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Life Links 12/16/09

13 hours ago ago from JivinJehoshaphat

In Florida, a naval officer has been indicted for the death of a pregnant woman. Zachary Littleton allegedly killed Samira Watkins after she refused to have an abortion. This is truly odd . A woman in Virginia allegedly killed her newborn child by suffocation but authorities say they can’t charge her with a crime because the child was still attached to the mother via the umbilical cord. “In the state of Virginia as long as the umbilical ...

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The voting public

5 hours ago ago from Hey, There\'s A Dead Guy in the Living Room

I’ve just entered a couple of titles for the shiny new CWA Daggers, complete with on-line entry and, for the first time, submission fees, so awards and prizes are on my mind this week. This must be one of the most divisive topics in the book trade. To the winners, they’re the best thing that ever happened; to everyone else on the shortlist, they’re part vague disappointment, part a boost for sales in the weeks before the award is ...

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Lieberman keeps Americans from healthcare

14 hours ago ago from Mark Maynard

Let's start with an excerpt from today's piece in The New Republic by Jonathan Cohn: The public option is dead this morning. And this time, it isn't coming back to life. The Senate isn't going to include any version of the idea in its bill. And while the House can still demand a public option in conference, nobody I know expects the House to prevail. The primary causes of death were the fierce opposition of special interests and the ...

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