Feb

28

So that’s why there’s no male birth-control pill

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[From feministing]
After years of news reports that male birth control is on the way, now there’s some support for what feminists have always suspected. It’s not science that’s holding up the creation of a Pill for men– it’s society. The original…
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Feb

28

Strange Bedfellows Unite to Fight AOL’s “Email Tax”

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[From EFF: Breaking News]
National Conference Call - Tuesday, 1pm EST
This Tuesday, an unlikely coalition of left and right, non-profits and small businesses, and Internet advocacy groups will hold a national telephone news conference call to announce an unprecedented combined campaign against AOL’s new “pay-to-send” email proposal - which amounts to an “email tax.”
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Feb

27

From Cash to Yachts, Convicted Congressman Set Bribery Rates

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[From ABC News]
Court Documents Show Randall ‘Duke’ Cunningham Set Bribery Rates
Feb. 27, 2006 — Prosecutors call it a corruption case with no parallel in the long history of the U.S. Congress. And it keeps getting worse. Convicted Rep. Randall “Duke” Cunningham actually priced the illegal services he provided.
Prices came in the form of a “bribe [...]

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