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>> Secretary of State Hilary Clinton chose Asia for her first stately trip and wagged a finger at North Korea, warning against any shenanigans.

>> COMEUPPANCE: Halliburton’s exclusive contract with the U.S. military is guaranteed no more.

>> Chris Brown makes a public statement about being sad, becoming a better man, getting help from God, and blah, blah, blah.

>> The stimulus bill retained the $50 million allotted for the National Endowment for the Arts. Yes, people — artists need jobs too.

>> ‘CAR CZAR’ OUT: Obama decides fixing the car industry is not a job for just one man.

>> Things that don’t go together — pedestrians and highways. This is why.

>> Lance Armstrong’s time-trial bike, worth more than $10K, was stolen. Since he only finished fifth in the race he was using it for, it doesn’t appear to have magical powers like the bikes he used for his seven Tours.

(Photo by Joeff Davis)

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— Is the clock ticking on Glenn Richardson’s reign as House Speaker? Jason Pye says some key Republican legislators have come out publicly in support of a challenge by state Rep. David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge.

— What’s life without DriftGrift’s “Morning Wooten?”

— Reporter-Cub recounts a jarring election day conversation he had with a tech at his doctor’s office. Seems the tech, who is white, couldn’t believe that Cub actually voted for Obama.

— Over at Paw Paw Bill, William Cotter has a troubling essay on the irony of a Vietnam resort hosting the Miss Universe beauty pageant.

— The Wren’s Next posts some of its fan mail from the wee ones, and they sure are charming.

— And speaking of kids, what’s on Maigh’s mind today is the loss of manners and how so many parents use television and computer games, essentially, as babysitters. “No one likes a Goop, and with Grover as my witness, we’re raising a whole generation of ‘em,” she says.

— Which leads nicely into the final item. ATLMalcontent shares an email from a grammar-challenged delegate who attended the National Education Association convention. Let’s hope he/she isn’t an English teacher.

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