Houston Refinery Latest in String of Crane Collapses
July 19, 2008
In a scene that has become all-too familiar, one of the nation’s largest mobile cranes came crashing down at a Houston oil refinery on Friday afternoon, killing four workers. It was the latest of a number of fatal crane accidents.
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This is what I saw…
Johnny Mac is either…
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July 18, 2008 04:57 PM
Reuters reports that McCain shared details of Obama’s trip to Iraq at a fundraiser:
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday that his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, is likely to be in Iraq over the weekend.
The Obama campaign has tried to cloak the Illinois senator’s trip in some […]
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 7:36pm ET
ABC News/Wash. Post withheld results of poll favorable to Obama Summary:
ABC News and The Washington Post issued staggered releases of the results of their latest poll, withholding from their first release results favorable to Sen. Barack Obama, including the finding that 50 percent of […]
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Before he was to become the first Million Dollar Mover in Manhattan,
Bill the Butcher had once said,
“The closest thing to the flesh of a man is the flesh of the pig.”
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By JAYMES SONG, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 18, 4:27 AM ET
HONOLULU - The Army says it’s critical to saving the lives of […]
House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush ‘a total failure’
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jul 18, 2:55 AM ET
WASHINGTON - President Bush has been a “total failure” in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond […]
North Korea’s “Hotel of Doom” wakes from its coma
By Jon Herskovitz Thu Jul 17, 3:56 AM ET
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea’s phantom hotel is stirring back to life. Once dubbed by Esquire magazine as “the worst building in the history of mankind,” the 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel is back under construction after a 16-year lull in […]
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Phil Gramm, former Texas senator,
explains his remuneration as a lobbyist for UBS.
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UBS to stop offshore banking for U.S. residents
Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:25pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS AG will discontinue offshore banking and securities services to U.S. residents through its branches, a UBS executive said on Thursday at a congressional hearing on offshore […]
Elizabeth Dole Tries To Name AIDS Bill After Jesse Helms
Rachel Weiner
July 16, 2008 10:33 AM
Republican Senator Dole introduced an amendment to name an HIV/AIDS relief bill after the recently deceased Jesse Helms. Helms, of course, was a strident foe of HIV/AIDS prevention, research and treatment. The blog Joe.My.God recalls some of Helms’ notable moments in […]
It appears they could not have been expert shoplifters.
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Tue Jul 15, 10:53 AM ET
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Three Romanian boxers banned for life for shoplifting have had their suspensions reduced to a year, a senior official said Tuesday.
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Story is here.
Is Fournier saving or destroying the AP?
By: Michael Calderone
July 14, 2008 08:18 PM EST
Ron Fournier says he regards Sandy Johnson, his predecessor as head of The Associated Press’s Washington bureau, as “a mentor.”
Johnson, though, regards Fournier, who replaced her in a hard-feelings shake-up in May, as a threat to one of the most influential institutions […]
Hillary Clinton Asks To Keep Donor Money for 2012
by Jason Horowitz | July 14, 2008
The New York Observer
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is sending out letters to donors asking permission to roll a $2,300 contribution to Clinton’s 2008 general election coffers to her 2012 senate election fund instead of offering a refund.
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The depressing story is here.
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A must-read interview with David Iglesias
1:47 AM Sun, Jul 13, 2008
Tod Robberson
December 6, 2006, the Bush administration’s Justice Department carried out an unprecedented decision to fire seven U.S. attorneys - all Republicans - in a single day. It was originally portrayed as a performance-related issue in which the attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, was exercising the […]
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via Barnes & Noble
The Outlaw Presidency
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, July 14, 2008; 12:47 PM
Another major book chronicling the descent into lawlessness of the Bush presidency is out this week. This one is by Jane Mayer of the New Yorker, and it’s called “The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror […]
Sun Jul 13, 11:09 PM ET
SALT LAKE CITY - The creator of a calendar that featured shirtless Mormon missionaries was excommunicated Sunday after a disciplinary meeting with local church leaders in Las Vegas.
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That Provo hair-do should count for something.
I substituted Brigham Young’s face
for that of the original model
in case his appearance
would slow the pace of […]
Reason #73,864,325 why comedy is hard…
Church Cancels Teen Gun Giveaway
POSTED: 10:38 pm CDT July 11, 2008
UPDATED: 8:56 am CDT July 12, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma church canceled a controversial gun giveaway for teenagers at a weekend youth conference.
Windsor Hills Baptist had planned to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle until one of the event’s […]
The Sunday Times
July 13, 2008
President George W Bush lobbyist in ‘cash for access’ row
Daniel Foggo
A lobbyist with close ties to the White House is offering access to key figures in George W Bush’s administration in return for six-figure donations to the private library being set up to commemorate Bush’s presidency.Stephen Payne, who claims to have […]
Expert: Iran `doctored’ photo of missile launches
By CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 10, 7:25 PM ET
NEW YORK - An Iranian photograph showing a cluster of missile launches was apparently altered to add a fourth missile lifting off from a desert range, a defense analyst said Thursday.
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Tue Jul 8, 8:20 PM ET
Art of deception: Crystal skulls in British, US museums were fakes
by Richard Ingham Tue Jul 8, 8:20 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) - How about this for the next instalment of the Indy franchise: “Indiana Jones and the Dodgy Antiques Dealer”?
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Crystal skull which is displayed in the British Museum’s Wellcome Trust Gallery. […]
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From Think Progress…
As it turns out, this is not the first time that Gramm, a self-styled “foot soldier of the Reagan revolution,” has advocated controversial views on the economy. In the past, he has criticized public works projects, the existence of a minimum wage, and the federal welfare […]
I have investigated and found that the following are allowable.
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Bottom sixth, tied.
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Bases loaded, one out. Lavagetto at bat.
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Pitching change, we’ll be right back.
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Any re-broadcast, re-transmission or other use
of the pictures, descriptions and accounts of this war
without the express written consent of
Major League Baseball is prohibited
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In the third; No runs, 1 hit, 1 error and one […]
Most popular boy/girl baby names in 1950:
1. James / Linda
2. Robert / Mary
3. John / Patricia
4. Michael / Barbara
5. David / Susan
6. William / Nancy
7. Richard / Deborah
8. Thomas / Sandra
9. Charles / Carol
10. Gary / Kathleen
Here’s the list from last year:
1. Jacob / Emily
2. Michael / Isabella
3. Ethan / Emma
4. Joshua / Ava
5. Daniel […]
The ancient scripts that predate - and might rewrite - the Bible
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:47 AM on 07th July 2008
A fresh interpretation of a stone tablet dated to the decades before Jesus’s birth could undermine some fundamentals of the Christian faith, experts claim.
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A fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls which set the […]
During the 1950s, the United States Air Force ran countless upper atmospheric tests. Testing showed that television stars generally possessed the physical and psychological traits best suited for these formidable experiments. The Nation owes a debt of gratitude to these men and women pioneers.
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Kent Couch leaves his gas station in Bend, Ore., on Saturday, […]
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left,
and his Cindy McCain, right, walk into worship service at the
North Phoenix Baptist Church in Phoenix, Sunday, July 6, 2008.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)