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I find this amusing. A 23 year old college student was kicked off Southwest Airlines for being 'under dressed'. Article here. If she were on my flight I wouldn't be offended to sit next to her!

Tonight I was in the emergency room with my daughter (who broke her hand) and I read this article about an amazing 93 year old man that is widely credited with saving a billion people. What's wrong when we know Lindsay Lohan's father visited her in rehab but we do not know this guy's story?

Another interesting article from the same magazine is about Al Qaeda Family Feud. Seems like there is a fracture between different factions. It's important when you consider that the demise of many larger than life figures come from people close to them. Et tu Brute?

Here's a different point of view on the state of the Republican Party. Evidently the WSJ doesn't editorial page down't thing the Republicans are reeling, they think "the Republican presidential campaign comes into focus". I don't see it, but I always like to listen (or in this case read) opposing points of view.

Last link is an article on Michael Dell and Can he Refocus His Namesake?. I've always liked Dell PC's and recommended them until recently, now I tell anyone that will listen to get a Mac. It will be interesting to see what changes Dell has in store to get back to being the #1 PC maker.

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Today's quick links is going to be politics free in keeping with my promise to have a politics free weekend.

With that promise in mind, this is a fascinating look at the hunt for Bin Laden done by Newsweek. Note: there are some elements of politics in this story, but it is primarily a news story.

Honda has a case of Prius envy. Read on to see what they are doing about it.

About 10 years ago, Latrell Sprewell choked his coach PJ Carlissimo. While for several years it seemed that Carlissimo's reputation was hurt more than Sprewell's. 10 years later it seems like the tide has turned. SI has an article discussing the changes in fortune.

pro Football Talk has a feature called Turd Watch. It lists out the NFL's police blotter. It includes an entry that says Michael Vick was charged with tresspassing in Feb 2007. Sounds like the least of his worries. So much for being a first time offender.

When we put our house on the market in May (we had already moved) we were prepared for te worst. We sold it within one day and pretty close to the tope end of what we were looking for. The NYT has an article that speculates that the median price for homes is going to drop for the first time on record and could continue in 2008 and 2009.