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The More the Merrier?

Yesterday, Slate "discussed":http://www.slate.com/id/2170977/ polygamy in America, and specifically among Muslims. Only about 1% of Muslim-Americans practice polygamy, but with the number of Muslim-Americans at...
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The Churchill of the Poison MInd

After the last few thousand years, it's a nice change of pace for something good to happen on "Tisha b'Av":http://www.ou.org/yerushalayim/tishabav/tishabav.html: "Ward Churchill":http://english.aljazeera.net/NR...
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Delta Blues

Last month, Texas web designer Robert McKee paid a visit to The Big Apple. On his way back home to Dallas-Fort Worth, he experienced an atrocious seven hours sitting on one of JFK's runways with crying babies a...
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David vs. David

In the fallout from the breakup of Hollywood power couple Larry and Laurie David, some interesting tidbits about Laurie have "come to light":http://gawker.com/news/hypocrites/is-homewrecker-laurie-david-a-secre...
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Money for Nothing

As part of our ongoing efforts to inform you of the best deals around, here's _New York_ Magazine's 2007 Cheap Eats "list":http://nymag.com/restaurants/cheapeats/2007/34995/. Their definition of cheap may be a ...
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Who Wants to Be a Racist?

Today, The Game Show Network released a "poll":http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1341 on prejudice in America to promote their upcoming show, "Without Prejudice":http://www.gsn.com/withoutprejudice/home...
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LVHRD, DIE HEEB

In the "3rd issue":http://www.lvhrd.org/index.php/category/mgzn/ of LVHRD Magazine (downloadable in pdf form), _Heeb_'s Director of Business, Adam Baruchowitz, discusses his socially responsible company "Wearab...
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Diamond Days Fest: Day Four Recap

The fourth and final day of the "Diamond Days Fest":http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=199409809fest featured live performances by "Fresh Kills,":http://profile.myspace.co...
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Diamond Days Fest: Day Three Recap

When "These Are Powers":http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=88172454 took the stage on the third day of the "Diamond Days Fest,":http://www.myspace.com/diamonddaysfest the ...
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Diamond Days Fest: Day Three

If you enjoy hanging out with wannabes from the burbs making their annual "isn't Brooklyn cool?" pilgrimage, or being sold cell-phone subscriptions, or Budweiser (as opposed to our beer sponsor, "Brooklyn Brewe...