Sarah Palin stretched the truth during Tea Party and Fox News appearances
It was a furious weekend of speaking for Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, who served as keynote speaker at the first-ever National Tea Party convention over the weekend, followed by an interview on Fox News Sunday. Unfortunately, according to the politically neutral watchdog group, FactCheck.org, Palin didn't always stick to the facts. Rather, she spun them in an apparent effort to win points with her fellow conservatives.
According to FactCheck, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, Palin easily hoped on the 'Why-should-authorities have-read-rights-to-the-alleged-underpants-bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab?' bandwagon, but spread misinformation in doing so. She implied that the Nigerian who allegedly tried to detonate a jetliner on Christmas Day stopped talking after he was read his Miranda rights. "He did" stop speaking, FactCheck, notes, "but not for good."
The top Super Bowl commercials of 2010
We're not sure if any of the top Super Bowl commercials of 2010 were memorable enough to be counted among the best ever. Of course the ranking is completely subjective, but who can forget when Farrah Fawcett slathered Noxzema on New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath’s chin? Or how about the classic where Pittsburgh Steelers defender "Mean" Joe Greene softened up after a kid gave him a Coke? That was all a generation ago, of course, but in recent years we've taken our hats off to the likes of E*Trade, which in 2000 blew millions of dollars on an ad where two dolts watched a monkey clap to cha-cha music.
Again, this year's group didn't impress as deeply -- and they were overwhelmingly sexist despite the growing number of women who are fans of the game. But at least, for a day, it seemed, American Idol's "Pants on the Ground" craze dried up. That's because Dockers had an ad promising a free pair of pants.
Space shuttle Endeavour: a picture perfect launch
The Saints parade and some unexpected Super Bowl winnersJohn Murtha dies: the congressman who questioned war
His views on the war shaped the latter part of his life and a controversial FBI investigation a generation ago sometimes dogged the Democrat -- even as his obituaries are being written. Gibraltar 25 years after the border opened
The border was closed on June 8, 1969, in a protest by General Franco who was angered that the people of the Rock had voted overwhelmingly (12,138 to 44) in a referendum to maintain their link with Britain. Ski coupons for lessons at Keystone, hooky day at LovelandTwo great skiing deals are coming down the pipe this week. First is Keystone's $49 customer appreciation day on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Lift tickets and lessons are being offered at $49 each as well as $59 lift/rental packages. The resort will also be serving complimentary hot cocoa early in the day. Get there at 7:30 a.m. for first lift. Click here for more information. New Yorker cartoonist trades work with Iranian artist
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