New stories by Aardvark, baboonfan, CallMeCrazy, Clarence591, dymondbolt, lthrjock and RdyRoger

New stories:

• Hunter 17: Living the Dream by Aardvark
• The Island of Dr. Mortimer 3 by baboonfan
• The Jocking: 3rd Quarter: 04:00 by CallMeCrazy
• New Year's Resolution 10 by lthrjock
• The Salt 5 by RdyRoger
• Second Chances 9 by Clarence591
• Special Delivery 2 by dymondbolt

Police Powers

• Justices Ease Rules on Questioning
• Supreme Court Eases Limits on Evidence
• Supreme Court says police may search even if arrest invalid

Pushback

• Supreme Court: Feds Abusing Identity Theft Law
• Supreme Court scales back police right to search cars
• NY Top court: Police cannot track suspect with GPS--Tell that to Wisconsin.

Prop. 8

• Prop. 8 upheld, but existing same-sex unions to stand
• Prop. 8 ruling draws attention to state's easy amendment process
• The Olson/Boies Challenge to California's Proposition 8: A High-Risk Effort--Bush/Gore lawyers team-up

New stories by CallMeCrazy, Clarence591, Jaypat, Londonboy and lthrjock

New stories:

• The Alpha Dog Gets a Leash 4 by Londonboy
• The Gifted Child by Jaypat
• The Jocking: 3rd Quarter: 05:00 by CallMeCrazy
• New Year's Resolution 9 by lthrjock
• Second Chances 8 by Clarence591

New morph: Speedo Kid 5

War on Terror

• Rachel Maddow: Indefinite detention? Shame on you... President Obama--And Glen Greenwald gets into the nitty-gritty of this unconstitutional proposal.
• Why Sen. Lindsey Graham thinks anti-torture laws sometimes need to give a little
• And He Shall Be Judged--Donald Rumsfeld hopes history will vindicate him.
• CIA destroyed 92 interview tapes
• UK apology over rendition flights

Torture

• Torture planning began in 2001, Senate report reveals Salon
• Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects
• My Tortured Decision--FBI agent Ali Soufan speaks up and speaks out against enhanced interrogation techniques.
• Call It Torture --Dan Froomkin takes a look at one of the Bush administration's dark legacies.
• Showing the money--Olbermann pledges to donate $10,000 to charity after radio talkshow host and frequent Fox & Friends guest "Mancow" undergoes waterboarding which he calls "absolutely torture." Hannity, you watching? You should also listen to your friend Shep.

New stories: Green Legacy 8 by Jaypat, The Salt 4 by RdyRoger and Special Delivery by dymondbolt

New stories:

• Green Legacy 8 by Jaypat
• The Salt 4 by RdyRoger
• Special Delivery by dymondbolt

Mary Jane

• Supreme Court Hands Medical Marijuana Major Victory
• Legalizing Marijuana the Federalist Way
• Schwarzenegger: High Time for Marijuana Debate
• U.S. to yield marijuana jurisdiction to states
• Stiff sentence upheld for medical pot supplier
• Human Brains Make Their Own 'Marijuana'
• Marijuana Advocates Point to Signs of Change
• 420: Thoughts on Pot vs. Alcohol from a Former Police Chief
• Michael Phelps, marijuana, feigned outrage Salon

New stories by BBMSN, CallMeCrazy, Clarence591, Londonboy, lthrjock, RdyRoger and Texzilla

New stories:

• The Alpha Dog Gets a Leash 3 by Londonboy
• Jekyll Genes: My Friends Call Me Pony by Texzilla
• The Jocking: 3rd Quarter: 06:00 by CallMeCrazy
• Marooned 2 by BBMSN
• New Year's Resolution 8 by lthrjock
• The Salt 3 by RdyRoger
• Second Chances 7 by Clarence591

Torture and Religion

• The Religious Dimensions of the Torture Debate
• An Evangelical Call on Torture and the U.S.--Written two years ago, this declaration seems largely ignored and forgotten by their own.
• Richard Land of SBC: No room for torture in U.S. intelligence-gathering

The Onion

• Christian Salt Introduced
• It Was Then That I Carried You vs. Bullshit, Jesus, Those Are Obviously My Footprints
• God Makes Surprise Visit To Local Church
• Panicked, Sweat-Covered Pope Reverses Longstanding Ban On Abortion
• Muslims To Boycott All Pope Merchandise

New morph and new stories by BBMSN, Clarence591 and lthrjock

New stories:

• Marooned by BBMSN
• Second Chances 6 by Clarence591
• New Year's Resolution 7 by lthrjock

New morph: Roland Kickinger 2

Mormons

• President's Late Mother Improperly, Posthumously, Baptized as a Mormon--Digusting and reprehensible.
• Latter Day Saints lawyers, psychologists had a hand in torture policies
• Church has a beef with Mormon beefcake calendar

Sleepy Sunday

• The sexsomniac builder who forces himself on his wife in his sleep
• What if I sleep-talk about my secret crush? Salon
• Zzz-mail: What happens when sleepwalkers go online
• Mystery of Sleepless Boy Solved
• Wouldn't let her sleep, suspect told deputies, so she shot him

Star Trek--Watched it twice already, and planning to watch it a third time some time this week. Looks like it's going to last long and prosper.

• A history of Klingon, the language
• Top 10 Star Trek Movie Moments
• Instruction Manuals for the USS Enterprise

New stories: Stupid Cupid 8 by baboonfan and The Jocking: 3rd Quarter: 07:00 by CallMeCrazy

New stories: Stupid Cupid 8 by baboonfan and The Jocking: 3rd Quarter: 07:00 by CallMeCrazy

Newspapers

• Future of online news may be 'hyperlocal'
• A Web Site’s For-Profit Approach to World News
• Spare change for news Salon
• Can design save the newspaper?
• Big-Screen e-Readers May Help Save Newspapers--Or maybe not

Old vs. New Media

• Who owns the facts? The AP and the "hot news" controversy
• A.P. Seeks to Rein in Sites Using Its Content
• AP launches campaign against Internet "misappropriation"
• Does Google Really Control The News?
• Hey, journalists! Stop getting all huffy about the Huffington Post's "lifting" of stories.

Happy Cinco de Mayo! New stories: The Alpha Dog Gets a Leash 2 by Londonboy and The Salt 2 by RdyRoger

Happy Cinco de Mayo

New stories: The Alpha Dog Gets a Leash 2 by Londonboy and The Salt 2 by RdyRoger

Gay Marriage

• Poll: Support For Same Sex Marriage Grows
• Same-sex marriages gradually gain legal ground
• CNN Poll: Generational gap on gay marriage
• Handwriting on the Wall
• Miley Cyrus targeted over gay marriage
• Anti-Gay Rights Group Calls its Marriage Campaign '2M4M'--'M4M', seriously?
• The Bigots' Last Hurrah
• Funny Anti–Gay-Marriage Ad Sparks YouTube Revolt--Watch out for the coming gay storm
• Signs G.O.P. Is Rethinking Stance on Gay Marriage

States of the Nation

• New Hampshire State Senate Votes in Favor of Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
• Maine Senate Backs Gay-Marriage Bill
• Connecticut Legislature Backs Equality
• Paterson Introduces a Same-Sex Marriage Bill--I heart NY
• In Iowa, Same-Sex Couples Rush to Tie the Knot--Well, not everyone.