a dutchbased company announced plans tuesday to produce affordable electric cars by the end of 2009 promising they will be much more powerful than existing models and have zero emissions. detroit electric is in negotiations with malaysias national auto maker proton to produce the car in this southeast asian nation and is also talking to a german and a u.s. carmaker said the companys chief executiv...
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i saw this story breaking yesterday and held off from blogging thinking surely this guy will apologize and ill get accused of crying racism where there was really just some poor word choice. but no. today despite being called on by democrats to apologize a gop congressman is is firmly standing by his use of the word uppity to describe the obamas both barack and michelle. this is the danger ...
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filed under general electric ge lehman br holdings leh recession nasdaqthe global stock market had more ups and downs this week than the career of britney spears. dont look for the bottom to appear anytime soon following the worst week for global equities in six years.a parade of superlatives continues to weigh on the mind of investors most of them bad. unemployment is at a fiveyear high. payrolls...
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ive been receiving emails and comments about sarah palin lately and some are questioning my commitment toward advancing women in politics and elsewherea subject i regularly write about in spite of the gowomen perspective at this site i suspect it may not include conservative women or women with opposing viewpoints . heres the......
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reform yep. christianism not so much.......
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cliff gullett recordsetting motorcyclist died wednesday after losing control of his bike and crashing at a speed of over 200 mph at the bonneville salt flats according to officials. click thumbnails for larger images cliff gullett rider for costellagullett motorcycle streamliner died yesterday afternoon at the bonneville salt flats after completing his return run. cliff had two runs which qu...
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ive been receiving emails and comments about sarah palin lately and some are questioning my commitment toward advancing women in politics and elsewherea subject i regularly write about in spite of the gowomen perspective at this site i suspect it may not include conservative women or women with opposing viewpoints . heres the......
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don lafontaine better known to most people as that movie trailer voiceover guy unfortunately passed away this past monday.a having narrated hundreds of thousands of trailers and tv spots in his career lafontaine is easily recognized by his gravelly voice and signature opening in a world..a from his official biography over the past 25 years lafontaine cemented his position as the king of voiceover...
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by debbie schlussel tonight at 800 p.m. eastern abc cbs nbc and several cable networks will air stand up to cancer a one hour special to raise cancer awareness and money for cancer research. but one network is missing fox the network owned by newscorp which is owned by rupert murdoch andby at least 5.46 and reportedly much more saudi billionaire and jihadist prince alwaleed bin talal. instead ...
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i really wanted to not write about sarah palin today but my god i just cant help myself. the latest news is that palin apparently had a somewhat nontraditional college experience. as in she transferred schools six times... 1. palin matriculates as a freshman at the university of hawaii at hilo. she drops out after a few weeks because of the constant rain there. 2. palin enrolls at hawaii paci...
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good morning janes and happy friday from speeches to trials heres your daily roundup top domestic story campaign 2008 john mccain gave his official acceptance speech last night at the republican national convention describing himself as a fighter who will fight for you. cnn in light of attacks saying their coverage of sarah palin has been biased and sexist news organizations are responding and de...
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taking a new approach to the buzz again this week. you get the stories of the week plus my bonus coverage of the games to look out for this upcoming weekend first of all bo pelini has a pretty big decision to make coming up since andy christensen was found not guilty of sexual assault. i dont envy the guy and i cant even venture a guess as to what he should do. let us know what you think ove...
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photo getty alice in chains plan to enter the studio in october to begin work on their first album of new material with vocalist william duvall who replaced the late layne staley. inspired by how radioheads in rainbows changed the traditional business model sicko director michael moore will make his new film slacker uprising available as a free download starting september 23rd. the mars volta n.e...
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nyp parton and a fresh tune by michael riedel new old friends on bway this fall bs woe i broadway by halley bondy as investors retreat in a shaky economy funding worries grow. stars broadway unites for barack the stars come out for obama at new yorks metropolitan room tm christy carlson romano to join avenue q on september 29 p avenue q will welcome beautys romano sept. 29 this mornings ...
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imagine a political convention only with more aerosmith tunes yes its american idols live after a long hardfought campaign the victorious candidate stood onstage thursday night in a crowded arena to stake his claim to the most powerful job in the free world. well more or less. im talking of course about david cook our latest american idol. joining the 25yearold singer from blue springs mo. for...
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it was encouraging news for workers and companies as the bureau of labor statistics bls recently announced that in 2007 fewer workers were injured on the job. the ap reports that the number of workers killed on the job annually dropped to a historic low in 2007. while the news of overall fatalities is a positive development it was unfortunately the case that some areas of labor actually ha...
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quick links from the past week in mind and brain news to the bunkers ai system enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly stunts by watching other helicopters with video. the bps research digest covers an interesting neuroimaging study on whether we assign mental states to robots. i get my four minutes of fame on the nature podcast mp3. mainly remarkable because i use the words i...
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the eccentric genius of comic theatre ken campbell was found dead in his home a few days ago. wellknown for his one appearance in fawlty towers his peculiar brand of comedy ventriloquism and storytelling set him apart from other performers for all his life. i had a strange encounter with him a few years ago. a friend had thought one of my short stories was so good that she showed it to he...
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since mayor mooseburger and the sprinter are bff when it comes to disgraced big oil interest veco it makes perfect sense that they would also be united with the flat earth fringers on denying the basics of climate change science. the ap on palinwhile acknowledging the climate is changing palin expresses doubt as to whether emissions from human activities are causing it.sununu on sununuwhile averag...
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the iam membership has overwhelmingly rejected 87 boeing managements best and final offer but union leadership delayed the strike for 48 hours to see if they could win any last minute concessions. personally i think the machinists are crazy to turn down the deal boeing proposed. this strike looks to be a loselose for everyone. it will devastate workers and undermine boeings competitive advantage ...
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busy little bee aint shelol the sarah palin digest thinkprogress has put together a document compiling what we know about alaska gov. sarah palin r sen. john mccains raz vice presidential running mate. here are the issues on foreign policy palin hasnt given the war in iraq much thought. palin told the alaska business monthly ive been so focused on state government i havent really f...
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filed under hornets kings rocketswithout question the biggest nba free agent debacle of this decade was bonzi wells decision to reject a 37 million fiveyear offer from sacramento two summers ago. the kings moved on signing john salmons to a cheaper contract. wells moved on ... eventually. he took a twoyear 4.5 million deal with houston. he played rarely and was mercifully traded to new orleans thi...
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just minutes into his speech a protester in side the hall interrupted mccain by screaming waving a sign then one ripping off her jacket to show a pink top with more messages on it once the sign was pulled away from them. according to the ap one male protester and two female protesters were removed from the hall by security officers. the male demonstrator had a sign that read you cant win an occupa...
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925 pm ct mccain just promised to veto all porkbarrel spending and to shame lawmakers who support it. perhaps he could start with his running mate sarah palin 936 pm ct the party of lincoln teddy roosevelt and reagan is going to get back to basics. guess he wishes george w. bush tom delay jack abramoff fresh off a fouryear jail sentence and dick cheney would go off to an undisclosed location ...
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