International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten: "GERMANY AND ITALY'S 'COLLECTIVE HISTORY'Conference to Examine Nazi- Era CrimesGerman Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Italian counterpart announced on Tuesday that historians from the two countries are to hold a conference next year. The topic will be the hundreds of thousands of Italian soldiers that were deported to Nazi Germany during World War II. more... * Nazi Massacre: Berlin Takes Rome to Court * ...

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Daily Kos: State of the Nation: "According to data just released by the Minnesota Secretary of State, Al Franken has gained a net of 43 votes on the first day of that state's recount process. Norm Coleman had a lead of 215 voters over Franken in Minnesota's certified, pre-recount tally; that margin is now 172 votes.Minnesota reports that it has thus far re-counted 15.49 percent of its ballots. If the first day's results are indicative ...

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The I'm Just Sayin' Show is now out of beta -- it's already looking a lot better than last week! After a nice review, Tilzy.TV has an interview with me that explains how the show came together. We (Jackie, Alisa, Kristen, and I) like to think of the show as "Diggnation for girls" -- or, okay, "Golden Girls for hipsters."

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It was a good day in the LexBlogosphere. There's quality posts from ACS Blog on Eric Holder (an ACS board member) being tabbed as the next attorney general and Minneapolis attorney Gavin Craig on Proposition 8. President Bush Issues Executive Order Pushing NextGen Forward - Costa Mesa lawyer Steven Taber of Chevalier, Allen & Lichman on the firm's Aviation and Airport Development Law Blog Governor Schwarzenegger Strikes Again: ...

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Last night we were trying to watch House, M.D., and one of those terrible Microsoft "Mojave" commercials came on, which implied that the reason Vista hasn't sold well isn't because it sucks but because consumers don't know you can make panoramic photos with it. That's a feature on everyone's must-have list for a new OS, isn't it? So then we were like, Great, this is what intracranial bleeding feels like. Anyway that reminded us of ...

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