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Sarah Palin's Authorized Biograph - Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment Upside Down
Post Date: 2008-09-12 16:48:19 by TwentyTwelve
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Sarah Palin's Authorized Biograph - Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment Upside Down Get the Book Featured on Fox News! Sarah Palin's Authorized Biography Since Senator John McCain electrified the nation by tapping the relatively-unknown Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, the media is in full overdrive to smear and rewrite the accomplishments of this courageous young woman and rising Republican star. Who is the real Sarah Palin? She is more than a conservative politician, family advocate, hockey mom with "lipstick" and moose-hunter. She is a true reformer who took on the political and business establishment in Alaska ...
Olympics: Cuban fighter banned for life after attacking judge
Post Date: 2008-08-24 12:49:23 by Tauzero
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Olympics: Cuban fighter banned for life after attacking judge Cuba's Angel Valodia Matos lashed out at a referee and a judge after being disqualified from his bronze medal bout with Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov in the Olympic taekwondo men's +80-kg tournament. Matos kicked Swedish judge Chakir Chelbat in the head as coaches from both teams ran on to the mat to dispute the result. The Cuban was leading 3-2 in the second period of the contest when Matos stopped to receive treatment for a foot injury. Competitors are allowed a one minute period to treat injuries, and when this time elapsed the referee awarded the contest to Chilmanov. After a heated exchange on the mat, Matos ...
Food prices to post biggest rise since 1990: USDA
Post Date: 2008-08-21 08:16:42 by DeaconBenjamin
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers should brace for the biggest increase in food prices in nearly 20 years in 2008 and even more pain next year due to surging meat and produce prices, the Agriculture Department said on Wednesday. Food prices are forecast to rise by 5 percent to 6 percent this year, making it the largest annual increase since 1990. Just last month, USDA forecast food prices would climb between 4.5 and 5.5 percent in 2008. "It's a little bit of a surprise how strong some of the numbers were in July," USDA economist Ephraim Leibtag, who prepared the forecast, said in an interview. "We've been waiting for some moderation, but especially with ...
Fighting Giraffes
Post Date: 2008-08-17 03:39:43 by wudidiz
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Fighting Giraffes
Poster Comment:You don't see this on the TV.
NBA teams seek clearance to sign Iranian
Post Date: 2008-08-16 19:37:10 by freepatriot32
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BEIJING – As interest has grown in the NBA over signing 7-foot-2 Iranian Olympian Hamed Ehadadi, the league office has sent a letter to its 30 teams instructing that they are forbidden to even discuss a contract with Ehadadi, Yahoo! Sports has learned. In the letter, which was sent Friday, NBA legal counsel wrote: “It has come to our attention that representatives of Hamed Ehadadi, an Iranian basketball player, may be contacting NBA teams to discuss the possibility of signing Mr. Ehadadi to an NBA player contract. “We have been advised that a federal statue prohibits a person or organization in the United States from engaging in business dealings with Iranian ...
High as Fuck
Post Date: 2008-08-07 13:51:16 by wudidiz
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High as Fuck
Abetting Police Aggression: The 'COPS Effect'
Post Date: 2008-07-26 20:10:22 by Ada
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They really didn't have to wreck the house, but they did it anyway. There was no tactical advantage to be gained by perforating the house with tear gas grenades (one of which remained, for a long time, embedded in an attic vent), blowing out five windows, leaving part of the ceiling collapsed and the whole house uninhabitable because of the suffocating residue left by the gas attack. As the residents of the home on South Oak Cliff drive in Dallas insisted, the murder suspect sought by the SWAT team – 18-year-old Cristobal Jaimes – wasn't there. As Cristobal's father Francisco pointed out to the local ABC affiliate, the family cooperated fully with the SWAT team, ...
Catfight at the Race Track
Post Date: 2008-07-21 23:06:00 by Rube Goldberg
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LXDEPrIr9I Danica can push around the guys cause she knows they can't push back. I believe she's met her match as Milka won't put up with her crap.
Racism, Sexism and Speed: Can NASCAR Be Saved From Itself?
Post Date: 2008-07-17 14:36:41 by X-15
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For the last decade, NASCAR has tried to shed its legacy as a sport indelibly linked to the confederate flag . Motorsports execs understand that if their sport is ever to go global, burning rubber can't be associated with burning crosses. However, despite NASCAR's efforts to improve their image, it's still a sport where racism thrives below the surface and sexism in the form of bikini-clad NASCAR eye candy is proudly paraded around the speedway, as much a part of the scenery as the stars and bars. NASCAR is in danger of being marginalized by this contradiction. They're attempting to reach an international audience while displaying the worst kind of backward provincialism. ...
Texas University sends basketball team to Africa to better understand teammates
Post Date: 2008-07-16 09:35:36 by christine
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As members of the SMU men's basketball team workout and prepare for the upcoming season, they do so with a new perspective on three teammates and their team as a whole. "I think now they really know like where we came from," said senior center Bamba Fall. "It was very eye-opening," says sophomore guard Mike Walker. "You get to know the guys on the team and everything, but to be able to see where they come from and why they act the way they act… is very enlightening." The team returned last month after a 12-day trip across Africa to play and teach basketball and to learn about teammates like Fall, Papa Dia and Mouhammad Faye, all from Senegal. ...
Favre's story: Pack can move on, but he's ready to play again
Post Date: 2008-07-15 01:08:49 by Rotara
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Brett Favre told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren that he has scant interest in reporting to Green Bay Packers training camp next week if he's not assured of being the starter, and still wants to be released by the team to pursue other opportunities."OK, you guys have a different path, fine," Favre said, recalling a June 20 conversation with Packers coach Mike McCarthy. "What does that mean for me? So that means either you give me my helmet, welcome back, or release me, or attempt to trade me. We all know that's a possibility, but way-out-there possibility."And he says, 'Well, playing here is not an option, but we can't envision you playing with another ...
Pittsburgh Steelers, Taxes (Obama) And Selling Sports Teams
Post Date: 2008-07-13 17:50:56 by scrapper2
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that the Pittsburgh Steelers might soon be for sale. The word is that the team’s chairman Dan Rooney and his son Art II are trying to buy Dan’s four brothers out. I’m thinking the Steelers are going to stay in the Rooney family, but there are a couple good reasons why I think it’s a good time to sell and I’ll some it up in one sentence: EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TAXES. In the next three years, I believe that more high profile sports teams will be sold than ever before. Why? Because of the estate tax repeal in 2010 and even sooner than that, the potential of a huge increase in capital gains taxes if Barack Obama ...
Possible destinations for Brett Favre
Post Date: 2008-07-12 14:54:34 by Rotara
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Now that the Packers have announced they do not intend to release Brett Favre, his ability to change teams is diminished. But there's still a fair chance he'll land somewhere else this season -- and you can bet these teams will be keeping a close eye on how Favre's situation plays out. DART.init( { "site_key_name":"spn.nfl", "zone":"article", "pos":"right1", "tile":"2", "sz":"300x250" }); 1. Minnesota Vikings. Tarvaris Jackson might have improved down the 2007 stretch, but a team ready to win now could not get more of a win-now quarterback than Favre. Plus, Favre has spent ...
Federer loses Wimbledon thriller against Nadal
Post Date: 2008-07-06 18:48:15 by scrapper2
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Switzerland's world number one Roger Federer lost to Spain's Rafael Nadal in Sunday's final of the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London. Aiming for six consecutive victories at the All England Club, the Swiss "tactician" Federer lost to "muscle man" Nadal in one of the most exciting finals in years. Nadal won 6-4, 6-4 ,6-7, 6-7 and 9-7 against Federer. who failed in his bid to reach a record modern era sixth Wimbledon title in a row. Nadal, the second seed, was the the first Spaniard to win the Wimbledon title since Manuel Santana in 1966. The 26-year-old Swiss world number one was unable to take revenge for his biggest defeat against Nadal in this ...
Mini-Me, star of Austin Powers, sues over dwarf sex tape
Post Date: 2008-06-27 20:55:12 by SmokinOPs
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The star, who stands 2ft 8 ins tall, has filed a $20 million (£10 million) lawsuit claiming invasion of privacy and breach of copyright. He says the tape was stolen and has since ended up in the hands of the same film producer who distributed a notorious sex tape of hotel heiress Paris Hilton. Mr Troyer, 39, is the latest in a long line of Hollywood celebrities to have their sex lives aired on the internet. He made the tape with a former girlfriend, an American model in her 20s. Mr Troyer filed his lawsuit at a court in Los Angeles and also requested and injunction banning further distribution of the film. The actor, who is Hollywood's smallest star and also a stunt man, was ...
The Homeland Security State: Boyz With Lethal Toyz
Post Date: 2008-06-26 06:39:11 by Ada
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Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen. -- Nietzsche Terror must be maintained, or the Empire is doomed. It is the logic of history. -- Wise Fictional Character to be named later* Couldn't the county simply have paid him for the damage to his well? That's the question that urges itself upon me as I sift through the rubble of last Spring's confrontation in rural Wisconsin between Robert Bayliss and ... well, at last count, roughly two dozen local, county, and state agencies. The anti-Bayliss coalition included elements from no fewer than six SWAT teams and the prominent use of three BearCat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response and ...
U.S. Open live blog
Post Date: 2008-06-16 12:48:55 by iconoclast
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Rocco 1-up after 2.
Big Brown denied Triple Crown; Da' Tara wins Belmont Stakes
Post Date: 2008-06-07 18:57:20 by Critter
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Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Big Brown failed in his chance to become the first horse in 30 years to win the Triple Crown, as 38-1 long shot Da'Tara captured the 140th running of the Belmont Stakes Saturday. Big Brown was third at the three-quarter pole, behind Da'Tara and Tale of Ekati. Da'Tara, ridden by Alan Garcia, pulled away down the stretch to win the race. Ridden by Kent Desormeaux, Big Brown was trying to become first thoroughbred to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in the same year since Affirmed in 1978. After drawing the rail and going off as the overwhelming favorite in the race at 1-4, Big Brown was eased in the stretch in the grueling 1 1/2 mile ...
Big Brown's chief rival battling bruised hoof
Post Date: 2008-06-06 17:24:19 by scrapper2
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ELMONT, N.Y. -- Big Brown's bid for a Triple Crown might be getting a little easier. Casino Drive, considered the primary challenger to Big Brown's Triple bid, has a bruised hoof, but still is expected to run in Saturday's Belmont Stakes. The lightly-raced Japanese-based colt skipped his morning gallop today when his connections noticed he was walking oddly after leaving the barn at about 5 a.m. A bruise -- perhaps from stepping on a stone -- was discovered on the bottom of his left hind hoof, said Nobutaka Tada, the racing manager for Casino Drive's owners. Tada said Casino Drive was examined by a track vet and no further issues were discovered. "It's a ...
Lidstrom, Zetterberg lead Red Wings to Stanley Cup
Post Date: 2008-06-05 18:59:18 by scrapper2
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For the 11th time in franchise history the Detroit Red Wings are Stanley Cup champions after defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in Game 6. The Penguins had no answer for Detroit's suffocating style as Henrik Zetterberg's third period goal ensured that the Cup was headed back to 'Hockeytown' for the fourth time in the past 11 seasons. With 13 goals and 27 points in the playoffs, Zetterberg was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy, joining team mate Nicklas Lidstrom as the only Swedish players to accomplish the feat. "It feels pretty good," said Zetterberg. "It's been a long season. When we lost a few nights ago in Joe Louis, it was devastating. ...
Convicted steroids dealer who gave names to NFL found dead
Post Date: 2008-06-05 15:47:15 by X-15
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PLANO, Texas -- A convicted steroids dealer who recently met with NFL security officials and gave them names of players he said bought steroids from him has been found dead in his home. David Jacobs, seen after pleading guilty to steroid charges in 2007, recently met with NFL officials -- and according to his lawyer, gave them the names of players who had received drugs he had made. He was found dead on Thursday. Just after midnight on Thursday, Plano police made a welfare check and found 35-year-old David Jacobs and 30-year-old Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell dead. Both had been shot. Officer Rick McDonald, a police spokesman, said the officers were making a welfare check after relatives of ...
Clinton on her way to key speech
Post Date: 2008-06-03 21:53:28 by TwentyTwelve
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Clinton on her way to key speech From correspondents in New York June 04, 2008 10:53am HILLARY Clinton has left her home and is heading for New York City where she will give a key speech at the close of the Democratic presidential primary race. The former first lady left her residence in affluent Chappaqua, 50km north of New York City in a five-car convoy in the company of her husband and former president Bill Clinton, her campaign team said. Senator Clinton is to speak at the Baruch sports college in downtown Manhattan, after polls close in Montana and South Dakota, the last two states holding Democratic primary contests in the nomination race. Her appearance comes amid widespread ...
Kimbo Slice V.S. Tank Abbot
Post Date: 2008-06-01 14:48:36 by wudidiz
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Kimbo Slice V.S. Tank Abbot
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Pens-Wings matchup something grand for NHL ( Stanley Cup finals)
Post Date: 2008-05-24 20:03:49 by scrapper2
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DETROIT--During the spotty reign of Gary Bettman, this is the third time the NHL has stepped to the plate, hoping to hit a memorable home run. The first swing came in 1994 when the New York Rangers claimed the Stanley Cup and the profile of the NHL appeared poised to soar to new levels. Instead, it descended into labour chaos accompanied by a nearly unwatchable brand of hockey. Still, a second opportunity appeared to arrive in the spring of 1997 when the player anointed to be the new face of the game, Hart Trophy winner Eric Lindros, led the Legion of Doom and the Philadelphia Flyers into the Cup final against the supposedly underachieving and overmatched Red Wings. Instead, the Wings ...
Pavel Datsyuk's hat trick puts Stars on brink
Post Date: 2008-05-13 14:50:24 by scrapper2
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DALLAS -- Henrik Zetterberg picked up the puck in Detroit's zone and took off, carrying on his shoulders the Red Wings' winning streak and crushing beneath his skates the Stars' playoff hopes. Up the ice he went, into Dallas' zone, dancing around Brad Richards and flicking a wrist shot past Marty Turco, the short-handed goal helping secure a 5-2 victory for the Wings on Monday night at American Airlines Center and a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Game 4 is Wednesday. The victory stretched Detroit's winning streak to a club-record nine straight games in one playoff year. They haven't lost since April 16 thanks in no small part to the dominating play of ...
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