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Obama Wins - Why All Americans Have a Reason to Celebrate

Even if your candidate didn’t win tonight, you have reason to celebrate. We all do.

Ten months ago, when Obama won in Iowa, we had a glimpse of what was possible and what became real tonight. What I wrote then about one state is now true for the whole country:

 

 

Barack Obama’s impressive victory says a lot about America, and also about the current mindset of the American voter.

Because tonight voters decided that they didn’t want to look back. They wanted to step into the future — as if a country exhausted by the last seven-plus years wanted to recapture its youth.

And they turned out in unprecedented numbers today to make sure that no amount of scrubbed rolls, malfunctioning machines, endless lines, or polling places running out of ballots would block the way. Continue reading ›

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Guitar Hero Girl Grace Kim Is A Playboy Bunny

 

Grace Kim left a plumb job as Activision’s PR lead for the Guitar Hero series to pose for Playboy magazine.

“I was giving so many excuses,” Grace said, “I even went to CVS and bought crutches, and pretended I had a fractured ankle. At this point, Activision was getting annoyed. They were really heavily promoting Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, and Guitar Hero for the DS. My boss was getting really upset.”

Finally, on the fifth straight day away from the office, she couldn’t think up any more alibis. So she quit, but she couldn’t tell Activision why.

She was in front of a camera, taking off all of her clothes for Playboy, becoming Miss November, 2008. Continue reading ›

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Bratz Genie Magic vs Princess Barbie

She’s been queen of the toy box for nearly 50 years, but now sales of Barbie are taking a bashing. The culprit? The bling-bling Bratz dolls. Margaret Talbot wonders whether we should be worried. Continue reading ›

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Leave Asian Sex Workers In Australia Alone

A problem that has captured the imagination of our time is the international trafficking of women for sex. It’s on the increase because of globalisation, and has become a presence in popular culture. Often the theme of books and television drama, it was the subject of last year’s good Australian film The Jammed. Continue reading ›

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Nude Maid From Craiglist Is Jewel Thief

Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the theft of $40,000 worth of jewelry from a posh northwest county home.

The prime suspect is a nude maid. Continue reading ›

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Pay US Moms $117,000 A Year

If a stay-at-home mom could be compensated in dollars rather than personal satisfaction and unconditional love, she’d rake in a nifty sum of nearly $117,000 a year. Continue reading ›

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