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Bills fire Jauron, name Fewell interim coach

Finally. For @!$%#'s sake. The Buffalo Bills today fired coach Dick Jauron, team owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. told The News.

Abortion Was at Heart of Wrangling - NYTimes.com

Yay! A health care plan! Oh, wait — 

A Conscious Universe - The Observer Effect

The Observer Effect, a fundamental premise of quantum theory, raises an open question regarding the nature of existence.

Tort Reform is Not Enough to Improve Nation's Health Care

Tort reform -- legislation that aims to reduce medical malpractice suits -- will not cut medical costs and improve health care unless the government addresses the proliferation of unnecessary medical errors that victimize hundreds of thousands of patients every year, says Ruqaiij …

David Letterman and blackmail

Most theorists agree that blackmail should be illegal; they just can't agree on why. A few days after Letterman's confession, Saul Smilansky, the author of "Ten Moral Paradoxes," said that, in his opinion, what Halderman did wasn't heinous.

GOP Temporarily Blocks Unemployment Benefits Extension (UPDATED)

The fears of Democrats anxious to pass an unemployment benefits extension were realized yesterday. Dow Jones is reporting that Senate Republicans' plan to stall debate on the bill (H.R.

What can a pro-lifer do at a time like this?

So once again I find myself on Newsvine, arguing with pro-choicers about abortion. Why? What else can I do? I sure can't agree that aborting a perfectly healthy fetus is okay just because the mother says so.

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Battening Down the Hatches: Secret State Monitors Protest, Represses Dissent

"Anyone can tweet, but the truth is, sometimes speech can be criminal," John Burkoff, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, told The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Obama and the Peace Prize: Too Much, Too Soon

The shorter version from Peter Beinart: "I like Barack Obama as much as the next liberal, but this is a farce."

Michael Moore's Problems Are Our Fault

The reaction to Michael Moore's new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, reinforces a suspicion I started having a few years back: that most of us Americans are much better at being movie and TV critics than we are at being political organizers.

New Rule: Not Everything in America Has to Make a Profit

Because medicine is now for-profit we have things like "recision," where insurance companies hire people to figure out ways to deny you coverage when you get sick, even though you've been paying into your plan for years.

Pull the trigger

Wednesday's speech even heralded the coming of "a new insurance exchange—a marketplace where individuals and small businesses will be able to shop for health insurance at competitive prices." Why, more free enterprise—just what we've been missing! Obama continued, " …

When both teams drop the ball, do we keep them on the court?

Nobody knows anymore what "socialism" even is. It's been beaten out of us by the pervasive forces of stupidity, and now even the socialist that was never a socialist has become a fascist apparently just to make a point.

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Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance

From the department of "What, Are You @!$%#ing Kidding Me?"...

Until Medical Bills Do Us Part

The hospital arranged a conference call with a social worker, who outlined how the dementia and its financial toll on the family would progress, and then added, out of the blue: "Maybe you should divorce."

The Future of Reading - Approach Lets Students Pick the Books

This feature from Sunday's New York Times is about a middle school teacher who was inspired to independently alter her literature classes in a way that significantly improved both her students' interest in reading and their performance on standardized tests.

FBI boss attacks Megrahi release

In his letter to Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, FBI Director Robert Mueller wrote: "Your action in releasing Megrahi is as inexplicable as it is detrimental to the cause of justice. Indeed your action makes a mockery of the rule of law.

Kicked out of the canon

This blog gives us ten works of literature that should be kicked out of the canon. Lets say you get to put one of these books back — which is it? Are there any books you'd like to yank from the canon?

Corso: The Last Beat -- Film Review

Although hailed by Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg as an exceptionally gifted mind and poet, Gregory Corso is, by comparison, the unsung Beat, never achieving the same renown as the movement's three most celebrated icons.

Why gay marriage means what it means

The social ramifications of gender and sexuality are especially important today. Of all the political issues in the headlines, gay marriage is the only one that is making some people actually want to amend the Constitution.

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A monument at last for Jack's dear Nin

David Amram, the musician who collaborated with Jack Kerouac for the first spoken work/jazz performance, helped dedicate a memorial to Jack's sister last month in Florida. "My daughter died today," Gabrielle Kerouac wrote from St. Petersburg on Sept. 19, 1964.

Thirteen confirmed dead in Civic Association shooting

At least four people were shot and dozens of others are being held hostage by a gunman at the American Civic Center in Binghamton.

Flynn takes MVP award in tourney loss to Louisville

Syracuse guard Jonny Flynn, who played 67 minutes in the marathon win over Connecticut (No. 4, No. 3) and all 45 in the victory over West Virginia, was selected the tournament MVP.

Bulls come up short, headed for NIT

The University at Buffalo's magical ride captured the imagination and gripped the attention of many.

Binghamton University (SUNY-B) wins NCAA berth: 61-51 final

Traditionally known as the best academic school in the SUNY system, Binghamton has now made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time.

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