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Construction Of The Next Death Star Has Begun

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The Real Reason Kate Dumped Lance

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From the Twitter-verse

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"It must be hard to have an argument with a guy who rides his bicycle in the kitchen while eating breakfast. Sure, you can yell all you want about him taking "that thing everywhere" including the bathroom, but he's just gonna pop a wheelie in your face then go back to his Wheaties. Some might say I'm perpetuating a horrible stereotype that all cyclists are dicks, but until I see concrete data that suggests otherwise, I'm still throwing stray cats at them from my car window: "Quit blocking the lane! Aim true, Fluffy." REOWW!"

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McCain Scores Zero on Environmental Report Card

Consider this the next time you're invited to attend an "enviro" round table with John McCain.

John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has scored a stunning zero out of 100 on the latest League of Conservation Voters Scorecard, which rates elected officials on their votes in the most recent Congress.

McCain skipped every one of the 15 votes that the League of Conservation Voters deemed critical measures for the environment, including votes where the Arizona Senator's yea would have meant passage by a single-vote margin.

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Renters Rejoice!

Overall, prices in 20 large cities continued to decline at the highest levels ever measured by Case-Shiller. From Bloomberg: "Home prices in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas fell at a faster pace in May, indicating the three-year housing slump has not stabilized, a private survey showed today." The rate of decline on those 20 large cities was 15.8% for the year ending in May.More on the numbers: The biggest annual price declines remain concentrated in Sun Belt cities that experienced housing bubbles. These are the cities with the largest annual declines in prices:

Las Vegas -28.4%
Miami -28.3%
Phoenix -26.5%
L.A. -24.5%
San Diego -23.2%

L.A. home prices falling at 24.5% annual rate | L.A. Land | Los Angeles Times

Yoo Hoo! Save Gas! Get Whacked

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Chrome Messenger Bags Grand Opening Party

You're invited to celebrate Chrome's new digs on 7/31 in San Francisco.

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Xeni (BoingBoing) is at the unveiling of Richard Branson's new spaceship

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