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Posted to Sport on Fri Sep 05, 2008 at 06:21:21 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

American football begins yet another season in its annual quest for the Lombardi Trophy. Tee En Tee has shown its affinity for making baseless predictions -- and occasionally being right -- so it's as good a time as any to give those another shot.

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Small Wonder.... Biden Clean, Articulate Choice for VP Slot

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Posted to Politics on Sat Aug 23, 2008 at 07:12:15 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Saturday morning, August 23rd, around 3AM US Eastern Time (12AM Pacific), Barack Obama tapped US Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) as his vice presidential running mate.

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Merry Madden Holiday

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Posted to Sport on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 06:46:38 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

As they have for each of the past 20 years, EA Sports is releasing its National Football League simulation game, Madden. It is of course, named for John Madden, the player, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster who graced the game's cover for the first decade and whose recorded voice still does the color commentary inside the simulated games.

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McCain Does The Impossible

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Posted to Politics on Thu Aug 07, 2008 at 07:20:27 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

John McCain thought he had the perfect way to discredit his opponent Barack Hussein Obama. He would making a video equating Obama's "rock star" status to the vapidity that Americans associate with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. For a day it worked. But in so doing, McCain accomplished what was previously thought impossible: making Paris Hilton politically relevant.

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Picture It...

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Posted to Media on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 03:34:37 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Dreams of one final reunion are now down the drain as Estelle Getty has passed on. The actress best known for her role as the wise-cracking Sophia on Golden Girls has passed away.

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Saudis Cock Blocking Russian-Iranian Love?

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Posted to Politics on Sat Jul 19, 2008 at 04:15:35 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Spokesman for Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (wait--doesn't Russia have a new leader?) has denied reports that Moscow is accepting major Saudi arms contracts in exchange for scaling down support of the Iranian regime.

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Jesse Helms: Dead at 86

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Posted to Politics on Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 11:48:35 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.

Former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, a North Carolina Republican who became an icon to conservatives, died Friday at age 86, the Jesse Helms Center said.

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Buried!

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Posted to Politics on Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 06:48:55 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

One of the greatest tactical victories in history of the War On Terror led the Independence Day news for both the Los Angeles Times and New York Times but was buried on the Friday of a three day holiday weekend.

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Steal This Webpage

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Posted to Music on Mon Jun 30, 2008 at 06:21:06 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Kid Rock has been called many things over his career but champion of the people was probably not one of them. Now, however, he's taken a page out of the Abbie Hoffman book of self promotion by encouraging his fans to "Steal Everything," even downloads of his own tunes, since he's "rich enough."

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Stopping Terrorism, One Can Of Spray Paint At A Time

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Posted to Legal on Sun Jun 29, 2008 at 07:55:22 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Would you want to know what was going on inside this building? When Philadelphia police recently found a newly placed surveillance camera spray painted into decrepitude, this building's white residents were fingered by black locals so cops paid a visit one morning.

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Lakers-Celtics: What Every NBA Fan Wanted?

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Posted to Sport on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 10:52:39 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Kevin McHale (former Celtic) traded his best player to Boston for next to nothing and now the old green is back in the NBA finals. Jerry West (former Laker) traded his best player to Los Angeles for less than nothing and now the purple and gold is back in the NBA finals.

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Obama Seals the Deal?

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Posted to Politics on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 01:34:05 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

"This may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind."

It's got a bit of "You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore," feel to it but Bill's aside may just turn out to be the first indication that the Democratic Primary race is truly over.

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