ASSOCIATED PRESS: Politician Tom DeLay and actress Debi Mazar have turned in their last dance. Both are leaving “Dancing With the Stars.” DeLay withdrew from the ABC dance-off Tuesday after being diagnosed with stress fractures in both feet, while Mazar was eliminated the traditional way: low scores and insufficient fan support. Fan votes kept DeLay afloat, but doctors and show producers advised him to quit the competition because of his injuries. “I want to dance no matter what,” the 62-year-old former House Republican Whip said Monday, but he reconsidered on Tuesday. MORE
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ISLAND CRISIS/BLOGGED BY KURT RUSH: Since 6 hours now Google is showing a Barcode logo (doodle). Many people are asking what this mean. Well today 7th of October 2009 is the 57th years since the barcode was invented. The barcode doodle is now also being shown on Google.com since the last past hour. About 6 hours ago, people in Japan, New Zealand and Taiwan started to see the new Google Barcode Doodle. The doodle appearance is well defined as here in Mauritius as I write this it is 08:37 AM and soon everyone west of Mauritius too will start seeing it. MORE