While we weren't looking
Top three news stories on the NY Times website that don't involve Virginia Tech:
Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Abortion Procedure
“It tolerates, indeed applauds, federal intervention to ban nationwide a procedure found necessary and proper in certain cases by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,” Justice Ginsburg wrote, in a dissent joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter and Stephen G. Breyer.
Bombings Kill at Least 146 Iraqis in Baghdad
In the worst of the attacks, a car bomb exploded at an intersection in the Sadriya neighborhood that serves as a station for buses traveling to the Shiite district of Sadr City. The powerful blast killed at least 115 people and wounded 137...
Bill to Let Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Is Blocked
Democrats could not muster the 60 votes needed to take up the legislation in the face of staunch opposition from Republicans ... “The Department of Veterans Affairs is able to negotiate for lower-priced drugs,” said the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada. “H.M.O.’s can negotiate. Wal-Mart can negotiate. Why in the world shouldn’t Medicare be able to do that?”
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Gosh, wasn't it shocking when they covered the VT shooting for like the first 45 min. of NPR last night, and then finally they're like, 'oh, and a bomb killed 127 people in Baghdad'?
And I can't believe they broadcast the crazy video and photos. It's really just encouraging nutty guys to do this sort of thing. I agree that when you go to buy a gun you should have to prove you have at least 5 friends. Or hey, why don't we just not let guys under 25 buy guns? If you're not old enough to rent a car...
According to Mayor Bloomberg, 30 people a day are shot by illegal guns in the U.S.
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