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NBA Champions! The Miami Heat have won the franchise's first ever NBA Championship, by defeating the Dallas Mavericks in an exciting 6 game series. After losing the first 2 games of the NBA Finals, the Heat roared back with 4 consecutive wins, lead by Finals MVP Dywane Wade and Shaquille O'neal. This was also the fifth NBA title for Heat coach Pat Riley. Celebrate the Miami Heat's big triumph with official NBA Champs merchandise, including hats, shirts, jerseys, collectibles, apparel adn more!
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t 8: 26 am Eastern Daylight Time this morning, we hit the summer solstice. This is the longest day of the year for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere and the day when the sun reaches its northernmost point (about 23.5 ° north) over the Tropic of Cancer. The sun is only directly overhead if you ’ re at the Tropic of Cancer. (And in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is the region known as “ The Tropics. ” Go figure!)
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In the latest convoluted turn of events in the pissing contest between the insane Stalinist, also known as the “ Eternal President of the Republic ” of North Korea, and the unitary Decider of the United States, we learn that the “ Bush administration is weighing responses to a possible North Korean missile test that include attempting to shoot it down in flight over the Pacific, ” according to the Associated Press.
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Suspected gang members and a police officer were detained after law enforcement conducts a raid on a drug ring linked to Fentanyl-laced heroin that led to hundreds of deaths over the last few weeks.
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I was going to have an exclusive two-hour interview with Angelina Jolie, but Anderson Cooper scooped me. So I'll just have to confine myself to what's going on in New Orleans, which won't get either me or Coop half-page ads in the NYT.
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I leave Canada tomorrow. I think the highlight was seeing a beautiful cinnamon coloured grizzly bear on the side of the road as it was grubbing for insects. I've always seen enough mooses to sink a battle ship. I have decided their nickname should be'dingly donglies'for that silly flap of skin underneath their neck. Today there was a hail storm, so I went to see'Nacho Libre'. It wasn't funny, but the characters were well thought out. Jack Black was his usual self. I think the direction was poor, but I am still in love with Jared Hess. Mmm, sexy man. I hope to see you all very soon on my return!
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The Associated Press reports on the House Republicans... up to no good again. They can't agree to re-authorize the Voting Rights Act of 1965 because it is deemed unfair to single out Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia for special Justice Department scrutiny. Rather than cutting the old confederacy some slack in the voting repression category, I'd like to nominate Ohio and Florida for inclusion on the list. (I would have sworn Florida was already on it, but maybe I'm wrong).
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I'd wanted to do a quick runthrough of all the newspaper's coverage of the Carolina Hurricanes'Stanley Cup win yesterday, but just wasn't able to find the time. Here's my best attempt — a day after the fact.
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Alternet: Blogs: PEEK: Pentagon lists homosexuality as mental disorder: "A Pentagon document classifies homosexuality as a mental disorder, decades after mental health experts abandoned that position.
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He brought Theo Walcott to Germany. He let Jermaine Defoe go home. He risked Wayne Rooney ahead of the last sixten (who sulked like a baby yesterday after coming off in the second half). Now, he ’ s gone and lost Michael Owen to an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury, Sven Eriksson is left with only one fit striker - Peter Crouch.
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Now that you can't get that cool Jim Dolan T-shirt anymore, you can still protest the Knicks lack of a clue and mock them at next weeks NBA draft. Go to www.selltheknicks.com for details. Just don't shout at David Stern or you might get fined (See Mark Cuban).
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The unimaginably brutal torture and decapitations of Privates Kristian Menchaca (23) and Thomas L. Tucker (25) are haunting me. Out of respect to the families, the U.S. military has not disclosed the actual condition their bodies were found in. From various news outlets, one can infer that they were tortured in a “ barbaric ” way, beyond the pale, so bad that their bodies are nearly unrecognizable, requiring DNA testing to determine their identities. Their eyes were gouged out. Other body parts were apparently mutilated. I simply can not imagine the horrifying ordeal they suffered under the hands of Islam.
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Sudoku Gridmaster launches June 26 exclusively for Nintendo DS, letting vacationers take more than 400 sudoku puzzles on the go and save their progress at any stage. The compact Nintendo DS fits into bags, whether it's being carried onto planes or toted to the beach. For those who like to travel light, the new, lighter, brighter Nintendo DS Lite makes all your portable games look better than ever.
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After 9/11, Dick Cheney transposed his desire to expand executive power and his personal paranoia into a national policy. Ron Suskind reports in his new book, "The One Percent Doctrine," that Vice dictated that the war on terror allowed the administration to summarily reject the need for evidence and analysis before action.
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"There will always be a part of Dan Rather at CBS News. He is truly a'reporter's reporter,'and he has helped to train several generations of broadcast journalists. His legacy can not be replicated," Mcmanus gushed.
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Paramount Pictures is suing a D.C. filmmaker Chris Moukarbel for copyright infringement, claiming that he used a "bootleg script" to rip off Oliver Stone's upcoming film about 9/11. Chris'12-minute film apparently uses "a significant portion" of Stone's work. Both film center around a pair of rescue workers trapped in debris following the collapse of the towers. Huh. Read the whole lawsuit filed by the studio here. Watch the trailer for Stone's film, World Trade Center.
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WASHINGTON — The United States has found 500 chemical weapons in Iraq since 2003, and more weapons of mass destruction are likely to be uncovered, two Republican lawmakers (Sen. Rick Santorum, R, Pa., and Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-mich.) said Wednesday....
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Luckily, the deputies are not the entire General Convention. The Presiding Bishop, Frank Griswold, has called for a joint session of the houses tomorrow. I believe he will gently tell us how much is at stake and how we need to give our new female presiding bishop SOMETHING to take to the Anglican Communion since she's already at a disadvantage.
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I'm so pleased that the American Episcopal Church voted a woman in as their new leader, I'm going to keep going there, despite thoughts of defecting to the Unitarians or the UCC. Good for them! Not this weekend though. I have a hot date with a pal to go to the Gay Pride Parade. That should be colourful!
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The Miami Heat were the NBA ’ s version of the broken hearts club. Everybody had a sob story to tell. Gary Payton fell short in two Finals with Seattle and the Lakers, not to mention the year his team had the best record and lost in the first round. Jason Williams was in Sacramento when the Kings found a way to lose Game 7 of the Western Conference finals to the Lakers. Shandon Anderson missed twice with Utah, Derek Anderson came close in San Antonio and Antoine Walker had a taste of the conference finals in Boston. And of course, Pat Riley had gone nearly two decades since his last championship.
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Outspoken Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen apologized Wednesday for using a derogatory term in referring to Chicago Sun-times columnist Jay Mariotti, then kept up his criticism of the writer. Guillen went into a profanity-laced tirade against Mariotti before Tuesday night's game against St. Louis and called him a number of names, including a derogatory term that is often used to describe someone's sexual orientation.
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It means that at local noon (literally, halfway between sunrise and sunset), the Sun will be higher in the sky than it will be for the rest of the year, and every day until December 22 (the winter solstice) it will dip a bit lower. If you live in the southern hemisphere, than this means it ’ s the shortest day of the year, and the Sun will get higher every day, yadda yadda. Just reverse what I said above, or stand on your head if that helps.
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Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit has a post up with plenty of links concerning Jerome Armstrong, Markos Moulitsas, and what appears to be an effort by blogs to smother MSM reports with silence. If blogs can impact MSM coverage by widening the discussion and sometimes breaking and doing the groundwork on a story, can they also kill a story just by ignoring it?
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This column by Harold Meyerson in the Washington Post – attacking Joe Lieberman – illustrates the Vietnam fossilization and the Dailykossification of the Democratic Party. Meyerson compares Lieberman to old time party bosses then lauds the ” the anti-vietnam War candidacies of Robert Kennedy and Eugene Mccarthy. ”
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According to Stephenson, Windows Live ID, available now, is the mechanism for federating user identity across all of Microsoft's Windows Live services. Eventually, Microsoft plans to link Windows Live ID to Active Directory so when a user signs in to Active Director to access services within a company's network, he or she also will be automatically signed in to Live services, such as Windows Live Messenger, Office Live and other Web-based services.
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Nicole Kidman won ’ t be joining Heidi in the maternity ward though. Her publicist Catherine Olim has denied the rumours that Nicole is pregnant with fiance Keith Urban ’ s baby: “ this is a rumor that comes around every month. It has for past year or two. Believe me on this one. She is religious, and that would never do. ”
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Really, really disappointed with A Prairie Home Companion. It's about 1/2 of a great movie, and 1/2 of a total disaster. If it weren't for Lily Tomlin and Garrison Keillor being so damned enjoyable, I might have walked out. I mostly agree with this from Mick Lasalle on this one: That's a little harsher than I'd put it - I could listen to Keillor all day - but otherwise, yeah. The rest of it's an uncomfortable mish-mashy mess of a movie. Such a disappointment. I hadn't disliked an Altman film till now.
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Preview Clip from'Superman Returns'on MSN Movies - MSN movies has the latest preview clip released of'Superman Returns'called "I was going to pretend" featuring Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor and Parker Posey as Kitty Kowalsky.
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Today we hit the streets to attend a Times Square promo event for Virgin Mobile, who is trying to get the message out about the power of the penny, and the importance of saving it from irrelevancy - with the help of Kevin Federline! K-fed gave a moving speech and answered some hard-hitting one-on-one questions with yours truly, including an “ explanation ” of why he wasn ’ t feeling so charitable last weekend in Miami. Virgin CEO Richard Branson didn ’ t make it to the event due to “ plane troubles ”, which is ironic since he OWNS an airline. But Kevin more than made up for his absence!
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MTV - Snoop Dogg was joined onstage by “ American Idol ” title holder Taylor Hicks Saturday, during a performance at Birmingham, Alabama ’ s City Stages festival, The Birmingham News reports. Hicks played the harmonica on “ Gin and Juice ” and rolled out his famed
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Of course, one way to make any defensive alignment impotent, traditional or untraditional, is to do what Ryan Howard did to a Mike Mussina pitch in the first inning of last night's Phillies/Yankees contest.
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I am going to go ahead and post on this even though it sounds like J. J. Abrams approached Ben Affleck to play Capt. James T. Kirk and he said, “ Nah. Why don ’ t you ask my buddy Matt instead? ” Rumor has it Lost creator J. J. Abrams is not only seeking Matt Damon for the part of Kirk in the next Star Trek film, but has William Shatner ’ s blessing with the choice. He obviously doesn ’ t think this is going to wind up Good Will Hunting in Space.
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In what appears to be a non-amicable and sudden parting of the ways, the head of marketing for Windows Live has left Microsoft without any official reason given. Martin Taylor, who had been at Microsoft for 13 years, was credited with having countered the Linux threat top the company and had only just been appointed to his current role as corporate vice president of marketing for Windows Live and MSN in March.
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Celebrity do dah - Diddy kicks Lindsay Lohan out of his club! - Angelina Jolie talks to Anderson about her kids - Michelle Rodriguez wants a piece of Colin Farrell - Did Jennifer Love Hewitt Lose Her Bra in the...
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U.S. anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan gestures during a demonstration against the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to Vienna June 21, 2006. Bush is in Vienna to attend an annual U.S. - European Union summit. (REUTERS/Miro)
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The doc features Rufus Wainwright, Beth Orton, Jarvis Cocker, Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Nick Cave, Antony (whom I'd love to hear sing Cohen's songs, despite my distaste for his own), plus Bono and The Edge.
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Bonnaroo, my friend Joe who lives in New York bought me a ticket, paid for all of my food the whole weekend, paid for ALL of my drugs, bought me a ticket to see Phil Lesh in Nashville which I LOST but he still got me in... security was EXTREMELY lax... lol... just got home, doc says I may have mono... so I feel close to death but my emotions are on cloud nine. At bonnaroo I saw Tom Petty... and Stevie Nicks came out and sang three songs * brain explodes *, Phil Lesh (fucking AMAZING), Damian Marley FUCK YEAH I feel like crying just thinking about it all again, some Matisyahu, Bela Fleck, .... god, my brain is all mushed... so much acid ....
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• Gehry ’ s “ Trojan Horse ”: From its “ outlandish disproportion to the neighborhoods around it ” to the “ abhorrent track record ” of its financier, Bruce Ratner, the 16-tower Atlantic Yards development planned for Brooklyn is all wrong for his hometown, writes novelist and Brooklynite Jonathan Lethem in an open letter to its designer, Frank Gehry. Describing the “ commercially ambitious, but aesthetically -- and socially -- disastrous ” development (the biggest project by a single developer in New York City history), Lethem urges the famed architect to just “ walk away ” from the deal.
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Wow what happened to Nicole Richie? She is wasting away. Some one needs to tell her to eat a dam hamburger. The once chubby Nicole was spotted on the beach in this tiny bikini. She has the curves of a 12 year old african boy looking for a gain of rice. Hanging out Mischa Barton she must be trying to look like the short fat one.
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"Who's on your tie?" the pundit asked, explaining that Reaganites had been able to sum up their philosophy in the 80's by wearing Adam Smith and Edmund Burke ties.
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Lukas Podolski became'Prinz'for the day with his first FIFA World Cup ™ goal but the honour of scoring the 2,000 th in the tournament went to Marcus Allback. Miroslav Klose also scored twice as Germany and England managed to avoid each... More...
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Here's Jessica Simpson last night at the launch of the T-mobile Sidekick 3. I have no idea what that white powder crap smeared on her nose-hump is, but I think it's funny that Eva Longoria didn't tell her about it. It confirms my theory that Eva is that bitchy "friend" who lets you walk around with toilet paper stuck to your shoe or a big booger hanging out of your nose because she always wants to be the "hottest" in the group. It's not hard to look hot standing next to the nightmare that is Jessica Simpson. If Eva was posing next to a statue of Fat Elvis sitting on a toilet and taking a dump, then she might lose the beauty contest, but next to Jessica, she really has nothing to worry about.
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Driving to the RBC Center. My cutie, waiting for the action to begin. The guys on the stage waiting for everyone to come up. With the exception of Glen Wesley (# 2), Cam Ward (# 30, Conn Smythe winner), and Rod Brind'Amour (# 17) the guys were introduced in numerical order. As we were starting to leave, Rod Brind'Amour on stage, saying a few words. The RBC Center all alight at night (it was close to 9 when we left). Mother Nature even likes the Cup in Carolina. She made us a Lord Stanley's Cup cloud, just for the occasion.
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We noted last Thursday that the United Kingdom agreed to house accused Liberian former President Charles Taylor in the event that he is convicted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
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Our buddies over at Cinematical are wondering whether this is a sign of the apocalypse. ’ 80s teen-age pin-ups Corey Haim and Corey Feldman are teaming up for a television show.
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The Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks 95-92 Tuesday night in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to claim its first championship in franchise history. The Heat entered the league in 1988. Miami becomes only the third team in history to overcome an 0-2 start in the Finals. [ESPN]
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- Mets 9 Reds 2: New York jumped out to a three-run lead in the first inning and never looked back. Xavier Nady had two home runs and Steve Trachsel went six innings and also belted a homer.
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Billboard tells us about a fascinating compilation on the way from Anti -. Due August 22, Rogue ’ s Gallery will feature “ pirate ballads, sea songs & chanteys ” performed by the likes of Richard Thompson, Bono, Lou Reed, Jolie Holland, Rufus Wainwright, Lucinda Williams and many others.
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Donovan lists 10 pitchers who are being talked about, but the guys he identifies generally are either prohibitively expensive (Dontrelle Willis, Barry Zito, Livan Hernandez), not really available (John Smoltz, Greg Maddux), or not any good (Sidney Ponson, Odalis Perez).
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AP reports: “ A teenager who was part of a gang that fatally stabbed a 15-year-old boy over an ipod was convicted Tuesday of murder. Brooklyn prosecutor Charles Hynes said a jury deliberated for three hours before convicting Darren Samuel, 17, of robbery and second-degree murder in the July attack. He faces as many as 25 years in prison. ”
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