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<p>HBO host Bill Maher’s political views– and his crass way of expressing them– are well known to most. Every once in a while, though, he takes things a step further than normal.</p> <p>The mega Obama donor claimed back in March, for instance, that he should be held to a different standard after calling Sarah Palin a “cu**” than when Rush Limbaugh called 30-year-old Georgetown student Sandra Fluke a “slut.” On Sunday, Maher made another noteworthy claim.</p>

'Doonesbury' lists U.S. dead in Iraq By JOSEPH KAHN The Boston Globe Readers of today's comics pages may want to keep a magnifying glass handy, or else don a blindfold. Six Doonesbury panels list the names of U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq. The list covers the casualties up to April 23, the date that cartoonist Garry Trudeau submitted the strip for publication. Doonesbury serves up the names without comment. For most readers, however, decoding its antiwar message will be no harder than brewing their morning coffee. Some comic strips grind their axes with noisy fanfare. This one is...