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The Main Event: Barbra Streisand sent the L.A. Times a letter informing them that she has canceled her subscription to the erstwhile paper (she's just going to steal her housekeeper Aurora's copy now, instead). You know the Times is in deep shit when Babs is complaining that a guy named Jonah Goldburg has been added as a contributor to the op-ed page. (barbrastreisand.com)

At Last: Riding the High Country, Finding and Losing Love / The NY Times review by Stephen Holden of "Brokeback Mountain" is in and it sounds like we have a winner ... I can't wait for this one. (NYT)

Justice Denied: N.Y. Appeals Court Rejects Gay Marriage / While the rest of the civilized world realizes that this is the last sanctioned form of discrimination, even a state like New York still wants to cling on this outdated reasoning. How sad for America. (Washington Post)

They Shoot Passengers, Don't They?: Police Say Man on Plane Was Mentally Ill / Shoot him. (Washington Post)

Slam Dunk: Pregnant Women Warned By FDA to Avoid Paxil / You'll be fine once you drown the kids (Washington Post)