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• Bottle blonde: Keith Urban has entered rehab for alcoholism, accompanied by his wife, Nicole Kidman. He "deeply regrets the hurt this has caused Nicole."

• The glove comes off: 1994's unofficial man of the year, OJ Simpson, has signed a $3.5 million book deal, discussing how he "hypothetically" killed his ex-wife and friend. No, this isn't just another bad OJ prank. (And why couldn't the previous video link have been one of the almost 30,000 files YouTube accidentally deleted recently?)

• Pass the egg salad ... or die trying: When they took our spinach, we said nothing. When they came for our lettuce, we were mum. But dammit they're not going to take our recently discovered batches of tainted egg salad without a refund. AP reports that "consumers can return the 12-ounce containers of egg salad for a refund." Oh.

• The Mullah who cried wolf: The Taliban has forewarned of more violence and carnage in Afghanistan. You know, like they did so many times before. U.S. threatens to send more corrupt contractors there....

• The gig is up: 60 Minutes reports that more than $500 million earmarked for the Iraqi military has been stolen by corrupt contractors. Former Iraqi finance minister Ali Alawi called it "one of the biggest thefts in history." Donald Rumsfeld—if he's even aware of this—would probably say, "stuff happens."

• Space race: Google Earth Election allows visitors to view congressional races around the country—from a satellite view. From that distance you can just make out how dumb the new crop of congressional candidates are. (If you want to see who's financing your local politicos in your zip code, try this d.i.y. mashup.)

• Just in time for Christmas: Sony is preparing to release its PlayStation 3, which they plan to sell for a mere $600. Hopefully Sony has learned the lesson of Microsoft, which shipped too few Xbox 360s last year.

• Blessed civil unions of souls: Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut leader Bishop Andrew D. Smith tells his priests to give blessings to same-sex unions. Connecticut is so the new Massachusetts.

• Breaking: All-you-can-eat meals and online poker bad for health: Reuters reports on the developing trend of college students—get this—gaining weight.

• Extreme Makeover, Times Edition
• Waltzing to the Weekend

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