[ED: I removed the word "edgy" from yahoo's header; STFU about "edgy" tv, pls. kthx.]
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - ABC has pulled an upcoming reality series in which people with various backgrounds vie to win a house in a white neighborhood, after gay and conservative watchdog groups raised concerns, the Hollywood trade papers said Thursday.
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Save Katie
This story was brought to my attention by Alyx.
Some excerpts:
The newly engaged Katie Holmes still has some explaining to do to her friends and family. There were 16 days in April during which no one seems to know where she was.
Sometime that week, her friends say, she flew to Los Angeles for a meeting [...]

Is it any wonder why I’m scared of fanboys?
*Yes, this was previously on the LiveJournal community. Guess you should be reading it, then?

Pakistan court orders 12 men freed in gang rape.
What freaks me out about this article is that the woman, whose picture is there for everyone to see, will still have to deal with going home and all the resultant mess that will come from having the courage to come forth and say that this horrible [...]

Saudis outraged by women-drive proposal
“Driving by women leads to evil,” Munir al-Shahrani wrote in a letter to the editor of the Al-Watan daily. “Can you imagine what it will be like if her car broke down? She would have to seek help from men.”
Our ally - the Saudis.

“If they learned a little bit more about this and stayed away from drugs, they’d be better off,” Pearce said.
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HENDERSON, N.C. — People in Henderson are talking about the massive sculpture of a woman’s legs, spread open on Welcome Avenue. Both city and county officials said they have received complaints, but their zoning laws [...]

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Thousands of people have flocked to the Fullerton Avenue underpass on the Kennedy Expressway since mid-April to see the image that officials believe is a salt stain.

Witnesses said they saw a man on a bicycle writing the words with black leather shoe polish around 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Gonzalez was taken into custody a few blocks [...]

A Central Florida-based evangelist is accused of molesting several children, including some under 12 years old, according to police.

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Charles Balfe, 60, who is an elder at the Jesus Believers International Church has been accused of three counts of sexual battery of a child under the age of 12 and two counts of lewd and lascivious [...]

“Bag of Plagues — A fun and educational way to involve children in the Passover experience. Symbols for each of the 10 plagues are included”

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See also the Bag of Plagues Finger Puppets. Start early, parents!
~Alyx

Janet exposed!

Backstory:
The Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy occurred February 1, 2004. During the halftime show, Janet Jackson performed with Justin Timberlake to a live audience of more than one hundred million people. Janet sang along with Timberlake on his song Rock Your Body. When Timberlake sang the lyric “gonna have you naked by the [...]