Historic Fire Island Pines Pavilion is torn down to make way for the future.
Dream comes true as British boy is crowned Queen for a day.
Guide to the Tube: Mad Clinton, John Rocker, Mario Lopez, Jesus Camp.
McSteamy shower scene: Eric Dane works the towel.
Scissor Sisters soar in the UK, struggle in the U.S.
San Diego Gay Pride attackers get their prison sentences.
George Michael concert shock: British Bulldog blows George Bush.
National Rugby League halfback Cooper Cronk plays in the pool.
New Tennessee Williams play debuting in Ptown a coming out chronicle.
Separated at Birth: Justin Timberlake and the Unabomber?
Brandon Flowers on developing a Killer image.
Senior Texans mesmerized by Chad Hunt's monstrous donkey dong.
Male models bang a house together in New Orleans.
A sizzling summer down under DNA preview from Lewis Payton.
British footballer Paul Scholes under fire for calling a referee "poofter."
Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis take a stroll in the village.
Wisconsin lesbians attacked over gay marriage discussion in diner.
The guys: David Boreanaz, Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Congressman Mark Foley resigns after "sick" email exchange with male page.

and last but not least...
Help! NYC Blogger seeks perfect apartment...

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Political Page Turner:Rep. Mark Foley Resigns Seat Over Inappropriate Emails

Rep. Mark Foley, a Republican from Florida and the co-chairman of the Missing and Exploited Children Caucus, resigned his seat in Congress after emails to a 16-year-old former male page surfaced that contained correspondence many saw as troubling and inappropriate.

In one of the emails Foley asked the page to supply him with a picture. In another, he commented that the page's friend was in "really great shape." The emails were characterized by the page who revealed them as "sick, sick, sick..."

Foley's office said the emails had surfaced as part of a smear campaign by the congressman's political opponent, Democrat Tim Mahoney. Mahoney's office denies they were part of any campaign. Said their spokesman: "The seriousness of these allegations goes far beyond the tit for tat of a political campaign. This is a matter for the appropriate authorities to investigate. I believe Mr. Foley deserves the benefit of the doubt until these allegations are proven true or false."

Wow. There must be a lot more out there for Foley to quit so hastily.

FLASHBACK: In September 2005, as the House approved the Children’s Safety Act, which tightened sex offender monitoring, Foley responded to the poor system in place at the time, saying, "We track library books better than we do sexual predators."

More...
ABC: "...the congressman, under the AOL Instant Messenger screen name Maf54, made repeated references to sexual organs and acts."
The chats...
Foley statement: "I am deeply sorry and I apologize for letting down my family and the people of Florida I have had the privilege to represent."

AFTER THE JUMP, (via ABC) an excerpt from the explicit chats between Mark Foley and a congressional page...

Previously
Male Page and Rep Mark Foley in Troubling Email Exchange [tr]

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TowleTech V.26

Catch up on this week's tech and science news with the latest TowleTech from our correspondent Daniel Williford.

HP makes computers, printers, cameras, and bad decisions. That's the lesson this week, as company heads underwent scrutiny at a congressional hearing that had the majority of those involved pleading the 5th when confronted with undeniable evidence of pretexting and other spy-like tactics on journalists, employees, and their families. Meanwhile, both the FBI and California state are organizing criminal investigations into the company. "This is not my finest hour," said chief executive Mark Hurd, taking some of the blame as his lawyer crawled into a fetal position.

Scientists creamed themselves this week as Mars rover Opportunity rimmed Victoria. "The pictures we got tell us there is a tremendous amount of geologic information hidden in that crater." Though the crater Victoria is deeper than expected, the team will edge Opportunity as close as possible to further explore Victoria's craggy protrusions.

What would a magazine library look like? The New Yorker has released what might be the future for collectors of popular print media: the 4,164 issue back catalog is now available in digital form on a 3.5 x 5" 80 GB hard drive. For $299, the portable external drive includes 20GB of free space for updates that will be available online.

Richard Branson unveiled a mock-up of Virgin Galactic's 8-person spaceships intended for non-scientific trips to space. The flights are expected to begin in 2009 at a cost of $190,000 per ticket.

Slingbox, the popular television set-top appliance that pipes your home television to any computer with an Internet connection, has released second-generation devices: One for basic cable and regular TV; one for digital cable, satellite, and DVRed TV; and the extra-long power bottom version for multiple inputs including HD. Sling it any way you want, boy.

Do you use a feed reader to catch up with all your favorite websites and blogs? Then take a peep at Google's refreshed and revived Reader, if not for the new features and improved interface, then for the cute engineer who created it...helloooo Chris...

Still can't get your technophobic silver fox daddy to get a damn cell phone? Jitterbug has a new solution: a simplified cell phone for those who still long for the days of rotary. The phone features big, bright buttons, a major lack of features, menus, and options, and even...get this...dial tone. [via david pogue]

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Judge: Gay Rhode Island Couple can Marry in Massachusetts

A 1913 law prohibits Massachusetts from marrying out of state couples there if the marriage would not be recognized in their home state. This has been the reason why the state has not been inundated with out of state same-sex couples wanting to wed.

Today, however, a Superior Court has ruled that because Rhode Island's laws do not specifically ban same-sex marriage, a lesbian couple can be married by the state of Massachusetts.

Superior Court Judge Thomas Connolly: "No evidence was introduced before this court of a constitutional amendment, statute, or controlling appellate decision from Rhode Island that explicitly deems void or otherwise expressly forbids same-sex marriage."

It is not yet known if State Attorney General Thomas Reilly will appeal the ruling.

Judge rules gay R.I. couple has right to marry in Mass. [boston globe]

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Wisconsin: Lesbians Attacked Over Gay Marriage Discussion [tr]

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David Boreanaz Shows Off His Bones

Like many of the shows this season, David Boreanaz's Bones drama is trying to get a kick start by showing giving us some bones. These are some screenshots from last night's show.

The show is about a forensic anthropologist so naturally it should be all about the study of man. And after all, this has been the week of bones.

More bones after the jump, along with a link to the clip of last night's show.

Click to enlarge, and download the clip here.

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News: Corpse ID Hunt, Screech Sex Tape, Mini Coopers

NYPD takes photo of dead West Village leather man's face to area bars for identification: "Passersby at first thought the corpse was part of early Halloween decorations. Only later did witnesses realize the body - decked out in black leather pants, a mask and black leather cowboy boots with spurs - was a human."

Gay rugby league icon Ian Roberts finishes testimony at inquest into death of his young friend Arron Light: "This was never about some sick little street kid who was a prostitute and had a sad life because that's not how I knew Arron. He was always this cheeky, good-looking endearing kid who just turned up on my doorstep one day."

The real issue in the disputed AIDS funding bill (marked to send money away from urban areas and into rural areas in the South) which just passed the house is there's just not enough money to go around. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif: "That means if we're going to give to some people who are very deserving, we're going to take from others who are very deserving."

A sex tape from Screech? Say it isn't so.

The Mini is the unofficial gay car of Thailand. Especially when it has zebra stripes.

Former Wisconsin student Brett Timmerman alleges he was attacked outside a Platteville restaurant because he was gay: "Timmerman's state suit alleges he suffered a ruptured eardrum and says his attackers falsely accused him of starting the altercation that still gives him nightmares. He said in an interview that he can't go to the bathroom alone in Platteville because he's afraid he might get jumped again."

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