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Robert Gibbs Settles Up, Dons Canada Jersey
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs came to his daily on-camera briefing today wearing a red-and-white Canadian hockey jerseythe result of not one, but two losing bets on the US-Canadian rivalry at the recent Winter Olympics.
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The Making of America's Memory Champion
Ronnie White, the man who won the US Memory Championship for the second year in a row on Saturday, isnt your average memory champion. Sure he can memorize a 167-digit number in five minutes, and the order of a deck of cards in under two, but lots of guys can...
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Thais Find Super-Human Power in Tattoos
Heavily tattooed men are pouring into Bangkok for the Wat Bang Phra, an annual festival celebrating the power of Yan tattoos. Devotees of this increasingly popular body adornment believe their ink gives them a wide array of super-human powers, which they demonstrate during the Wat Bang Phra by flailing about...
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Runaway Calif. Prius Driver Has Sketchy Past
The driver of the Toyota Prius he says went haywire and took him on a 94mph terror ride earlier this week has a checkered past that leads some to doubt his story. Immediately I thought this guy has an angle here, a dissatisfied client of real estate agent James Sikes...
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Prada Ordered 'Old, Fat, and Ugly' Staff Fired
A former Prada store manager is suing the company for discrimination and harassment, saying one of its CEOs ordered her to eliminate about 15 managers that were old, fat, ugly, disgusting, or not having the Prada look. Manager Rina Bovrisse, who oversaw the 500-person staff of 40 Japanese stores, says...
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2,500 Atheists Gather in Melbourne
If ever there was a group unafraid of a vengeful lightning bolt, it's the 2,500 atheists converging on Melbournelikely the largest concentration of godless thinkers ever. The Global Atheist Convention says it doesn't intend to proselytize, and in fact discourages any missionary zeal." Still, the convention plans to...
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Obama Delays Asia Trip to Firm Up Health Reform
Despite White House assurances to the contrary yesterday, President Obama will postpone his Asian trip for three days to focus on firming up health care reform legislation. Congressional Democrats had expressed dismay that the president was leaving the country as the House approached a deal that may allow them to...
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Utah Politician Admits Nude Hot Tub Romp With Minor
Utah's House majority leader said late yesterday that he paid a woman 0,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was a minor a quarter-century ago. In a shocking statement on the House floor, Kevin Garn, 55, said he paid her to keep quiet about...
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Critics Pan Remember Me 's Twist Ending
No reviewer fails to mention the shocking twist ending when ultimately condemning Remember Me , but some have nice things to say about Robert Pattinson and the other actors. Some opinions: This ain't your Twilight -style Robert Pattinson, so "as Tyler, a New York college boy, the brooding RPatz doesnt bite,...
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China calls USA hypocrite over human rights...
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Ruling Kills an Option for Moving Bill...
Ruling Kills an Option for Moving Bill...(Third column, 6th story, link)
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HORROR: Student Stabbed 16 Times With Steak Knife at Manhattan High School...
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NYC, 9/11 First Responders Reach 7 Million Settlement...
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House panel to consider healthcare bill Monday...
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Dem Pollsters : If Dems ignore polls, midterms will be costly...
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