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Sputnik anniversary, to unveil Clinton science agenda
2007-10-04 19:07:00
Hillary Rodham Clinton used today’s the 50th anniversary of the Soviets launch of the Sputnik satellite to unveil a science agenda that would include a presidential executive order allowing “ethical stem cell research’’ and banning political appointees from altering the scientific conclusions in government publications.Clinton also called on a focus on alternative energy – “We can call it energy 2.0’’ – that would end the United State’s dependence on foreign oil.Clinton, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, pledged that if elected she would have a science advisor in the White House who will report directly to the president.Even before Clinton uttered a word of her speech, she came under attack from the Republican National Committee which pointed out she “is lecturing about math, even though she’s having trouble adding up the figures to pay for her own health care plan.’’Clinton did not put a dollar figure on her entire package, but she ...
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Kimberly Bell, Barry Bonds in Playboy Magazine
2007-10-04 19:05:00
The Playboy issue featuring Kimberly Bell will be released Friday.Kimberly Bell openly discusses her life with homerun king Barry Bonds in a Playboy issue set to hit newsstands Friday.In her pictorial/article Bell details her decade long affair she had with the San Francisco Giants slugger and makes claims that Bonds admitted to using steroids during his pursuit of Hank Aaron’s all-time homerun record, a mark he eclipsed earlier this year.Bell also revealed that while the steroid abuse may have helped his performance in the field it had a detrimental effect in the bedroom as Bonds wasn’t able to perform on occasion.The 37-year-old, a former graphic designer in San Francisco, said that Bonds initially began taking steroids after an elbow injury but continued despite the ill effects. Bell had testified before a grand jury related to Bonds denial of steroid abuse. Bonds has been the subject of an intense Major League Baseball investigation into steroid abuse among its players. Desp...
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Funky Winkerbean passed away today
2007-10-04 19:03:00
The 36-year-old beloved attorney, mother and wife passed away today following a bout with breast cancer. She is survived by her husband, Les, and daughter, Summer.These aren’t real people; they’re characters in the daily comic strip “Funky Winkerbean.”But that hasn’t kept Lisa’s illness and death from upsetting a lot of readers.“I cannot look at the strip. It is that depressing,” said Elaine Baumbach, 60, of New Cumberland. “If it catches my eye, right away I feel bad. I fold the paper over as soon as I get to that page.”The strip, written and drawn by Tom Batiuk of Medina, Ohio, has been around since 1972 and runs in about 400 newspapers, including the Patriot-News.And Baumbach is just one of a number of local readers who have complained in recent months about the current cancer storyline, calling it too much of a downer for the proverbial “funny pages.”“There’s nothing funny about [cancer],” said Keith Roth, 79, of Newberry Twp. “It’s sad and seri...
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Johnny Fairplay knocks out Video
2007-10-04 19:02:00
Danny Bonaduce Owns Johnny Fairplay - Watch more free videosFox Reality awards where Danny Bonaduce knocks out Johnny Fairplays front teeth by throwing him over his back. Good for him!
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Danny Bonaduce slammed Jonny Fairplay on his face
2007-10-04 18:58:00
Danny Bonaduce took it to the next level last night. Are you surprised? According to TMZ, the Breaking Bonaduce star hopped on-stage at the FOX Reality Channel Really Awards, picked up notorious Survivor contestant Jonny Fairplay (who is having a baby with America’s Next Top Model reject Michelle, natch) and slammed the guy on his face, leaving him bloodied and toothless. Fairplay was hauled off to the hospital in an ambulance, while Bonaduce went on Adam Carolla’s radio show this morning to explain that he’s always been bugged by Fairplay (who lied on Survivor to win sympathy), so he had no problem stepping on-stage to inform Fairplay that the crowd was booing him. Fairplay jumped into Bonaduce’s arms and then the Bonaduce beatdown occured. Danny should probably save his “testimony” for a judge, seeing as he’s now the suspect in a “felony battery report.” Reality sure is sweet!
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10 Free E-books For Bloggers
2007-10-02 20:55:00
Authority Black Book Authority Black Book - What is an authority presence on the web? Why is it important to have an authority and how can you attain authority? What are the web 2.0 tools that you can use? Authority Black Book is a 64-page ebook by Jake Humphrey explaining how to get the best out of web 2.0 technology including blogging, RSS marketing, social bookmarking sites, social media marketing sites, and video marketing in order to attract more traffic to your site. There is also a list of web 2.0 resource sites. You would already be aware of what is written about in the ebook if you have been blogging for quite some time. But the ebook is a good resource with plenty of links of the top sites and services in different categories related to blogging, and you can take it as a starting point if you are newly starting out in the blogosphere. Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization - For many a blogger, search engine opt...
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Steve Hewitt has left Placebo after over 10 years.
2007-10-02 20:53:00
Steve Hewitt has left Placebo after playing with band for over 10 years.Steve played on four of the albums with the ‘Nancy Boy’ rockers since replacing Robert Schultzberg on drums in 1996.Placebo singer Brian Molko broke the news on the band’s website, saying: “Being in a band is very much like being in a marriage and in couples - in this case a triple. People can grow apart over the years. To say you don’t love your partner anymore is inaccurate considering all that you’ve been through and achieved together.
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Agyness Deyn, the new face of Burberry and Armani
2007-10-02 20:52:00
Agyness Deyn, who’s real name is Laura Hollins, is from Littleborough in Lancashire.Agyness was discovered in a fish and chips shop in Stubbins, where she began working at age 14.One of her customers was designer Henry Holland, creator of the House of Holland rhyming slogan T-shirts. She became the face of the company.In 1999 Agyness won the Face of Rossendale modeling contest while she was studying math, business and theater at All-Saints Catholic Language College.
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Ronnie Hazlehurst Has Dies
2007-10-02 20:51:00
Ronnie Hazlehurst, the man who created the theme tune to Blankety Blank, has passed away aged 79.Ronnie was also the composer of the theme to the long-running BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, The Two Ronnies and Some Mothers Do ‘Ave Em.John Plowman, BBC’s head of comedy, said: “He was the composer of many of the best-loved signature tunes of the last 40 years of television - and some of his work is still heard today. He’s associated with some of the best-loved shows of our lives.”
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Cameron Diaz dating Bradley Cooper
2007-10-02 20:48:00
Cameron Diaz is said to be dating Bradley Cooper .Cameron is said to have enjoyed a romantic weekend in New York with Bradley sparking rumours they are an item.It was recently reported that Cameron was dating Jessica Simpson’s ex singer John Mayer but it does seem that maybe that was a rumour because these two seem very loved up at the moment.Cameron split from Justin Timberlake in January after a four-year relationship - was seen getting cosy with Jessica Simpson’s ex-boyfriend in New York in August.
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Blur New Album - Could Be Their Best Yet
2007-10-02 20:47:00
Alex James has suggested that a new Blur album could be their best yet.Alex said that he is confident any further recordings by the ‘Parklife’ rockers would surpass their previous material.James told Gigwise: “I’m still conceited enough to think that we can make our best record. You know, we’ll have to have lunch first, see what happens.”
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Stephon Marbury Intern Video
2007-10-02 20:40:00
NoBloodNoFoul.com re-enacted the sexual encounter between Stephon Marbury and former NY Knicks intern Kathleen Decker. No skin or anything but you get to see some pictures of the intern.
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Browne Sanders suing Isiah Thomas for sexual harassment.
2007-10-02 20:39:00
Former basketball player Isiah Thomas (I used to love him when I was a kid, I mean LOVE!) is being sued by the former Vice President of marketing and business operations for the Knicks, Anucha Browne Sanders. Shortly after she filed the complaint, she was fired and is suing and one of her complaints is that she was fired because she brought up potentially being sexually harassed by Thomas. A jury indicated yesterday that it had decided that Madison Square Garden and Knicks Coach Isiah Thomas sexually harassed a former marketing executive, but that it had not yet reached a verdict on all nine points of the lawsuit. In a note to United States District Court Judge Gerard E. Lynch, who read it in open court late yesterday afternoon, jurors said that they had decided eight of the points but could not reach agreement on whether Thomas should pay damages to the former executive, Anucha Browne Sanders.According to a legal scholar, there is a potential for there to be a mistrial if all...
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Andrew Firestone proposed longtime girlfriend, Ivana Bozilovic
2007-10-02 20:31:00
Andrew Firestone, the former star of ABC's "20 women fighting over a handsome rich dude" reality show The Bachelor, not to mention heir to the Firestone tire fortune, who proposed to finalist Jen Scheft on the show's 2003 season finale (only to call it quits a few months later), is once again saying he's ready to walk the aisle.This time, the lovely lady wearing Bachelor bling is Ivana Bozilovic, who is apparently a model and an actress (who isn't these days?) with credits in such screen greats as Van Wilder. The blonde beauty also just celebrated her 30th birthday last week.
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Mirthala Salinas knew how to sleep her way to the top
2007-10-02 18:40:00
The former Telemundo evening newscasting had a thing for LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and landed to most coveted broadcasting job ever. Then, the sh*t hit the fan and Mirthala Salinas, former mistress, current girlfriend and disgraced Telemundo newscaster, got outed for her affair.Her two month suspension for having an affair with the Mayor while reporting on his marriage’s demise is up. Telemundo has offered Salinas a reassignment at Inland Empire bureau in Riverside, a serious demotion from her previous role as fill-in evening newscaster. She decided not to show up for work. Sometimes sleeping your way to the top doesn’t work.
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Commerce Bancorp for $8.5-billion
2007-10-02 18:34:00
Canada's two largest banks announced early Tuesday they are spending almost $11-billion (U.S.) to expand in the United States and the Caribbean, riding on the wings of the soaring Canadian dollar.With the loonie now at or above par with the greenback for the first time in more than 30 years, No. 2-ranked Toronto-Dominion Bank stole the show by announcing its biggest acquisition to date: a deal to double its U.S. retail banking presence by taking over Commerce Banc orp Inc. for $8.5-billion in cash and stock — a transaction made possible in part by regulatory problems that led to the ouster of the New Jersey bank's founder at the end of July.The news of TD's planned acquisition overshadowed confirmation from No. 1-ranked Royal Bank of Canada that it is buying Trinidad & Tobago's RBTT Financial Holdings Ltd. for $2.2-billion, in one of the largest recent acquisitions in the Caribbean.But observers say there is little question that the high-flying loonie will make both deals e...
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Erik Prince goes to Capitol Hill to testify before Rep
2007-10-02 18:33:00
Blackwater CEO Erik Prince goes to Capitol Hill to testify before Rep. Henry Waxman's (D-CA) House Government Reform and Oversight committee. One issue that's got our attention about Blackwater is the firm's ability to leapfrog a number of much older and well-established US firms in Iraq. And that's got us interested in Prince's Republican political credentials.Along those lines, a few details about Prince to help frame tomorrow's hearing.Erik Prince is 37 years old. He founded Blackwater in 1997 with money he inherited from his father, Edgar Prince, the head of Prince Automative. The elder Prince and his wife were major Republican and conservative activists and funders. And Prince himself co-founded The Family Research Council with Gary Bauer and apparently provided the key early funding for the group.According to Bauer, "I can say without hesitation that, without Ed and Elsa and their wonderful children, there simply would not be a Family Research Council."Prince's sister, ...
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Abu al-Tunisi declared dead in airstrike
2007-10-02 18:28:00
United States announced today that an airstrike against a house in Yusufiyah, Iraq on Tuesday completed its mission, killing insurgent commander Abu Usama al-Tunis i and two others. The airstrike, by an F-16 carrying two 500lb bombs, came hours after a tip that al-Tunisi would be holding a meeting that day.There's just one problem. al-Tunisi was reported dead more than a year ago.The Tunisian militant had come to American attention during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004, and had overseen anti-aircraft missions and participated in the 2005 attack against Abu Ghraib. His death was reported by Abu al-Zarqawi's army on May 20, 2006 in an al-Hesbah communique later translated and released by FBI Terrorism consultant Evan Kohlmann. He was reportedly killed after a US helicopter attack in Yusufiyah killed him and four other insurgents.Following this week's bombing, Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson addressed a press conference at the Pentagon stating that the death of al-Tunisi w...
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Senegal withdrawal troops from Darfur
2007-10-02 18:27:00
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade pushed for an immediate investigation into the deaths of 12 African Union(AU) troops who were killed in a raid on a peacekeeping base in the Darfur region of Sudan. He stated that he would remove Senegalese troops from the AU force if the investigation found the pacificators were unequipped to defend themselves.In what was called "...the heaviest loss of life and biggest attack on the African Mission," by AU spokesperson Noureddine Mezni, 30 vehicles and a force of 1,000 armed rebels raided the AU base in the town of Haskanita just after sunset on Saturday. The base was completely destroyed. One of the soldiers killed in the attack was Senegalese, while the majority were Nigerian. One Malian soldier, and one soldier from Botswana were also killed in the raid, according to AU spokesman Assane Ba."If they died because they didn't have the arms to defend themselves, I will withdraw all the Senegalese ... I am not going to send people to be slaughter...
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Taylor Bradford died after being the victim
2007-10-02 18:25:00
University of Memphis athlete shot to death; classes canceled, University of Memphis football player Taylor Bradford died after being the victim of what police are calling a targeted attack. The shooting occurred near a campus housing complex Sunday night at 9:45 p.m. (10:45 EST)Bradford hailed from Nashville, Tennessee and transfered to Memphis in 2006.Following the shooting, Bradford got into his car and attempted to drive away before crashing a short distance away. Regional Medical Center Memphis spokeswoman Sandy Snell said Bradford was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead shortly after 10:15 p.m. University President Shirley Raines said the student body was notified at 3:44 a.m. via a mass text message. Raines also said, "This was an act directed specifically toward the victim and it was not a random act of violence."No suspects have been named in the shooting.The campus was locked down for a short time following the shooting of the 21-year-old junior defensive lineman. Un...
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Natasha Khan, Bat for Lashes plays the Bowery Ballroom
2007-10-02 18:24:00
Bat for Lashes is the doppelgänger band ego of one of the leading millennial lights in British music, Natasha Khan . Caroline Weeks, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey comprise the aurora borealis that backs this haunting, shimmering zither and glockenspiel peacock, and the only complaint coming from the audience at the Bowery Ballroom last Tuesday was that they could not camp out all night underneath these celestial bodies.We live in the age of the lazy tendency to categorize the work of one artist against another, and Khan has had endless exultations as the next Björk and Kate Bush; Sixousie Sioux, Stevie Nicks, Sinead O'Connor, the list goes on until it is almost meaningless as comparison does little justice to the sound and vision of the band. "I think Bat For Lashes are beyond a trend or fashion band," said Jefferson Hack, publisher of Dazed & Confused magazine. "[Khan] has an ancient power...she is in part shamanic." She describes her aesthetic as "powerful women with a cosmic edge" as...
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali returned to the Netherlands
2007-10-02 18:23:00
Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali returned to the Netherlands , from the United States because she can no longer be protected in that country.The Dutch government has stopped paying for her protection in the U.S. as of October 1, and the American government is not willing to pay for her security any longer.Hirsi Ali left for the United States in 2006 in order to work for the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.. Now she has returned back to the Netherlands and she will continue for the American think tank. The Dutch government has agreed to continue paying for her protection, now that she is back on Dutch soil.Hirsi Ali has needed protection because she has been uttering critical remarks on Islam for which she received several threats. Ali wrote the script for Submission, a movie about the Muslim culture and its treatment of women in 2004. Shortly after, Theo Van Gogh, the creator of the film was assassinated by Muslim extremists who also threatened to kill Ali.
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AFL footballer Chris Mainwaring dies
2007-10-02 18:23:00
Former West Coast Eagles champion and television presenter Chris Mainwaring (Mainy) died in the early hours of 1st October aged 41. The cause of death is believed to be a seizure, St John Ambulance was called to Mainwarings home just after midnight and found him unconscious. Mainwaring was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.Earlier in the evening police had been called to a disturbance at the same address, when they arrived he was calm and refused assistance. He was placed in the care of a neighbour and returned home.Police are investigating his death and will report their findings to the Coroner, this is standard procedure for unexplained deaths. The street has been closed off and police are interviewing neighbours.Seven News released a statement just before midday about the tragic loss, managing director Chris Wharton said, "Mainy was part of the heart and soul of Channel Seven Perth, and we will all miss him very, very dearly...""Our thoughts m...
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UK withdrawing troops from Iraq
2007-10-02 18:22:00
Gordon Brown announced during his trip to Baghdad, Iraq , that his government will be withdrawing at least one thousand British troops from Iraq by the end of 2007. Brown also plans to gradually hand over control of Basra to Iraq security forces in accordance with the withdrawal."What we propose to do over these next few months is to move from a situation where we have a combat role to an over-watch role. Hopefully they will be home by Christmas," said Brown.There are approximately 5,500 British troops in Iraq, with most of them located in and around Basra.The reduction agreement was reached between Brown, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Barham Saleh and General David Petraeus of the U.S. Army in Iraq with the troop withdraw expected to begin in Basra.Brown is expected to travel to Basra later today. British troops recently withdrew from the city to a nearby base, leaving security in the hands of Iraqi forces.
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Roh Moo Hyun to meet with Kim Jong Il
2007-10-02 18:21:00
South Korea's President Roh Moo Hyun left Seoul yesterday to meet with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il to discuss the future of the divided peninsula. Although the 1950-1953 Korean War between the two sides has never formally ended, the meeting may prepare the ground for a permanent truce. The meeting is only the second summit between the two sides. The first summit took place in 2000, and led to former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his Sunshine Policy of reconciliation with the North."How to make peace take root on the Korean Peninsula will be the top-priority agenda item for the summit," Roh said in a speech on Monday. He added that "It will not be an uneventful course, but once discussions on a peace regime get under way in earnest, we can take up building military confidence and a peace treaty, and furthermore the issue of arms reduction." Roh said that the top item on his agenda was establishing greater peace along the border between t...
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