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n W.H., Obama staff will say cu l8r 2 im By: Ben Smith January 17, 2009 08:24 PM EST Barack Obama may get to keep his Blackberry, but David Axelrod is losing his IM. The lawyers broke the bad news to Obama aides at a briefing Friday morning convened by incoming Deputy White House Counsel Cassandra Butts: Not only are they leaving the modern world to enter a White House where some of the clunky desktop computers still run Windows 2000 but—worst of all—they'll be forced to surrender form of communication staffers have relied on for the last two years...

Research Confirms Unborn Learning About Outside World February 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - New research funded by Pampers has confirmed that the unborn are actively learning about the outside world.The study group found that from at least 25 weeks, the unborn can recognize their mother's voice, and can react to taste, touch, and sound, as reported by Ireland On Line.See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage: Science Reveals Unborn can Dream, Smell, Hear, Remember Events and Feel Pain http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/may/04051707.html British Study Shows Unborn Are 'Conscious Before 24 Weeks'http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/mar/03031006.html Science Reveals Unborn can Dream, Smell, Hear, Remember Events and Feel PainROME, May 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com)...

His female caretakers thought they were caring for a handicapped adult, but William Mucklow was really a financial analyst. His nurses say he had a scheming mind and a penchant for Pampers. More than 20 women allege Mucklow behaved like a baby and asked them to change his diapers. Debbie McKemy/Alleged Victim: "He came to the door in a green onesy with a diaper full and a binky in his mouth. He acted like a 3-year-old child." Court documents allege William Mucklow pretended to be his own mother on phone interviews arranging for health care workers to come to his...

Tokyo resident Jun Miyakawa has stopped going to Starbucks and no longer buys Pampers diapers for his baby. Although his government was among the first to back the US-led invasion of Iraq, Miyakawa, a private sector worker, is part of Japan's increasingly vocal anti-war movement. The "Peace Choice" campaign, which he helped organize, is urging boycotts of American products from McDonald's hamburgers to Ford cars. "My family and I want to continue to live on this planet, and I want this war to stop," he said Wednesday. "It's unbelievable that in this day and age a nation would invade another...