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While there are some indications that the awkwardness is starting to fade - menarche, or a girl's first period, has been cropping up in movies (including last year's Towelhead) and books (My Little Red Book, a collection of anecdotes about women's first leak week, reached the New York Times' best-seller list in February) - it's not doing so very quickly...
Justice Department beyond-ludicrous explanation by Jeffrey Smith, a lawyer for, that refusal of to release information on the FBI interview with Dick Cheney regarding the Valerie Plame-CIA leak is connected to concern that future government officials might refuse to cooperate with criminal investigations if they think what they say could open them up to ridicule ("I don't want a future Vice President to say, "I'm not going to cooperate with you because I don't want to be fodder for The Daily Show...
...many towns and cities are hurting. "Buy-local" campaigns can help local economies withstand the downturn. Says Boyle: "For communities, this is a hopeful message in a recession because it's not about how much money you've got, but how much you can keep circulating without letting it leak...
...funds from the original spill settlement between Exxon and the state of Alaska, scientists from NOAA have carried out major studies that show oil still remains just beneath the surface in many parts of the Sound - close enough for animals to be affected by it. "The oil may not leak out in quantities that are immediately visible, but that doesn't mean it's not there," says Jeep Rice, a NOAA scientist who has led the studies. "We thought the cleanup would be a one-shot deal - but it's still lingering...
...Sources say the federal case against the former American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) agents may be on the verge of being dropped, perhaps prompting the leak...