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Blazes in California Take a Toll on Fireworks

Alexia — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:29:22 EDT

Lis and Robert Billingsley Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" retirees, volunteers and proud American Legion members Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" said they had exactly one word to describe sales this holiday period at the fireworks stand they run here for the Legion.

Channel: News Tags: california fires fireworks fourth of july

Source: Protective order will keep Viacom out of sensitive YouTube user data

gamahuche — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:05:44 EDT

Google has been ordered to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom. But Viacom will be guilty of contempt of court if it uses that data for anything other than specifically proving the prevalence of piracy on YouTube, a source close to Viacom told CNET News.com on Thursday.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: YouTube Google Privacy Viacom Trust

Happy 4th from the Muppets

Radiofreeeuropa — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:28:11 EDT

The Muppets celebrate July 4th

Channel: Popular Videos Tags: Muppets July 4th Humor

Silly Christians Praying For Cheap Gasoline

Radiofreeeuropa — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:01:07 EDT

Rockville preacher Rocky Twyman started this goofiness in April, annoying station owners and managers in D.C.- and prices began rising rapidly. Undeterred, he has spread his dumb movement to places like Florida and Ohio. Wherever his prayerful dupes show up, gas prices rise even faster. Guess how he tops this!

Channel: Religion Tags: Religion Oil Idiocy Buffoonery Get a brain pal

Will new immigrant voters be election factor?

y_soitenly — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:51:41 EDT

WASHINGTON - Imagine a pool of eight million potential new voters in this November's presidential election, an untapped resource waiting for presidential candidates to woo them. And 680,000 of these prospective voters are in the swing state of Florida; another 140,000 are in what may turn out to be the new battleground state of Virginia, and 80,

Channel: Politics Tags: washington msnbc the new immigrants novembers pres election

Friday July 4th - Ray Charles - America The Beautiful

baddad59 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:56:36 EDT

Happy birthday America. A good day to remember what we have. I had a wise man tell me the secret of life.He said "the secret of a good life is to want what you have more than what you want"..That wise man was my father,a world war two vet that passed away on July 4th 1978.Miss you dad!!! I hope everyone has a great day,please be carefu

Channel: Music Tags: Ray Charles America July fourth freedom

I'm Holding Back on Contributing to Obama Because of his Move to The Right

jovial — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:10:40 EDT

Poll: I'm Holding Back on Contributing to Obama Because of his Move to The Right. Take this poll and see where others stand on this issue.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama Poll shift right contributions

Carl Linder Funds Terrorist Group and John McCain

langm120 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:27:57 EDT

Carl H. Lindner Jr.,the Cincinnati billionaire businessman and former CEO of Chiquita Brands International who co-hosted of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain, oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by

Channel: Politics Tags:

Wisconsin Gay Couples Could Face Jail for Marrying in California

david_nwpa — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:44:21 EDT

Same-sex couples from Wisconsin who go to California to marry could find themselves facing criminal charges when they return home. A little known Wisconsin law makes it a criminal offense to enter into a marriage outside the state if that marriage were illegal in Wisconsin.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Wisconsin California Gay Marriage Marriage Equality

FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos

TimALoftis — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:25:05 EDT

Fox News has sunk to a new low. On Wednesday, the network displayed photos that its editors had doctored of two New York Times employees--reporter Jacques Steinberg, and editor Steven Radcliffe. The before and after photos can be seen here.

Channel: Television Tags: fox news fox and friends

The Coolest One - You Might Be A Red Neck Artist If.

MelsVideoOfTheDay — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:04:58 EDT

REDNECK ART made with BBQ RIBS - Speed PaintingYou might be a redneck artist if messy, rib-eating fingers inspires you to fingerpaint.As seen on CMT "Country Fried Home Videos" Music, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, by The Creaking Tree String Quartet. Website: http://www.creakingtree.com/

New Zealand man sells his soul to 'Hell'

Bkumm — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:44:17 EDT

A New Zealand man has sold his soul to hell -- Hell Pizza, that is. The New Zealand pizza chain said Thursday it had struck a deal with Walter Scott, 24, to buy a deed to his soul, shortly after an online auction site that initially agreed to the sale withdrew it from the Internet because of complaints it was in bad taste.

Channel: Humor Tags: hell Hells Pizza soul selling New Zealand

July 4th, 2008 - Proclamation of Independence

Spadecaller — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:27:57 EDT

To commemorate July 4, 2008, this Spadecaller video features excerpts from John F. Kennedy reciting the Declaration of Independence to the accompaniment of Hans Zimmer's "Born Free," the theme song from "Madagascar." The video poses a haunting question: what will you be celebrating tomorrow?

Channel: Art & Design Tags: Independence Day Born Free July 4th Hans Zimmer Madagascar

Wingnut Congressman Retiring To Spend More Time With Family, Gets Divorce

Radiofreeeuropa — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:22:26 EDT

What, a Republican in Congress who commits adultery with the opposite sex? What kind of adult calls himself Chip anyway?

Channel: Politics Tags: Mississippi Burping Wingnuts Political Buffoonery Chippy Pickering Another Republican Hypocrite

FBI might use profiling in terror investigations

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:45:57 EDT

The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush FBI Justice Department

Pentagon's top investigator to resign

bubba2 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:42:05 EDT

The Pentagon's inspector general, Claude Kicklighter, is resigning after just over a year in the job and at a time when defense spending has skyrocketed but personnel shortfalls in the oversight office have strained its ability to probe allegations of waste, fraud and abuse.

Channel: Politics Tags: Pentagon inspector general Claude Kicklighter defense contracts fraud Defense Department waste abuse

Should We Fear Our Food?

y_soitenly — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:26:53 EDT

Industrial farming techniques may make it easier to find out-of-season fruit, but what are we giving up in exchange? Once upon a time, farms were pastoral places close to nature, and the ability to obtain healthy, safe food was a given. In our high-tech agribusiness world, though, the innocence of food is vanishing fast. Recent outbreaks of food-

Channel: Food Tags: WEB MD REDBOOK HEALTH and COOKING THE POTENTIAL DANGERS

The end of the culture wars?

Radiofreeeuropa — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:47:28 EDT

Hot-button politics has turned out to be cumulatively disastrous for America. Politicians warred over narrow, symbolic issues while real problems that didn't fit the culture war paradigm - lack of access to healthcare, global warming, the US occupation of Iraq grew and festered. Have the electorate finally had enough of the BS?

Channel: Politics Tags: Bogus Politics Slight Of Hand Campaigning Milking the Toad Counterfeit Culture Wars

Thursdays Metal - Masterplan - Lost And Gone

baddad59 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:06:06 EDT

These guys are good.Some of the best power metal around.Puts me in mind of Deep Purple in the later years,great vocals(this guy can sing),guitar licks that have tone and are played with feeling.Bass and drums that make you want to get up and sing along.Hope you enjoy this.

Channel: Music Tags: MasterPlan power metal metal rock

Americans & Colombian hostage Betancourt freed

SunnyDays — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:22:15 EDT

French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages held by rebels in Colombia have been rescued by government troops.

Channel: News Tags: Colombia Colombia hostage Betancourt freed Americas

Crazy Sexual Repression Laws - Know Any More?

Dan and Jennifer — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:58:26 EDT

Sexual conduct between persons not married! Sodomy between persons who are members of the same sex. Contact between the mouth and the penis - sorry guys! Check out these outrageous examples of sexual repression courtesy of your friendly neighborhood "lawmakers". Got any more from your area that aren't on the list yet? Share them...

Channel: Love & Personals Tags: sex sexual repression censorship religion persecution

Inmate released after 22 years on death row

JamesMarcus — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:58:51 EDT

A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison on Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail. Paul House, 46, is set to be retried in October in the 1985 slaying of Carolyn Muncey.

Channel: News Tags: death row nashville paul house carolyn muncey

117 degrees in L.A.? Experts see future shock

TechnologyExpert — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:56:36 EDT

A computer model developed by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute estimates that by the end of the century, high temperatures for once-in-a-generation heat waves will rise twice as fast as everyday average temperatures. Chicago, for example, would reach 115 degrees in such an event by 2100. Paris heat waves could near 109 with Lyon, France, coming closer to 114.

Channel: Science Tags: Temperatures Global Warming HEat Wave

Fugitive hedge-fund swindler in federal custody

MyWayOnNow — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:16:33 EDT

A fugitive hedge-fund swindler who faked suicide on a Hudson River bridge and went on the run to avoid a prison sentence surrendered Wednesday in Massachusetts, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Channel: News Tags: hedge fund swindler fugitive samuel israel

Unfair and unbalanced: Fox News' coverage of Obama tops the bias scale

ybdogsct — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:51:21 EDT

Fox News, whose slogan is "Fair and Balanced," seems to have gone above and beyond in its anti-Obama rhetoric. Fox News seems to be the willing source of many of the smears and have displayed an unhealthy willingness to pass on as fact any unsourced or unfounded allegation that will put the Obamas in the worst light possible.

Channel: Television Tags: Fox News Barack Obama Michelle Obama

High gas prices threaten to shut down rural towns

STONERS — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:32:57 EDT

This community may be an extreme example of how rising gas prices are hitting rural Americans particularly hard, but people in small towns from Maine to Alaska are in a similar bind as those here.

Channel: Money Tags: High Gas Prices Threaten Shut Down Rural Towns

Troubled economy hits women hard

ameliog — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:25:05 EDT

Income inequality, a real estate slump, and exposure to subprime loans play a role.

Channel: Women Tags: economy women and economy

The Cn Tower.....

greenmac — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:11:10 EDT

This is a great piece on the CN Tower

Channel: Humor Tags: humor cn tower built

Breaking News: Chicago Police Officer Killed in Shootout

y_soitenly — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:43:27 EDT

CHICAGO -- A Chicago police officer was shot to death by a woman who allegedly grabbed the officer's gun during a struggle. Police Superintendent Jody Weis said the officer, a 27-year veteran, noticed the woman was engaged in a disturbance early Wednesday and stopped to investigate. A struggle resulted, during which the woman allegedly gained cont

Channel: News Tags: Chicago ABC7 news AP Chicago Police Officer killed in Shootout

Bush Ratings Complicate McCain's Presidential Fight

Radiofreeeuropa — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:39:22 EDT

Bush disapproval rating in the Journal poll is particularly striking among a number of key voter blocs for Mr. McCain in the November election: older voters (67%), women (71%) and independents (75%). Sen. McCain is trapped in the president's toxic political shadow.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush Unpopularity Election McCain Problems

McCain Fundraiser Oversaw Payments To Terrorist Group

Aidenag — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:11:54 EDT

The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is designated a terrorist organization by the United States.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Carl H. Lindner Jr. Terrorism Chiquita Columbia AUC United Self Defense Forces of Colombia

Why big range in gasoline prices?

STONERS — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:45:08 EDT

The high price of gasoline is a bit hard to swallow these days, and it has helped fuel theories about speculators causing gas prices to rise and concerns about plain old price gouging. Dunbar didn't directly ask, but here's what you're paying for when you purchase a gallon of gas:

Channel: Money Tags: Why Big Range Gasoline Prices

Wednesdays Metal - High On Fire - Rumours Of War

baddad59 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:41:20 EDT

A nice little song for humpday.A little adrenalin rush to push us towards the week-end. I love these guy's.Any three piece band that can make this much noise is alright by me!!Turn it up and enjoy!!

Channel: Music Tags: High On Fire metal rock

Military Personnel Giving More To Obama

Aidenag — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:39:08 EDT

Among people who have donated at least $200 to a presidential campaign this election cycle, Obama has collected more than $327,000 from those identifying themselves as military personnel, while McCain has collected $224,000, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data by The Associated Press.

Channel: Politics Tags: Military Troops Barack Obama John McCain 2008 election Politics

Sept. 11 memorial head wants to open by 9/11/11

STONERS — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:13:30 EDT

The head of the foundation building the Sept. 11 memorial told supporters Tuesday it's "essential" to open the memorial by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, disputing a report that the project couldn't be finished on time.

Channel: News Tags: Sept. 11th Memorial Head Wants To Open By 10th Anniversary

Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen-" Everybody's Doin It"

1basque1 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:49:53 EDT

Swing your partner has a whole new meaning with this one. Some profanity if you can understand what their singing .

Channel: Music Tags: Truckin Music Lighthearted Hidee hoe

Military service: A diminished campaign asset?

TechnologyExpert — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:26:35 EDT

For McCain, getting shot down and enduring as a POW has been a political asset. Now Clark was suggesting that the "getting shot down" part was an irrelevant--at least as far as being a credential for the White House.

Channel: Politics Tags: Clinton Obama 2008 Presidential Race McCain

Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems

STONERS — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:09:46 EDT

Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Citibank ATM Breach Reveals PIN Security Problems Hackers

Prisoner death 'vigilante justice,' county official says

alphomega — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:30:22 EDT

NEW: FBI opens civil rights investigation 19-year-old held in connection with death of police officer Ronnie White died of strangulation White was in solitary confinement at Prince George's County Corrections Center

Channel: News Tags:

Obama to expand Bush's faith based programs

soniyashrma — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:50:29 EDT

CHICAGO (AP) - Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and - in a move sure to cause controversy - support their ability to hire and fire based on faith.

Channel: Politics Tags: