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  1. Friday on my mind

    Iraq's financial free ride may end

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq_free_ride_over;_ylt=AqikR2KhWYq1JBHw3jZDbb5I2ocA "WASHINGTON - Iraq's financial free ride may be over. After five years, Republicans and Democrats seem to have found common ground on at least one aspect of the war. From the fiercest foes...
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    Food and energy costs lead wholesale prices to soar in March

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy "WASHINGTON - Inflation at the wholesale level soared in March at nearly triple the rate that had been expected as the costs of energy and food both climbed rapidly. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that wholesale prices rose...
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    Petraeus calls for troop withdrawal halt

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq "WASHINGTON - The U.S. general commanding the Iraq war called Tuesday for an open-ended suspension of U.S. troop withdrawals this summer, reflecting concern about a recent flare-up in ******** and leaving open the possibility that few, if...
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    Bob Dylan wins a Pulitzer prize

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_en_ot/pulitzers_arts;_ylt=ApytlduvI8lSu33tYq9qV.pI2ocA "NEW YORK - Thanks to Bob Dylan, rock 'n' roll has finally broken through the Pulitzer wall. Dylan, the most acclaimed and influential songwriter of the past half century, who more than anyone...
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    Sen. Vitter may testify in sex case

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_go_ot/vitter_escort_list;_ylt=Arw607.TAk3dTCsr1AjJ9CpI2ocA "WASHINGTON - Louisiana Sen. David Vitter may be called to testify on behalf of a woman accused of running an upscale Washington prostitution service, attorneys said at the opening of trial...
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    US water pipelines are breaking

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_re_us/deteriorating_water_pipes;_ylt=AoCFy4icEPOcoBO8NRithIRI2ocA "NEW YORK - Two hours north of New York City, a mile-long stream and a marsh the size of a football field have mysteriously formed along a country road. They are such a marvel that people...
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    Memo linked to warrantless surveillance

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_go_pr_wh/terrorist_surveillance;_ylt=AkypSKeUIkUGdNs9aBmgtDJI2ocA "WASHINGTON - For at least 16 months after the Sept. 11 ****** attacks in 2001, the Bush administration believed that the Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches and...
  8. Friday on my mind

    Rupert Murdoch's climate crusade

    http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/14/news/companies/pluggedin_gunther_murdoch.fortune/index.htm "By contrast, Murdoch has boldly promised to make News Corp. carbon neutral by 2010 and to weave environmental issues and themes into his newspapers, TV shows, movies and online properties - a tricky...
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    A conversation with Ted Turner

    http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/04/01/1/a-conversation-with-ted-turner This is a link to the Charlie Rose show that aired last night on PBS.He speaks bluntly on many subjects,climate change,population,war,politics,the economy, etc.I saw it and found it compelling.I know some will just...
  10. Friday on my mind

    Ultimate fights expand to include ****

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080327/ap_on_re_us/ultimate_fighting_kids "CARTHAGE, Mo. - Ultimate fighting was once the sole domain of burly men who beat each other ****** in anything-goes brawls on pay-per-view TV. But the sport often derided as "human cockfighting" is branching out. The...
  11. Friday on my mind

    Gates Orders Nuclear Inventory

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032703440.html "Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has ordered a complete inventory of the nation's nuclear arsenal and all associated components after the discovery last week that four secret nuclear missile parts had been...
  12. Friday on my mind

    Rice hits U.S. 'birth defect'

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080328/FOREIGN/746301768/1001 "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that the United States still has trouble dealing with race because of a national "birth defect" that denied black Americans the opportunities given to...
  13. Friday on my mind

    Suspect arrested in Va. highway gunfire drove AMC Gremlin

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/interstate_shootings;_ylt=Aosh._hX223ukD2wkehvtDBI2ocA "CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Authorities arrested a suspect early Friday in a series of highway shootings after storming a **** and firing at a man who met them with a handgun, police said. "...
  14. Friday on my mind

    Actor Richard Widmark dies at 93

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080326/ap_on_en_mo/obit_widmark;_ylt=ApzZf0P6iOf29ylFINaM36xI2ocA "HARTFORD, Conn. - Richard Widmark, who made a sensational film debut as the giggling killer in "Kiss of Death" and became a Hollywood leading man in "Broken Lance," "Two Rode Together" and 40 other...
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    US missile defense still faces obstacles

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080326/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/missile_defense;_ylt=ArPiNgr9u8UbPDmXzngdTydI2ocA "WASHINGTON - Russia has failed to shoot down the Bush administration's missile defense ambitions. But the high-priced project — a derivative of the "Star Wars" plan that President Reagan...
  16. Friday on my mind

    Western Antarctic ice chunk collapses

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_sc/antarctica_collapse;_ylt=AiDso8YQRRxAtdNHJC6HOQxI2ocA "WASHINGTON - A chunk of Antarctic ice nine times the size of Manhattan has suddenly collapsed, putting an even larger glacial area at risk. Satellite images show the runaway disintegration of a...
  17. Friday on my mind

    Pilot's *** fires on US Airways flight

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_re_us/gun_on_plane;_ylt=AiG6ooxBNjns6k_oO.tbMaVI2ocA "DENVER - A *** belonging to the pilot of a US Airways plane went off as the aircraft was on approach to land in North Carolina over the weekend, the first time a weapon issued under a federal program...
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    Obama,Clinton and McCain had passport files breached.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_el_pr/obama_passport "WASHINGTON - The passport files of the three presidential candidates — Sens. Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain — have been breached, the State Department said Friday." Privacy is dead.Bush and his...
  19. Friday on my mind

    Feds take a look at SC Highway Patrol

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_re_us/trooper_aggression_videos;_ylt=Ahj6MZXNfxmtjvbnEvy9wnJI2ocA "COLUMBIA, S.C. - A federal investigation was launched into the South Carolina Highway Patrol after dashboard camera videos showed a trooper using a racial slur and two others ramming...
  20. Friday on my mind

    Iraq war is Five years old today.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq "The surge was meant to tamp down sectarian ******** in Iraq so that the country's leaders would have time to advance legislation considered key to reconciliation between rival Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish communities. But the gains on...
  21. Friday on my mind

    Global warming rushes timing of spring

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_sc/warming_spring;_ylt=Alkw9H1_SjN6S11wAi5LZa9I2ocA "WASHINGTON - The capital's famous cherry trees are primed to burst out in a perfect pink peak about the end of this month. Thirty years ago, the trees usually waited to bloom till around April 5...
  22. Friday on my mind

    Tall crane collapses in NYC; 4 dead

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080315/ap_on_re_us/crane_accident;_ylt=AoB0tbprCYeGe_861We61gFI2ocA "NEW YORK - A crane mounted to the side of a skyscraper under construction toppled with a roar Saturday, smashing into a block of apartment buildings, ******* at least four people and setting off a...
  23. Friday on my mind

    Bush blasts House surveillance bill

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_go_pr_wh/terrorist_surveillance_6 "WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday that the House Democrats' version of a terrorist-surveillance bill would undermine the nation's security and that if it reaches his desk, he will veto it. Ratcheting up his...
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    Top U.S. Middle East Commander Quits Under Fire

    http://cbs13.com/national/Defense.Secretary.Robert.2.674871.html "WASHINGTON (AP) ― Adm. William Fallon, the top U.S. military commander for the Middle East, is resigning, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. Gates said Fallon had asked him Tuesday morning for permission to retire and...
  25. Friday on my mind

    Recycle or go to Hell, warns Vatican

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/03/10/eavatican110.xml "Failing to recycle plastic bags could find you spending eternity in Hell, the Vatican said after drawing up a list of seven deadly sins for our times. Polluting the environment by failing to recycle is one...
  26. Friday on my mind

    McCain flashes temper at reporter

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080308/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_reporter;_ylt=AkqdhuD74pEKjdIaFRa5gCFI2ocA "NEW ORLEANS - Republican Sen. John McCain, showing a flash of the temper he is known for, repeatedly cut off a reporter Friday when asked whether he had spoken to Democratic Sen. John Kerry about...
  27. Friday on my mind

    Ben Chapman, ‘Black Lagoon’ Creature, Dies at 79

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/movies/01chapman.html?ex=1205211600&en=5f089122e73661b8&ei=5070&emc=eta1 "HONOLULU— Ben Chapman, who played the title role in the 1954 horror film “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” died here on Feb. 21. He was 79."
  28. Friday on my mind

    William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_re_us/obit_buckley;_ylt=AmUySTcD0Rg8Z2Vu2JxLvdNI2ocA "NEW YORK - William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right's post-World War...
  29. Friday on my mind

    Guest asks Fox news reporter tough question vid

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5BeQmlrb6Y This was on just this morning ,glad someone posted it to youtube so quick.I saw it live and thought it was great.:1orglaugh
  30. Friday on my mind

    The Beatles VS. The Rolling stones

    A poll for the unimportant age group primarily.:1orglaugh Easy choice for me although both had some great tunes,I think the Beatles is the clear choice.
  31. Friday on my mind

    Former Sen. Allen, Former Gov. Ehrlich Endorse McCain

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020703948.html "Sen. John McCain's bid for the White House picked up the support yesterday of former Virginia senator George Allen and former Maryland governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. GOP PRESIDENTIAL RACE: Former Sen...
  32. Friday on my mind

    Gitmo has makeover to reduce hostilities

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/loosening_of_guantanamo;_ylt=AosAWRCMSduxRiHU58024bpI2ocA "GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Seeking to ease conditions for angry and frustrated Guantanamo detainees, the commander of the prison camps has instituted language classes, a...
  33. Friday on my mind

    Bush rallies conservatives for campaign

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_el_pr/conservatives_bush;_ylt=AghpVYMtF93RP.0EnJwPmXlI2ocA "WASHINGTON - Without naming John McCain, President Bush marshaled the conservative wing of the Republican Party on Friday to back the presumed GOP presidential nominee for the upcoming battle...
  34. Friday on my mind

    Barry Morse, Who Played the Dogged Detective in ‘The Fugitive,’ Is Dead at 89

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/arts/05morse.html?ex=1202965200&en=358ef45d740d9293&ei=5070&emc=eta1 One of the greatest shows on TV ever IMO. R.I.P. Lt. Philip Gerard :(
  35. Friday on my mind

    NASA launching Beatles tune into space

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080201/ap_on_en_mu/beatles_space;_ylt=AnwT_iRureY5FoJ4k5kS5dxI2ocA "WASHINGTON - The Beatles are about to become radio stars in a whole new way. NASA on Monday will broadcast the Beatles' song "Across the Universe" across the galaxy to Polaris, the North Star...
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    World captivated by US presidential race

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080201/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_watching_world;_ylt=Aig192kwhCVhc8dYW853D7RI2ocA "By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer Fri Feb 1, 6:30 AM ET Germans are gaga over Barack Obama. He's got Japan pretty jazzed, too, along with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Russia's...
  37. Friday on my mind

    Bush says faith helped him beat ********

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080130/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_alcohol_addiction;_ylt=AkIOh3RwfvWJ0C9OW7eycuBI2ocA "BALTIMORE - President Bush is talking more openly lately about his old ******** habit, and on Tuesday he offered perhaps his most pointed assessment yet by saying plainly that the term...
  38. Friday on my mind

    NY's 16-mile car tunnel would be longest

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080127/ap_on_re_us/long_island_tunnel;_ylt=Aqf8wRkbjgYGPhw4e9Um8QpI2ocA OYSTER BAY, N.Y. - "It would be the world's longest highway tunnel, running more than 16 miles under the west end of Long Island Sound. The cost is estimated at $10 billion — and it wouldn't...
  39. Friday on my mind

    firesign theatre martian space party 1972

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSdiamY77c
  40. Friday on my mind

    Last Hand *** On Earth

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgm9H3hmH1o
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    Buah Administration wants long term military pact with Iraq

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_3 "WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Thursday sought to defuse congressional opposition to its plans to negotiate a long-term agreement with Iraq on the presence of U.S. ******, contending it would not tie the hands of the...
  42. Friday on my mind

    Presidential paintball,Shoot the candidates

    http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0122081miniclip5.html
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    Study: False statements preceded war

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on_go_pr_wh/misinformation_study;_ylt=Aqi9oK93eOKL3tg4MD7qP0FI2ocA "WASHINGTON - A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security...
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    Drought could ***** nuke-plant shutdowns

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on_re_us/drought_nuclear_power;_ylt=AimgArcgU1IIcUh3G6e9d49I2ocA "LAKE NORMAN, N.C. - Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be ****** to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that...
  45. Friday on my mind

    King Day at the Dome

    http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics/story/252700.html As part of the Martin Luther King day celebration the naacp has organized what is being called "King day at the dome" to protest the flying of the confederate flag over the state house in South Carolina.The three leading dems running...
  46. Friday on my mind

    Good Jobs Are Where the Money Is

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/opinion/19herbert.html?ex=1201410000&en=522ad1ecdecb7d2f&ei=5070&emc=eta1 Here are some highlights from the link. "By BOB HERBERT Published: January 19, 2008 I think of the people running this country as the mad-dashers, a largely confused and inconsistent...
  47. Friday on my mind

    Against the Trend, U.S. Births Way Up

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2004128187_apbabyboomlet16.html?syndication=rss "Bucking the trend in many other wealthy industrialized nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a baby boomlet, reporting the largest number of ******** born in 45 years." It may not be...
  48. Friday on my mind

    Giuliani staffers forgo paychecks

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_po/giuliani_money;_ylt=Ajo0RttdhQAqxZqXhStI7GRI2ocA "MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - About a dozen senior campaign staffers for Rudy Giuliani are forgoing their January paychecks, a sign of possible money trouble for the Republican presidential candidate and last...
  49. Friday on my mind

    Corpse Wheeled to Check-Cashing Store Leads to 2 Arrests

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/nyregion/09dead.html?ex=1200632400&en=58d9e102ae5a5882&ei=5070&emc=eta1 "Even for the once-notorious Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, it may have been a first: Two men were arrested on Tuesday after pushing a corpse, seated in an office chair, along the sidewalk to...
  50. Friday on my mind

    Criminal probe opened over CIA tapes

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080102/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_videotapes "WASHINGTON - The Justice Department opened a full criminal investigation Wednesday into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, putting the politically charged probe in the hands of a mob-busting public corruption...
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