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New meaning for San Francisco gay pride parade

Gay & Lesbian – SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Move over Dykes on Bikes. Here come the brides - and grooms. Given San Francisco's sizable role in initiating the lawsuits that led California's highest court to strike down the state's bans on same-sex marriage, the city's 38th annual gay pride festival and parade is likely to draw huge crowds this weekend, tourism officials s

Voted for on June 28, 2008 06:22am

Creative Staircases
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Creative Staircases

Art & Design – Some of these staircases are so unusual they are more like sculptures. This kind of creativity is is always a pleasure to behold.

Voted for on June 27, 2008 11:31am

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Top Notch Disney Security

Love & Personals – A visitor to Disney World did his level best to ensure the park remained safe only to find there are things you shouldn't ask even after 25 years of marriage.

Voted for on June 27, 2008 10:09am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 7 votes / No sinks

Wall-E Review by Roger Ebert

Movies – Pixar's "WALL*E" succeeds at being three things at once: an enthralling animated film, a visual wonderment and a decent science-fiction story. After "Kung Fu Panda," I thought I had just about exhausted my emergency supply of childlike credulity, but here is a film, like "Finding Nemo," that you can enjoy even if you'v

Voted for on June 26, 2008 08:45pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

Ben Affleck Slams Stars' Self-Promoting Humanitarian Efforts

Do No Evil – HOLLYWOOD - Actor Ben Affleck has hit out at stars who use charity campaigns to promote their own careers.

Voted for on June 26, 2008 02:33pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

Actors unions differ as deadline nears

News – LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday accused major Hollywood studios of offering the union a contract deal worth less than an agreement already approved by the leaders of a smaller actors union.

Voted for on June 26, 2008 12:43pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

Airlines fined $504m in US probe

News – Five airlines have agreed to pay fines totalling $504m (Ã;â;;Ã;£253m) for conspiring to fix prices for air cargo rates, the US Justice Department says. The airlines include Air France and KLM, now operated by a single holding company, which is to pay $350m.

Voted for on June 26, 2008 12:20pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

The Outsiders: Teens Caught Between Freedom and Faith

News – Adolescence is typically a time of experimentation and testing boundaries, but if you're an Amish teenager, you're faced with a confounding choice between family or isolation, tradition or the modern world, faith or uncertainty.

Voted for on June 26, 2008 12:13pm

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Barack Obama rocks out to better music than you

Music – When the Democratic presidential contender told Rolling Stone, "I have pretty eclectic tastes," what Barack Obama should have said was, "You wish you had my iPod." The Illinois senator's iTunes playlist is full of hits and very few misses. A few of Barack's standbys:

Voted for on June 26, 2008 09:47am

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Sarah Jessica Parker to Play a Rich Manhattanite?!

Movies – WHAT?! Well, sort of. Actually, she'll play a rich Manhattanite who loses her high-paying job and posh Upper East Side apartment and decides to start a business helping rich New Yorkers get their kids into elite kindergartens. (Knowing someone who worked as an admissions officer at an elite kindergarten, this is not shocking to me.)

Voted for on June 26, 2008 09:42am

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5 Ways to Get Through Colic

Family – My newborn's fussing started every afternoon around the same time as Oprah. By the time the show ended, he was usually in a full-out cry -- and often, so was I. He cried for upward of 12 hours a day, morning and night, longer than an Iron Man triathlon and, to me, just as grueling

Voted for on June 26, 2008 09:36am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

5 Ways to Get Through Colic

Family – My newborn's fussing started every afternoon around the same time as Oprah. By the time the show ended, he was usually in a full-out cry -- and often, so was I. He cried for upward of 12 hours a day, morning and night, longer than an Iron Man triathlon and, to me, just as grueling

Voted for on June 26, 2008 09:36am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / No sinks

5 Ways to Get Through Colic

Family – My newborn's fussing started every afternoon around the same time as Oprah. By the time the show ended, he was usually in a full-out cry -- and often, so was I. He cried for upward of 12 hours a day, morning and night, longer than an Iron Man triathlon and, to me, just as grueling

Voted for on June 26, 2008 09:35am

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Coolest Green Building Products '08

Do No Evil – Late last month, the organizers of the Pacific Coast Builders Conferenceââ;¬"a homebuilders' tradeshow held in San Francisco from June 24-27ââ;¬"announced the winners of its competition for the coolest green building products of 2008. A panel of 679 industry professionals selected th

Voted for on June 26, 2008 09:30am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

What Do GenYers Really Want From Work?

Careers & Jobs – Now two years out of college, my 24- year -old son is nowhere near being on a career track. I'm thrilled. In fact, as best as I can tell only two of his friends seems to be working in traditional jobs. One is in banking and after bonuses are distributed he may opt to leave that industry--before he gets laid off. The other works for a major adver

Voted for on June 26, 2008 09:26am

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