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Botswana warrior returns home: An African warrior who was stuffed, preserved and put on show in a Spanish museum for more than 100 years is going home after a lengthy diplomatic dispute. . . . The figure was one of the town's chief tourist attractions. One local man commented that it was bit like sending all the mummies back to Egypt.
posted by palegirl at 11:51 PM PST - 6 comments

In an elaborate ceremony, the confederate flag was removed from the South Carolina Statehouse dome where it had flown for 38 years by Citadel cadets - one white, one black - amid cheering flag supporters and jeering anti-Confederate flag demonstrators. A smaller, square version was raised moments later on 30-foot flag pole by Civil War re-enactors in front of Confederate soldier's monument on Statehouse grounds, part of the compromise reached by the Legislature in May. Gov. Jim Hodges, the only top official taking part in Saturday's flag relocation ceremony, said most South Carolinians support the compromise that plants the flag at the most visible spot on the Capitol grounds.
posted by palegirl at 10:08 PM PST - 22 comments

How American Are You? (It's Viz, so don't take it too seriously. But, still.)
posted by holgate at 4:00 PM PST - 2 comments

Day trading and looking at pictures of beautiful women. Life just doesn't get any better than this.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 2:20 PM PST - 4 comments

But has anyone notified Dr. Sam Sheppard?
posted by quonsar at 1:57 PM PST - 1 comments

Goodbye, you grumpy old man...
posted by tomcosgrave at 6:58 AM PST - 2 comments

Some people just kind of miss the point sometimes. Yes, it's the Japanese Nazi Party. Dedicated to furthering the goals of the Aryan Races...which, of course, they wouldn't be included in if the Aryan Races even actually existed, on account of their being Asian and all. Did they not read Mein Kampf when they joined?
posted by Ezrael at 6:06 AM PST - 9 comments

While you were sleeping, gay people were getting married in Vermont. Beginning at midnight last night, people began flocking to their town clerks [some of them] and signing pieces of paper that would allow them to visit their partners in the hospital and file state taxes jointly. While I have yet to see a news photo of a happy couple [no thanks to the AP] I'm sure today is going to be an interesting day in town.
posted by jessamyn at 3:59 AM PST - 4 comments