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Now is the time for your tears. "Woman spared jail, fined in conspiracy case," by David Ashenfelter for the Detroit Free Press (thanks to Debbie Schlussel):
A former Detroit-area woman who engaged in a sham marriage to obtain U.S. citizenship and obtained key jobs in the CIA and FBI [...]
The Islamic Republic News Agency headline breaks off abruptly -- a dead what? -- but the context is clear. "President: No use to celebrate birth anniversary for a dead," from IRNA, May 13 (thanks to Sr. Soph):
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday denounced the 60th anniversary of the establishment of [...]
Bill Ardolino continues his series on the Baghdad neighborhood where he’s embedded:
The neighborhood watch program in Rusafa is a “real success story,” according to Captain John Thornburg, the commander of the 3-89 Cavalry’s Bravo Troop. The Sons of Iraq man checkpoints, patrol the area, detain militants, and are given [...]
BOB BARR: Why I want to be President. Or at least, why he's running.
UPDATE: He may have a few flipflop problems: "McCain voted against the prescription-drug entitlement in 2003. Barr voted for it. And by the way, Barr, who is now running on an anti-war platform, voted to [...]
I think this is what victory looks like:
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has slashed its reward for the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq from $5 million to $100,000 because it feels he’s lost effectiveness and is no longer worth such a steep price, officials said Tuesday.
Over the course of [...]
When mom and dad teach a child...
Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Monday accusing a man and woman of training the woman's child to be a dominatrix, selling her sexual services and photographing some of the acts...
...began training the girl in 2000 when she was 12, and forced her to [...]
The Democrat attorney general in Ohio is in boiling hot water with his own people over a messy sexual harassment scandal that’s tearing the party apart. […] Read the rest »
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New Orleans (AAA): 3-2 loss to Sacramento
RHP Tony Armas took another tough loss, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits and three walks in six innings, striking out eight. RHP Jose Santiago tossed three scoreless innings in relief.
OF Chris Aguila was 2-for-3 with a walk, a [...]
In theory, this [...]
THEY TOLD ME THAT IF GEORGE W. BUSH WERE RE-ELECTED, people who spoke out on civil rights would be fired, even from university jobs. And they were right!
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Peter B from Jericho sent in an e-mail asking…
“Can you post the Mets come from behind wins this season? It seems once this team is down they stay down. No fight like other seasons.”
The Mets have five come-from-behind wins, and have won four games in their last at [...]
THE MOVE: James Joyner emails: "Congrats on the PJM move. I must admit, though, to wondering what you get out of it." Well, nothing will really change -- I'm just shifting to PJ's servers for obscure but important ad-sales reasons, etc. This was actually my original deal when I signed [...]
Actually, I am, because I know this is not normal. Still, shit like this never surprises me – not here.
Marietta tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he’s peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with “Obama in ‘08” scrolled underneath, are “cute.” But [...]
