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Former president Dick Cheney received a new heart to replace the one that was missing. I know that's a bad joke, but I am not the first one who has made it.

Cheney has had a history of heart trouble. He was on the transplant list for 20 months. I am actually surprised anybody would allow him to even receive a transplant given his age. He is 71 years old.
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Some atheists decided to take their grievances to D.C. this weekend.

"We are here to deliver a message to America," David Silverman, president of American Atheists, one of the rally's sponsors, told the crowd. "We are here and we will never be silent again."

Indeed, thousands came out for what organizers dubbed The Reason Rally and billed as the largest-ever gathering of nonbelievers in one place. They stood in a steady and sometimes heavy rain as speakers, singers, writers, comedians and activists charged them with channeling their common rejection of God into a force for political change.

Given most people's prejudice against nonbelievers, they probably won't get very far.
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Good idea:

Two U.S. senators are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law, their offices announced Sunday.

Troubled by reports of the practice, Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said they are calling on the Department of Justice and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to launch investigations. The senators are sending letters to the heads of the agencies.
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