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The ongoing debate over birth control took a particularly nasty turn recently when conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute” for speaking out about the issue. Fluke, a birth control activist, spoke with TODAY’s Matt Lauer about Limbaugh’s comments and the failure of a GOP-sponsored amendment that would have allowed employers at religious institutions to opt out of providing contraception in health plans.

Ottawa County will shell out $40,000 to reprint ballots because it left the "l" out of the word "public" on a ballot proposal. The typo was in the text of Michigan Prop 2, which would ban preferential treatment in certain state hiring. It might have been more in the "public" interest to leave the typo and save taxpayers $40,000.