Oops! How Congress' mistake may lead to thousands of little oops!

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Posted on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008

Soaring price of birth control at colleges puts pressure on Congress

By Rob Hotakainen

WASHINGTON — Jen Mayekawa temporarily stopped using birth control last spring when she discovered that the cost had more than quadrupled, from $11 to $49 per month."There really was no choice," said Mayekawa, 21, a senior majoring in Spanish and pre-nursing at Kansas State University. "I wasn't about to spend $150 just to get me through the summer."With the cost of contraception skyrocketing on college campuses throughout the country, the price of the pill is suddenly big talk on Capitol Hill. And Congress, which apparently caused the jump in prices with a legislative error, is under growing pressure to intervene.

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I hate the article title but I after this week, I'm beginning to agree

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Is the right right on the Clintons?
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Hillary's campaign tactics are causing some liberals to turn against the couple.

Jonathan Chait

January 26 2008

Something strange happened the other day. All these different people -- friends, co-workers, relatives, people on a liberal e-mail list I read -- kept saying the same thing: They've suddenly developed a disdain for Bill and Hillary Clinton. Maybe this is just a coincidence, but I think we've reached an irrevocable turning point in liberal opinion of the Clintons.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-chait26jan26,0,1890499.column

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Former OLPC CTO: $75 laptop will run Linux and maybe Windows

Former OneLaptopPerChild CTO: $75 laptop will run Linux and maybe Windows

The co-designer of the original OLPC now has plans for its chief competitor, including integrating low-cost cameras and top-notch displays. Her goal is for the Pixel Qi to be as technologically and aesthetically compelling as an iPod Touch.

Read more at: http://www.betanews.com/article/Former_OLPC_CTO_75_laptop_will_run_Linux_and_maybe_Windows/1200087717

AlterNet: Sensationalist Media Did Pentagon's Bidding in Fake Naval 'Provocation' with Iran

Sensationalist Media Did Pentagon's Bidding in Fake Naval 'Provocation' with Iran. Read more at:
http://www.alternet.org/story/73618

National security expert: This is the "most egregious case of sensationalist journalism" in the service of Pentagon and Bush administration.
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