"Sandman," which ran from 1989 to 1996, is one of the only graphic novels to be on the New York Times Best Seller list and won Gaiman 19 Eisner and six Harvey Awards. It followed Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, as he escapes from imprisonment and attempts to rebuild his kingdom.

DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, which published "Sandman" after 1993, will issue the prequel in bimonthly installments starting Oct. 30. From the Guardian:

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Still, the poll numbers are likely to bolster the already strong cynicism of Texas political observers about the chance that Davis could beat Perry if she fulfilled the dream of many liberal women nationwide and ran against him next year. Similarly, most journalists dismiss the chance that Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lunderman Grimes can knock off Sen. Mitch McConnell. But the rise of these red-state women is good news for Democrats, even if pundits say they can’t beat right-wing veterans (and national villains among liberals) like McConnell and Perry next year (and I’m not conceding that here). In most red states, the best hope for Democrats is a rising coalition of Latinos, black people, Asians, young voters and white women. Davis and Grimes could accelerate the future.

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But can a food with Arabic roots, and a main ingredient as wimpy sounding as the chickpea, conquer the macho domain of the American snack shelf? Pepsico-owned Sabra Dipping thinks so. The spread is about to be named the NFL's "official dips sponsor," Bloomberg reports. And a national television ad to debut shortly will be urging customers to "dip life to the fullest." Cue the rippin' guitar solo.

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Abortion is currently banned under all circumstances in Ireland, and a 1992 Supreme Court ruling that the procedure should be legal if necessary to save a woman's life has done little to clarify if and when a woman can receive a medically-necessary abortion. This lack of clarity was cited in the report investigating the 2012 death of Savita Halappanavar, who died of septicemia after being denied an abortion by her doctors. “The interpretation of the law related to lawful termination in Ireland, and particularly the lack of clear clinical guidelines and training, is considered to have been a material contributory factor in this regard,” the report said of Halappanavar's death.

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Before today, this club could be seen as a collection of individuals. But not anymore, thanks to the hard-to-believe house editorial of the Washington Post titled "Plugging the Leaks in the Edward Snowden Case." Inveighing against the disclosures of NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the paper wrote that "the first U.S. priority should be to prevent Mr. Snowden from leaking information" and then fretted that Snowden "is reported to have stolen many more documents, encrypted copies of which may have been given to allies such as the WikiLeaks organization."

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Some of the answers, according to the video: "Sticks to party line," "not ready for prime time" and "left wing mime."

As Judd Legum of ThinkProgress points out:

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In fact, most apologies exact some toll on the offender, as it can be embarrassing to admit a mistake publicly or even to just one other person. And, as with Deen’s apology, the offender often suffers additional penalties as a result of the admission of guilt. Confession of a wrongdoing can damage a relationship, lead to loss of status or power, or even result in the termination of employment. These common costs may help explain the seemingly widespread reluctance to say, “I’m sorry.”  From politicians and professional athletes to friends and co-workers, denial of culpability is far too familiar.

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As Reuters reports, 6,000 pages of court documents -- spanning eight decades of cases -- released Monday in Milwaukee "showed in great detail" the ways in which the archdiocese routinely reassigned priests accused of sex abuse to new parishes -- while cleverly protecting millions of dollars of church funds from lawsuits. Included in the documents are requests from Archbishop Timothy Dolan to the Vatican to transfer $57 million to a trust fund to protect it from, in his words, "any legal claim and liability." The transfer was approved a month later. On Monday, Dolan insisted that his request has been misinterpreted, saying the transfer was a "perpetual care fund." The documents also show that Dolan did take action to notify the Vatican of abuses by Reverend John O’Brien – and that it took six years for the man to be stripped of his priesthood. The AP reports that to date the diocese has already spent "$30.5m on litigation, therapy and assistance for victims and other costs related to clergy sex abuse."

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Ahead of the mass protests across Egypt Sunday, Egypt’s military reportedly moved to shut down the tunnels, fearing Gaza-based militants would exploit any potential chaos to stage attacks on Egyptian security forces. Egyptians, panicked that the demonstrations would cause a sudden collapse of the state, stocked up on provisions and on fuel, causing long lines at gas stations across the country.

Now that Egypt’s military issued Monday a 48-hour ultimatum for President Mohamed Morsi and other political forces to resolve the current political crisis, which saw millions take to the streets in protest Sunday, Gazans are even more worried that their economic situation will worsen.

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A Washington Times Communities contributor wrote yesterday, based on documents obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request by a pseudonymous conservative blogger who goes by "Sundance," that police engaged in an intentional coverup to conceal reports that Martin was suspected of stealing jewelry, among other crimes. The post has already been picked up by a number of well-read conservative blogs and is currently leading FoxNation, the conservative news network's aggregation website.

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Last night, Don Lemon, the CNN anchor, hosted a panel discussion called "The N-Word," bringing together luminaries including Wynton Marsalis and Donna Brazile (among many others) to discuss the word's place in American society -- and whether it still carries weight.

Lemon also drew some heat on the blogosphere for asking people on the street their thoughts about ethnic slurs, including "cracker," used to describe white people. During the ongoing Zimmerman trial, witness Rachel Jeantel, who's been mocked for her lack of facility with cursive as well as for various coded racial descriptors, said she did not find the term offensive; nor, by comparison to other slurs, did the folks Lemon spoke to. The special also touched upon black panelists' experience with the police and upon the use of the N-word in rap music.

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Hundreds of thousands of commuters who rely on Bay Area Rapid Transit -- the nation's fifth-largest rail system -- had to find alternate routes to work. Traffic heading to San Francisco on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was jammed.

Lines for ferries and buses appeared even longer than on Monday, and BART said charter buses it was running at four stations reached capacity before 7 a.m. and could not accommodate additional passengers.

Tolu Adeoye, 19 watched as an Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District bus cruised past his stop in Berkeley. It was full, leaving him and more than 20 others stranded and looking for other options to get to San Francisco.

"I guess I'm not going to work today," said Adeoye, a Santa Clara University student who works for Xerox.

Workers representing two of BART's largest unions went on strike after talks with management broke down on Sunday. No new talks have been scheduled.

The striking unions and management reported being far apart on key issues including salary, pensions, health care and safety.

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The modern GOP is based on an unlikely coalition of wealthy business executives, small business owners, and struggling whites. Its durability depends on the latter two categories believing that the economic stresses they’ve experienced for decades have a lot to do with the government taking their money and giving it to the poor, who are disproportionately black and Latino.

The real reason small business owners and struggling whites haven’t done better is the same most of the rest of America hasn’t done better: Although the output of Americans has continued to rise, almost all the gains have gone to the very top.

Government is implicated, but not in the way wealthy Republicans want the other members of their coalition to believe. Laws that the GOP itself championed (too often with the complicity of some Democrats) have trammeled unions, invited outsourcing abroad, slashed taxes on the rich, encouraged takeovers, allowed monopolization, reduced the real median wage, and deregulated Wall Street.

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Favor Hamilton, who competed in the Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000, was one of the top athletes in Wisconsin and won Big Ten's female athlete of the year three consecutive years between 1988 and 1990. After discussions between the league and Wisconsin, spokesman Scott Chipman said Tuesday that Suzy Favor Hamilton’s name was to be removed from the female athlete award, which this year went to Minnesota hockey player Amanda Kessel.

The Smoking Gun first reported that Favor Hamilton, 44, was leading a double life as a prostitue named Kelly Lundy. The athlete said prostitution was a "coping mechanism" for mental health issues, and she had been "seeking the help of a psychologist" a few weeks before the site broke the news. “I take full responsibility for my mistakes. I’m not the victim and I’m not going that route," she said when the story broke.

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Christie, of course, governs a state that, polls indicate, supports establishing same-sex marriage and protecting a woman’s reproductive rights. So how does he walk the fine line, governing effectively in a state whose constituents have progressive social values, without disqualifying himself from the 2016 Republican primaries in which conservative Tea Party activists are the gatekeepers to the nomination?

In 2003, New Jersey was one of the first states to pass “domestic partnerships,” but the state’s Supreme Court struck them down. In 2006, the New Jersey Legislature voted to permit “civil unions.” In 2009, Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine committed to sign a marriage equality bill if the Democratic Legislature sent one to his desk. They weren’t able to make it happen in the few remaining months of Corzine’s term.

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But we can strike one unknown from our lists, as an intrepid Quora user boldly went where no Quora user had gone before -- and asked if female astronauts wear bras.

The answer (according to one astronaut, at least) is "Yes":

Astronauts spend more than two hours a day exercising.  A lot of that time is running on a treadmill.  Even though there is no noticeable pull from gravity, there is still inertia.  So while they are running on the treadmill, their rib cage is constantly changing its direction of motion and other more delicate parts are resisting those changes.  That's a lot of stress, so sports bras are commonly used during exercise.  When not exercising, it varies based on the preference of the individual astronauts.

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But then I went to read Uber's UberCHOPPER announcement on Uber's own blog, and ingested the following passage:

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According to a new poll from the Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling, Davis currently trails Perry in a hypothetical match-up by a margin of 53-39 percent.

From PPP:

39% have a favorable opinion of Davis and only 29% an unfavorable one. That is better than Perry’s 45-50 approval-disapproval margin or the 32-26 favorability of the other possible GOP gubernatorial candidate, Attorney General Greg Abbott. Voters narrowly approve of her use of the filibuster, with 45% supporting and 40% opposing it. They also dislike SB5, with 20% supporting and 28% opposing it.

But Perry’s standing with the plurality Republican voters has improved a net 23 points since the last poll, bringing his overall approvals up a net eight points from 41-54. Because of this, Davis actually fared better pre-filibuster at a 47-41 deficit.

But it's not all bad news for Davis: Since her filibuster, Davis's name recognition has doubled, from 34 to 68 percent.

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Delaware's News Journal captured one such moment, when, on Monday, state Sen. Karen Peterson and Vikki Bandy became the first same-sex couple to be married in Delaware.

Except the photo features one apparent interloper.

Among a group of people holding poster boards donned with messages like "I love my 2 moms," stands a smiling man holding a pink sign declaring "I'm here for the gang bang."

It's hard to say what motivated the photobomb. Was the sign-holder part of the small anti-gay rights contingent protesting outside of the courthouse? Did he use Apple Maps to get directions to a group sex rally and simply wind up in the wrong place? Is he a clueless young guy trying to insert petty homophobia into an otherwise happy event?

Significantly, no one in the photo seems to much notice him or care that he's there. They're too busy celebrating to be bothered by one man's stupidity.

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ENDA would implement protections against workplace discrimination of LGBT employees. It has so far picked up 53 co-sponsors in the Senate, including two Republicans, Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois and Susan Collins of Maine.

From the Blade:

Scheduling the vote is first step for Senate HELP Committee Chair Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) in fulfilling the promise he announced this year to move ENDA out of the committee this year.

All 12 Senate Democrats on the panel are co-sponsors of the legislation — in addition to Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) — so ENDA should have no trouble obtaining approval from the committee.

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