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Saturday, July 12
Backlash: 2 million angry Democrats reject Obama?
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Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 11:04 PM EDT
Raise $10 million for Clinton campaign debt, urge her return
More than two million angry Democrats are rejecting Sen. Barack Obama as the likely Democratic nominee for the presidency this year, according to a new protest organization.
"I hate to use this word but it's fascist, and that's the approach they're taking to silence any Hillary Clinton supporters," Will Bower, co-founder of PUMA/Just Say No Deal, an exploding coalition of voters who say they have raised $10 million in just days to pay down Clinton's campaign debt.
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Former Yankee great Murcer dies at 62
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 06:05 PM EDT
Bobby Murcer, a personable, popular five-time All-Star who went on to a successful broadcasting career with the New York Yankees, died Saturday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 62.
After experiencing a general lack of energy, Murcer was diagnosed with a tumor on Christmas Eve 2006, undergoing surgery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Pathology reports later revealed the tumor to be malignant.
Born May 20, 1946, in Oklahoma City, Okla., Murcer played in the Major Leagues for 17 seasons, including making four All-Star appearances with the Yankees.
A lifetime .277 batter, Murcer hit 252 home runs and drove in 1,043 runs in 1,908 Major League games with the Yankees, San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs.
He was the only Yankee to play with both Mickey Mantle and Don Mattingly, and was arguably the franchise's most popular player of the era immediately following Mantle's retirement after the 1968 season.
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Packers GM, coach say no to Favre’s release
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Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 04:55 PM EDT
The Green Bay Packers’ general manager and coach don’t plan to grant Brett Favre’s request for his release. If he does rejoin the team, they told The Associated Press, it won’t be as the starting quarterback.
And Favre is unlikely to accept a backup role, GM Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy acknowledged Saturday in their first public comments since the 38-year-old Favre demanded his release this week.
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REPORT: President George W Bush backs Israeli plan for strike on Iran
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Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 04:24 PM EDT
President George W Bush has told the Israeli government that he may be prepared to approve a future military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations with Tehran break down, according to a senior Pentagon official.
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Scattered, smothered, covered and hitched, Couple marries at Waffle House
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Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 04:17 PM EDT
And the groom's name is indeed, Bubba...
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McCain’s Conservative Model? Teddy Roosevelt
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Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 04:16 PM EDT
Senator John McCain in a wide-ranging interview called for a government that is frugal but more active than many conservatives might prefer. He said government should play an important role in areas like addressing climate change, regulating campaign finance and taking care of “those in America who cannot take care of themselves.”
“I count myself as a conservative Republican, yet I view it to a large degree in the Theodore Roosevelt mold,” Mr. McCain said, referring to Roosevelt’s reputation for reform, environmentalism and tough foreign policy.
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Honoring the very best (and worst) of the first half
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 04:14 PM EDT
We've reached the midpoint of another sensational baseball season. And we know what you're thinking:
Has Hank Steinbrenner finished memorizing that rulebook from "the 1800s" yet?
If it's Helmet Night, does that mean Manny Ramirez was unable to get his full ticket allotment?
And, of course, is it a felony or a misdemeanor to mispronounce Fukudome?
Well, even if you weren't actually thinking any of that, it's still been one of the most stupendous, unpredictable baseball seasons in eons.
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Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll- TIED
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Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 12:08 PM EDT
The race for the White House is tied. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Barack Obama and John McCain each attract 43% of the vote. When "leaners" are included, Obama holds a statistically insignificant 47% to 46% advantage. Today is the first time that McCain’s support has moved above 45% since Obama clinched the nomination on June 3. It’s also the first time the candidates have been tied since Obama clinched the Democratic nomination (see recent daily results).
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Driving and Texting? Bad. Ridiing a Motorcycle and Texting?
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 11:47 AM EDT
Straight Talk At Last From McCain Gramm
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 11:46 AM EDT
A Nation of whining brats?
Economy: Barack Obama is making hay out of McCain adviser Phil Gramm's unpolitic claim that "we've sort of become a nation of whiners." But Gramm is right that America's economic stature is underappreciated.
When Gramm gave a videotaped Q&A to the Washington Times last week, his sophisticated insights on America's economic role in the world were just what you would expect.
Unfortunately, Gramm, for the last year an economic adviser to John McCain, topped it off with a throwaway remark about us being "a nation of whiners" who don't realize what fundamental good shape we're in globally. Not surprisingly, Obama and other Democrats have jumped all over the ill-considered one-liner.
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Nanoparticle Stops Cancer From Spreading
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Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 11:45 AM EDT
California researchers say they have developed molecular "smart bombs" that stop pancreatic and kidney cancer from spreading in mice while causing fewer side effects and damage to healthy surrounding tissues than traditional chemotherapy.
A team from the University of California, San Diego, designed a "nanoparticle" anti-cancer drug delivery system that zooms in on a protein marker called integrin avB3, which is found on the surface of certain tumor blood vessels. The marker is tied to the development of new blood vessels and malignant tumor growth.
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Female soldier dubbed 'Combat Barbie' wins a place in Miss England 2008 final
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Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 11:34 AM EDT
A female squaddie who fought off a suspected Iraqi insurgent has swapped guns for glamour and won a place in the final of Miss England 2008.
Katrina Hodge, 21, dubbed 'Combat Barbie' after being honoured for saving the lives of members of her regiment, will represent England at Miss World 2008 if she wins in July.
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Al-Qaeda meets its enemy: And it turns out to be its own extremism
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 08:02 AM EDT
As al-Qaeda in Iraq’s fortunes wane, it has no one but itself to blame. President Bush’s troop surge indisputably has crushed al-Qaeda and other terrorists, while Iraqi soldiers have honed their ability to hammer deadly insurgents. But much of al-Qaeda’s damage has been self-inflicted. Largely overlooked is the Islamo-puritanism that it inflicted on the Iraqi territories it seized. Rank-and-file Iraqis tasted life under bin Laden-style Islam, and they gagged.
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Feds cite Schumer in collapse of IndyMac
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 07:47 AM EDT
An important angle in the IndyMac failure that may get lost in ominous headlines tonight and tomorrow: federal regulators pointedly cited U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in explaining the bank's failure. In simple language, federal regulators blamed Schumer for a run on the bank. Here's from the press release issued by IndyMac's regulator, the Office of Thrift Supervision:
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Tony Snow, Former White House Press Secretary and FOX News Anchor, Dies at 53
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 07:39 AM EDT
Tony Snow, the former White House press secretary and conservative pundit who bedeviled the press corps and charmed millions as a FOX News television and radio host, has died after a long bout with cancer. He was 53
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Ex-diplomat: Sex with teens OK in foreign cultures
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 07:33 AM EDT
An ex-diplomat convicted of having sex with teenage girls in the Congo and Brazil and taping the encounters is asking a judge for leniency, claiming that cultural differences in those countries make sex with girls more acceptable.
Gons G. Nachman, 42, pleaded guilty in April to possessing child pornography after admitting that he had sex with 14- to 17-year-old girls while serving as a consular officer in Brazil and Congo and documenting the encounters in pictures and videos.
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$600 earrings a costly gaffe?
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 05:03 AM EDT
Surrogate alert! Barack Obama's wife quipped that a $600 tax stimulus check could be used for a pair of earrings. The same day, a John McCain surrogate dismissed economic woes from a nation of "whiners." Those gaffes — and even references to castration and Viagra — illustrated a week of tabloidlike "Oh, no, he didn't!" coverage
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Second near collision at JFK prompts changes
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 12 Jul 2008 12:35 AM EDT
Two airborne planes — one landing and the other taking off — came within a half-mile of colliding at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday in the second such incident at the airport in a week, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The FAA moved quickly to change takeoff and landing procedures at JFK on perpendicular runways — the kind of runways involved in both incidents.
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