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Working Moms-to-Be: It’s Even Worse Than You Thought

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2006 You've heard that having a child sets you back seven years in the workplace? Well, according to a new study, a woman's wages never fully recover--even after the child leaves home. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thank Providence for Small Miracles!

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2006 The president categorically rules out any run for office by his wife, Laura Bush. | storyNow the only ones to worry about are his twin daughters; his nephew, George P. Bush; and his mother, Barbara "Antoinette" Bush, who had such thoughtful things to say about Katrina evacuees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NBC’s Gregory Bashes McClellan Over Abramoff

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2006 Watch David Gregory catching the White House spokesman in a lie about his policy of not disclosing participants of Bush's staff-level meetings. | Crooks and Liars has the video.Think Progress proves that McClellan is lying. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Vows to Fight White House Over Porn Probe

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2006 The Bush administration wants to know how often porn turns up in searches. Google is fighting the subpoena. At a time when companies like Yahoo are turning over records to the Chinese government, bully for Google for standing firm. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cellphones to Disrupt Final Sanctuary: Subways

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2006 Rejoice! With bids coming in to wire New York's subway stations, you'll never have to miss a fascinating discussion about someone's dinner plans, or their stomachache, or whatever else they choose to spew on their captive audiences. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Their Dogs Eat Better Than You Do

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2006 Salon exposes the organic, sustainable, antibiotic- and steroid-free underbelly of the growing Raw Pet Foods Movement. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Condi Slashes Cushy Assignments for Diplomats

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2006 Secretary of State Rice will shift hundreds of Foreign Service positions away from Europe to hot spots in the Middle East and Asia Well, it's a start |story . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Six Ex-EPA Chiefs Slam Bush on Global Warming

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2006 The comments come at an EPA-sponsored symposium. It's unclear whether the current EPA head managed to suppress a snicker while calling Bush "committed" to cleaning up the environment. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Vatican Begins to Thaw on Evolution

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2006 The official Vatican newspaper lauds a judge in Pennsylvania for tossing intelligent design out of the classroom. Anyone hear the galloping of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Justices Reaffirm Emergency Access to Abortion

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2006 It's the first abortion ruling in six years, but the real action comes Friday, when the court takes up the so-called partial birth ban. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Pot Munchies’ Brain Compound Is Key to Anti-Obesity Pill

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 In figuring out how to turn off "the munchies" in sober people, scientists may just have synthesized the next wonder drug. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Abductors Threaten to Kill American Journalist

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 The 28-year-old female stringer for the Christian Science Monitor appears in a video broadcast on Al Jazeera. | storyThe AP has more info. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )