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The U.S. is becoming a mecca for embryonic sex selection. The practice, in which clinics make multiple embryos and freeze or flush those of the wrong sex (e.g., all the girls if you want a boy), is banned in many countries. Thousands of couples from those countries are coming to the U.S. to have the…

Aries- Life is, you are, so stop and smell the glove. Your hottentotyness is making everyone around you swoon, but you seem way too concerned with your socks….they just keep you from getting blisters and crud in your toenails…they aren’t skin. Taurus- Like Ford, it worked for a while. your model needs updating. try something…

I am writing you with much concern after having read of your hearing to decide whether the alternative theory of Intelligent Design should be taught along with the theory of Evolution. I think we can all agree that it is important for students to hear multiple viewpoints so they can choose for themselves the theory…

Divine strake by Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Media Services May 11, 2006 Will residents of Las Vegas be seeing a mushroom cloud over their city next month? As I write this, “Divine Strake,” the big bang with the macabre and vaguely blasphemous name (the military-industrial complex is playing God again), has been postponed from June…

Is Concept a Verb? How to get a word into the dictionary. By Jesse Sheidlower Posted Friday, May 12, 2006, at 1:26 PM ET If you work in the advertising industry, you may have come across the word concept used as a verb, as in, “He’s the only creative person I ever met that had…

ASHINGTON – Lesbians’ brains react differently to sex hormones than those of heterosexual women, new research indicates. That’s in line with an earlier study that had indicated gay men’s brain responses were different from straight men — though the difference for men was more pronounced than has now been found in women. Lesbians’ brains reacted…