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There’s nothing new about Georgia lawmakers meddling in women’s choices about what they do with their bodies.

In fact, a legislative session doesn’t really feel like a legislative session if one or two of the Gold Dome’s resident Bible-beaters don’t propose legislation that would ban abortion or exempt fetuses (feti?) from paying property taxes. These proposals usually don’t generate much attention because they usually don’t go anywhere.

But two pieces of state legislation have bucked that trend and are generating an interest under the Gold Dome. The first, called the “Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act,” is co-sponsored by some of the state Senate’s biggest names and would limit the number of eggs that could be fertilized and implanted in a woman. The other, which would create a legal mechanism to adopt an embryo, is penned by state Rep. James Mills, R-Gainesville.

This time, state lawmakers have a news story on which to peg these bills. Yep, Nadya Suleman, alleged Angelina Jolie-wannabe and mother of 14 more commonly known as “Octomom.” Some folks are concerned these bills could have far-reaching implications — and just might have legs.

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1. Annals of bizarro: Andisheh publicly questions Sunday Paper news editor (allegations of weirdness abound)

2. Jezebel: Four out of five “Real Housewives” are broke (oh, celebs — they’re just like us!)

3. Word: Travesty of death (Brian Nichols is spared the death penalty; Troy Davis continues to fight his death sentence)

4. BMF’s third-in-command sentenced (20 years for the Black Mafia Family’s Fleming “Ill” Daniels)

5. Southeastern Film Critics Association’s got Milk for best picture (critics group — which includes our very own Curt Holman — digs the Harvey Milk biopic)

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The enterprising scribes at gossip blog Jezebel have sifted through hours of reality-show reels — and some local television investigations — to uncover what many people surely have assumed all along: the stars of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta” may not be as posh as they portrayed themselves.

Among the allegations Jezebel reports: NeNe and her “real estate investor” husband Gregg were evicted from their home — it was a rental (!) — and that the actual relationship between the two is unclear. Sheree’s put her house on the market for $2.8 million and is arguing her divorce settlement all the way to the state Supreme Court. Lisa filed for bankruptcy after she couldn’t repay a $150,000 loan from ex-husband Keith Sweat (we feel ya, Lisa!). Kim’s selling her townhouse in a terrible market but is dating a plastic surgeon (score!). And it turns out a quasi-scandal during her teenage years in Connecticut helped clarify speculation about her age. DeShawn is DeShawn and apparently doing OK.

While I feel for these ladies — who, in their own special way have done so much to improve metro Atlanta’s image — I, being the 80s-baby that I am, am more concerned about my own well-being. And frankly, this is not good. I now have nothing to watch with my dear friend after we get our nails did.

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