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Remember that guy JetBlue and the TSA wouldn't let on a plane for wearing an Arabic shirt? He, joined with the ACLU, have just sued them for racial profiling. [Seattle Times]
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Phone Record Lawsuit Over NSA Spying Dismissed
A judge Tuesday tossed out an ACLU lawsuit against the government over over AT&T's alleged turning over of phone records to the NSA. More »
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The News; High Interest Charged For Lending Of Ears
• Isn't the real solution just to stop making more children? [NYT] "Congress Identifies Pornography Purchasers"• Investment slumming on the backs of the marginal of wealth. You stay classy, broker-dealers. [CT] "Subprime Lenders Getting 2nd Look As Investments"
• You guys are so unamerican. [NYT] "Retail Sales Dipped in June"
• Have you ever heard of this wacky new site called Digg? It's all the rage with the kids. [CT] "They Can Digg it: Sites Let People Decide News"
• The "states secrets" that isn't. [CT] "Dismissal Sought of Phone-Records Suit Against AT&T"
• Home field advantage. Shortness of breath ensues amongst the 16,000 coat-tail hopefuls, causing them to reach for their pills. [LAT] "Verdict Bolsters Merck's Vioxx"
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The News: Now, 100% Dolphin Safe!
• ACLU wants FCC to review hold AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth until the baby bell's complicity in handing customer records to the NSA without warrant can be reviewed. Mmm, name soup. [NYT]• Powell's Books has such fierce customer loyalty that some customers want their ashes interred there. Just open up a nursery and they'll have the book market cornered, from cradle to grave.[LAT]
• Consumer Reports says that due to high levels of mercury, pregnant women should not eat tuna. Plus, those dolphin bits can get stuck in the baby's umbilical cord. [CT]
