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Enjoy the song first.
The song is done by Paul Shanklin, and was first played on the Rush Limbaugh program last year. Recently a candidate for the RNC chair passed out some copies of Shanklin’s CD, upon which was the song. Naturally, there is an uproar, with Limbaugh and Republicans in [...]
The Los Angles Times, Janet Hook, has come to a startling revelation with the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich – there may be corruption in the ranks of the Democrat Party. The article opens with the notion that a “series of scandals” have come from the Blue side of the aisle since the party won a majority on the theme that it would put a halt to the “culture of corruption”
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No Doubt and Fall Out Boy will Headline Bamboozle 2009! Yay, I love No Doubt, you know I will be they to see them! Its been about 4 or 5 years since I saw the band perform together. They rock....
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Right. After today I'm going to stop picking on the freesheets for a while.Spotted this on page three of yesterday's London Lite (and sorry about my wonky cutting and scanning):Yes, there's part of the headline missing. Is this an honest mistake (and we've all made them) or the result of a sub trying to suggest that the celebrities in reality show I'm a Celebrity... are actually nonentities?(For t
Put those cow tipping plans on hold, citizens of Southern England. The reenergized rock juggernaut known as Metallica is planning on rocking your world. Maybe. Rumors have been swirling today about a possible new summer festival which would reportedly compete directly with the Download Festival
There is no denying the fact that the success of an advertisement lies mostly in the headline. The headline should attract the reader and make him read the rest of the advertisement. The headline should be simply catchy and various key points should be embedded when deciding on the headline for the ad.
The headline should [...]
What a gem i found this morning!!! 'Budgets' AND 'sexy' in the same headline? Hell yeah! It reminds me of that famous collaboration between Justin Timberlake & I called - "I'm bringing budgets back!" haha...Oh man, today's gonna be AWESOME, I can feel it already! The actual article from The Express was pretty interesting too, but sadly i couldn't find it online. I did, however, find one that r
I'm finished with the skirt! I'm very satisfied. About 5-6 hours of work. I don't own an industrial sweing machine, so I had to do it by hand. My right index finger is all sore and swollen after handling the needle. This was my weekend!It looks a thousand times better on! But I don't manage to dress up right now...
The Two Day Fed Meeting Ends With A Cut Of 50bp.The Fed lowered its' overnight lending rate to 1.00% and the discount rate to 1.25%. Along with this was the statement that downside risk to the economy remains that would seem to leave open the window for further rate cuts. We are chasing Japan which is rumored to be lowering its' key rate to .25%.This move is somewhat symbolic in nature since actu
Last month New Zealand was named top destination in a survey by Condé Nast Traveller, and now scores number one in a poll by UK savings bank Alliance & Leicester International.
New Zealand is the best place for British expats to live, according to survey results published in Oct 2008 by Alliance & Leicester.
New Zealand had [...]
Consider these statistics...
Almost half the world — over three billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day.
At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.
More than 80 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where income differentials are widening.
The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent
Monday, the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq were all up more than 11%. The Dow and S&P 500 had their largest percentage gains since 1932. Woo hoo! The market hit bottom. It’s going back up. Right?
Not so fast! Be prepared for lots more volatility! The market will eventually go back up, but it will probably [...]
Though Nintendo and Sony won't be present, the E for All expo soldiers on this weekend in Los Angeles. E for All 2007 at the Los Angeles Convention Center If you happen to be in the Los Angeles area this weekend and dig on some EA, Ubisoft, and Microsoft games, the E for All expo might be worth your time.The convention, open to the public, runs from October 3-5 and costs $35 for a single day pass
Item! Apple has announced this week that iPhone 3G chargers in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and most of the Central/South American markets are under a recall due to AC outlet prongs breaking, causing risk of severe electric shock. Starting October 10th, you can order a replacement via apple.com or at your nearest [...]
Via Telegraph:
The owner of the Storchen restaurant in the exclusive Winterthur resort will improve his menu with local specialities such as meat stew and various soups and sauces containing at least 75 per cent of mother's milk.
"We have all been raised on it. Why should we not include it into our diet?" Hans Locher, who has become Switzerland most controversial restaurant owner, said.
Mr Loch
If you recall I had done a post about horrifying headlines not too long ago, and I came across one more headline that also completely horrified me. Honor killings for falling in love with the wrong person, a woman beating up her quads, serial killings by psychos are of course truly horrifying, but for some [...]
The Chargers players are each reported as having had hangovers coming in to today's game against the Carolina Panthers. Three Chargers quarters were spent missing tackles, throwing the ball away, and standing around as if the alcohol drank the night before had yet to clear each player's system. How else could a team so talented display such a poor on-field performance? Simply disgusting.The pilo
Via ScienceDaily:
Researchers in Canada report discovery of unusual proteins in a small group of Kenyan sex workers that appear to be associated with resistance to infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The discovery could lead to the improved design of vaccines and drugs to fight the deadly virus, which infects an estimated 40 million people worldwide, the scientists say in a new report
Via Guardian:
Police in Japan have been left red-faced by an apparent murder that turned out to be an unusual case of mistaken identity. [...] Fifteen officers were dispatched to the scene, where they discovered a human form wrapped in plastic and tightly bound around the neck, midriff and ankles, with hair protruding from one end. [...] But when they sliced open the wrapping, they were confronte
Via Newsday:
Two Hofstra University students moving into an apartment in Franklin Square discovered that the landlord had hidden spy cameras in smoke detectors to wirelessly transmit video of their bedrooms to his personal computer, Nassau police said. The landlord, Michael Muratore, 44, who lives on the first floor of the Second Avenue house, was arrested Monday at the home and charged with unla
Via The NY Sun:
Manhattan real estate doesn't seem to be holding up. Recently released city records indicate that apartments in prime Manhattan neighborhoods are selling for less than their purchase prices — a phenomenon that until now was virtually unheard of in the seemingly invincible New York City real estate market.
About friggin time! I'm not that surprised either. Were the NYC landlords
By Mike GibsonBack on Media Day, Temple quarterback Adam DiMichele said, "we're only a couple of days away from starting special."DiMichele was talking about a season of headlines.One of those headlines is in, the Hartford Courant's simple "Temple Routs Army" telling the story of the opening-day 35-7 win over the Cadets slightly better than the Philadelphia Daily News' "Temple Football Opens with
MMA Junkie has a story on a possible UFC return for Randy "The Natural" Couture by the end of the year at UFC 91 in Portland, Oregon.Reigning UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture could return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship by year's end as part of an out-of-court settlement with the organization. Multiple sources close to the fighter, speaking exclusively to MMAjunkie.com, today said that
"Pukes Protest Recruiter, Gathering of Eagles Counter, Puke Flee - WITH VIDEO"Posted here by Jimmy ZMy brother sent me this link. I cannot emphasize enough what a great, entertaining and informative blog Pat Dollard has. Hmm... sounds like another blog I know of!Click HERE and enjoy a good howl!
Via Al Arabiya:
A 16-year-old Saudi girl drank a bottle of bleach in an attempt to commit suicide to escape a forced marriage to a 75-year-old man, press reports revealed Sunday. The girl identified only as, Shaikha, said her father was forcing her to marry the old man so that he could marry his 13-year-old daughter in an exchange deal, Bahrain's Tribune reported.
How crazy is that? When will th
BLOG NEWS- With the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics in full swing in China, it's a great idea to compare the effort put into the games, both by the organizers and...
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) monthly survey of the housing market out today is headlined "Tentative signs that housing activity may be nearing a floor." This would have been a very sensible headline, based on the content of the report, if the Government hadn't chosen to leak to The Sun last Tuesday that it was considering suspending stamp duty for a limited period.
However, i
Presidents Horta waits feedback from Court of Appeal on additional state budget - Parliament supports UN police to remain - Journalists protest President Horta - Government thanks Hercules for his contribution to the country’s development - Timor-Leste needs UN’s help to support the field of security and justice - Government should not treat veterans differently: Luta-Hamutuk - Read more...
Via The New York Times:
Researchers at the Salk Institute report they have found two drugs that do wonders for the athletic endurance of couch potato mice. One drug, known as Aicar, increased the mice's endurance on a treadmill by 44 percent after just four weeks of treatment. [...] The results, Dr. Evans said, seem reasonably likely to apply to people, who control muscle tone with the same under
Via Reuters:
Starbucks reported a fiscal third-quarter net loss of $6.7 million, or 1 cent per share, compared with a year-earlier net profit of $158.3 million, or 21 cents per share. Results from the most recent quarter included 17 cents in charges primarily related to store closures and restructuring.
There you go. Maybe my $12 that I spent at my local Starbucks today will help them.
Starbuc
Via The New York Times:
The number of illegal immigrants in the [United States] has dropped by as much as 1.3 million in the past year, an 11 percent decline since a historic peak last August, an immigration research group in Washington said in a report released Wednesday. The report, by Steven A. Camarota and Karen Jensenius of the Center for Immigration Studies, found "strong indications" that
The Gallup polls released this week show that Obama’s world tour gave him a 9 point bump nationally (2,000 plus respondents) – how could it be otherwise? From the big three networks allotting 25% of their evening news to Obama and their affiliates in every hamlet in the country devoting at least 10 minutes or more with each broadcast, the “folks” have been treated to Obama 24/7 since his
OK - I get the leather thing. I love the smell of leather too (a by-product of having shoe-repairing parents), but bacon? I like bacon, don't get me wrong, but the thought of a Yankee candle smelling like bacon isn't my favorite thing in the world. Besides, what if it starts a grease-fire?
Don't even get me started on the "urinal" scent. They didn't specify if it was 'fres
Via BBC:
A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, suggest scientists. The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, found 41 million fewer sperm per millilitre of semen after just one portion every two days. The authors said plant oestrogens in foods such as tofu, soy mince or milk may interfere with hormonal signals.
That's something
Thank you to Blogburst for helping The Housing Chronicles Blog finally claw its way to 6 million headline views since February of 2008 distributed as follows:Top 10 Publishers (All History) for Housing Chronicles Total Views Reuters 5,758,709
A good headline is so badly needed that without it your SEO content provider is doomed to fail. It matters little how good their writing is or even how good they are in finding the best keyword phrases.
Good keyword phrases will give you a good position in search engine results, but if you have a [...]
SINGER Annie Lennox is to headline this year's Festival of Politics. She will will take centre stage on Wednesday, August 20 in Holyrood's debating chamber in Scotland to talk about her involvement in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa,...
For those who missed it, the “One Free Korea” has a translation of a very interesting Obama endorsement.
Apparently, Kim Jong Il, the “enlightened ruler of North Korea”, is paying attention to American Politics - and he has just given his endorsement to Barack Hussein Obama.
If he’s ok by the all-seeing, all-powerful Great Leader, then he’s ok [...]
MMA Rated has confirmed that UFC middleweight champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva will move up to the 205lb light heavyweight division to fight James Irvin on July 19th for a speacial UFC event dubbed "Ultimate Fight Night 14". The event will air on Spike TV opposite of Affliction's first foray into live events with its pay-per-view offering "Affliction: Banned" featuring a main event between to
Mortgages rates are up 1/2% over the past two weeks. This is not good news for people in the market for Daytona Beach Homes or condos. The 30 year fixed conventional mortgage rate was at 5.8% two weeks ago. The rate today is 6.3%.
Ford (F) is making the rounds of its employees and unions to tell them that the company will have to take out more costs. According to The Wall Street Journal,...
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The headliners of the Main Performance Day of the 2008 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival have finally been announced. Legendary MC KRS ONE and DJ Premier will be leading the charge this year on July 12th...
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The headline on CBS News' Web site tells the story in totality: Unthinkable — $4 a gallon. And the story that's embedded below from CBS News is perhaps even more frightening: One expert believes that by the time the November election arrives, we could be looking at $6-a-gallon gas. What on earth will life be like if Americans are forced to pay $6 for each gallon of gas they purchase? Is anyone,
Today's front page headline in the Washington Post was "Clinton Urges Backers to Look to November." The real news from Hillary's speech yesterday was, of course, her full-throated endorsement of Obama, her declaration that she would "work her heart out" to elect him, and the fact that she urged her supporters to follow suit. The Post headline doesn't convey any of that–it doesn't even ma
It took me at least two and a half days to renovate this bed that sits outside our kitchen window. This is an after picture...I wish I had a before...The landlord had planted about 8000 grey ornamental thyme plants and this little Japanese Maple in the plot so it wouldn't be bare. And that was unfortunate for two reasons...one, I couldn't stand to have the perfect herb garden right outside of my k
On Thursday night, when Texas bloggers and progressive netroots activists from across the Lone Star State gather with many of our readers and Democratic activists for our Third Biennial Blogger’s Caucus, we will be joined by many of the great candidates on the ballot this year, as well as many incumbent Democratic officeholders.
As of Sunday Morning, the Texas Progressive Alliance has anno
Supergrass will open their 2008 European tour in Moscow this Sunday (1st June 2008) at the BlastFest Festival.
Supergrass will headline the festival of Russian and UK artists and start promoting their new album Diamond Hoo Ha Man.
Blastfest is an all-day concert at Vinzavod, Moscow’s premier modern art venue.
As well as Supergrass Blastfest will featuring Brett [...]
Legendary emcee KRS-One and iconic producer DJ Premier will take the stage at the 2008 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival this July.
KRS and Premo aren’t the only notables who will be performing....
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Our news editor has drawn my attention to a news story on Northern Ireland web directory 4NI which has an amusing if slightly worrying headline:Lorry Hijackers SoughtIt appears that criminal masterminds are becoming bolder in their recruitment techniques...
I just happened to have the tube on CNN Headline News' News To Me show on and who pops up? That's right... Nikki Jean! She's currently on the Glow in the Dark Tour and you probably have heard of her singin the hook on Lupe Fiasco's Hip-Hop Saved My Life track of The Cool album.The man pictured above, Charles Gilbert, of CNN discovered Nikki Jean as he was on the internets via Lupe Fiasco. He was c
MYSPACE'S POPULAR SECRET SHOW FRANCHISE CELEBRATES ITS 150th CONCERT! Grammy Award Winner Gnarls Barkley to Headline Anniversary Show in New York City Sponsored By Samsung Exclusively for the MySpace Community
Premium oil brand Mobil 1 is celebrating its near-century long relationship with Mercedes-Benz as headline sponsor of the prestigious Brooklands Motoring Festival: the Double Twelve, on the 28 and 29 June at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, Surrey.
The Festival, which is named in honour of the Double Twelve meetings of the 1930s, will welcome famous faces [...]
I was testing the children in my Sunday school class to see if they understood the concept of getting to Heaven.
I asked them, “If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?”
“NO!” the children answered.
“If I cleaned [...]
The AP is reporting that Ellen DeGeneres, 50, and actress Portia de Rossi, 35, will wed after California's high court struck down the state laws banning gay marriage yesterday. According to a source close to the production, DeGeneres made the...
Berne, Switzerland (AHN) - An increasing number of calls at the Al Qaeda’s website to attack the Euro 2008 soccer championships has been observed by Swiss police. Co-hosting the regional sport event in June are Switzerland and Austria. Juerg Buehler continue read..
In a few minutes, I'll be heading over to Dogpatch Studios in San Francisco for what seems to be an annual showcase of new Xbox 360 games from Microsoft Game Studios (MGS). I'll have more on this later on Tuesday, but for now, I'll give a brief ...
A 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad's credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has today been convicted of fraud and given a three year community order. Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old from Newark, Texas confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his father's existing credit card company, and took his friends on a $30,000 spending spree, culminating in playing "Halo" on an
The debate continues as to whether it was the right choice for American rapper Jay-Z to headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on Saturday June 28th, and if the three headining acts - Jay-Z, The Verve and Kings Of Leon can be to blame for poor tickets sales for the festival this year.
Whether you agree [...]
Jamie at Home with Jamie OliverMushroomsGrilled Mushroom RisottoWild Mushroom and Venison StroganoffMushroom hunting makes me nervous. I’m just glad it’s not done with a gun. At least Jamie starts out the show with the proviso not to go wild mushroom picking unless you’re with someone who really knows mushrooms.Jamie’s going with his friend, mushroom expert Matt Gennaro. They go off and Jamie spots the first one – a porcini. He picks it and then makes sure...listen to this...that there are no maggots in it. Then he finds another one. Gennaro makes him cut into the mushroom and count to five. It turns bright blue. THAT means you have to boil it before eating. No thank you. Scary.Jamie decides to make a treat for the two of them, right there in the middle of the woods. He pours oli
“Teen too young for ‘come hither’ pose? or “Colossal squid has soccer-ball eyes.”
The t-shirt craze has made its way onto the prestigious news network site where you can have select headlines printed on t-shirts. “40-lb. Hunk Of Metal Hits Driver In Face” for some reason makes me laugh. If you don’t already know CNN has [...]
"Willy Chop Wife Freed" when reporting on Milos Muvhite, who has withdrawn his case against his wife. Muvhite's wife removed the member after he tried to attack her.
UFC has announced that the former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes (42-6) and Thiago Alves (14-3) will headline UFC 85 main-event slot vacated by an injured Chuck Liddell.
Dana White:
“Now we will see an explosive matchup between top ten ranked contender Thiago “Pitbull” Alves and two time former UFC World Champion Matt Hughes. Alves is an [...]
KANYE WEST AND LIL WAYNE TO HEADLINE HOT 97'S SUMMER JAM! New
York's famous Hip-Hop radio station Hot 97 will hold it's annual Summer
Jam concert this June. Today the line up was announced during radio DJ
Angie Martinez's afternoon show. Kanye West and Lil Wayne are going to
headline the concert. Other performers include T-Pain, Ray J with Yung
Berg, Rihanna, and The Dream. Hip-hop legends Public Enemy will reunite
for the special show. At ...
Industry Leaders Headline GSMA Mobile Innovation Marketplace – America. Thought leaders, top innovators showcased at inaugural Americas event.Read more...
I got some great news for all you hip hop lovers out there, The annual rock the bells concert, will be on steroids this year because it will be hosting colossal acts; Nas, Pharcyde, Tribe, De La Soul, Rae & Ghost.
Along with those major acts, Mos Def, De La Soul, Method Man & Redman, Immortal [...]
…goes to Neil at Texas Liberal: Six Week Wait For Pennsylvania Primary Was Like Crossing A Long Stupid Desert.
I read that in my Bloglines reader a few minutes ago and just had to laugh…because it is true. Adding the word “stupid” to the headline, however, made it worthy of being a headline of the day (which I don’t think I’ve done since mid-2006).
CNN apparently has a function where you can choose a current headline and have it printed on a t-shirt for USD 15:- plus shipping. That's no big deal, but the fun part is that you can hack the URL to show the headline of your own choosing. Or write just about anything you like. Try it. Here's the link to the t-shirt we just made (a bit of wishful thinking perhaps, but why not?). Make your own before they close it down.
"From Up Here" presented by Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center, April 9, 2008
Julie White returns to the NY stage after her triumphant (and Tony-winning) performance in "The Little Dog Laughed." It's a triumphant return as the mother of a troubled teen who came close to an act of Columbine proportions. (spoiler alert)
Director Leigh Silverman has assembled an excellent cast including Ms.
Since signing up with the BlogBurst service in early February of this year, the Housing Chronicles blog has just passed the 5-million headline view mark. Most of these posts have been picked up by the Reuters.com website, followed by the Chicago Sun-Times, Fox Business News and the Wall Street Journal.Through another service called Sphere, posts have also appeared on websites for The Washington Post, CNN.com as well as the Wall Street Journal. While it's difficult to predict the future of blogs, the success of these syndicators as well as the large investment in blog networks by groups like Forbes.com and InmanNews.com tells me that blogs are definitely becoming growing members of traditional online media.
It has been announced that Jay-Z is the final headliner for the 02 Wireless Festival in London’s Hyde Park on Thursday 3rd July to Sunday 6th July 2008. It’s said that he will perform on Thursday, alongside Mark Ronson and Roisin Murphy.
Let’s just hope that he gets a better reception at the 02 Wireless [...]
When you’re trying to attract new readers to your affiliate marketing website, few things work as well as your blog’s headline. In fact, the headline you choose for your automotive post can literally make or break its success. But how do you know which headlines work and which ones don’t work? Luckily, there are some [...]
SEAN GARRETT, TEYANA TAYLOR AND LIL WAYNE TO HEADLINE URBAN SHOWCASE! BMI
will present its 11th Annual Unsigned Urban Showcase Thursday, April
24, featuring some of the recording industry�s eminent stars and most
promising unsigned talent. Held Thursday, April 24 at Atlanta�s Luckie
Lounge (375 Luckie Street), the event begins at 9 p.m.; doors open at 8
p.m. The festivities are open to the public; attendees must be
21-years-old with valid identification. Admission is $20.00 until ...
Image from WikipediaWATCH: Radio Host Suspended For Calling Hillary A "Big F*cking Whore"Excerpt:"Update: Rhodes has been now been suspended from the network. Air America released the following statement: Air America has suspended on-air host Randi Rhodes for making inappropriate statements about prominent figures, including Senator Hillary Clinton, at a recent public appearance on behalf of Air America in San Francisco which was sponsored by an Air America affiliate station."
Image from WikipediaWATCH: Radio Host Suspended For Calling Hillary A "Big F*cking Whore"Excerpt:"Update: Rhodes has been now been suspended from the network. Air America released the following statement: Air America has suspended on-air host Randi Rhodes for making inappropriate statements about prominent figures, including Senator Hillary Clinton, at a recent public appearance on behalf of Air America in San Francisco which was sponsored by an Air America affiliate station."
