Claire McCaskill, the spitting Senator from Missouri

When Democrat Claire McCaskill gets mad, she gets really mad, spitting mad in fact... or maybe she doesn't need to be mad at all to let go of a loogie.  The junior Senator from Missouri was all class after...

Choosing to forgive -- or not

"(LifeWire) -- Bob Johnson was close to his aunt growing up. But when she learned he was gay, she began making hurtful comments; eventually, they drifted apart. Then Johnson, 43, was diagnosed with colon cancer. Relatives flocked to his side -- except for his aunt. ...

'Young Gun' whips dad to take cherry pit-spitting title

"EAU CLAIRE, Michigan (AP) -- Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship. ...

Time to re-Pass the GI Bill in the USA

"By JOEL MCNALLY  Tuesday, June 3, 2008As someone who opposed the Vietnam War and didn’t spit on a single soldier, I have never believed those stories about servicemen in uniform encountering a tsunami...

Fast-Food Workers Spit In Customer Drinks

From the why doesn't this surprise me file: "Two fast-food workers at a Sonic eatery in Eunice spit into customers' drinks, a company representative said.""Several customers at the restaurant said their drinks were spiked with saliva. "(My daughter) came up here and got...

Huge waves create havoc on the Australian Gold Coast: IC Photo Gallery

"Madness as huge waves pound coast - people watching the treacherous surf from the beach were knocked off their feet by FREAK waves, a boat full of lifesavers was flipped over, and surfers were swept out to sea as...

Rapspace in XXL

I'm sitting here with Mike Tippett and he is showing me Highlight..."With social networks like MySpace and Friendster running at full capacity, it's no surprise that Web sites have started turning separate forming separate cliques. Lately the Internet has seen the spin-off of...

High school role play pits 'Germans' against 'Jews'

A high school in Texas hosts an annual role playing event in which certain students are assigned the role of "Germans" and others "Jews" in an attempt to educate students about the horrors of the Holocaust. This...

Gathering of Eagles to protect Vietnam Veterans Wall

I wonder if any of these folks might be a patriotic terrorist? Maybe they can even get Lt. Kerry to re-enact his famous medal ribbon-throwing incident?"Leftist activists who march to the Pentagon next month will discover that their path won't be as clear as it has been in...

Questions for the NY Times about the alleged spitting incident during anti-wa...

"On January 28, The New York Times reported, in an article by Ian Urbina, that, during the January 27 anti-war protest on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., an unnamed anti-war protester spat at the ground near Joshua Sparling, a wounded Iraq war veteran "who said he was...

Burrowing Owl Estate Winery - A Year Round Escape

Burrowing Owl Estate Winery had its first commercial wine release in 1997, however its vineyards were planted earlier in 1993. Since then, the winery has received widespread accolades for its wines, particularly...

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