W. is no doubt working on Baghdad to show the post-surge progress through a series of Catholic grammar school filmstrips.
Google maps of New Orleans criticized by congressional subcommittee
AP
(3/31/07 - NEW ORLEANS, LA) - Google’s replacement of post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery on its map portal with images of the region before the storm does a […]
According to America.blog, AFFORDABLE SUITES has a policy of not renting rooms to gay couples.
Please find story and comments here.
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Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, right, with former police commissioner Bernard B. Kerik in November 2003.Photo Credit: By Shirley Bahadur — AP –CAMERAWORKS–The Washington Post
Ex-Partner Of Giuliani May Face Charges
Kerik Counts Said To Include Deception During Cabinet Bid
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Who would have thought this late 2004 photograph […]
we don’t need 2-family control of the White House for a possible 28-year-run. Besides, one can almost hear the activating salivary glands of the Rovians, Swift Boaters and general offal of the other side.
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Former President Bill Clinton listening to his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, at a recent presidential campaign fund-raiser in Washington.-Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images
By PATRICK […]
March 30, 2007, 10:33AM
L.A. Police to Get New Flashlights
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LOS ANGELES — Police will soon be outfitted with a cutting edge flashlight that is not only brighter than others, but too small to be used as a weapon.The idea for the 7060 LED flashlight was conceived just days after news cameras broadcast […]
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates leaves Roseland
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Gates: Congress, Bush should discuss Guantanamo
By Susan Cornwell 36 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should explore with the White House ways to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay while not releasing its most dangerous detainees, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.
But a senior Republican lawmaker warned […]
Smithsonian’s Small Quits in Wake of Inquiry
By Jacqueline Trescott and James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, March 27, 2007; Page A01
Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small, the banker who took over the world’s largest museum complex seven years ago, has resigned under pressure following revelations regarding his housing allowance and office and travel expenditures.
Museum officials announced […]
Ordinary Customers Flagged as Terrorists
By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 27, 2007; D01
Private businesses such as rental and mortgage companies and car dealers are checking the names of customers against a list of suspected terrorists and drug traffickers made publicly available by the Treasury Department, sometimes denying services to ordinary people whose names are […]
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‘Monster’ toad captured
An Australian cane toad the size of a small dog is found during a roundup of the toxic animals and fight fixers.
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Until his arrest at the Canberra Gold Gloves semis, this was the last known sighting of Frogsy Di Ciccio–taken in Sunnyside Gardens.
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27 March 2007
IBM demonstrates record-speed 160Gb/s optical chipset
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At this week’s 2007 Optical Fiber Conference in Anaheim, CA, USA, IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center of Yorktown Heights, NY, USA is presenting a prototype optical transceiver chipset capable of transmitting data at a record speeds (for a […]
Dave’s latest album is a 3-CD set recorded during the months, May thru November, 2002.
‘Looka the Set on That Steer’ and ‘You Best Put That Pitchfork Down’
are live recordings at the grand openings of the
Ploughland restaurants in Berrien, Michigan and Darien, Connecticut.
April 6 and April 14, 2002.
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March 27, 2007
Stockman Is Charged With Fraud
By JEREMY […]
March 26, 2007
Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers
By CHARLES DUHIGG
The New York Times
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Jacqueline Wheeler with her mother Mary Derks, who bought a long-term-care policy from Conseco, which denied coverage. ( Anne Sherwood for The New York Times)
CONRAD, Mont. — Mary Rose Derks was a 65-year-old widow in 1990, when she began preparing for […]
Study describes new type of “semi-identical” twins
By Will Dunham 1 hour, 1 minute ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors said on Monday they have identified a third type of twins — somewhere between identical and fraternal — after performing extensive genetic tests on two young children.
They are referring to the pair as “semi-identical” — two sperm cells […]
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John Brown checks the bill for an oil change and
a brake turn at the Harpers Ferry Sunoco.
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Bush must be removed from office
Written by Doug Thompson
Monday, 26 March 2007
Sen. Chuck Hagel, the conservative Republican who broke ranks with George W. Bush over the failed Iraq war, says Senators on both sides of the political aisle […]
W and his merry band of incorrigibles are good for about three per day.
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The GSA administrator in mufti
GSA Chief Is Accused of Playing Politics
Doan Denies ‘Improper’ Use of Agency for GOP
By Scott Higham and Robert O’Harrow Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, March 26, 2007; A01
Witnesses have told congressional investigators that the chief of the […]
Time Joins Newsweek In Thinking That Americans Really, Really Don’t Care About Afghanistan
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Rachel Sklar | Posted Sunday March 25, 2007 at 05:34 PM
“…Time’s cover story is an essay arguing in favor of teaching the Bible in schools…On the cover of its international edition is a story that is less easily boiled down: […]
appeared on a sheet of paper when Eddie Willis (Humphrey Bogart) typed:
“The boxing business must rid itself of the evil influence of racketeers and crooked managers, even if it takes an Act of Congress to do it.”
Hopefully, it will work to solve other problems.
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By Robert Kuttner | March 24, 2007
THE HOUSE of […]
Watchdog: Like Oil and Water, Judge and Exxon Mobil Shouldn’t Mix
March 23, 2007 11:49 AM
Anna Schecter Reports:
Exxon_valdez_nrA federal judge, who served on the appellate court panel that ruled Exxon Mobil’s penalty for the Valdez oil spill should be reduced, had taken trips with an organization that is sponsored in part by the oil company.
Watchdog groups […]
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The Rovian Theory
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, March 23, 2007; 1:50 PM
Why are President Bush’s Democratic critics so focused on getting White House political guru Karl Rove’s testimony regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys?
Because based on Rove’s history, the whole thing may well have been his […]
“You can’t tell a book by its cover.”
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Lynn Turner, seen in a 2001 photo, was found guilty Saturday of murdering her boyfriend by poisoning him with antifreeze.
CNN
Woman found guilty of antifreeze murder
Story Highlights
• Lynn Turner could face death sentence in killing of her boyfriend
• Turner convicted Saturday of poisoning boyfriend with antifreeze
• She’s already […]
March 25, 2007
N.Y. Police Spied Broadly Before G.O.P. Convention
By JIM DWYER
For at least a year before the 2004 Republican National Convention, teams of undercover New York City police officers traveled to cities across the country, Canada and Europe to conduct covert observations of people who planned to protest at the convention, according to police records […]
Breast implant demands force order upsizes
By Paul Weston
March 25, 2007 01:45am
Article from: The Sunday Mail (Qld)
SILICONE breast implants are getting much larger, with models deciding “bigger is better” for their careers.
The trend has forced Australian plastic surgeons to import the super-large 1000ml implants from the US.
They credit former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, despite her recent […]
Two ‘Raptor’ Dinosaurs Unearthed in Mongolia
By Ker Than
LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 23 March 2007
09:53 am ET
Two new raptor dinosaur species have been unearthed in Mongolia, including one that ranks among the smallest non-avian dinosaurs ever discovered.
One of the raptors, Tsaagan mangas, was found in the Ukhaa Tolgod region of Mongolia. Tsaagan was slightly larger than a […]
Sat, Mar. 24, 2007
UFO vision no longer funny
Arizona’s former governor now reveals that he saw the lights that he spoofed in 1997.
The Associated Press
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SCOTT TROYANOS | AP FILE PHOTO
Ten years ago, Fife Symington, then Arizona’s governor, pulled a mask off aide Jay Heiler, who was dressed as an alien to spoof the frenzy surrounding mysterious […]
Jeb Bush denied honor at U. of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - University of Florida President Bernie Machen says he was “tremendously disappointed” with the school’s Faculty Senate vote to deny former Gov.
Jeb Bush an honorary degree.
The Senate voted 38-28 Thursday against giving the honorary degree to Bush, who left office in January.
“Jeb Bush has been a […]
Documents show Gonzales approved firings
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales approved plans to fire several U.S. attorneys in a November meeting, according to documents released Friday that contradict earlier claims that he was not closely involved in the dismissals.
The Nov. 27 meeting, in which the attorney general and […]
Posted on Fri, Mar. 23, 2007
U.S. ATTORNEYS
New U.S. attorneys seem to have partisan records
By Greg Gordon, Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON - Under President Bush, the Justice Department has backed laws that narrow minority voting rights and pressed U.S. attorneys to investigate voter fraud - policies that critics say have been intended to suppress […]
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Pill stops cow burps and helps save the planet
Kate Connolly in Berlin
Thursday March 22, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
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science fiction to film, but what has that country done with the genre for the past century?
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France opens secret UFO files covering 50 years
by Marlowe Hood Thu Mar 22, 11:53 AM ET
PARIS (AFP) - France became the first country to open its files on UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting […]
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Was She Covert?
By Robert D. Novak
Thursday, March 22, 2007; 12:00 AM
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Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra could hardly believe what he heard on television Friday as he watched a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democratic committee chairman, said his statement had been approved by the CIA […]
June 7, 2006
Do these guys take special medications to allow such moronic statements? Should we mention that the recorded history of the family is less than 24 hours old because Jimsy may have just received his ‘No Bigot Left Behind’ literacy certificate. He’s quite the manly guy, though.
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Snow: Congress Has No “Oversight Responsibility over the White House”
By Paul Kiel - March 22, 2007, 2:59 PM
It’s official, this is a talking point. Just to show that this morning was no slip-up, here’s Tony Snow during today’s briefing:
MR. SNOW: There are — in this particular case, the Department of Justice — the Congress does […]
Leaky roofs, bats among VA health facility problems
POSTED: 1436 GMT (2236 HKT), March 22, 2007
Veterans Affairs’ vast network of 1,400 health clinics and hospitals is beset by maintenance problems such as mold, leaking roofs and even a colony of bats, an internal review says.
The investigation, ordered two weeks ago by VA Secretary Jim Nicholson, is […]
Prosecutor Says Bush Appointees Interfered With Tobacco Case
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By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 22, 2007; Page A01
The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies said yesterday that Bush administration political appointees repeatedly ordered her to take steps that weakened the government’s racketeering […]
Written by Bruce Leshan
9NEWS NOW
Created:3/16/2007 3:40:22 PM
Last Updated:3/16/2007 6:30:26 PM
Washington, DC (WUSA) — A major 9NEWS NOW EXCLUSIVE — allegations from a former inspector at Walter Reed of widespread and dangerous problems in nearly all the buildings at the Army’s premier hospital.
Burst steam pipes near electrical cables, rats, mold, and holes in floors and walls […]
There Is a Texas Churl
There is a Texas churl
Whose weasly brow will furl
Just when the Congress says ‘Subpoena.’
When he does brood,
Brush bolsters his mood for free,
But when he gets scratched, he’s florid.
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March 21, 2007
The New York Times
Editorial
What People Really Need
In nasty and bumbling comments made at the White House yesterday, President Bush declared […]