempting to Stop Gay Marriage

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:09 AM EST ()
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Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state.

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CNN Poll: It's Obama's Economy Now -- Blame for recession shifting from GOP to Democrats

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:53 AM EST (CNN)
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Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting, according to a new national poll.

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