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World's Worst Driver? Ridiculous Car Crash Caught On Tape (VIDEO)
A massive mudslide in Tennessee completely blocked a road, prompting a local news organization to come for an on-scene report. It's a good thing they did, because they caught on tape this driver just plowing right into the rocks without...
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Michelle Obama WOWS At Grocery Manufacturers Forum (PHOTOS)
The first lady welcomed spring sartorially--and incorporated a few of her favorite clothing features--in a sleeveless, striped, big-bowed pink top and fuschia pencil skirt. And all this for for Grocery Manufacturers Association Science F...
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NCAA Printable Bracket 2010: Print To Make YOUR Predictions
If you don't yet have an NCAA printable bracket, don't worry. We've got you covered. Click HERE to download your own NCAA printable bracket (PDF file) for the 2010 NCAA Tournament. (Scroll down to see an embedded version.) The 1-seeds a...
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Jamie McCourt Considered Running For President
Jamie McCourt considered whether to parlay her high-profile position with the Dodgers into the pursuit of political offices, including president of the United States, according to documents filed by her estranged husband in the couple's ...
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Plane Kills Jogger, Robert Gary Hones, In South Carolina Beach Emergency Landing
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday. Robert Gary Jon...
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Police Continue Search For Missing Iowa State Student
Almost two months after Jon Lacina was last seen, law enforcement officials continue their search for the missing ISU student every day. "We continue to check snow piles and remote areas during each shift," said ISU director of public s...
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Cringe-Worthy College Gaffes (PHOTOS)
It's not just the students who are responsible for some cringe-worthy behavior in colleges. Sometimes, the administrators and faculty are to blame, too. Here's a list of some truly cringe-worthy gaffes. More on Barack O...
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El Ateneo, The Most Magnificent Bookstore In The World
The original and opulent high painted ceiling, the balconies, and ornate carvings remain intact, as are the crimson stage curtains that drape the interior. More on Argentina
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The Onion: Kentucky Violated NCAA Rules While Recruiting Basketball-Playing Dog (VIDEO)
According to The Onion, The University of Kentucky Basketball program is under investigation regarding the recruitment of their shooting guard, a pooch named "Fetch." Coach John Calipari is at the center of the investigation, as he arran...
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Nazi Twitter Account Outrages Users, Isn't Blocked
Indeed, Twitter itself might well be hauled into court to explain why it isn't automatically filtering and blocking Nazi material circulating since this is obviously a sensitive subject in Germany and there are specific anti Nazi laws. ...
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Berlusconi Book Shares Italy's Messages Of Love For Prime Minister (Just In Time For Elections)
Hysterical and tearful messages from Italians imploring Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to persevere after being attacked last year fill a new book that hits stores just as campaigning for regional elections steps up. More...
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City Officials Call On Bankers To Testify About Foreclosure Mess
Ald. Ray Suarez (31st Ward) and State Sen. Iris Martinez (D-Chicago) called a joint meeting in Chicago on Monday to pressure the banks to do a better job maintaining foreclosed properties and to speed up the unduly slow modification proc...
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Chicago Foreclosure Report Paints Dismal Picture: Foreclosures Up 16 Percent In 2009, Unemployment Forcing People Out Of Their Homes
On Monday, a non-profit organization that has been researching foreclosure trends in Chicago released a report that painted a dismal picture for Chicago homeowners--and claims the foreclosure crisis is "still raging on" in Chicago. The ...
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Jamie Paulin-Ramirez Pregnant: 'Jihad Jamie's' Location Still Unknown
WATERFORD, Ireland -- A late-night court hearing Monday in this quiet Irish town gave new glimpses into the case that American and Irish prosecutors are pursuing against a group of Muslims on both sides of the Atlantic suspected of plott...
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'Ace' Greenberg, Former Bear Stearns CEO: Ask My Boss How I Feel About Financial Reform (VIDEO)
How does the iconic Wall Street exec -- and former Bear Stearns CEO -- Alan "Ace" Greenberg Feel about Dodd's latest financial bill? In an interview with Bloomberg Television's Margaret Brennan, Greenberg deferred to his boss, JPMorgan...
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Secret Report Calls Wikileaks 'Threat' To US Army
Wikileaks presents a "threat to the U.S. Army" and publishes "potentially actionable information" for targeting military personnel, according to a classified intelligence report posted Monday on the whistleblowing site. ...
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Ireland Shamrock Shortage SEVERE, Causes St. Patrick's Day 2010 Celebration Concerns
An Ireland shamrock shortage has sparked concerns leading up to St. Patrick's Day, which takes place tomorrow, March 17, 2010. Botanist Dr. Declan Doogue of the Royal Irish Academy told IrishCentral that the shamrock was "hit hard" by s...
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Climate Process May Move Outside Of UN Framework, Envoy Suggests
AMSTERDAM — Talks on a new global climate change accord, bogged down for years in contested negotiations among nearly 200 countries, will increasingly move outside the sluggish U.N. framework and focus on a streamlined group of cou...
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Japan: We Have China's Support In Opposing Bluefin Tuna Trade Ban
TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan on Tuesday said it has China's support in opposing a ban on the cross-border trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna that is now being debated at an international meeting in Qatar. More on Japan
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Michael Bennet Caucus Expectations Mitigated By DSCC
National Democrats want you to know that, even if Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) loses in Colorado's precinct caucucses today, everything is going to be OK.
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Rep. King Calls For Velvet Revolution Against The Government
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) urged a smaller-than-expected crowd of Tea Party protesters on Tuesday to launch a Velvet Revolution-style uprising against the federal government, saying the parallels are striking between America's current gove...
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Jim Bunning's Back: Blocking Nominees Over Canadian Smoking Law
Jim Bunning, far from being cowed by the national exposure of his recent effort to hold up unemployment benefits for millions of laid-off workers, is back at it in the Senate. The Kentucky Republican battled Democrats on the Senate floo...
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Obama On Fox News: Bret Baier To Interview President
President Obama will sit down with Fox News' Bret Baier Wednesday for what is being called an "exclusive" interview. Baier announced the interview — his first sit-down with the President — Tuesday, saying it was a "long time...
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David Petraeus On DADT: 'The Time Has Come'
CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus came to the meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee preparing to deliver an "eight-minute statement" expressing his personal feelings about the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tel...
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Barack And Michelle: Up, Up And Away! (PHOTO)
A Falla, a gigantic sculpted structure of cardboard and wood which humorously portrays relevant current events and personalities, caricaturizing US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle is pictured during preparations for the Fall...
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Colm Toibin On The Anger Of Exile
In two recent novels, both written in English, two novelists from Lebanon now living in North America offer further dramatization of exile: they allow the drama to occur, as Mahon, Heaney, and Gordimer do, emphatically and deeply within ...
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World's Shortest Man Dead: He Pingping Dies At 21 (PHOTOS)
He Pingping, the world's shortest man, has died at the age of 21, AFP reports. Pingping was 2 feet, 5 inches tall. His death was announced by the a spokesman for the Guinness World records. Pingping was filming a TV program called "The ...
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Snuggie Vs Slanket: Which Is The Better Blanket With Sleeves? (VIDEO)
Before the arrival of the Snuggie, we never knew we needed a blanket with sleeves. What fools we were! It's hard to believe we used to remove our blankets in order to enjoy a beverage - like suckers. But as it turns out, we could have ...
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Lulu.com Going Public: IPO For Book Publishing Website Coming Soon
The company behind the Lulu.com book publishing Web site has taken the first official step toward an initial public offering in Canada. The Raleigh-based company -- founded in 2002 by CEO Bob Young, who previously co-founded Linux softw...
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U.S. Warns EU That A Derivatives Ban Won't Work
BRUSSELS — Europe's threat to ban the sort of financial derivatives trading that some blame for worsening Greece's debt crisis wouldn't work, a senior U.S. official told EU lawmakers Tuesday. German, French and Greek leaders have called...
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Winston Bennett, Sex Addict: I Slept With 90 Women A Month (VIDEO)
Winston Bennett played in the NBA during the late 1980s and early 90s, and while he may have been known for his on-court ability, he harbored an off-court passion that nearly consumed him. In an interview with ESPN's "Outside the Lines,...
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Judge Orders Convicted Killer Colin Thatcher To Give Up Book Profits
REGINA -- Calling it "a good day for victims of crime," Saskatchewan's justice minister applauded a court decision ordering killer-turned-author Colin Thatcher to turn over the profits of his book Final Appeal: Anatomy of a Frame. In a ...
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CNN Adds Eric Erickson, Conservative Blogger, As Political Contributor
CNN has signed conservative commentator an RedState.com editor Eric Erickson as a political contributor. Erickson will appear weeknights on "John King, USA," the network's new 7PM program which launches next week. He will also contribu...
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The Most Outrageous March 16 Tea Party Protest Signs (PHOTOS)
Tea Party members descended on Washington on Tuesday to protest Democratic-led health care proposals -- legislation that even some Tea Party leaders have acknowledged has a good chance of passing. The protesters came en masse wielding ...
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Forest Service's Crested Butte-Snodgrass Decision Has Ski Resorts Concerned Over Future Of Industry
CRESTED BUTTE - Sweat beading on his brow, Tim Mueller stops climbing the snowy road up Snodgrass Mountain and takes a breather. The clouds break momentarily and there across the upper East River Valley is his ski area. From the distance...
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Brazil Soccer Bomb: Fans Hurl Explosive, Injure 2
SAO PAULO — Brazilian police say fans of a losing soccer team hurled a homemade bomb into the visitors' locker room, leaving two people slightly injured. A spokeswoman for the Senador Canedo police force says at least one player f...
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Ukraine Elections Haunted By Gogol
The best guide to the careers of Yanukovych, Yushchenko, and Tymoshenko is Nikolai Gogol, who brought the absurd to Russian literature. In his short story "The Nose," a barber finds the nose of one of his clients in his breakfast roll. T...
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Racist Sign In Beverly Sparks Outrage From Daley And City's Human Rights Commission, Federal Investigation Possible (VIDEO)
A racist display that sparked outrage in the Southwest Side's Beverly neighborhood has prompted anger from Mayor Daley and city officials are now urging a state and federal investigation into the matter. Last week, FOX Chicago reported...
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Stephenie Meyer's Twighlight Graphic Novel Biggest Graphic Novel Ever?
Ready for the next chapter in the Twilight craze? If the original Stephenie Meyer teen vampire novels, movies, DVDs, posters and T-shirts aren't enough, now comes Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (Yen Press, $19.99), on sale today. ...
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UK Government Rebuked For 'Bedtime Stories' Climate Change Ads (VIDEO)
From The AP: LONDON -- Britain's independent advertising watchdog agency has criticized a government ad campaign that highlights the dangers of climate change. An Advertising Standards Association spokesman says nearly 1,000 complaints ...
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Michael Lewis, 'The Big Short' Author, On Jon Stewart: How A One-Eyed Man Bet Against Wall Street (VIDEO)
Michael Lewis came on "The Daily Show" last night to talk about his new book, "The Big Short," about the few investors who bet against subprime loans in 2005, predicting the financial meltdown, and were able to make money off of it. The ...
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Why Did The Regulators Miss The Lehman Accounting Scandal? Andrew Ross Sorkin
And where was the government while all this "materially misleading" accounting was going on? In the vernacular of teenage instant messaging, let's just say they had a vantage point as good as POS (parent over shoulder). The new mystery ...
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Texas Republican Goehmert: Demons Have Invaded The Capital
Speaking shortly after he riled up a crowd at Tuesday's Tea Party protest, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) declared that "demons" - yes, demons - have invaded the capital (and likely the souls of Democrats), forcing lawmakers to mislead the ...
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China Without Google: 'A Lose-Lose Scenario'
BEIJING — China without Google – a prospect that looks increasingly likely – could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling Web out...
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Tea Party Protest Signs: RNC Blacks Out Its Involvement (PHOTOS)
Last week, The Daily Caller's Alex Pappas reported that the Republican National Committee was "paying for signs and political buttons used by Tea Party groups" for today's "Code Red" protests against health care reform. The items, pai...
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Tampon Ads Get Real
A COMMERCIAL for U by Kotex, a new line from the 90-year-old feminine care brand, opens with an actress in her early 20s who says, "How do I feel about my period? I love it." She continues, "Sometimes I just want to run on a beach," as ...
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Sean Hannity Names Boulder Solar Project 2nd Most Wasteful Stimulus Project In Country
A Boulder climbing gym is taking heat from conservatives for its solar array, which was partly paid for with federal economic stimulus dollars. On Friday, right-wing talk show host Sean Hannity listed the 100-kilowatt solar array at Mov...
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Kiev Fashion Week Goes Out On A Limb (PHOTOS)
Ukranian fashion designer Elena Burenina presented a collection full of prosthetic limbs and a coat built for two at Kiev Fashion Week on Monday. All photos by Getty. Follow Fashion Week LIVE on Twitter! For more Fashion Week ne...
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Martha Stewart's Former Best Friend, Mariana Pasternak, Speaks Out About Trial In 'The Best Of Friends' (VIDEO)
Mariana Pasternak, Martha Stewart's former long-time best friend, is speaking out for the first time about Stewart's trial, which she found herself uncomfortably involved in. In her new book, "The Best Of Friends: Martha and Me," Pastern...
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The Craziest Political Campaign Ads From Across The Country (VIDEO)
This weekend, having promised America more campaign ads as bizarre and mind-numbing as their previous "Demon Sheep" effort, the Fiorina campaign put out a new seven-minute opus about Barbara Boxer turning into a huge zeppelin, which floa...
