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- New York Court Declines To Recognize Gay Marriage (Reuters)
- Same Sex Marriage Ban Restored In Georgia (United Press International)  ¶ 10:41 AM 0 comments

  News Hype Headlines: PM Edition (7/5/06) Three quick stories while I work on some bigger ones:

Here's a shocker that never happens in the buisness of writing software. MS Office 2007 is falling even futher behind schedule...
- Microsoft Delays Launch Of Latest Office Suite (MSNBC)

A new study from the University of Utah says that using your cell phone while driving leaves you as unfocused as if you were driving under the influence of alcohol, hands free device or not...
- Cell Phones May Be As Bad As Drunk Driving (United Press International)

American R&B producer Dallas Austin was sentenced to four years in a Dubai prison for possession of cocaine...and was pardoned hours later by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum...I can't understand why Michael Jackson wants to leave...
- Hitmaker Dallas Austin Released From Dubai Jail (MTV.com)  ¶ 3:45 PM 0 comments

  Limbaugh Gets Off On Viagra Charges So what did we learn about Florida today? Although it is generally illegal everywhere else, Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the state attorney in Palm Beach County, tells us it is generally not illegal under Florida law for a physician to prescribe medication in a third party's name if all parties are aware and the doctor documents it correctly. That means conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh will not be facing charges in Palm Beach County for the bottle of Viagra found in his luggage that was prescribed in his doctor's name, which could have nullified his plea agreement in his recent case of "doctor shopping..."
- Limbaugh Will Not Be Charged Over Viagra (ABC News)  ¶ 2:02 PM 0 comments

  News Hype Headlines: AM Edition (7/5/06) Quick hits from some of the developing news stories of the morning:

Ken Lay of Enron infamy has died in Colorado of was is initially being reported as a massive heart attack...
- Convicted Enron Founder Ken Lay Dies (cbs4denver.com)

The most of New Jersey is closed due to a government shutdown. More important, the casinos at Atlantic City are all closed. No word of whether Donald Trump got to say, 'You're on mandatory government shut down..."
- New Jersey Craps Out (CBS News)

Are you a gambler in need of a betting fix? What to put a wager on how many Cat 3 hurricanes will hit the Gulf Coast this season...
- Wanna Bet That A Hurricane Will Hit US? (San Jose Mercury News)  ¶ 7:28 AM 0 comments

  North Korea Tries To Upstage July 4th Fireworks Not to be outdone by the U.S. launching the Space Shuttle on our Independance Day Holiday, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Il desides to fire off his own fireworks display, with his country test-launching six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong, in defiance of international warnings of retaliation.

- North Korea Tests 6 Missiles Despite Protests (Yahoo! News)

UPDATE: North Korea fired missle number 7 at 5:22 p.m. local time (4:22 a.m. EDT), as reported by the Kyodo News agency. The missile landed 6 minutes later, the report said.

- Report: N. Korea launches 7th missile (Yahoo! News)  ¶ 1:57 AM 0 comments