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First-Hand Account Of An NFL Career Coming To A Close 2007-09-03 12:47:00 Peter King from Sports Illustrated has a great story this morning about an NFL player getting cut and realizing his career is over. Former Redskins offensive lineman Ross Tucker shares his heartache. Just an excerpt:"I knew instantly what was happening when my cell phone vibrated and I pulled it out of my pocket."703"The only number I know with a 703 area code is the offices of the Washington Redskins. So when I saw the "703," I got sick to my stomach. It took my breath away, literally. I got the call last Monday at 5:30 p.m., while waiting to pay for my sandwich at a Subway restaurant in Ashburn, Va. I didn't answer the call because I was about to pay, and besides, I already knew what the phone call meant. I can only imagine how pale my face looked as I paid for my sub and walked out.After 18 years of football, the last seven of which were in the NFL, my dream was likely over. Even though I knew it was probably going to happen at some point this week, like most of the 900 or so playe Read more:First
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Wierd Looking Couple: Renee Zellweger and Paul McCartney 2007-09-03 00:54:00 According to the British tabloids, ReneeZellweger
and Sir Paul McCartney
are an item. They make a very odd looking couple, but when you take a closer look you see Zellweger at 38 actually looks worse than Paul at 64. The more we see of Zellweger the phonier she seems, and her latest Letterman appearance just plain left us feeling icky. Eat, Renee, eat!Click the photo for a larger view of Renee and Sir Paul.digg story Read more:Wierd
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Why American Student's Test Scores Are So Poor 2007-09-02 19:10:00 Maybe it is because they spend so much time doing crap like this. When the metal detector at the airport goes off because of your face, it's time to seek counseling.digg story Read more:American
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Democrats Too Busy Playing Games To Help America 2007-09-02 14:30:00 Once again the Democrats
have proven they lack any brains when it comes to leadership or seizing opportunity. As the Bush administration continues to spiral into the abyss and their key players jump ship, the Democrats are busy engaging in a pissing contest with each other.Besides having their presidential candidates pledge to treat Florida and Michigan like they have cooties, they also plan on making the Democratic party of Florida and Michigan take millions of dollars that could be spent on campaigning and instead spend it on holding separate primaries.The problem the state Democratic parties face is that their state's will not pay to hold separate Democratic and Republican primaries. It's all or nothing. The Democrats want to control the dates of key early primaries such as New Hampshire and Iowa, and protect their candidates' campaign budgets from being stretched thin. Somehow $100 million just isn't enough these days.The fact that this entire situation could have been avoided Read more:Games
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Space Race Rekindled? Russia Shoots for Moon, Mars 2007-09-02 11:29:00 The Russia
n space agency announced a plan to send a man to the moon by 2025, to establish a permanent base there a few years later, and possibly even send a man to Mars by 2035, in an aggressive plan reminiscent of the 1960s space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.read more | digg story Read more:Space
Pentagon ‘Three-Day Blitz’ Plan For Iran 2007-09-02 11:25:00 The Pentagon
has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days.read more | digg story Read more:Three
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University President Investigated For Plagiarism On His Own Thesis 2007-09-01 23:33:00 As many as two dozen portions of Poshard's thesis may have been lifted or improperly cited from as many as 19 other works, according to the student paper and a comparison of the thesis and original source material provided to the Tribune. In some instances, paragraphs appear to be lifted verbatim or to have borrowed heavily from other sources.read more | digg story Read more:University
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Set for Life? Winning the Lottery Just Isn't What it Used to Be 2007-09-01 23:09:00 Friday night, four lucky people won the Mega Millions $330 million jackpot. That kind of number lends itself to fantasies of unlimited luxury. But the truth is, megamillions just aren't what they used to be. Poor rich bastards.read more | digg story Read more:Winning
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9/11 Groups Want Giuliani Silent at Anniversary Ceremony 2007-09-01 19:50:00 Families of September 11 victims and emergency responders raised alarms Wednesday that former New York mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani
might politicize the sixth anniversary memorial of the attacks.“Families and first responders are outraged and call for this speaking invitation to be rescinded and insist that politics be kept out."read more | digg story Read more:Groups
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Newsweek's Fall Movie Preview 2007-09-01 18:07:00 Summer's over, school is back, but the consolation of fall was always that the best films, ripe for picking. Now there's too much competition, too much stuff. How to figure out what's worthy? Here is a warts-and-all preview, arranged from sublime to subprime.read more | digg story Read more:Newsweek
, Preview
Pro Wrestling Suspends 10 Linked to Steroid Ring 2007-09-01 14:55:00 A law enforcement investigation of a Florida-based steroid distribution ring has led to the suspension of 10 World Wrestling Entertainment performers and, according to prosecutors, has uncovered links to Major League Baseball and National Football League players.WWE suspended the wrestlers after prosecutors in Albany County, N.Y., told the Stamford, Conn.-based firm that they had found the names of 14 wrestlers on client lists of clinics with links to a Florida drug distribution company.According to media reports, three of the 14 wrestlers who allegedly had been Signature clients since 2003 are dead: Guerrero, Benoit and former WWE wrestler Brian "Crush" Adams, who died Aug. 13. A fourth wrestler has left the WWE. The 10 others named have been suspended for 30 to 60 days for violating the WWE's anti-drug policy, which prohibits wrestlers from obtaining drugs over the Internet or from a doctor who is not their primary physician.read more | digg story Read more:Suspends
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Raw Look at Iraq War Sobers Venice Film Fest 2007-09-01 14:03:00 A US film laying bare the ugly reality of the Iraq
war seared the big screen at the Venice
film festival on Friday, with director Brian De Palma saying he hoped it would help end America's military occupation. "The pictures are what will stop the war," De Palma told a news conference after the press screening of the movie, "Redacted".read more | digg story Read more:Iraq War
Actors Who Spend Their Entire Careers Playing the Same Character 2007-09-01 13:57:00 Take Sean Connery, for instance. Even when he's playing a Ukrainian submarine captain, he's still playing the same Scottish guy that he played when he was supposed to be Jim Malone in the Untouchables. Other "guilty" parties include Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford, Bruce Campbell and more.read more | digg story Read more:Character
'Sex Clubs' Targeted By Warning Text Messages 2007-09-01 13:43:00 Rogue UK sex bars are being targeted with a pioneering new scheme which uses Bluetooth technology to send warning texts and emails to passers-by. The text, sent by Westminster City Council, reads: "£5 to get in, £500 to get out. Criminals operate some of the hostess bars in Soho. Don't enter before you know what you'll get for your money."read more | digg story Read more:Clubs
British Politicians Support General Who Ripped U.S. Over Iraq War 2007-09-01 13:38:00 General Mike Jackson launched a scathing attack on the US for mishandling the aftermath of the Iraq
war. Jackson, head of the army during the 2003 Iraq invasion, lambasted Washington's post-war policy as "intellectually bankrupt" and ripped the US War on Terror. Brit Pols got in line to pat Jackson on the back and rip Bush and Rumsfeld.read more | digg story Read more:British
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'I've built my own Tomb' to stay Alive 2007-09-01 13:29:00 A man said he has built his own tomb after a vehicle ploughed into his home for the tenth time. It may be his only chance of survival.read more | digg story Read more:Alive
20th Anniversary of Baseball's Hidden Potato Play 2007-09-01 12:51:00 On Aug. 31, 1987, catcher Dave Bresnahan tricked a baserunner on third by throwing a peeled potato into left field. When the runner broke home, Bresnahan pulled the real ball out and tagged the runner. The umpires threw Bresnahan out of the game and the next day he was released, ending his career.read more | digg story Read more:Anniversary
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Plane Carrying 4 U.S. Lawmakers Is Fired On in Iraq 2007-09-01 03:29:00 Four U.S. lawmakers endured a harrowing flight out of Baghdad as their cargo plane came under fire from the ground, causing the pilots to discharge flares and bank sharply to avoid the explosives, U.S. military officials said Friday.read more | digg story Read more:Iraq
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160 Nations Agree on Climate Change Focus 2007-09-01 03:27:00 Industrialized countries must aim for dramatic reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade if the world is to avoid disastrous consequences, according to a consensus reached Friday by nearly 160 countries at a week-long United Nations
climate change summit in Vienna.read more | digg story Read more:Climate
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Marine Says Leader Shot Haditha Civilians 2007-09-01 03:24:00 A Marine
testifying under immunity Friday said he saw Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich shoot five unarmed Iraqi men moments after a roadside bomb exploded in Haditha in November 2005, a week after Wuterich said that if such an attack occurred, "we should kill everybody in that vicinity."read more | digg story Read more:Leader
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With "Halloween," Rob Zombie Mangles An Original 2007-09-01 03:23:00 There's a phantom stalking Rob Zombie's "Halloween
," and it's not the hulking guy in the white rubber mask. It's the memory of John Carpenter's sublime 1978 shocker. Thirty years on, it still haunts the memory with nagging dread, overshadowing Zombie's effort to revive the story and make it his own.read more | digg story Read more:Original
Mexico's Trucks Get OK To Roll In U.S. Next Week 2007-09-01 03:19:00 Mexican truckers can begin hauling goods over the border into the U.S. as soon as Thursday after a federal appeals court on Friday refused a request from the Teamsters union to block the vehicles. "This is the wrong decision for American working men and women. We believe this program clearly breaks the law. We will continue to fight for safety and national security in the courts and in Congress," Teamsters General President James Hoffa said in a statement. The Teamsters union, representing 100,000 long-haul truckers, and the Sierra Club and other public advocacy groups asked the court Wednesday to put the plan on hold until they receive more assurances that the vehicles comply with U.S. environmental, security and safety regulations and that U.S. truckers would get reciprocal rights to travel in Mexico
.read more | digg story Read more:Trucks
Giuliani: Power Hungry Cross-Dressing Incestuous Adulterer? 2007-09-26 00:54:00 Rudy Giuliani
continues to use his only perceived strength in every conceivable fund-raising manner. Tuesday Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd called Giuliani out for planning a fund-raiser that asks each guest to donate at least $9.11. Giuliani's campaign claims they did not organize the event and have no further comment, but the so-called "event-organizer," a self-proclaimed long-time friend of Giuliani's named Abraham Sofaer, referred all questions to Giuliani's camp.It's not shocking that Giuliani continues to fall back on 9/11 in every speech he gives, every campaign stop he makes, and every fundraiser he pockets. What is shocking is how many Americans are eager to jump right in with the former mayor.Beating your chest and claiming that people should vote for you because you were mayor when terrorists killed 3,000 people does not endear you to the public. How is this any different than if the mayor of Nagasaki ran for re-election on a platform of how well he reacted to thous Read more:Hungry
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Bank Sues Michael Vick for $2.3 Million 2007-09-25 15:37:00 A Canadian bank has sued suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael
Vick for more than $2.3 million, arguing that his guilty plea to federal dogfighting charges -- and the resulting impact on his career -- have prevented him from repaying a loan.read more | digg story
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Vick Indicted in Virginia On More Dogfighting Charges 2007-09-25 12:10:00 Michael Vick was formally indicted today on two felonies in Virginia
. Vick and his three co-defendants were indicted for beating or killing or causing dogs to fight other dogs and engaging in or promoting dogfighting.The four defendants will be arraigned on October 3rd, and reportedly be released if they each post a $50,000 personal recognizance bond.Vick is facing up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for pleading guilty to two federal charges, travelling across state lines to engage in unlawful activity, and sponsoring a dog in a fighting contest.The feds let this bastard off easy. The racketeering charge they were threatening Vick with carried a maximum 20 year prison sentence.Hopefully if he is found guilty in Virginia his sentence will be consecutive and not concurrent with the federal charges, meaning, he will get out of one prison and go into another to serve the state charges.At the very least, if he gets another year or two in prison out of the Virginia charges, it shoul
Virginia Prosecutor Seeks More Charges Against Michael Vick 2007-09-24 22:39:00 The local prosecutor in Virginia
plans to present his case against Vick to the Grand Jury starting Tuesday.From Fox Sports:"The local charges, and a conviction, could spell an end to any hope he has of resuming his NFL career after serving a likely federal prison term. An animal cruelty charge in Virginia is punishable by up to five years in prison, and he admitted in his written plea to helping kill six to eight pit bulls days before the first raid." Vick shouldn't even have an opportunity to think about playing football again.Personally, anyone who kills an animal should get the death penalty, but that's just me.read more | digg story
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Bush Announces "Wrong George Is On the Dollar Bill" 2007-09-24 14:07:00 George Bush was shocked today during a speech in front of business leaders at the White House when someone in the crowd interrupted him and handed him a $1 bill. Bush had just told the crowd that Congress was dragging their feet approving Bush's spending plan because they were jealous of his success. "Not every person can be honored by their citizens by being on the dollar bill," Bush said.When handed a U.S. $1 bill to prove he in fact is not on the bill, Bush said, "this is counterfeit. It's a nice joke, but I've seen the real dollar, and I assure you, I'm it." At that point, several members of the President's administration told him that George Washington is on the real one dollar bill, and Bush was heard to mumble, "we need to fix that, pronto."Bush changed the subject by telling the crowd not to believe liberal news reports that jobs are on the decline in the U.S. "I know for a fact that we created 6 billion new jobs last month," Bush said. When asked for his source, Bush said Read more:Wrong
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