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Not surprising, but Seattle is among the fastest-growing cities in America.

Quoted: Reversing a decade-long trend, many of America's largest cities are now growing more quickly than the rest of the nation, yet another sign of an economic crisis that is making it harder for people to move.

An important decision happening in India tomorrow...

Quoted: The Delhi High Court will issue its long-awaited decision in the case seeking to decriminalize gay sex tomorrow, Thursday, July 2, at 10:30 a.m. Delhi time.

Quoted: When Richard Posner writes (which he does a bit more often than most federal appellate judges), people tend to sit up and listen. Which is why a recent post he did on the Becker-Posner Blog sent shudders down the Law Blog's spine.

Quoted: Expanding copyright law to bar online access to copyrighted materials without the copyright holder’s consent, or to bar linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials without the copyright holder’s consent, might be necessary to keep free riding on content financed by online newspapers from so impairing the incentive to create costly news-gathering operations that news services like Reuters and the Associated Press would become the only professional, nongovernmental sources of news and opinion.

Quoted: The New York Times asked Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia, for his help when David Rohde was kidnapped and the news was being posted.

Not surprising...

Quoted: American adults from young to old disagree increasingly today on social values, creating the largest generation gap since divisions 40 years ago over Vietnam, civil rights and women's liberation.

This is so horrilbe. At the end of the day, this is a shiny piece of coal we're talking about.

Quoted: Human Rights Watch said Friday that Zimbabwe's armed forces have taken over diamond fields in the east , killing more than 200 people and forcing children to search for the gems.

Oh no, looks like it's official :(

Quoted: The pop star was rushed to UCLA Medical Center Thursday afternoon and reportedly suffered cardiac arrest.

Ha, maybe all crop circles are caused by high animals rather than UFOs...

Quoted: Wallabies snacking in Tasmania's legally grown opium poppy fields are getting "high as a kite" and hopping around in circles, trampling the crops, a state official said.

way to go Chicago! 4 spots in the top 25, including the #2 position. bravo!

Quoted: Chicago has the dubious distinction of holding four places on a list of the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in the nation. Wednesday, June 24, 2009.