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The Extreme Team Behind Amendment 48

"Earlier this month, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter announced his opposition to Amendment 48, which seeks to grant a fertilized egg the status of a human being, complete with equal rights. The groups pushing the...

Tim Burton takes Alice on a whole new trip

"Tim Burton takes Alice on a whole new trip"

Mccain refers to Obama as 'that one'

""It was an energy bill on the floor of the Senate, loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies, and it was sponsored by Bush and Cheney," McCain said. "You know who voted for it? You might never...

Malaysian resignation points to more trouble

"The government's decision to arrest an opposition politician, a leading political blogger and a journalist appears to have backfired". Malaysia's law minister and prominent reformer, Zaid Ibrahim, resinged...

Barack Obama New Yorker cover 'offensive'

" BARACK Obama's campaign team has blasted the latest issue of the New Yorker magazine as "tasteless and offensive". The cartoon cover depicts Barack and Michelle Obama celebrating with a fist bump in the Oval...

Obama promises 10,000 more troops for Afghanistan

Democratic Presidential hopeful  Barack Obama has spelled out his  priorities for the  deployment  of  US forces. He would like to cut down the forces presence in Iraq and Kuwait and...

Obama and Bill Clinton end chill

In the run up to the Democratic nomination  for  Presidency former President Bill Clinton had severely criticised obama on many occasions. Now after his wife is out of the race Bill...

Actor Rupert Everett brands British soldiers 'pathetic, whining wimps'

Rupert Everett, never far out of trouble, takes a swing at Britain's wartime soldiers. Perhaps he's confusing his movie lot experiences as an actor portraying a soldier as the same thing as being a soldier.Until...

Everett sorry for calling troops wimps

" ACTOR Rupert Everett has apologised for calling British soldiers "wimps" and suggesting they joined the army to torture prisoners.The 49-year-old yesterday issued a lengthy statement apologising "without reserve" to the "many in this country, and hundreds and thousands of...

Anti-Abortion Measure OK'd For Colorado

"DENVER -- A proposed state constitutional amendment defining a fertilized human egg as a person was certified Thursday for the November ballot, moving Colorado a step closer to an election battle over abortion rights. Secretary of State Mike Coffman said backers of the...

Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!

I can't believe it's been twenty years since Beetle Juice first hit the cinema.  It's got cynical dead social workers, a pre-Ed Wood Tim Burton, a pre-Renny Harlin Geena Davis (Cutthroat Island for the win!), a pre-Batman Michael Keaton, a pre-Heathers Winona Ryder, and...

Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins has passed away

Irvine Robbins, the co-founder of ice cream giant Baskin-Robbins, has died at the age of 90.  He opened up his first ice cream store back in 1945."Irvine Robbins, who as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins brought...

FA sets England semi-final target

Surely anything is better than not qualifying at all in a major tournament." FA sets England semi-final target Capello has only been in charge of England for two...

Ga ga meets Dada: Fine art for toddlers

It's becoming more common for young parents to invest in artwork more edifying than that of Barney and Blue's Clues, according to a feature in today's Globe and Mail.This is positive news indeed, methinks. ...

NASCAR: McDowell Survives worst Crash Ever

McDowell OK after near head-on crash in qualifying.  One of the worst crashes ever.  Here is Michael McDowell Scanner frequencies so you can listen to him and his Crew Chief during the next race. "00...

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