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  • Ups & Downs Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:55PMThe professional Lefties in the EU sound just like Hillary Clinton. They are all such morons. I think it is about time America showed the Islamist douche bags how we feel about their demented cult. I would even add a sharia or two and a few jihads to this bonfire.
  • Chris Holder - Recharged and ready to roll Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:54PMUp and until recent days, it's been a tough few weeks for Australia's latest speedway star. With a schedule that would rival any international corporate CEO, Chris Holder new that something had to give. Leading into the Swedish GP it did. Looking physically and mentally tired from a massive race calendar, Chris struggled to find the spark that had surrounded him in Car...
  • Questions and Answers - 8 September 2010 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:53PMEarthquake, Canterbury—Government Assistance; Tax System Changes and GST Increase—Effect on New Zealanders; Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill—Access Under Customary Title; South Canterbury Finance Bail-out—Cost to Taxpayers
  • Board of Education identifies goals for new year Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:53PMStory created Sep 01, 2010 - 13:56:52 CDT. Building better relationships and encouraging the growth of fine arts are among the goals of the West Hancock School District for the 2010-11 academic year.
  • Summit football team opens season with wild 42-35 victory over Etiwanda; see video highlights Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:52PMSummit football players and cheerleaders celebrated after the SkyHawks' thrilling 42-35 win over Etiwanda in the season opener on Thursday.
  • Life With Ferris: Dogs And Divorce Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:50PMI’m a year shy of my 25th wedding anniversary. Twenty five years! A quarter century. In a way, I feel like we’ve been together forever. In another, I feel like we just got engaged.
  • Carly Fiorina meeting with Tea Partiers in Marin -- no press allowed Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:47PMJust when we were wondering what -- if any role -- the Tea Party would play in statewide California races this fall we hear that US Senate candidate Carly Fiorina will be meeting with Tea Party grassrootsers and GOPers...
  • MTV's 'Snooki' Fined $500 For Annoying Beachgoers Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:43PMCalling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July.
  • Fevola's future in jeopardy Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:37PMBrendan Fevola's back-ended contract, believed to be worth more than $1.5 million over the next two years, is in jeopardy after latest accusation of offensive behaviour.
  • Transportation Conference Brings Sign of Better State Roads Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:36PMWest Virginians for Better Transportation want better highways and bridges.
  • Bomber blues wear on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 10:15PMWINNIPEG —The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are 2-7 but only one game out of a playoff berth. That would be through the crossover spot in the West Division, where the B.C. Lions and Edmonton Eskimos are wallowing with 2-7 records themselves.[...]
  • Family Calls Homeowner's Deed Bad Risk Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 10:13PMA Central Florida couple says the deed for their home is not worth the paper it is printed on and two years of house payments give them no rights to their home.
  • Cultural district to feature Holiday Village this season Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 10:02PMAn offshoot of the Mitte Cultural District is looking for help from businesses, organizations and individuals to create Brownsville’s first miniature Holiday Village, a project aimed at bringing more people into the cultural district.
  • Tickets By Mistake: Car Owners Infuriated Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 10:02PMIt's infuriating to get a parking ticket you don't deserve. Worse yet, you send in evidence to contest it and get found guilty anyway. CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman looks at mistakes by city hearing officers that mystify and infuriate.
  • Food at the old ball game Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 9:55PMWhile tailgating as Milwaukee baseball fans know it wasn't yet a gleam in the eye of a beer baron or bratwurst maker in the 1860s, it's possible to tailgate at Vintage Base Ball games just as fans might have slaked their thirst and hunger after the Civil War, when the sport first gained popularity.
  • Nanny says she kept lists of Anna Nicole's drugs Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 9:52PMLOS ANGELES (AP) - A second nanny testifying at the drug conspiracy trial of Anna Nicole Smith's two doctors and lawyer-boyfriend said Tuesday that she kept a list of drugs given to the model and that it numbered 18 at one point. Nadine Alexie told the jury that she was vigilant ...
  • Banks, miners drag Aussie stocks lower Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 9:50PMThe Australian stock exchange was lower at noon, with financials and miners dragging down the market amid global malaise.
  • Nanny says she kept lists of Anna Nicole's drugs Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 9:50PMA second nanny testifying at the drug conspiracy trial of Anna Nicole Smith's two doctors and lawyer-boyfriend said Tuesday that she kept a list of drugs given to the model and that it numbered 18 at one point.
  • Fed dogfish, skate mandates shutter Gloucester's Zeus Packing — and 70-80 jobs Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 9:48PMWith a federal shutdown of the dogfish and skate fishery, Zeus Packing Co. is no longer packing. And the 70-80 people who drew paychecks from the eight-year-old Gloucester waterfront company are no longer getting that money.
  • Europe debt worries dent shares Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 9:45PMSTOCKS were lower at noon, with financials and miners dragging down the market and after US stocks fell on fears relating to European debt levels.
  • New amphitheater director has Tuscaloosa roots Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:04PMWendy Standeffer Riggs is coming home this fall, to take the job as Tuscaloosa's first Director of Amphitheater Operations, Mayor Walt Maddox announced Tuesday.
  • Boise State Over Virginia Tech: The Broncos are Here to Stay! Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:02PMA week ago, in my "50 Reasons To Be Excited About College Football Season," I wrote the following: "Boise State-Virginia Tech On Labor Day: I haven't been this excited about anything since my first strip club visit back in '04." Well here we are today, just a  few hours after the completion of the first mega-showdown of the college football season, and I can honestly say that my original ...
  • The Irish Genome [Pharyngula] Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:52PMWhat a curious paper — it's fine research, and it's a useful dollop of data, but it's simultaneously so 21st century and on the edge of being completely trivial. It's like a tiny shard of the future whipping by on its way to quaintness. Researchers have for the first time sequenced the genome of an Irishman, a fellow confirmed to be the product of at least 3 generations of fully Irish ancestors ...
  • Morning Brew: Revisiting today's Seahawks column Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:52PMJust a few thoughts, notes, jokes and absurdities to get you started each morning.
  • The gym will totally still be there after you finish that creme brulee. Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:46PMJapanese BENIHANA VILLAGE Las Vegas Hilton, 732-5111. Japanese tabletop cooking at its finest. The chefs deliver great steaming-hot food, as well as an entertaining show.
  • Water treatment dealer investigated for sales to seniors Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:46PMBroader concerns about scare tactics prompted a consumer alert from Pinellas utilities.
  • Arts are front and center when Pottstown opens its doors (video) Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:32PMPOTTSTOWN — Oscar Wilde told us that "life imitates art far more than art imitates life," and so on Sept. 11, those pushing for the borough's revitalization will be hoping that life imitates some of the artistic endeavors of Pottstown's nascent arts community.
  • Transcript of a Conference Call on Release of IMF Staff Position Notes on Fiscal Matters Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:31PMSeptember 1, 2010 Washington, D.C. ALISTAIR THOMSON: Good morning. I'm Alistair Thomson of the IMF's External Relations Department. Thank you for joining us.
  • Northmen defeat West Branch Ogemaw Heights, 20-14 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:27PMThere's a certain feel to this 2010 Petoskey High School football team, and it's one coach Kerry VanOrman likes.
  • Fire Alan Simpson Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:27PMWith every passing week it becomes increasingly clear that former Sen. Alan Simpson is unfit to serve in the capacity to which he has been appointed. First, the Republican co-chairman of the deficit commission insulted millions of Americans by calling them "greedy geezers" and "lesser citizens" in a videotaped interview with a reporter from Social Security Works.
  • In-Depth: Saltsman, One Year On From Canabalt Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:45AMThis week marked the first anniversary of Adam Saltsman's one-button Flash game, Canabalt, whose stylish visuals and 'outrun the carnage' concept made it one of the signature indie titles of recent times. Produced in just five days as part of the monthly themed Experimental Gameplay Project, Canabalt gained an evangelical following on release, its fanbase growing yet further following its later ...
  • FARINELLA: What we know already Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:40AMThere are seven days left before the NFL regular season begins for your New England Patriots. Therefore, it would be a good time to offer you seven things I know about the 2010 Patriots - "would be" being the operative phrase.
  • School board changes policy, considers transfer appeals Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:37AMA special meeting of the Board of Trustees for Frisco ISD, held Tuesday, had a brief but important agenda. Officials passed a change in the board’s academic achievement and class ranking policy and heard appeals for general public transfer requests.
  • John Jay has plenty to build on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:36AMFor the John Jay swim team, last season was a year of growing pains.
  • Quest: Searching for the New Sound of Be-Bop Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:29AMQuest Searching for the New Sound of Be-Bop Storyville Records 2010 There are groups that become legends in their own time and others that only gain momentum after their time has come and gone. Quest was by no means unsuccessful during its ten-year run beginning with its self-titled, Japan-only, 1981 debut, but the quartet's reputation has grown considerably in the two decades since its swan ...
  • Dining out needn't mean gaining pounds Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:29AMDining out is part of everyday life, whether it’s grabbing something on the way home from work, a special occasion, a romantic meal for two or just because you feel like it! The great news is that with a few handy tips, dining out doesn’t need to mean piling on the lbs.
  • Tampa Bay Rays fans should stop fretting, enjoy a wonderful season Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:27AMThey are the second-best team in baseball, and doesn't it tick you off they are not first?
  • Other College Football Capsules: Nutt feels good about Mississippi QBs despite loss Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:26AMOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — There are plenty of reasons for Mississippi coach Houston Nutt to feel sour after Saturday's embarrassing 49-48 loss to Jacksonville State in double overtime.
  • Friars catch their breath, halting what Latos calls a 'hiccup' Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:19AMThese guys could trivialize a typhoon. They could find a silver lining in a mushroom cloud.
  • Hales has Jackrabbits thinking pass Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:16AMThe Poly football team entered its season opener against Bakersfield as possessor of a fine group of receivers.
  • WSBK Championship standings - Nurburgring Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 5:00AMIt seems surprising that there are only four races remaining in this years World Superbike Championship, but with just 100 points left on the table, things are looking good for Max Biaggi. While Nurburgring wasnt exactly the Italians best weekend of the year in fact it was arguably his worst having failed to podium from pole position -, a battered and bruised Leon Haslam could only slice two ...
  • Tom Bowles: Five things we learned at Atlanta Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:45AMJust weeks after losing its second date on the 2011 schedule, Atlanta's second annual Labor Day spectacular showcased the best NASCAR competition we've seen on the track in years. That's how it's been in a bad-timing type of season for the sport, with a smaller-than-expected crowd treated to a thriller at the type of 1.5-mile oval which causes the Car of Tomorrow major problems -- along with ...
  • Indian women beat Japan 2-0 in hockey World Cup Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:32AMRosario (Argentina), Sep 6 : India defeated Japan 2-0 to register their first victory at the Women's Hockey World Cup at the Jockey Club here Sunday.
  • REVIEW – SCR Products PVA mesh and bags. Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:12AMREVIEW – SCR Products PVA mesh and bags.
  • Jimenez storms to European Masters Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:11AMGOLFmagic can only imagine the look on Colin Montgomerie’s face as he watched the end of the European Masters in Switzerland. We imagine it was a combination of delight and excitement, with a ever-so-small dash of smugness.
  • H.S. Football: Burnt Hills wears down Lansingburgh, 25-12 Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:10AMTROY — The Lansingburgh football team had a chance on Friday night to measure up against one of the best programs in the state of New York, in recent years.
  • Dean is different class as Ks defeat Margate Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:09AMKingstonian's sparkling start to the season continues with a late winner from unstoppable danger man Dean Lodge snatching all the points away from a dangerous Margate side.
  • Ballyhaise Club Notes Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:04AMReserves Congratulations to the Division Two reserve team who had a fine win over Drung in the league final on Saturday evening in Stradone. The final score was Ballyhaise 0-12 Drung 0-7. They now play Knockbride in the Junior C semi-final in Stradone on Saturday at 3pm.
  • Photographer Zed Nelson's best shot Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:00AMI started my book Gun Nation for many reasons. I'd covered a lot of conflict zones and was increasingly aware that the real story wasn't being told. Most of the weapons I saw in cold-war conflict zones originated in the US, China, or Russia – so I decided to go back to the source. When I looked into the statistics in the US, it was astonishing: about 30,000 people are killed each year by guns ...
  • A NEW MANDATE Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 3:59AMYou've heard it either at a football game or watching on television.