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            MSNBCstories[1] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31913987/ns/politics-the_new_york_times", "NYT: Hearings open window on judge's acumen", "Supreme Court confirmation hearings seek, in theory at least, to determine what sort of justice the nominee would be. In practice they show something else: what sort of lawyer the nominee is.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[2] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31904261/ns/politics-white_house", "Sotomayor denies racial bias", "The Supreme Court nominee says the oft-criticized remark about her Hispanic heritage affecting judicial decisions was a rhetorical device gone awry.", "");
          
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