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“ Top US congressional Democrats bluntly told President George W. Bush Wednesday that his Iraq troop ’ surge ’ policy was a failure. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi challenged the president over Iraq by sending him a letter. ” – Agence France-presse, June 13
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — President Mahmoud Abbas will dissolve the Palestinian Authority ’ s government Thursday after fighting between rival parties Hamas and Fatah consumed the Gaza Strip and was expected to call for a state of emergency, sources close to Abbas confirmed to FOX News.
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In addition to giving the illegal alien drug smuggler full immunity to testify against U.S. Border Patrol agents, the government gave him taxpayer-funded medical care for his buttocks wound, an unconditional border-crossing card, the right to sue the U.S. for "civil rights" violations, and a GAP gift card. The drug runner is also on the short-list to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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-- Basketball star Lebron James and his girlfriend Savannah Brinson welcomed their second son, Bryce Maximus James, on Thursday. The 8-lb, 6-oz baby was born a 12: 51 a.m. in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The couple also have 2-year-old Lebron Jr. James, 22, a forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers, is in the thick of the NBA Finals, with his team trailing the San Antonio Spurs three-games-to-none in the best-of-seven series.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew lifted off Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7: 38 p.m. EDT to continue construction of the International Space Station.
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The new Daniel Pearl based movie, A Mighty Heart, will probably be a success due to its subject matter and lead actress — Angelina Jolie. Ever since the announcement of Angelina Jolie ’ s appearance as Mariane Pearl — Daniel Pearl ’ s wife — there has been flack from black activists and movie goers alone who are miffed at her playing the role of a black woman. The upset stems from the fact that there are so many black actresses waiting for their opportunity on screen, especially a noteworthy one in a powerhouse film, and the glass ceiling is too hard to break. Usually black female roles are hard to come by, and normally they are filled by the same people over and over, but it ’ s rare that you see them handed over to someone of another race.
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An NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll released on June 13 shows that no Republican enjoys support from as much as 30% of the voters who plan to vote in Republican presidential primaries. The poll, based on 1,008 voters, shows: Rudy Giuliani 29%, Fred Thompson 20%, Mitt Romney 14%, John Mccain 14%, Mike Huckabee 3%, Ron Paul 2%, Tommy Thompson 2%, Sam Brownback 1%, Jim Gilmore 1%, Duncan Hunter 1%, Tom Tancredo 1%, other or undecided 12%.
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As the Republican presidential field has grown more unsettled, the Democratic front-runner has moved into stronger position. Sen. Clinton of New York now draws 39% of the vote, up from 36% in April, while Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois has dropped to 25% from 31%. Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina has also fallen to 15% from 20%. Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware lag behind with 4% apiece.
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And with today's vote by the Massachusetts legislature to strike down a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, the liberal "side" of the Massachusetts blogosphere is (with the predictability of high tide) holding this up as evidence of Massachusetts'courageous commitment to equality for all its citizens.
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Bush's pal, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, gave immunity to a Mexican drug dealer hauling a million dollars worth of drugs across the border so that the drug dealer could testify against two Border Patrol agents who shot him in the buttocks.
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Among those who one hopes got everything done that they wished to (for their chances to do more are seriously curtailed) are Pierre Charles L ’ Enfant. French-born American architect and urban planner (L ’ Enfant designed the first street plan for the Federal City in the United States, now known as Washington, D.C. He was not paid for his work and fell into disgrace, spending much of the rest of his life trying to persuade Congress to pay him what he felt he was owed) (1825) and Ruth Graham, the wife of evangelist Billy Graham (2007).
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Wow Gold Seeker monitors the various World of Warcraft gold suppliers to help you find the Do nt spend time searching for cheap wow gold we do it for you
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Apparently no one at Microsoft is getting into trouble over the mysterious, tiny image discovered in the Windows Vista DVD hologram. (See yesterday's post for background.) The company says it was not an internal prank but rather an anti-counterfeiting measure. Microsoft product manager Nick White explains the situation in this post on the Windows Vista team blog:
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When Scott Proctor put away the Diamondbacks in the ninth today, the Yankees winning streak reached nine while Red Sox Nation was reading 38pitches.com (Curt Schilling ’ s blog) looking for answers as to why the AL East leader lost to the Colorado Rockies 12-2.
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ebay doesn ’ t allow merchants to use Google Checkout to settle ebay transactions. Google invited ebay online sellers attending ebay Live! in Boston this week to a party that they called the Google Checkout Freedom Party.
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Wolfmother plays us down the road. I also managed to score me a copy of Icky Thump, the White Stripes new record, and I ’ m all excited about seein them live. Woot.
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Paul Potts singing Opera on Britain's got Talent 1st audition Show. "Nessun Dorma" from the Torandot opera. Author: erront55 Keywords: paul potts simon cowell talent nessum dorma Added: June 9, 2007]
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While the Salt Institute has always been quietly aware of its unique influence with policy wonks and lawmakers, we could not quite believe the speed with which our blog was able to galvanize the machinery of government into action. On June 12, only two working days after our Peace Chlor article, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, urged all operators of water and waste treatment plants to secure chlorine supplies from terrorists, even though at present they are not required to do so. The July 13 Newsday account indicates that an estimated 3,000 drinking-water and wastewater treatment plants are listed in EPA documents as holding in excess of 2,500 pounds of chlorine gas, according to the Center for American Progress.
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Bush keeps claiming he's dying to enforce the border, but he just can't do it unless we immediately grant amnesty to 12 million illegal aliens. I wonder if that worked on Laura Bush:
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Flag Day - the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially established by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th, 1916. While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years after Wilson ’ s proclamation, it was not until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as National Flag Day.
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5. The scion of a subsidiary chain without any reputation for greatness or even goodness turns out to be the most vociferous board member against the bid. (OK, by now you ’ ve figured out that I ’ m abstracting the Dow Jones (DJ - Cramer ’ s Take - Stockpickr - Rating) situation with this News Corp. (NWS - Cramer ’ s Take - Stockpickr - Rating) bid from Rupert Murdoch. Frankly, I would rather work for the worst Murdoch property than the best Ottaway paper. Nobody takes Ottaway to task for that “ irony. ”)
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In 1777, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution establishing the flag of the United States. The original design incorporated thirteen alternating red and white stripes and thirteen white stars on a blue field
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John Hawkins has a source in the Senate who has given him some interesting tidbits about the Senate immigration proposal. It would appear that like the Black Knight from Monty Python's The Quest for the Holy Grail the proposed bill isn't quite dead yet.
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It's a bad move for pretty much every one involved. Kyle Busch, who will vacate the No. 5 car to make room for Jr., says he "graduated" from Hendrick Motorsports, but he's delusional if...
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Ramos was nominated for Border Patrol Agent of the Year in 2005. His nomination received a major setback when the Bush administration decided to put him in prison instead. Ramos and Compean are now serving more than 10 years apiece in solitary confinement for chasing a drug-running illegal alien back to Mexico.
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Vaclav Klaus, the President of the Czech Republic writes in the Financial Times that he sees environmentalism as the biggest threat to individual liberty:
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The Republicans are Representative Duncan Hunter of California, Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Arizona Senator John Mccain, Representative Ron Paul of Texas, former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (who also later served as the Secretary of Health and Human Services), Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, and former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore.
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The Episcopal Church existed long before the Anglican Communion did. If we were to stop participating in its various meetings, and even if we were booted out entirely, life would go on — and maybe we could even get back to work bringing people to God.
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A senior Vatican cardinal said yesterday that Catholics should stop donating to human rights group Amnesty International because of its new policy advocating abortion rights for women if they had been raped, were a victim of incest or faced health risks.
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Nicole Richie and her skunk-look-alike boyfriend, Joel Madden, went for a beauty apointment in West Hollywood today. Nicole was wearing a little black dress loose enough to hide a rumored baby bump and carrying a strategically placed iced drink. I must admit that Nicole seemed to be a little more shapely than usual. Pregnant or finally eating? ....... you decide.
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On Thursday afternoon, federal district court Judge Reggie Walton ruled that he will not put off sending Scooter Libby to jail. Last week, the judge sentenced Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff to 30 months and a $250,000 fine for obstructing justice during the CIA leak investigation. Libby's lawyers asked for Libby to remain free on bail while they appeal the conviction. Walton said he would entertain the request, though he indicated he was not at all sympathetic to their legal arguments. He did not change his mind.
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Marvel Studio ’ s Kevin Feige talks all things Marvel to Coming Soon, and he kindly lets us in on the knowledge that Captain America could be the next big Marvel character put into production …
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, Lee's cartoon series featuring Pamela Anderson (though we could easily point out a few obvious differences without seeing either one). Paris's ex-boyfriend Paris Latsis is also on board. Stan Lee created or co-created comic book superheroes including Spider-man, the Fantastic Four, the X-men, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, and led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
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, this is outrageous. Bud Selig wants to suspend Jason Giambi because he had the guts to come forward and discuss steroid use in baseball on the record.
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Emma Roberts is definitely going on our “ must-watch ” list of young celebrities. Not only is she starring in the recent “ Nancy Drew ” movie, but has a couple of other movies and shows coming up. She totally exudes the adorable “ girl next door ” look.
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We just got word that Valleywag has a new editor in Owen Thomas of Business 2.0. Thomas, a former online editor for Time Inc., currently edits 2.0's Beta blog and — most importantly — worked on beloved late'90s site Suck.com. Valleywag has been edited by Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton since original editor Nick Douglas was fired (and later bought back as a correspondent) this past November.
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Also in the NL West, the San Francisco Giants won but that wasn ’ t the biggest story of the game. The story, as it will be until the record falls, was Barry Bonds going yard for the thirteenth time this season. Bonds now has 747 homers in his career. He trails the great Hank Aaron by only eight homers.
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The first black woman billionaire in the United States says New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is "a terrific person" but Sen. Barack Obama is her pick in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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At the same time, Mr. Bush ’ s job approval rating has fallen to his lowest-ever level of 29%, while 66% disapprove his handling of the presidency. The telephone survey of 1,008 adults, conducted June 8 to 11 by Republican pollster Neil Newhouse and his Democratic counterpart Peter Hart, carries a margin for error of 3.1 percentage points.
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Former Vice President Al Gore got in a little hot water recently when his environmental beliefs were called into question. He claims that greenhouse gases have been “ proven ” to destroy the ozone and that anyone involved with them should refrain. But the former VP flies around the world in private jets that produce a lot - and I mean A LOT - of nasty greenhouse gases.
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Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather escalated a fued with his former news network by accusing them of using Katie Couric to "dumb down and tart up" the evening news broadcast to attract a younger audience. CBS corp CEO Leslie Moonves called the remarks "sexist" and to give Couric a chance to prove herself. Moonves then annouced his new plans for a change in CBS's new evening news format where Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears would join Couric in front of the camera for wild nights of crazy girl-on-girl evening news action. Very hot.
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I don't know what they do when they all meet, probably have tea, plumcake and watch videos of English BDSM, but when you learn that Winston Churchill and Bertrand Russell were members, you get the idea of how important this is for good ole Liz.
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Watch the first trailer for the Coen Brothers adaptation of the Cormac Mccarthy western starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem here. Also read Glenn Kenny's interview with stars Bardem and Josh Brolin here.
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-- Shar Jackson is denying recent reports that she is pregnant with Kevin Federline ’ s child. In fact, she is not pregnant at all. "It is not even remotely true, ” Jackson ’ s rep tells Usmagazine.com. Federline's rep also insists the rumors are" not true. "The erroneous story originated in this week ’ s Star magazine, which reported that Jackson, 30, is six weeks along with Federline ’ s child.
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I'm like addicted to Pirates of the Caribbean now. Johnny Depp is hot, and so is Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley and just everybody in the movie. I love them all! Especially that cute small pirate. Everybody, you just have to watch it.
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The Republicans are Representative Duncan Hunter of California, Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Arizona Senator John Mccain, Representative Ron Paul of Texas, former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (who also later served as the Secretary of Health and Human Services), Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, and former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore.
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asks [Fa] whether there is any commonality between the Islamic Revolution and people like Ortega, Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro. The blogger says with irony that the Iranian president would rather show off as a guerrilla to the developing world than think of a way to solve his country ’ s problems.
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Kardashian follows in a long line of PCD celebs. Everyone from Christina Aguilera and Scarlett Johansson to Jessica Simpson and Eva Longoria have taken a turn on the Vegas stage with the cabaret dancin ’ gals.
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He may be from a privileged background a million miles away from former street trader Sir Alan Sugar - but public schoolboy Simon Ambrose yesterday became the surprise winner of BBC1 ’ s business reality show The Apprentice. Ambrose, 27, triumphed over rival Kristina Grimes, 36, in a finale expected to have attracted more than six million viewers.
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"Bush promises tougher border security" from the AP reports on President Bush's speech in which he said he wants $4.4 billion immediately for border enforcement as a good faith gesture that the administration is serious about border enforcement. The monies would be allegedly dedicated to border and workplace enforcement. This has been suggested as an amendment by Senators Lindsey Graham and Senator Jon Kyl to assuage the outcry from many citizens who are concerned about the path to citizenship portion of S1348 as well as some of the giveaway details of the bill. Of course, the monies are to come from alleged future fees from the other provisions of the bill.
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It looks like The Invisible Man is going to be remade again, David Goyer feels a reimagining is appropriate and we get the following scoop from the news masters at Variety: Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have set David Goyer to write and direct “ The Invisible Man, ” a new take on the H.G. Wells classic. Brian Grazer will produce.
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Meanwhile, everything is cozy with the Fantastic Four. Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), the elastic man and group intellectual, is about to marry Sue Storm (Jessica Alba), who can make herself invisible at will. (This means he must always be faithful -- think about it.) Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis), who is made of rock and looks like tree bark, is still going steady with the lovely non-superhero Alicia (Kerry Washington). And Johnny Storm (Chris Evans), whose gimmick is to fly around while on fire, is living the life of an eligible New York bachelor.
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According to the gay critics of America, John Travolta should not be playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray because he believes in Scientology, and Scientology does not believe in homosexuality.
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Today I read a review on Pajiba about the film, since I was looking to see what other people were saying. The review was by and large good, for many of the same reasons. The director uses “ real people ”, etc, etc. Anyways, there was one issue that came up in the comments and the review, which was whether or not the premise was actually possible. Would an ambitious, talented, “ hot ” woman like Katherine Heigl ’ s character actually not only sleep with but actually get into a relationship with a “ schlub ” like Seth Rogen ’ s character, Ben?
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A legislative leaders'meeting in Albany today between Eliot Spitzer, Joe Bruno and Sheldon Silver hit upon the issue of campaign finance reform, which Spitzer supports and Bruno doesn't.
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Wednesday, it was Mike Mussina ’ s turn on the mound and he provided his best game of the year. Moose threw over 100 pitches and made it into the eighth, striking out seven and walking none. While Mussina kept the Diamondbacks off the scoreboard, Alex Rodriguez was continuing his amazing season. A-rod belted his 25th home run of the year and he wasn ’ t alone in the power department as Posada and Matsui also went deep.
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No, not with the Calgary Flames. The Calgary Sun is reporting that the Flames have hired Mike Keenan as their new head coach and that an announcement could some as early as today or tomorrow. The stories out of Calgary say that current Calgary coach Jim Playfair will remain with the oragnozation in some capacity - possibly as an assistant coach under Keenan.
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- this is more of a case of betting against Seattle P Jeff Weaver than on Cubs starter Jason Marquis (whom we still don't trust all that much). Lay $100 on the Cubs - $150.
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The T-puppies and Houston Rockets have agreed to a deal in principle that sends Mike James to the Rockets for Juwan Howard straight up. The only details holding the two clubs up is whether or not to include other players, but at the least, the two will swap players straight up. From a Wolves fan's... more
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Get the Thursday Thirteen code here! The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It ’ s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted! View More Thursday Thirteen Participants
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On June 11, Rafael Nadal once again beat Roger Federer on Roland Garros'famed clay courts. Roger Federer is perhaps the most dominant athlete in any sport today, but his legacy is truly plagued by his inability to beat Nadal at the French Open. While Federer dominates the sport of tennis on... more
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Andy Samberg will play Ham III, the ne'er-do-well grandson of the first chimp astronaut sent into space (loosely based on NASA's real-life space chimp Ham). Seeking to capitalize on the Ham family name, a senator (Stanley Tucci) recruits Ham III to travel through a black hole to a planet where he and his simian colleagues (Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton) help rid the local aliens of an evil leader (Jeff Daniels). Kristin Chenoweth will play a helpful alien, and Kenan Thompson will play Ham III's mentor.
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The American Idols Live tour kicks off July 6 at Bankatlantic Center in Sunrise with the 10 finalists from the latest edition of the great American sing-off. Sanjaya Malakar and his flexi-locks will be featured alongside fellow season-six finalists such as Melinda Doolittle and Blake Lewis and winner Jordin Sparks. Season-two runner-up Clay Aiken goes upscale with an orchestra on Aug. 18 at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. The original Idol, season-one winner Kelly Clarkson, plays the Bankatlantic Center on Aug. 30.
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Christopher Matthews, 35, a Canadian citizen, has worked for the state GOP as a campaign consultant since 2004. But he recently was hired as full-time deputy political director, with responsibility for handling campaign operations and information technology for the country's largest state Republican Party operation, California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring confirmed in a telephone interview this week.
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ELSEWHERE... "Palestinian President Dissolves Government" [NYT]... "Hamas Hails'Liberation'of Gaza" [BBC]... "Bill Clinton Made $10 Million From Speeches" [Wapo]... "Former UN Chief Kurt Waldheim Dies" [FT]... "Foreclosures Up on Certain Mortgages" [Wapo]... "Repairs Begin on Space Station Computer Failure" [Wapo]... "Legislators Vote to Defeat Same-sex Marriage Ban" [Boston Globe] "Frozen North Korean Funds Released by Bank" [Wapo]... "Counterfeit Colgate Toothpaste Recalled in 4 U.S. States" [Wapo]... "Freddie Mac Has 1st-quarter Net Loss of $211 Million" [Bloomberg]... "Va. Tech Panel Gets Cho's Mental Health Records" [Wapo]... "Easyjet Unveils'Ecojet'" [Guardian]
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Hamas pounced as Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert held a belated conversation with the UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on the deployment of an international force on the Philadelphi route. Hamas leaders flushed with victory will hardly accept such hindrance to the free flow of smuggled arms, missiles and explosives into the Gaza Strip
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“ In the hot months of 1967 there was a military coup in Greece; a war started in Biafra; there were race riots in Newark, Detroit and Boston; Muhummad Ali was stripped of his world title for refusing the draft; Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were jailed on drug charges; Arab attempts to destroy Israel triggered the Six Day War; Kenneth Halliwell murdered his lover, the playwright Joe Orton; the Beatles manager Brian Epstein died of a drug overdose; and the Swedish switched to driving on the right … doesn ’ t sound much like a Summer of Love to me ”
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Josh Beckett puts his 9-0 record on the line tonight against 5-5 Jeff Francis in the rubber game. Then the Giants come to town, which is great, because what this struggling club needs right now is a media circus. We can only wait to see what Dan Shaughnessy's been cooking up this week.
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LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers announced today that they have dismissed Hitting Coach Eddie Murray and have named Bill Mueller as Interim Hitting Coach, according to Dodger Manager Grady Little.
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Sorry can this stuff only be understood by black Americans whom live in the ghetto?? Cos that wasn't the case back in the day. Funny how when creativity and originality was key the music grew and became loved by many people of all backgrounds across the globe. It appears to have gone on some kind of regression. It's a bit like'black'US comedy.. Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.. worldwide.. Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence what?! sorry i must've missed something.
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Sara is a hip-hop dancer but she's also trained in other styles, which helped her in Las Vegas. Her partner is Jesus, whom y'all may remember as my boyfriend. Mmm... Jesus. I should probably learn how to do that accent so it doesn't look like I'm lusting after, you know, Jesus Christ. They 're working with Wade Robson, who has a pop jazz routine for them. They 're dancing as turn of the century vagabonds who break out into cabaret because, well, that's obviously what early 20th century vagabonds would do. Actually, for as weird as it sounds, the end result is terrific. Dancing to "Cabaret Hoover" from the
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Jimmy and his band are now in a'battle of the bands'competition to appear on the same stage with the likes of Eric clapton, Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy to name but a few, at the Crossroads festival in Chicago.
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A woman who ripped off her ex-boyfriend's testicle with her bare hands has been sent to prison. Amanda Monti, 24, flew into a rage when Geoffrey Jones, 37, rejected her advances at the end of a house party, Liverpool Crown Court heard. She pulled off his left testicle and tried to swallow it, before spitting it out. A friend handed it back to Mr Jones saying: "That's yours."
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Sam Allardyce has signed Joey Barton for a fee of £ 5.8m from Manchester City, there had been some issues in completing the deal as City were reluctant to pay Barton a fee believed to be in the region of £ 300k.
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Yesterday he got lots of footage of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The couple was at the Ziegfeld Theater for the A Mighty Heart Premiere, then at the movie ’ s after party, and finally they Larry caught up with them checking into the Four Season ’ s. Also there getting their room was Victoria Beckham. This video will be available tomorrow.
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Britain's definitely got talent in 6 year old Connie Talbot. She wins over ever cynical Simon Cowell and brings female judge Amanda Holden (and me!) to tears with her rendition her of Judy Garland's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
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There is an excellent article in The Times by Anthony Julius and Alan Dershowitz on the proposed boycott of Israeli universities. (It is worth noting that there is little support for this boycott and much opposition from academics.)
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Q.T. is on fire again. With his ‘ Grindhouse ’ collabo with ROBERT RODRIGUEZ and his exec production for ELI ROTH ’ s ‘ Hostel ’ sequel, QUENTIN TARANTINO is making a night out at the movies fun again.
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- Also during Live Aid Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones regrouped as the remaining members of Led Zeppelin (although they didn ’ t come out as LZ). Anyway, so apparently Phil Collins asked Robert Plant to drum for them (because when I think of Led Zeppelin, I think Phil Collins) after John Bonham had already died back in 1980. Interestingly enough, their performance wasn ’ t included on the DVD because they didn ’ t like the quality of it.
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"The FBI's comprehensive audit of National Security Letter use across all field offices has confirmed the inspector general's findings that we had inadequate internal controls for use of an invaluable investigative tool," FBI General Counsel Valerie E. Caproni said. "Our internal audit examined a much larger sample than the inspector general's report last March, but we found similar percentages of Nsls that had errors."
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David Brody of CBN asks, and answers, a disturbing question: “ Do you care if the President of the United States attends Church? My bet is the majority of Americans would say yes. ” Not only do they care if he attends, but some are now keeping score as to how often. Brody links to an article at Worldnetdaily which questions whether Fred Thompson has attended church enough – with no discussion of whether he has ever played a priest, minister, rabbi, or even a character attending church, on television. From Worldnetdaily (and indirectly found through Andrew Sullivan):
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At a G8 press conference, French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived a bit late, out of breath, and “ giddy. ” It was a Belgian journalist who joked “ apparently [Mr. Sarkozy] had more than just water to drink ”. A spokesman for President Sarkozy would not deign to comment on the video, saying “ it is not common practice at the Elysée to comment on bad taste jokes. ” Zut alors!
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Last night I found myself at the Arclight for the first time in a while watching "Mr. Brooks" with Scott. I have to admit that the movie looked moderately interesting when I saw the previews and I read a lot of chatter regarding Kevin Costner appearing on the screen (in regard to his movie career and his role). It was also interesting to go out on a weeknight -- getting home at 11? Insane! In any case, twelve hours later, I think that the movie was time well spent.
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In his statement, Mr Jones said she grabbed his genitals and "pulled hard". He added: "That caused my underpants to come off and I found I was completely naked and in excruciating pain". The court heard that a friend saw Monti put Mr Jones's testicle into her mouth and try to swallow it. She choked and spat it back into her hand before the friend grabbed it and gave it back to Mr Jones. Doctors were unable to re-attach the organ.
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The Boston Red Sox have asked Major League Baseball to substitute hot-hitting Kevin Youkilis for David Ortiz as the team's first base entrant on the All-star ballot distributed to other players, a gesture meant to help Youkilis'chances...
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New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Vanessa Williams have teamed up to offer a splendiferous evening to a limited number of fans through an exclusive online promotion for her July 22, 2007 concert at NJPAC. One ticket holder will win the Ultimate Vanessa Williams Fan Pack: Two backstage passes, access to Vanessa ’ s pre-show sound check and dinner for two at NJPAC ’ s Theater Square Grill. Additionally, five non-ticket holders will each win An Intimate Evening with Vanessa Williams, which includes a pair of premium ticket seats and backstage passes to meet the singer/actress/Broadway star.
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Alex Rodriguez hit a homerun off the facade of the upper deck in left field, a feat that is extremely rare in Yankee Stadium, for his 25th homer of the season. Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui also added longballs in the victory.
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The border patrol agents were presumed guilty of an unlawful shooting because they neglected to fill out the proper paperwork. For busting a cap in the butt of a drug courier crossing the border illegally -- who was so mortally wounded that he proceeded to scamper back to Mexico -- they were supposed to spend five hours filling out paperwork. This is what the Bush administration means when it talks about a "cover-up." As U.S. prosecutor Debra Kanof said, "You have to report any discharge of a firearm."
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Was this really all that the Police _ vocalist-bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland _ had to offer after making local fans wait so long? The band ’ s last Bay Area performance was back on Sept. 10, 1983 at the very same venue.
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