Mixxed News

• Hate Groups' Newest Target - washingtonpost.com view details

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  Sen. Barack Obama's historic victory in the Democratic primaries, celebrated in America and across much of the world as a symbol of racial progress and cultural unity, has also sparked an increase in racist and white supremacist activity, mainly on the Internet...

• ESPN - Two-time Top Fuel champ Kalitta killed during SuperNationals qualifying - Racing view details

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  Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car crashed and burst into flames during qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

• Are Creditors Eyeing Your Purchases? - AOL Money & Finance view details

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  A federal lawsuit against Atlanta-based CompuCredit accuses the card issuer of cutting credit lines when customers used their cards at bars, massage parlors, even to pay for marriage counseling. The company's lawyer calls the practice "commonplace"...

• McCain Sets a New Record: 10 Flip-Flops in Two Weeks | Crooks and Liars view details

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  Over the past two weeks, McCain’s rapid fire, acrobatic flip-flops have produced whiplash, at least for voters. 10 times since the beginning of June, McCain has retreated from, upended or just forgotten positions he once claimed as his own.
  

• ESPN - Abbott and Costello have nothing on ambidextrous pitcher, switch-hitter - MLB view details

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  An ambidextrous pitcher and a switch hitter made for a fine comedy routine at the Class-A Staten Island Yankees game against the Brooklyn Cyclones.

Mixxed News

This is an experiment to see how well I can use stuff from Mixx in my blog. You might remember (or probably don't care) that I once belonged to Digg. Somewhere along the line, I got tired of it and started casting about for another similar site. I ended up on Mixx. One of the problems with Digg was finding a way to use it with the blog that I liked.

I read a lot of news articles and blog posts and I like to save stuff that strikes me as particularly newsworthy. Mixx is a good place to do the saving. I never know when I might decide to highlight a story like "Lesbians vs. lesbians" or go back and find something from a few days or weeks ago that relates to something going on now...or post an occasional page of headlines. Whenever I see something I like, I submit it to Mixx. There's a social networking component, but I don't care too much about that. The main thing I'm after is the ability to make an archive of stories I find interesting.

So this is an experiment to see how easily I can cut and paste a page of Mixx submissions with some extraneous comments thrown in. Let me know what you think about it...

• Lawmakers Near Deal On Surveillance Bill - washingtonpost.com view details

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  I'm sure this will be just peachy. I can hardly wait...A bipartisan group of congressional negotiators neared a deal yesterday on controversial wiretapping legislation that could be unveiled as early as next week, according to Capitol Hill sources and civil liberties advocates monitoring the talks.

• The Bubble - washingtonpost.com view details

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  The Washington Post did a three-part series on the housing loan crisis and how that mutated into our latest economic meltdown. This is Part One. From here you can access the entire series.
  

• Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic view details

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  Internet service providers are threatening to place limits on the online activity of their most active subscribers.

• Lawmaker threatens EPA chief, top Bush official with contempt - USATODAY.com view details

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  Sigh...A House committee chairman on Friday threatened to hold the head of the EPA and a White House budget official in contempt of Congress for not handing over documents about new smog requirements and a decision blocking California greenhouse gas limits.

• May U.S. and allied combat deaths in Afghanistan pass Iraq - USATODAY.com view details

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  I'm not sure if things have improved in Iraq or if our effort in Afghanistan has finally jumped the rails completely, but American and allied combat deaths in Afghanistan passed the monthly toll in Iraq for the first time in May.

• Oil and Food Push Consumer Prices Higher in May view details

  • (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14...)

  Economic news that makes you say, "Duh."
  

• Wait, What Did He Just Call the Pope? - The Lede - New York Times Blog view details

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  Not being Catholic, I'm not sure how much of a breach of protocol it was that Bush called the Pope "your eminence" instead of "your holiness," but it's kind of interesting.
  

• McCain, Obama Debate Debate Deals - The Caucus - New York Times Blog view details

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  Squabbling between the campaigns about how many debates and town hall meetings we're going to be subjected to. McCain's people think he'll do well with the town hall format and want ten of them. Obama doesn't think McCain needs that much free exposure.
  

• ‘Meet the Press’ Host Collapses at Work view details

  • (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14...)

  This was one of the earliest stories about the death of Tim Russert and has most of the stuff you need to know about it.

• ESPN - Two Congressmen press Selig, Fehr on 2005 testimony - MLB view details

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  Politics AND baseball! What fun! Congress wants to hear Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and players' union head Donald Fehr go over their 2005 testimony on steroids in the sport again.

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