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We're Married Say 150,000 Gay Couples

“Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first U.S. census figures released on same-sex marriages.” Link

General McChrystal Wants More Troops For Afghanistan

“The grim assessment is contained in a 66-page report that the commander, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, submitted to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Aug. 30, and which is now under review by President Obama and his top national security advisers.” Link

Serena Williams Issues Apology For US Open Outburst

Serena Williams twitters: “I want to sincerely apologize FIRST to the lines woman, Kim Clijsters, USTA & mostly tennis fans everywhere. Thank you all for your support!”

Global Warming Causing Bad Beer

“Climatologist Martin Mozny of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute and colleagues say that the quality of Saaz hops – the delicate variety used to make pilsner lager – has been decreasing in recent years. They say the culprit is climate change in the form of increased air temperature.” Link

Apple Cuts Price For Apple TV

“On Sunday night, the company dropped the price of the 160GB Apple TV to $229 and killed the 40GB model, which had previously been priced at $229.” Link

Natural Fat To Make Breast Enlargements

“Breast enlargements using ‘natural’ fat from other parts of their bodies are to be offered to women, it was announced today. The technique will be made available ‘early next year’, according to the Harley Medical Group. It has been trialled in Britain following a ten-year study on global developments within fat grafting. ” Link

Video: President Obama Weekly Address 9/12/2009

President Obama discusses Health Care Reform in his weekly address.

WWE Wrestler Jeff Hardy Arrested For Steroids

Jeff Hardy mugshot

“Jeff Hardy, known nationally for his work with the World Wrestling Entertainment promotion, was charged Friday with possessing several illegal drugs including cocaine, prescription pills and anabolic steroids. The arrest came as the result of a search at Hardy’s Cameron home which turned up 262 Vicodin pills, 180 Soma pills, about half a liter of an anabolic steroid, a residual amount of powder cocaine, and drug paraphernalia.” Link

Garrison Keillor Has Minor Stroke

“‘A Prairie Home Companion’ host Garrison Keillor has suffered a minor stroke and is in the hospital, though he’s expected to be released Friday, he said in a statement earlier today.” Link

US Mint List Of National Park Quarters

Here is the list of National Parks that will be featured on quarters by the US Mint:

2010

Arkansas, Hot Springs National Park, 1832

Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, 1872

California, Yosemite National Park, 1890

Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, 1893

Oregon, Mt. Hood National Forest, 1893

2011

Pennsylvania, Gettysburg National Military Park, 1895

Montana, Glacier National Park, 1897

Washington, Olympic National Park, 1897

Mississippi, Vicksburg National Military Park, 1899

Oklahoma, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, 1902

2012

Puerto Rico, El Yunque National Forest, 1903

New Mexico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, 1907

Maine, Acadia National Park, 1916

Hawaii, Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, 1916

Alaska, Denali National Park, 1917

2013

New Hampshire, White Mountain National Forest, 1918

Ohio, Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, 1919

Nevada, Great Basin National Park, 1922

Maryland, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, 1925

South Dakota, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 1925

2014

Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1926

Virginia, Shenandoah National Park, 1926

Utah, Arches National Park, 1929

Colorado, Great Sand Dunes National Park, 1932

Florida, Everglades National Park, 1934

2015

Nebraska, Homestead National Monument of America, 1936

Louisiana, Kisatchie National Forest, 1936

North Carolina, Blue Ridge Parkway, 1936

Delaware, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, 1937

New York, Saratoga National Historical Park, 1938

2016

Illinois, Shawnee National Forest, 1939

Kentucky, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, 1940

West Virginia, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, 1944

North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, 1946

South Carolina, Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument), 1948

2017

Iowa, Effigy Mounds National Monument, 1949

District of Columbia, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1962

Missouri, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, 1964

New Jersey, Ellis Island National Monument (Statue of Liberty), 1965

Indiana, George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, 1966

2018

Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, 1966

Wisconsin, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, 1970

Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park, 1971

Georgia, Cumberland Island National Seashore, 1972

Rhode Island, Block Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1973

2019

Massachusetts, Lowell National Historical Park, 1978

Northern Mariana Islands, American Memorial Park, 1978

Guam, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 1978

Texas, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, 1978

Idaho, Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, 1980

2020

American Samoa, National Park of American Samoa, 1988

Connecticut, Weir Farm National Historic Site, 1990

U.S. Virgin Islands, Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, 1992

Vermont, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, 1992

Kansas, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, 1996

2021

Alabama, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, 1998