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Series title eludes Cubs, 100 years and counting
" Now, it's an even 100 years for the Chicago Cubs. The team that posted the best record in the National League is picking up the pieces again after three horrendous performances that resulted in a sweep by the...
Sporty Spice is Pregnant!
Mel C…aka Sporty Spice is prego! This will be Mel's first baby."Melanie Chisholm is ready to spice up her life – with a baby!The sometime Sporty Spice, 34, and her boyfriend of six years, property...
Wal-Mart to invest $1bn in Brazil
Under developmentAttack of the big box store "You will be assimilated" It says something when during scary economic times in the world a company lays out a Billion Dollar expenditure. " ...
Huge Flying Turd (Excuse Me) Downs Powerline, Damages House
I am so not making this up! This Swiss exhibit by an American features a collection of inflatable ca-ca. And one big piece got loose in the wind. Imagine explaining that when you get home: honey, mom, dad (fill in the blanks), I'm late, we don't have power, I couldn't finish...
Work at Home? Your Employer May Be Watching
"The clipboard toting, clock-watching, quota-setting productivity expert, peering nosily over your shoulder at work, has been out of fashion in business schools for decades.Now he's back, in electronic form -- in the home office.In a budding trend some employment experts say...
Kevin Rudd descended from thieves and forgers
The PM learned of his colourful antecedents yesterday when presented with two leather-bound volumes of his family tree. PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is descended from solid convict stock, and his forebears include...
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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New drive to ban race preferences
Backlash can be hell. "Tensions are running high in the latest affirmative-action battlegrounds. In Arizona, Nebraska, and Colorado, supporters of ballot initiatives that would ban "preferential treatment" are counting up petition signatures – and opponents are...
Macaques Can Count
Well, if monkeys can fish and pick coffee, then it makes sense that they can count, too. Indeed, if they start demanding payment for their work, they can bust us if we short-change them. It's an interesting...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Long-range campaigning: Clinton and Obama battle for Guam
"HAGATNA, Guam — Barack Obama was leading Hillary Rodham Clinton by just 203 votes out of more than 3,500 cast in Democratic presidential caucuses on Guam as counting continued early Sunday.Obama-pledged...
Bush Throws out First Pitch, Baseball is Here!
"The baseball season got off to a great start last night (are we counting the games in Japan?), as the Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman smacked a walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning to lead the team to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves in...
BA Cancels Flights as T5 Chaos Continues
UPDATE: 1:22PM ESTBritish Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has finally decided to make a statement about the terrible disaster that is Heathrow's new Terminal 5."It was not, he admitted, BA's "finest hour"...
Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...
" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...
Obama smear campaign begins
"In Richard Cohen’s op-ed for the Post today, he plays a very nasty game of guilt by association. Because Barack Obama belongs to the ostensibly controversial Trinity United Church of Christ, in Chicago, and...
Behind the Scenes: How Oscar Nominees Are Selected
If you're down on the Golden Globes cancellation and looking to make up for it with extra-enthusiasm for this year's Oscars, here's an inside view on the Oscar nomination process. The nominees will be announced...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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