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Just a potluck of items from the northern hemispere of the big blue ball we call home.

Judge upholds strict privacy law. Financial institutions have been doing everthing including pleading poverty for not being allowed to sell a customers records. Who you get money from and who you pay money to, how much you have and your social security number. These are the same folks who are saying to protect yourself from identity theft.

Big social to do in downtown San Francisco. Preserve the law offices of Melvin Belli. He made his money and his reputation chasing ambulances. Back in the late '40s he was dubbed, "King of Torts". He is less famous for founding the "Anti Direct Distance Dialing League". Members always dial '0'.

18.4 million has been spent by the state in a lawsuit against the state to demand qualified teachers in the school???

Like Will Rogers said, "I don't write this stuff, I just read the papers"