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"Yesterday, on the National Day of Prayer, we learned that the East Waynesville Baptist Church in North Carolina essentially kicked out its Democratic members. Nine members were "excommunicated" and 40 other members of the 405 member church resigned in protest." (Daily KOS
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/5/6/84353/67437Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.
Bush meeting Putin on troubled ground. A lot has changed since their first meeting in 2001, when Bush said he gazed into Putin's soul and proclaimed his counterpart, a former KGB officer, "very straightforward and trustworthy."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7747670/A woman whose son repeatedly slept in Michael Jackson's bed at his Neverland ranch testified Friday that she thought of the estate as "the happiest place on Earth" and she never saw anything inappropriate happen there.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7760007/California Highway Patrol officers are looking into another shooting on a Southern California freeway. A truck driver said it happened near Lynwood, hours after a deputy sheriff shot at two suspects on an on-ramp of the freeway in the same area.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7739986/Salary.com, which advises companies on compensation, has calculated the annual value of the work America's 5.4 million stay-at-home moms do: $131,471. Take that, high-powered professionals.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-05-05-mom-edit_x.htmThat's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.
Finally,
Attention, time travelers: Amal Dorai hopes you enjoyed the party he's throwing this weekend. Dorai, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is hosting a Time Traveler Convention on campus this Saturday. Make plans now, because it's the last such party. "You only need one," he said. "The chance that anybody shows up is small, but if it happens it will be one of the biggest events in human history." Dorai only asks his guests to show proof they come from the future: Bringing the cure for cancer, a solution for global poverty or a cold fusion reactor would suffice.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TIME_TRAVELERS_PARTY?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOMEAll right, Amal, count me in. But I might be a little late... I mean early.
-- Carey Fox
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Six years after Kansas ignited a national debate over the teaching of evolution, the state is poised to push through new science standards this summer requiring that Darwin's theory be challenged in the classroom.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/education/06evolution.html?To the dismay of gay-rights activists, the Food and Drug Administration is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five years be barred from serving as an anonymous sperm donor.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7749494/Two suicide car bombs killed at least 24 Iraqis on Friday, continuing nine days of violence that have left a death toll topping 270 people.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7721003/Employers ramped up hiring in April, adding 274,000 jobs, far more than expected and enough to hold the nation's jobless rate steady at 5.2 percent. The latest figures offered a hopeful sign that the labor market is gaining traction and that any economic rough patch will be temporary.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7758808/Tony Blair, elected to a historic third term as Britain's prime minister, acknowledged Friday that the Iraq war was "a deeply divisive issue" that hurt his Labour Party, but he said Britons were ready to "move on" and focus on the future.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706165/Three New York doctors were charged Thursday with giving large amounts of Viagra and other anti-impotence drugs to mob members in return for construction and auto repair work done by mafia-controlled businesses.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7758827/Infants who make little eye contact, have trouble smiling and aren't very active may be showing signs of autism, Canadian researchers report in a small study that suggests autism could be spotted earlier than it is.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7759224/Hungry sea lions feasting on chinook salmon at Bonneville Dam were chased off Thursday by harmless underwater firecrackers and noisemaking guns that biologists hope will keep them away for good.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7759331/There are two really good films in this week's batch of new releases. "Crash" is a riveting look at racism in L.A. that features great performances. "Brothers" was one of the top prize winners at the Sundance Film Festival and an unforgettable film. The other big surprise this week is that Paris Hilton actually turns in a good performance in the very mediocre "House of Wax." Ridley Scott probably won't repeat his "Gladiator" success with the somewhat dull "Kingdom of Heaven." Finally, Martin Short brings us the completely unnecessary and unfunny, "Jiminy Glick in Lalawood." Hey, two out of five ain't bad.
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