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Andy Towle August 23, 2007

Short story writer, poet, and activist Grace Paley has died after a battle with breast cancer, at 84: "A published writer since the 1950s, Paley … [Read more...] about News: Pete Wilson, North Carolina, Tom Brady, Grace Paley

Andy Towle August 14, 2007

New York's "Aristocrat of the People" Brooke Astor dies at 105: "...it was a changing social order that Brooke Astor oversaw. Hers was a society … [Read more...] about News: Brooke Astor, Flexible Battery, Jake Gyllenhaal, iPhone

Andy Towle August 8, 2007

Singapore bans gay picnic, saying politics not welcome in public parks: "It was never meant to be political, and this testifies to the paranoia of the … [Read more...] about News: Great White, Uganda, Matthew McConaughey, Singapore

Andy Towle July 17, 2007

A biting pain: X-Ray reveals that a rugby player's incessant headaches were caused by an opponent's tooth which was lodged in his forehead. Didn't … [Read more...] about News: Amy Winehouse, David Vitter, Tooth X-Ray, Roger Mahony

Andy Towle May 10, 2007

Gays in the state of Bahia, Brazil marked Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in the country with a protest at the Cathedral of Salvador in the city's … [Read more...] about Gays in Brazil Protest Pope’s Arrival

Andy Towle April 26, 2007

Seattle Pride parade on again. Rally searching for a resurrection. Two female plainclothes police officers charge Scottish male stripper with … [Read more...] about News: Azis, Stripper Cop, ACT UP Paris, Lance Bass

Andy Towle April 25, 2007

Considering that the audience here is 90% male, you may not have a need for The Lesbian Bride's Handbook, but the piece in New York magazine's sex … [Read more...] about News: Roger Ebert, Lost Country, Justin Timberlake, Bob Dylan

Andy Towle April 9, 2007

Bush vs. Clinton - whose economy is stronger? Each claims his own. Economist Larry Kudlow: "Every expansion has a little different coloration. The … [Read more...] about News: Easter Parade, Spandau Ballet, Spray-On Computer, Ohio

Andy Towle April 4, 2007

Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa, the head of Italy’s bishops’ conference, has been placed under police guard after the facade of the Cathedral of … [Read more...] about Archbishop Under Police Guard After Anti-gay Comments

Andy Towle April 2, 2007

Earthquakes, powerful tsunami strike Solomon Islands. Death toll at 20... Friendly fire: Memo from Gen. Stanley McChrystal reveals that "the … [Read more...] about News: Tsunami, Blades of Glory, Pat Tillman, Ferrets vs. Gays