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Bob Jones Atones for Sins - "Bob Jones University of Greenville, South Carolina, issued an online statement Thursday apologizing for 'racially hurtful' practices of its past, including prohibiting married African American students until 1971 and unmarried African American students until 1975, and banning interracial dating until 2000. The letter stated that BJU?s former policies were 'shaped more directly by that [segregationist] ethos than by the principles and precepts of the Scriptures.' 'In so doing,' the letter said, [Read More...]

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What?s the Next Big Thing? - The funny thing about affiliate marketing is, you never really know that the next big thing is? but when it does hit, get ready! Here?s a list of the some best and most heavily promoted affiliate offers over the past few years. You can still promote these bad boys today to make some loot, or get ready for whatever is next! TRUE.com The TRUE dating network is still one of the biggest money makers around in the dating space, but when they first started out it was even crazier. I remember seein [Read More...]

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Bob Jones U. Apologizes for Former Racist Policies - Bob Jones University of Greenville, South Carolina, issued an online statement Thursday apologizing for "racially hurtful" practices of its past. These included prohibiting married African American students until 1971 and unmarried African American students until 1975, and banning interracial dating until 2000. The letter stated that BJU?s former policies were ?shaped more directly by that [segregationist] ethos than by the principles and precepts of the Scriptures.? ?In so doing,? the letter [Read More...]

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eHarmony Will Now Accept Same Sex Couples - Yesterday is was announced that eHarmony will accept same sex couples on their online dating service. According to Poponthepop.com, "the new same-sex matching service from eHarmony, Compatible Partners, is set to debut by March 31." Before anyone jumps on the eHarmony bandwagon, let's not forget that eHarmony founder Neil Clark Warren is a Mormon and a big time supporter of Focus on the Family. Focus on the Family, of course, was a major financial donor to the Yes on 8 campaign. So let me ge [Read More...]

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Vulture?s Angelina Jolie ?Editorial Plan? - Today the New York Times reports that Angelina Jolie didn't just bank a $14 million payday for her baby photos ? she demanded that People produce an "'editorial plan' providing a road map of the layout." Shocking? Unethical? We say: Awesome! At Vulture HQ, we've been rejoicing all morning. This means we might finally have our shot at a Q&A with Angelina ? if our "editorial plan" is strong enough. So here goes! (Angelina, if the below proposal sounds good to you, please just leave your cell [Read More...]

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eHarmony settles lawsuit by launching same-sex matching service - Oh eHarmony, you shouldn't have! Actually, you wouldn't have if your asses weren't brought to court for discrimination. While this should be considered a victory, it still pisses me off to no end. After the New Jersey Attorney General's Division on Civil Rights (DCR) brought eHarmony to court for their discriminatory policy that doesn't match same-sex couples on the site (not surprisingly, the online dating service has ties to Focus on the Family), eHarmony settled by agreeing to launch a sa [Read More...]

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Watchando: Is Dying To Get Off The Internet - A guy in Florida committed suicide live via webcam. Instead of slowly and over many years of working online. [Valleywag] Pete and Ashlee Wentz had their child last night and have reportedly decided to name their womb-troll "Bronx Mowgli Wentz." We highly suspect this is a lie. [People] Hugh Jackman says that rumors about his sexuality make his wife angry. But not as angry as when he makes her wear a Mel Gibson mask during sex. [Digital Spy] Micheal Jackson is a "secret Muslim." A secret Musl [Read More...]

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And Now for Two Things, Completely Different - Two productivity-enhancing additions to the internet that at least a couple of our readers may not have noticed in the last 24 hours. Google is putting the image archive of the American magazine LIFE online. Over the next few months, this will mean access to some 10 million images, the vast majority of them never published. In the meantime, some of the best-known are already online. Add the text ?source:life? to any search in Google Images to specify something from the archive. Browse pictures [Read More...]

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