Can't the Feds Get Lay's Money?. How a heart attack saved Enron's founder $43.5 million. By Daniel Engber. [Slate Magazine]
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A Brief History of the Bikini How the tiny swimsuit conquered America. By Julia Turner. [Slate Magazine]
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Afghans Wary of Returning Virtue Police. The Department for the Prevention of Vice and the Promotion of Virtue, one of the most feared Taliban-era institutions, is returning under the current U.S.-backed government. Many Afghans remember being thrown in jail or tortured by the Taliban version of the organization. [NPR Topics: World]
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More Secret White House Intel. Whistle-blowers tell the House Intelligence Committee of another major intelligence program run secretly by the Bush administration, according to Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the committee's chairman. He's not happy about the legislative branch being kept in the dark. [Wired News: Top Stories]
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Biodiesel Booming to Billions. The U.S. biodiesel market triples, and could reach 10 billion gallons per year. Plus: Despite Oval Office rhetoric, oil independence by 2005 is a pipe dream according to the DOE. In Autopia. [Wired News: Top Stories]
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McCain on the global warming. At an event here in Aspen, asked about global warming, something very close to: "I've been a supporter of the President ... but this administration has betrayed the tradition of Theodore Roosevelt." Indeed. [Lessig Blog]
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Record number rally to Redneck Games. America's Summer Redneck Games were a roaring success in East Dublin, Georgia. Events included the mudpit belly flop, bobbing for pigs' feet, the big hair contest, horseshoe with lavatory seats and the armpit serenade.... [TimesOnline: World]
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