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News Bits: Unto Us, Six Kids Are Given
- More troops are now dying in Afghanistan than in Iraq.
- Think we suck a lot of energy now? Just wait 'til 2030.
- "Foreign policy expert" McCain mixes up African countries - easy ones, too.
- Amsterdam cafes can only roll pure Js from now on. All right, all right.
- Gas prices taking a bite out of live music (praise the Lord we live in Austin).
- Will actors accept this deal?
- According to a French mag, Jolie has given birth to the Jolie-Pitt twins.
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