J. Palmer

A quarter of men are so embarrassed by their bodies that they are reluctant to be naked in front of their partner
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I found this story posted on Dvorak’s blog…

Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China, threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported Tuesday.
In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in southern Guangdong province, China Daily newspaper said.

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WKYT News aired a clip last night of an odd segment of video captured by a surveillance camera at a Marathon station in Parma, Ohio.
Video of the story is available here:

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Flags To Half Staff for Fort Campbell Soldier

Flags will remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of Spc. Franklin”s funeral.

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Verunks writes “A federal judge Monday ordered the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails in response to two lawsuits that seek to determine whether e-mails have been destroyed in violation of federal law. The issue surfaced in the leak probe of administration officials who disclosed Valerie Plame’s CIA identity. ‘ The Federal Records Act details strict standards prohibiting the destruction of government documents including electronic messages, unless first approved by the archivist of the United States. Justice Department lawyers had urged the courts to accept a proposed White House declaration promising to preserve all backup tapes. The judge’s order “should stop any future destruction of e-mails, but the White House stopped archiving its e-mail in 2003 and we don’t know if some backup tapes for those e-mails were already taped over before we went to court. It’s a mystery,” said Meredith Fuchs, a lawyer for the National Security Archive.'”

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KNN News reports that Lousiville’s 19 year old Patrick Hughes’ Extreme Makeover home is back on schedule, after having been behind schedule by five hours this past weekend. The house should be finished by tomorrow and fully furnished for the reveal on Wednesday.
Patrick Hughes was recognized on ESPN last year during a college football awards ceremony, where he received the 2006 Disney Wide World of Sports Spirit Award. Hughes, who was born disabled by blindness and an inability to walk, is a member of the University of Louisville Marching Band.
Video of the ESPN award ceremony available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IohdtoLjoU0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmXWVGR0zpk
Story on Patrick Hughes by CBS News on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuOyBFEAylU

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Digg is close to announcing its sale to a major media player for $300 million to $400 million, according to sources close to the company.
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Living in America? If you get your access to the Internet through an independent ISP over DSL, your service might become more expensive soon. Or slow. Or disappear entirely.
THIS IS REALLY BIG NEWS! READ THE STORY!
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