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USA: Yahoo! News - Cheney Utters ‘F-Word’ in Senate — Aides: That Cheney is a real gentleman despot puppmaster, yessir. “The incident occurred on Tuesday in a terse discussion between the two that touched on politics, religion and money, with Cheney finally telling Leahy to “f — - off” or “go f — - yourself,” the aides said. “I think he was just having a bad day,” Leahy was quoted as saying on CNN, which first reported the incident. “I was kind of shocked to hear that kind of language on the floor.”

USA: Yahoo! News - Gore: Bush Lied About al-Qaida, Iraq Link: “‘They dare not admit the truth lest they look like complete fools for launching our country into a reckless, discretionary war against a nation that posed no immediate threat to us whatsoever.’”

Sports: Yahoo! Sports - MLB - Piniella wants ownership to add players: “The Devil Rays have a payroll of $23 million — the lowest in the majors — and Piniella has said that they need to increase it to compete in the AL East. “Instead of trading our better players for the future, let’s start looking at other teams’ better players for our future,” he said. “And I’m talking within a salary framework that works for us, too. I’m not talking about a Alex Rodriguez-type deal.” ”

Tech: Ed Foster’s Gripelog || Microsoft, OEMs, Users and Blame: RTFM! “And when I have a problem, it’s my contention that I should be able to call the manufacturer of the PC or the software and get an answer — immediately and for free. I should not have to hassle with digging through the Internet, hours on end, searching for an answer and then spend hours more trying to figure out how to decipher what I’ve just read and implement the fix, even if that’s what I do for a living. They’re not paying me; I’m paying them. It’s time for PC and software manufacturers to wake up and realize who the customer is here.”

Sports: Rays Get Next Streak Started - from Tampa Bay Online: So that’s 13 wins in the Rays’ last 14 games. Hell of a way to do it, too! “A day after their club-record 12 game winning streak ended, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays set team records for runs and hits in a 19-13 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. ”