Vegas beer pong competition
gets (almost) serious
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| Canadian Press, by Staff
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 1/5/2009 6:52:01 PM
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| Las Vegas - Don't let the smell of beer and the rock music fool you: Beer pong is a serious game. Some dare say a sport. Granted, they tend to be grinning and drinking when they say it. There was plenty of both going on this weekend at the World Series of Beer Pong IV, (Snip) The game is played with cups of beer lined up like bowling pins on two ends of a 4.2 metre table. Team members alternate trying to toss a ping pong ball into the cups. |
Israel deaf to truce calls
as Gaza battles rage on
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| Reuters, by Nidal al-Mughrabi
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 1/5/2009 6:40:24 PM
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| Gaza - Israeli troops backed by air strikes fought to seize ground from Hamas militants deep inside the Gaza Strip on Monday despite international calls for a ceasefire in a conflict that has killed more than 540 Palestinians in 10 days. (Snip) Frightened families huddled in rooms away from windows: ''Until now I was not afraid,'' a Reuters journalist said from his home in the city of 500,000. ''I am afraid now and my daughter is trembling the whole time'' |
Global sea ice ends year
at same level as 1979
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| Kansas City Star, by E. Thomas McClanahan
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| Posted By: SpinMaster
- 1/5/2009 6:37:03 PM
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| For all those worried that the North Pole might melt, consider this: There's been a rapid rebound in the level of global sea ice. Fits in with the recent evidence that if anything these days, the Earth has been cooling. Sea ice is floating and, unlike the massive ice sheets anchored to bedrock in Greenland and Antarctica, doesn't affect ocean levels. |
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Liberal Blogosphere Duped By
3-Year-Old 'Gaza Bombing Video'
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| Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 1/5/2009 6:33:14 PM
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| Just how badly do many liberal bloggers want to depict Israelis as heartless killers and Hamas as poor defenseless victims? On Sunday, a more than three year old video of an accidental munitions truck explosion at a Palestinian rally in September 2005 was spread around the liberal blogosphere as footage of an Israeli attack on Gaza on January 3, 2009. (Snip) Raw Story and Democratic Underground -- displayed this video for hours |
Is Ann Coulter 'Banned
for Life' from NBC?
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| Newsbusters, by Tim Graham
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 1/5/2009 6:29:01 PM
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| The Drudge Report is blaring that conservative author, columnist, and poison-pen pundit Ann Coulter has been ''banned for life'' from appearing on NBC News shows, according to an anonymous ''top'' insider. ''We are just not going to have her on any more.'' Coulter has been a glaring exception to the usually observed if unwritten rule that top-selling conservative authors don't get booked on the networks. |
`Marley & Me' digs in at No. 1 box-office
spot with $24.3 million weekend
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| Associated Press, by Staff
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| Posted By: JoniTx
- 1/5/2009 6:21:06 PM
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| LOS ANGELES- Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson's family dog tale "Marley & Me" nuzzled its way to another top finish at the box office, pulling in $24.3 million over its second weekend.The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks
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Israel not without friends
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| The Pioneer (India), by Barry Rubin
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| Posted By: Supersid
- 1/5/2009 6:18:58 PM
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| It’s easy to be misled by elements of Western media and academia that seem to prefer terrorists and radical Islamists to Israel. The diplomatic balance sheet from Israel’s standpoint is quite good, pretty remarkably good, better than it has been for a very long time. Of course, I have to add quickly that there are real problems, disagreements, and specific frictions. I’ll come to that in a moment. But first the good news: |
Two More Weeks of Senator
Biden -- But Why?
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| ABC News, by Rick Klein & Z. Byron Wolf
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 1/5/2009 6:18:43 PM
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| Among those who will take the oath of office Tuesday, when the 111th Congress convenes, is a man who has no intention of further service as a member of Congress: Sen. Joe Biden. Biden, D-Del., was reelected to the Senate on the same day that he and Barack Obama won the presidential election. He plans to be sworn in Tuesday for the seventh time (Snip) keeping the job has allowed Biden -- one of the Senate’s least-wealthy members -- to continue to collect a salary during the transition period. At his annual Senate salary of $169,300, that’s meant another $28,000 so far. |
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Israel's Moral High Ground
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| Washington Post, by Saul Singer
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| Posted By: FLgator
- 1/5/2009 6:11:18 PM
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| Rather than make a prediction, I would like to address the rampant moral confusion regarding the Israel-Hamas war. Here is something from an email sent out by Isaac Luria of J Street, a left-wing Jewish group that claims to be pro-Israel, but also reflects a lot of thinking by journalists and well-meaning people: Israel has a special place in my heart. I lived there last year while my wife was studying to be a rabbi. |
Frustrated reporters locked
out of Gaza war zone
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| Associated Press, by Arthur Max
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| Posted By: FLgator
- 1/5/2009 6:10:10 PM
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| EREZ CROSSING, Israel — Israel scrapped arrangements Monday to allow the first foreign reporters into the Gaza Strip since the military launched its offensive against Palestinian militants, adding to mounting media frustration at being locked out of the war zone. The ban on foreign media, which has been appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court, drew criticism from journalists that Israel is trying to manage the story. |
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Decency v bigotry
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| Spectator [UK], by Melanie Phillips
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| Posted By: FLgator
- 1/5/2009 6:06:06 PM
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| I have been absolutely overwhelmed by messages pouring in following my column in the Daily Mail today on the Gaza crisis. From these messages I have learned the following: There is a large groundswell of support for Israel and detestation of Hamas; this is evident among people who are neither Jews nor evangelical Christians (who are usually pro-Israel) and have had no particular view about the Middle East one way or another. This in my view is a significant shift of opinion towards Israel amongst ordinary people. |
Clubby Senate finds a way
to reject Blago's pick
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| Associated Press, by Laurie Kellman
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| Posted By: FLgator
- 1/5/2009 5:59:42 PM
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| WASHINGTON -- Every vote counts equally in the Senate, but first you have to get in. Normal people might consider winning the election a valid ticket for entry to one of the world's most exclusive clubs. Or getting an appointment by a sitting governor. But the Senate is a parallel universe, its gatekeepers precise calculators of power and influence. A family name helps - such as Kennedy or Biden. |
GOP Leaders Say House
Rules Package ‘Does
Not Represent Change’
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| CNS News, by Melanie Hunter-Omar
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| Posted By: FLgator
- 1/5/2009 5:53:08 PM
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| House Republicans are calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reconsider her plan to change House rules to end term limits for committee chairs. When Republicans were in the majority in 1995, the House adopted fairness rules written in conjunction with Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” which included six-year term limits for committee chairs to encourage fresh ideas and guard against strict longevity. |
Cardinal says credit crisis
has killed capitalism
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| Telegraph [UK], by Andrew Pierce
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| Posted By: FLgator
- 1/5/2009 5:50:33 PM
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| The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has declared that capitalism is dead because of the credit crunch. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, 76, made the astonishing claim at a lavish fund-raising dinner at Claridges which secured pledges of hundreds of thousands of pounds for the catholic church. The Cardinal, dressed in his full clerical regalia, said in a speech at the black tie dinner |
Franken Certified as Minnesota
Senate Race Winner, But Lawsuit Looms
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| Fox News, by Staff
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 1/5/2009 5:50:15 PM
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| A Minnesota board has certified election results showing Democrat Al Franken has won the U.S. Senate recount -- by 225 votes. But that doesn't mean the former Saturday Night Live comedian's race against his Republican opponent, incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman, is over. Fox News has learned that Senate Democratic leaders will try to seat Franken on Tuesday, but a legal challenge probably will keep the race in limbo. Franken aides say the Democrat has no plans to travel to Washington yet. |
Republicans seeking to lead
party blame Bush for woes
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| McClatchy Newspapers , by James Rosen
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| Posted By: FLgator
- 1/5/2009 5:44:22 PM
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| WASHINGTON — Republicans vying to lead their national party praised President-elect Barack Obama's election campaign on Monday and criticized President George W. Bush for spending too much, mismanaging the Iraq war and bungling the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina. With two African-Americans among six men seeking to head the Republican National Committee, all candidates said in a televised debate that their party must do more to attract blacks, Hispanics, young people and other key demographic groups. |
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Obama's Twitter site hacked?
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| Washington Times, by Christina Bellantoni and Steph
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| Posted By: Oblio
- 1/5/2009 5:37:07 PM
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| Something strange is going on with Barack Obama's Twitter account today. A message sent about 12:30 eastern time alerted the president-elect's tens of thousands of Twitter followers of a new message: "What is your opinion on Barack Obama? Take the survey and possibly win $500 in free gas." The message then linked to an odd two-question survey on a third party's Web site.
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Richardson thought probe
would end in December
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| The Hill, by Sam Youngman
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| Posted By: FLgator
- 1/5/2009 5:34:35 PM
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| New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D), who withdrew his nomination to be secretary of Commerce, said he thought an investigation of a state contract would have been concluded last month. Richardson said Monday that, when the probe of the contract given to a political donor was not wrapped up then, he decided it was best for President-elect Obama’s incoming administration and the floundering economy for him to withdraw instead of asking for a delayed confirmation. |
Seattle transportation director to council:
Snow removal was adequate
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| Seattle Times, by Emily Heffter
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| Posted By: SallyHerigstad
- 1/5/2009 5:33:02 PM
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| Arterials were safe and bridges were open during December's snowstorms, Seattle Department of Transportation Director Grace Crunican said this morning. Some sidestreets were difficult to drive on, but she said she wouldn't recommend clearing more residential streets in future storms. The city isn't equipped for it, she said. Overall, the transportation department's response was adequate, Crunican said. |
Ill. woman who formerly worked
for ACORN charged with voter
registration fraud in St. Louis
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| Associated Press, by Staff
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| Posted By: FLgator
- 1/5/2009 5:32:19 PM
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| ST. LOUIS — An Illinois woman has been charged with submitting false information on voter registration cards, including turning in cards from nursing home residents without their knowledge. A federal indictment released Monday says 44-year-old Deidra Humphrey of East St. Louis forged voter registration cards to election officials in St. Louis city and county. It charges her with two felony counts of voter registration fraud. |
EPA 'Cow Tax' Could Charge $175 per Dairy
Cow to Curb Greenhouse Gases
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| Business & Media Institute, by Jeff Poor
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| Posted By: wrw90
- 1/5/2009 5:30:27 PM
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| Call this one of the newest and innovative ways your government has come up with to battle greenhouse gas emissions. (Snip) “The tax for dairy cows could be $175 per cow, and $87.50 per head of beef cattle." |
Demonstrators cry 'nuke Israel,'
carry Hezbollah flags
at U.S. anti-Israel rallies
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| Haaretz [Israel], by Natasha Mozgovaya
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| Posted By: FLgator
- 1/5/2009 5:26:56 PM
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| Comparisons of Israel to Nazi Germany and signs depicting the Star of David as equal to the swastika have been a recurring feature at rallies in the United States protesting Operation Cast Lead, the Anti-Defamation League said on Monday. Though they lack the violence of their counterparts in the Middle East, protests held in the United States against Operation Cast Lead have included extreme rhetoric that wouldn't look out of place among the extremists of our region. |
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Madoff with the goods
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| New York Post, by Bruce Golding and Dan Mangan
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| Posted By: Hazymac
- 1/5/2009 5:13:55 PM
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| Ho-ho-no! Prosecutors today hauled arch-swindler Bernard Madoff into court in a bid to get the Ponzi schemer immediately locked up after learning he had mailed more than more than $1 million in jewelry to his sons on Christmas Eve. But Madoff this afternoon was allowed to remain free on bail - albeit under house arrest - after a Manhattan Federal Court judge told prosecutors to make their arguments on the issue in |
Alaska trooper says politics
slowed drug arrest
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| Associated Press, by Staff
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 1/5/2009 4:30:26 PM
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| Anchorage, Alaska - A drug investigator says authorities delayed the arrest of a woman tied to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election, in which Palin was the Republican vice presidential candidate, a newspaper reported. (Snip) Public Safety Commissioner Joe Masters insisted the case was handled fairly and said no one in the governor's office knew troopers were investigating until Sherry Johnston's house was searched. After the house was searched, Masters said he called Palin's chief of staff, |
Hollywood Conservatives Encouraged
to Come Out of the Closet
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| Fox News, by SE Cupp
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 1/5/2009 4:19:50 PM
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| After years of silence, conservatives are coming out of the closet. Andrew Breitbart, the conservative founder of Breitbart.com and author of ''Hollywood Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon,'' is launching a Web site he hopes will help challenge the status quo in what he believes has been a one-party, left-tilting town. Set to debut on Jan. 6, ''Big Hollywood'' |
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