"We are going to bring this election to a close right here in Oregon," Barack Obama told a huge crowd on the quadrangle at the University of Oregon last night. It was an echo of something that one of his senior advisers told The Politico just a few days ago, and a signal that the party in Oregon on primary night, May 20, is going to be about a lot more than just another state ...

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Can they get to 20 before Michelle's biological clock catches up with the Arkansas couple? Seattle TImes: It will be another busy Mother's Day for Michelle Duggar, of Tontitown, in northwest Arkansas, who is pregnant with her 18th child. Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins. The Duggars' oldest child, Josh, is 20, and the youngest, Jennifer, is 9 months. Michelle, her husband, ...

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Vande Velde at TDG The US-based Slipstream-Chipotle put Christian Vande Velde in the lead of the 2008 Giro d'Italia on Saturday by winning the opening team time trial. It marks the first time in 20 years that an American has worn the leader's pink jersey at the Giro. The Slipstream squad gained the lead after finishing the 14.6-mile course around Palermo on the island of Sicily in 26:32. Of the teams that followed, High Road and Team CSC ...

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nvanloen posted a photo: It is done. It works. We'll see how it settles out (it has a wrinkle or two) but it's a lot of fun. Thank you Anne for going along with me on this.. :)

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"Obama Extends an Olive Branch Toward Clinton" (The Trail, WaPo's political blog): WOODBURN, Ore. -- Even as Hillary Clinton continued to campaign against him, criticizing his health care plan, Barack Obama took another step this afternoon toward extending an olive branch toward her so that she could "feel good" about the outcome of a Democratic nominating process that his campaign hopes to soon bring to an orderly and amicable close.Asked by a reporter during a ...

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When dogtags meet dogs: The Pentagon is recommending changes in the handling of troops' remains, after it was revealed that crematoriums contracted by the military are used for both human and animal cremations. In other corpse-disposal news: Now a new option is generating interest: dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain. The process is called alkaline hydrolysis and was developed in this country 16 years ago to get rid of animal carcasses. ...

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Josh Fruchter, in sharing my post on lawyers using Twitter, raises a good question. ...[I]f a lawyer spends substantial time each day blogging, and updating Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and any other networks to which they belong (Pulse anyone???), what about life outside work? At some point, it seems to me, there isn't enough time in the day to participate regularly on EVERY site, and still maintain a healthy work life balance. Other lawyers do regularly tell me ...

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Or sunburns, more likely. We doubt any of of you have actually thought to pack sunscreen on your person, given the state of our weather lately. KOMO says it's only fifty-five degrees out there, and maybe it is, but it feels awesome outside. It's Friday afternoon, people. Just get up, walk to the elevator, and be on your way. No one will even notice. Go on now. You know you want to. You know you ...

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