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Meredith Baxter From "Family Ties": I'm Gay

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:17:58 +0000

Meredith Baxter has given an interview to the Advocate coming out as a lesbian. Baxter has been married three times and has five kids, but the sitcom mom says she came out to herself and family about seven years ago. Developing...

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The Floodgates Open: Two Tiger 'Mistresses' Come Forward

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:24:00 +0000

Looks like Elin Woods may soon be teeing off on Tiger if she hasn't already, as many suspect she did last Friday morning. Now for all we know these could just be some goldiggers looking for a payday, but hey, isn't everyone?They're coming out of the Woodswork! At least two more buxom beauties ...

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Los Angeles World Cup? City Council Votes To Submit Bid For 2018 Or 2022

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 06:01:02 +0000

LOS ANGELES — The City Council has voted to submit a bid for Los Angeles to become a host city of the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022. The council voted Tuesday to submit an application but FIFA would have to choose the United States to be a host country first. Britain, Russia and ...

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Let's all chip in and buy Bernie Sanders a new suit!

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 03:21:12 +0000

Sanders' informal style has changed so little that his staff was surprised and amused when a Capitol Hill magazine, Congressional Quarterly Weekly, described him last month as wearing "dark, tailored suits and natty member-of-the-club ties" now that he has become a senator. Sanders admits to ...

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Excerpts from Obama Speech on Afghanistan ("Begin Transfer Out July 2011")

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:02:56 +0000

Source: [b]White House[/b] Excerpts from Obama speech on Afghanistan By Raw Story Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 -- 6:52 pm THE FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE: PRESIDENT OBAMA: "The 30,000 additional troops that I am announcing tonight will deploy in the first ...

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Coach Bobby Bowden Retires

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:35:57 +0000

Florida State Seminoles football coach Bobby Bowden has announced his retirement after 34 seasons. Bowden, behind only Penn State's Joe Paterno in all-time wins, won national championships in 1993 and 1999.

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Jaimee Grubbs PHOTO: Picture Of Tiger Woods' Alleged Mistress

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:52:31 +0000

TMZ is reporting that Jaimee Grubbs has told Us Weekly that she had a 31-month affair with Tiger Woods. According to TMZ, Grubbs claims to have voicemails and text messages to corroborate her story. TMZ adds: According to Us Weekly, Grubbs has more than 300 text messages from Tiger -- who ...

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New Website Helps You Avoid Jew Stores

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:07:00 +0000

Wingnut Christians have a powerful new ally in the War On Xmas: It’s a website full of retailer ratings to let you know if maybe Jews or Atheists or (God forbid!) Muslims are making the Xmas Season less Christ-y! StandForChristmas.com reports and decides on which chain stores (WalMart) ...

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Grassley, GOP attempt to get in front of White House signals on immigration reform

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:33:36 +0000

Although it might be difficult to imagine talk of potential health care reform and climate change legislation getting bumped from the nation’s front pages, the foundation for the next partisan cage match is already being built — and Iowa’s own U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is ...

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Tuesday Morning Open Thread

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:52:17 +0000

The big crime in the news story for the day is the arrest of Florida Gator defensive star Carlos Dunlap on a DUI charge : Florida defensive end Carlos Dunlap was arrested at around 3:30 a.m. for driving under the influence after falling asleep at the wheel. Police found Dunlap, 20 -- a key ...

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ThinkFast: December 1, 2009

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:00:06 +0000

The International AIDS Society will hold its biennial conference in the U.S. in 2012, “ for the first time in 22 years after President Barack Obama lifted the ban on travel by people infected with HIV.” Yesterday, on the eve of World AIDS Day , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...

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Obama’s Achilles Heel

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:19:57 +0000

A friend of mine told me about a meeting he had with Goldman Sachs’ CEO in Atlanta at the beginning of the year. Someone asked the CEO what he thought of the new Obama administration. The CEO admitted he voted for Obama, but then said how stunned he was at lack of advisors surrounding ...

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Salahis Today Show Interview: White House Party Crashers Speak Out (VIDEO)

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:35:21 +0000

Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the couple accused of crashing President Obama's first state dinner at the White House, appeared on the Today Show this morning and denied any wrongdoing. Mr. Salahi insisted that he and his wife did not crash the party, telling host Matt Lauer "This has been the most ...

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High-End Grifters

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 04:57:50 +0000

We now seem to have the first really tangential details on what was behind the White House crasher story. The Post has it -- and the gist is that, for reasons that are not at all clear, the Salahis had exchanged several emails Michele Jones , a recently retired, highly decorated Sergeant Major ...

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Notre Dame Fires Charlie Weis

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:21:50 +0000

Charlie Weis has been fired as coach of Notre Dame, a source told AP. Weis has compiled a 35-27 record in five seasons -- a record worse than predecessors Tyrone Willingham and Bob Davie -- after reaching a BCS bowl in each of his first two years at the helm.

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Hasselhoff Ex Bach Arrested In LA On DUI Charge

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:55:09 +0000

LOS ANGELES — David Hasselhoff's ex-wife has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Los Angeles. The California Highway Patrol said Sunday that Pamela Bach was pulled over Saturday night just south of U.S. 101 on Laurel Canyon Boulevard. The CHP alleges Bach showed ...

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Buy Ohio, Give Ohio : OhioDaily's Holiday Shopping Guide

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:44:56 +0000

Forget "Cyber Monday." More importantly, forget buying a bunch of garbage made in China and sold at Wal-Mart. The bargains we think we're getting by purchasing cheap, foreign-made goods, are really nothing more than long term investments in the decline of our national economy. Instead of buying ...

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Grady Sizemore Photos Were Stolen From E-Mail, Club Says

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:49:04 +0000

CLEVELAND — Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore has contacted investigators from Major League Baseball to stop publication of steamy photographs that he says were stolen from his girlfriend's e-mail account and then posted online. Sizemore took the photos, which first appeared Sunday ...

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Chelsea Clinton Engaged

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:01:30 +0000

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton has become engaged to longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky, a spokesman for former President Clinton told ABC News. Mezvinsky is the son of two former Democratic members of Congress, Rep. Ed Mezvinsky (D.-Iowa) and former Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinksy ...

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“Each and every man under my command owes me one hundred Nazi scalps”

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:03:43 +0000

Hopefully, here’s one John Demjanjuk goes on trial Monday on charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, opening the final chapter of some 30 years of efforts to prosecute the retired Ohio autoworker. The 89-year-old was deported in May from the ...

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Jim Lehrer's Name To Be Removed From PBS Newshour Program

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:03:41 +0000

For the first time since 1976, Jim Lehrer's name will not appear in the title of PBS's newscast. Beginning December 7, "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer" will become "PBS Newhour," and Lehrer will share the anchor's chair with a rotating cast of PBS broadcasters including Gwen Ifill, Judy ...

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Tiger Woods 9/11 Call And Here Comes Gloria

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:02:08 +0000

Here's the neighbor's 9/11 call in the Tiger Wood's case. And here comes Gloria Allred , who is getting ready to represent Rachel Uchitel. Rachel flew from NY to LA today where Gloria picked her up at LAX. Gloria and her "maligned" client list go way back. It seems all of her clients are ...

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Holiday Spirit

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:14:16 +0000

Every year, around this time, I start to get so excited and nostalgic about the Holidays -- Cyber Monday, especially. We'll be gathering around the Cyber Monday Tree tomorrow, singing Cyber Monday carols... But doesn't it bother you how Cyber Monday has become so... commercial? It seems like ...

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11/29 News: East Africa

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0000

East Africa: Albinos In Hiding After Attacks; Their Body Parts Believed To Hold Special Powers As many as 10,000 albinos are in hiding in east Africa over fears that they will be chopped up and their body parts sold to witchdoctors, the Red Cross said in a recent report (hat tip: ...

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4 Cops Killed in Seattle Coffee Shop

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:11:45 +0000

Four sheriff's deputies were fatally shot Sunday in what police described as an ambush in a coffee shop near Seattle. The Pierce County deputies were sitting in the coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington, before the start of their shifts, reading on their computers, when the shooting occurred. Two ...

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Tiger Woods 911 Call AUDIO: Tape Released

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Authorities have released the tapes of the 911 calls made after Tiger Woods crashed his SUV into a fire hydrant and tree this week. LISTEN: Click HERE for audio (WAV file). More on Sports

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NFL Week 12 LIVE With Twitter

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:59:15 +0000

Watch Sunday's NFL games develop on Twitter right here on HuffPost. Do you know a Tweeter who's perfect for one of these lists? Email us at sports@huffingtonpost.com ! Get HuffPost Sports on Facebook and Twitter! More on NFL

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Official: 4 police officers shot dead in Wash.

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:54:36 +0000

TACOMA, Wash. — Four police officers were shot and killed Sunday morning in what authorities called a targeted ambush at a coffee house in Washington state, a sheriff's official said. Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer told The News Tribune in Tacoma one or two gunmen burst ...

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Steven Jackson Injury Update: Expected To Play Vs. Seahawks

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:01:09 +0000

ProFootballTalk reports that Steven Jackson will play today against the Seattle Seahawks. The Rams running back had missed practices this week and was listed as questionable due to back spasms. The Seahawks and Rams face off at 1:00 PM ET on FOX (certain regions only).

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Sunday Bobbleheads

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:04:00 +0000

Face the Nation has Carl Levin and 3 Republicans who don't hold elective office. This Week has Lindsey Graham and Bernie Sanders. Meet the Press has Bill and Melinda Gates and Archbishop Rick Warren. No I don't know why.

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More Data Shows Bush Let Bin Laden Get Away At Tora Bora

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:07:05 +0000

The neverending legacy of the failed Bush presidency. Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report ...

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Stanford Vs. Notre Dame: Cardinal Comeback Thwarts Charlie Weis

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:09:25 +0000

STANFORD, Calif. — Toby Gerhart turned what could be Charlie Weis' final game as Notre Dame coach into his own Heisman Trophy infomercial. Gerhart ran for 205 yards and three scores, threw an 18-yard touchdown pass and scored the game-winning touchdown with 59 seconds left to help ...

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Vince Young's Kobe Bryant Connection

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:33:02 +0000

After Vince Young led the Titans past the Texans last Monday night, Kobe Bryant sent a text message saying: “Good game V. Way to kick butt!” More on NBA

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Rachel Uchitel, Tiger Woods' Alleged Mistress, Denies Affair (INFO)

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:36:10 +0000

Rachel Uchitel became a major story on Wednesday, when rumors that the 34-year-old was having an affair with Tiger Woods began to circulate. The rumors have picked up steam after the circumstances surrounding Woods' car accident raised more questions than they answered. Uchitel continues to ...

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Mike Penner Dead: "LA Times" Sportswriter Committed Suicide At 52, Colleagues Say

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:54:30 +0000

Mike Penner, the veteran Los Angeles Times sportswriter who made international headlines in 2007 when he announced he was transsexual and began working under the byline "Christine Daniels," has died. More on Sports

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Anger as Commonwealth slashes funding for Aids fight

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:50:36 +0000

Source: [b]The Independent (UK)[/b] [b]Anger as Commonwealth slashes funding for Aids fight Although 60 per cent of sufferers live in member countries, organisation has turned its back on the cause By Daniel Howden, Africa Correspondent Saturday, 28 November 2009 [/b] The leaders ...

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The Missouri Bushwhackers

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:23:37 +0000

Reader Tom points me to his video of the Bushwhackers , the guerrilla soldiers who fought for Missouri independence. Overall, some of the Bushwhackers had many imperfect political philosophies, indeed, and many of them were petty thieves or criminals. But many of them also had a fierce desire ...

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The Tim Tebow Memorial Saturday College Football Thread

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:33:12 +0000

Tim Tebow has been the most polarizing figure in college sports for the past few years. Of course for a Gator fan like me, it's easy. He's been a great, great COLLEGE football player (though not as great as people say he is.) Certainly one of the 20 best of all time. Tebow as a football player ...

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Universities staffed by part-timers

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Victor Davis Hanson has a post up at the Corner noting how much of the teaching at University of California schools is now being done by part-time teachers instead of the highly paid professors.Instead the dirty secret in California is that at JC, CSU, and UC campuses, nearly half of the ...

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Playing the Donny card

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:18:30 +0000

With a nod to Lisa , one of the bigger Donny Osmond fans in blogdom, here’s The Donald himself, hoofing it with The Insider host Lara Spencer: I mean, the man has done Broadway , fergoshsakes. You should have known he could dance up a storm. © 2009 by Charles G. Hill. All rights ...

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Advent Beginnings

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:01:03 +0000

Part 2 of series: Introduction to Advent Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In yesterday’s post, I explained the timing and purpose of Advent, as well as its unexpected color scheme. I closed by noting that Advent is growing in popularity, especially among Protestant ...

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Early Reports On Black Friday Sales Show Signs Of Life

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:03:59 +0000

The nation's shoppers took advantage of deals on toys and TVs with some renewed vigor in stores and online on Black Friday after a year of concentrating their spending on basic necessities. Though the first numbers won't be available until Saturday, early reports indicated bigger crowds than ...

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Rachel Uchitel PHOTOS: Pictures Of Alleged Tiger Woods Mistress

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:04:24 +0000

There are three possibilities as to why Uchitel was at Woods' hotel in Melbourne at the same time he reportedly was. She could be stalking him, meeting him for a tryst or it could be complete coincidence.

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Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods' Wife (PHOTOS)

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:03:00 +0000

Following reports of a car accident involving Tiger Woods , the Windermere, FL police chief told the AP that Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren Woods, smashed the SUV's rear window to help her husband get out of the car. Elin Nordegren is a Swedish former model who began seriously dating Woods in ...

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Tiger crashes, wife smashes

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

TIGER Woods' was not just injured by a car smash, but also by his golf-club-weilding wife, according to reports. Celebrity website TMZ.com claims the PGA star sustained facial injuries when his wife Elin Nordegren confronted Woods about rumours he was seeing another woman. Woods has yet to be ...

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Tiger Woods Injured In Car Crash

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:03:28 +0000

The Florida Highway Patrol said Woods was injured in the crash, which took place at about 2:30 a.m., and was taken to Health Central Hospital. The Orange County Fire Department confirmed that a patient was taken to Health Central, but would not confirm that the patient was Woods.

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Arkansas Times: Bill Halter “Could Win a Democratic Primary” Over Blanche Lincoln

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:55:07 +0000

Arkansas Times reporter/blogger Max Brantley has a great write-up on Blanche Lincoln and her troubles in Arkansas. As a trusted local source, Brantley has more credibility on Lincoln than any of the national wags trying to claim that she is only “voting her state” by threatening ...

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Arsenal Seized: Cue Leftist Media Machine

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:46:05 +0000

A former anesthesiologist with significant drug and alcohol abuse issues, Mark Campano , now of Ohio, has been taken into custody by the Feds after a large explosion in his apartment. There was something of an arsenal in his residence at the time. Campano openly spoke of his dislike for the ...

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Tiger Woods Seriously Hurt in Car Wreck

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:35:00 +0000

There seems to be very few details as this story is just getting out there.Professional golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured in a car accident early this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol just reported.Woods, 33, pulled out of his driveway in the Isleworth community about 2:25 a.m. when he ...

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SunRail opposition gears up. Is FDOT union busting?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:22:30 +0000

As a special session seems likely on rail issues, opponents of the proposed SunRail commuter system say it's the same old bad deal. The issues: cost, liability for taxpayers and federal protections for railroad workers on the tracks the state wants to buy from CSX for Central Florida commuter ...

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