AIDS Panel Choice Wrote of a 'Gay Plague' The Bush administration has chosen Jerry Thacker, a Pennsylvania marketing consultant who has characterized AIDS as the "gay plague," to serve on the Presidential Advisory Commission on HIV and AIDS. [Daypop Top 40]
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Study: Abortion Pill Under Attack. Anti-abortion groups continue to wage a battle against RU-486, the abortion pill. And, according to a new University of Oregon study, their tactics appear to be working. [Wired News]
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PHOTO-OP COVER-UP: BOXES READ 'MADE IN CHINA' NOT 'MADE IN USA' When President Bush gave a speech touting tax breaks for small businesses today, he stood against what appeared to be a backdrop of cardboard boxes stamped [base "]MADE IN U.S.A.[per thou] But the boxes in the south St. Louis warehouse had actually been painted on a large screen behind the president. The real boxes in the warehouse were stamped [base "]Made in China,[per thou] although someone tried to obscure the stamps by plastering over them with blank white labels. The White House later acknowledged the stickers were affixed intentionally. [Daypop Top 40]
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The INS runaround. The immigration service's new registration plan is supposed to help fight terrorism. It's also locking people up without explanation. [Salon.com]
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