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From the Federal Railroad Administration: "Trains Transporting the Most Toxic Hazardous Materials Must Use Safest, Most Secure Route."

Sounds like a good plan to me.

From the House Small Business Committee: "House Approves Resolution Recognizing The Work of American Plumbers."

From the U.S. Geological Survey: "Mount St. Helens Takes a Rest."

Press releases on the president's annual budget submission are among the least subtle forms of communication in recorded history. Here's one of my favorites from today, courtesy of the Center for Law and Social Policy: "President's Budget Says: Young Children Don't Count."

From NASA: "White Dwarf Pulses Like a Pulsar"

From Sandia National Laboratories: Did Early Southwestern Indians Ferment Corn and Make Beer?

See, it's not all about nuclear weapons research.

Bonus points for the caption on the photo accompanying the release: "Sandia researcher Ted Borek used gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to analyze vapors produced by mild heating of pot samples." But he didn't inhale, right?

"USDA Concludes Genetically Engineered Creeping Bentgrass Investigation"

From the Justice Department: Jury Convicts South Dakota Hotel Owners on Federal Peonage and Document Servitude Charges.

If, like me, you had no idea what "peonage" is, I'll spare you the trouble of looking it up. It's the "status or condition of compulsory service, based upon indebtedness." That's right: this case is about a down-home Midwestern couple who basically forced a group of Philippine immigrants to work around the clock without pay at the Comfort Inn & Suites hotel they run in Oacoma, S.D.

Purveyor of Envelope-Stuffing Scheme Banned from Selling Any Work at Home Opportunities Again (Federal Trade Commission)

Fewer Than a Third of Americans Know Supreme Court Rulings are Final, a New Survey Finds

Mystery Celebrity Jurors Help Postal Service Issue Jury Duty Stamp

From the Office of Advocacy at the Small Business Administration: "Wealthier Nascent Entrepreneurs More Likely to Start Businesses."

"RAND Recommends U.S. Military Adopt Consumer Marketing Strategies to Reach Iraqi and Afghan Civilians"

(Hat tip: Matthew Yglesias)

From the National Institutes of Health: "Ability to Listen to Two Things at Once Is Largely Inherited, Says Twin Study."

My question is, what about my inability to listen to even one thing at a time? Can I blame that on genetics?

Straight from the White House: "President Bush Makes Toast in Albania."

From the Bureau of Land Management: "Adopt a Wild Horse or Burro and Get a Free Gas Card!!!"

"The Nation Is Divided as to Whether It Is Too Early For Presidential Election"

Well, I hope everybody agrees it's too early for the election right now. The campaign, of course, is another matter...

"NASA Finds Extremely Hot Planet..."

"Manure Treatment System Erases Greenhouse Gases"

"U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Announces Focus on Health Hazards of Microwave Popcorn Butter Flavorings Containing Diacetyl"