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When Marjorie McMillan, as reported in Time, learned about the Supreme Court ruling concerning Lilly Ledbetter’s suit under Title VII, she remarked, “What is wrong with this court? It just doesn’t live in the real world.”

Workers had better get ready for more slaps in the face as the Bush administration, along with appointed allies on the Supreme Court, work in tandem to further degrade America’s laborers. Congress may be controlled by Democrats, but they are a spineless bunch who can only talk about progressive legislation instead of fighting the powers that strangle ordinary Americans.

The Supreme Court, as it wraps up the end of its session this week, has changed dramatically. If the Bush administration is a disaster on all levels (and it is), then its legacy on the court will live on with the appointment of John Roberts and Samuel Alito. These arch-conservatives know no bounds in interpreting the law based on their ideology.

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NEW YORK -- Lindsay Lohan, who checked into rehab after a wild Memorial Day weekend, plans to extend her stay, says her mother, Dina Lohan.

"She's going to be doing extended care," Dina Lohan said in Tuesday's editions of the Daily News. "It was her choice."

The "Mean Girls" actress, who turns 21 on July 2, checked into rehab in Malibu, Calif., after she crashed her Mercedes Benz into a curb and was photographed slumped in the passenger seat of a friend's car.

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Jill Martin said Monday she's leaving WFOR-Channel 4 on July 31 to become a sports and entertainment reporter for the Madison Square Garden Network in New York.

Martin will co-host a sports entertainment program, MSG-NY, at 10 p.m. weeknights and do celebrity interviews at halftime of Knicks games.

Martin, 31, who grew up on Long Island, N.Y., has been WFOR's No. 3 sportscaster for five years.

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Parked behind the open back of the 31-foot trailer, a trio of identical, bright blue racing cars awaited their drivers.

Inside the trailer, Laura Schenck helped her children, Samantha, 11, Danielle, 9 and Jake, 6, suit up as she kept an eye on 1?-year-old Brock, who darted in and out of the vehicle, then struggled to lift Jake?s racing helmet over his head.

Earlier, Bill Schenck had unloaded three quarter midget cars, quarter scale versions of open-wheel midget cars, in preparation for the Friday night racing at Sandstone Speedway, on the grounds of Atco Raceway in Waterford Township.

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