As seen at Boing Boing: Kevin Sites wins 2005 Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism. This is great news, and very much deserved. I’ve been a reader of Kevin Sites‘ blog since before the “incident” that put him in the hot story, in addition to reporting it. The award will be presented at the University of Oregon J-school on May 12. As a Duck myself, I’m doubly glad and proud. And if Kevin Sites sees this – go to Taylor‘s and have a beer. Well done you.
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The Nation | Special Cover | Worry, Alfred Dubya Heh. Okay, I’m done licking my political wounds. Time to laugh again. And what better place to start? Apparently, this image can be downloaded, printed off, and posted wherever you think it would show off to best advantage.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Keith Choate and Mark Ceneri turned to each other, grinning. Then they embraced. State representatives had just voted 85-63 to allow same-sex civil unions, something Choate and Ceneri had been waiting for since they became a couple five years ago. The state Senate passed a similar measure last week. “We wanted something that was meaningful,” said a beaming Choate. “We wanted something that was real.” The House action on Wednesday came after more than six hours of debate, much of it centered on adding a definition of marriage – the union of a man and a…