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The Top 10 Best Breweries of 2009
Every year breweries around the world compete to produce the best beers, win loyal customers, and be considered the best brewery in the world. As a result, every year it becomes more difficult to pick the best domestic beers and the best
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Holiday shopping with Broke-Ass Stuart
The blogger and travel writer, aslo known at Stuart Schuffman, whose guidebooks teach his followers how to get by via freebies, coupons and good old-fashioned money-sense, recently took The Chronicle on a shopping tour.
"I'm a bad American because I'm
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Broder's a hard man to please
BRODER'S A HARD MAN TO PLEASE.... For the ostensible "dean" of the media political establishment, David Broder's take on the health care debate seems oddly detached from actual events.
What should have been a moment of proud accomplishment for the
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We're Home for the Holidays. Sigh.
By Stephen Kreider Yoder, Isaac S. Yoder and Levi Yoder STEVE: Maybe I should have listened to Isaac."I think you'd really regret stopping the tradition of traveling for winter break," he emailed me from college in early October, and I knew he was
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Holmes: The best book I read in 2009 was...
A confession: The small table by my bedside holds a stack of reading material that grows and grows. It's got newspaper articles I'm sure I'll get to, magazines abandoned half-way through, a book I was fired up about when summer vacation ended, 100
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Top Southern rock/country albums of 2009
Here's a look at the best Southern rock/country albums from 2009:
Mike McClure cranked out his third album in 3 years, and it may be the best yet for the standard bearer of Red Dirt rockers.
“Onion,” released in August, is the Mike McClure Band’s sixth
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Films to see in 2010
The Book of Eli In case 2012 or the new release The Road (out on Fri) don’t sate your Armageddon needs, then there’s this
post-Apocalyptic adventure/modern western starring Denzel Washington and
Gary Oldman. (Jan 15)
Up in the Air George Clooney in
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Worst Decade Ever
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A new research poll says most Americans think the last decade was a disaster. Marty Beckerman on the cultural touchstones, from James Frey to Paris
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Movies coming in 2010: Sorting the picks from the pans
The new year always begins with the dream of cinematic gold waiting to be found like nuggets in a Klondike prospector's river.
Then we wake up, and the panning really begins.
Still, there are always bright discoveries to look forward to.
Here are a
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Avenged Sevenfold 2007
As well as the depart from the genre they started out in, they have begun to seep political messages into their lyrics, on top of the already religious stories and references they use (Chapter Four from ‘Unholy Confessions’ is a reference to a
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Who Will Be the Breakout Stars of 2010?
If it seems like the in-crowd of Hollywood never changes, remember this: once upon a time, Angelina Jolie was playing second fiddle to the better-known Winona Ryder in 'Girl, Interrupted' and only a few years ago, Amy Adams was an unknown with a
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Republican Gomorrah by Max Blumenthal (Review)
There come moments when one wishes Hunter S. Thompson were not just still alive but still in fighting form. These are trying times, a would-be comical binge of manufactured “outrage”, calls for open revolt over the barest deviation from the post-9/11
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Vanity Fair's Women To Watch For In 2010
Lily Collins
She’s as affable and wide-eyed as her famous dad, rock musician Phil, is menschy. The tweener set knows her as the party girl Phoebe on 90210 and as the host of Nickelodeon’s Hollywood Hang, on which she interviews the network’s stars. She’
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Review: Will Self takes a walk in `Psycho Too'
"Psycho Too," (Bloomsbury USA, 256 pages, $35) by Will Self: "Psycho Too" by Will Self begins with a mini-epic journey from the home of writer J.G. Ballard in England to a sinking archipelago of sand called "The World" off the coast of Dubai.
The link
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How Terry Gilliam Weathered Loss of Heath Ledger to Finish Fanciful Imaginarium
HOLLYWOOD — Nearly all Terry Gilliam’s movies since Monty Python and the Holy Grail have survived more than the usual load of stress and strain wrought by busted budgets, distributor hassles, arguments over cinematographers and fights over final cut —
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BBC: Human sacrifice on increase in Uganda
Remember that Atlantic cover story, Did Christianity Cause the Crash? Well, it looks like you can have the Gospel of Prosperity without the Gospel.
From the BBC:
Witch-doctors reveal extent of child sacrifice in Uganda
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DUKE sees
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Mourners don costumes to honor Valley helicopter crash victim
Relatives of Tom Stolberg, one of the four men killed in a helicopter crash in Madera County on Tuesday, said a memorial service will be held for him Saturday.
The service will be at 2 p.m. at the Sportsmen's Club at 10645 North Lanes Road in
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Border Crosser: One Gringo’s Illicit Passage from Mexico into America by Johnny Rico (Review)
The reader should be mightily impressed by Johnny Rico’s —at least according to the book jacket, which claims that Rico “unearths more truths about [its] explosive subject than most traditional reporters could ever hope to”. The subject, as the title
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Clyburn Seems To Say 'Negro' Now Okay
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Could Conan O'Brien's salvation be in American Idol?
Given that Conan O'Brien has released a statement saying he
doesn't want to "participate in the destruction of The Tonight
Show"; as the host of said show, he clearly doesn't want to work on
NBC's farm no more.
His outburst breaks all the rules. Most
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Iconic Spider Jerusalem and The New Journalism (Feature)
There’s someone every journalism student should know. An iconic figure who commands respect and admiration. Someone whose journalistic philosophy of complete dedication to the truth at any cost should be admired and emulated. Someone who always carries
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Documentary on William S. Burroughs focuses on his years in Lawrence
PAUL@KCSTAR.COM Documentary on William S. Burroughs focuses on his years in Lawrence By STEVE PAUL The Kansas City Star During Burroughs’ Lawrence years, his home became a destination on the alt-pop-cultural trail. Luminaries such as Hunter S. Thompson,
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When Times are Hard Try Harder at Having a Good Time
iStockShare the love of your food and the passion of your wine pairings with someone who counts - your father, your neighbor, someone you met while volunteering at the shelter. New co-workers, even if it is your boss. Someone who teaches your child
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BOOK WORM DVD TIME
It's coming out as a film starring Johnny Depp later this year, so now is the perfect time to read The Rum Diary (1998), Hunter S Thompson's loosely autobiographical account of a young journalist who ends up in Puerto Rico with a motley crew of
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My Divorce with Weed, or Why I Think Marijuana Should Remain Illegal
I consider myself a fairly liberal individual. While I never considered social misbehavior such as prostitution and illegal drug use as something to admire, I always acknowledged that they are necessary tools in the daily lives of many people -- so why
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Japanese Hearses Are Quite Fascinating [Custom Cars]
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Trestman agent issues denial
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Remember, whenever I tell you to jump, you jump. I am your Master, KrappyKell, and you will forever bow down to the almighty and all powerful Beeecham.
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Industry buzz
Johnny Depp clearly has a fondness for Colleen Atwood. The two-time Oscar-winning costume designer has created eight wardrobes for Depp, dating back to "Edward Scissorhands." She dressed Depp as John Dillinger in last summer's "Public Enemies,"
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Olbermann Whines about Mainstream Media’s Lack of Outrage over SCOTUS Campaign Finance Decision
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Over-bite overestimates the power of their half dead parrot.
Freedom itself won, now the unions are
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Industry buzz
Johnny Depp clearly has a fondness for Colleen Atwood. The two-time Oscar-winning costume designer has created eight wardrobes for Depp, dating back to "Edward Scissorhands." She dressed Depp as John Dillinger in last summer's "Public Enemies,"
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Weekend Weirdness: An Intimate Doc on Nick Nolte; Who Killed Teddy Bear? in NYC; The House of the Devil on VHS
It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies, sans The Tooth Fairy, that offer proof. /Film’s Weekend Weirdness examines such flicks, whether in the form of a new trailer for a provocative indie, a mini review, or an interview. In this
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Portrait of the Artist as a Drunken Addict
Life Magazine has a series of photos of writers known for their love of drink or drugs, often accompanied with a quote or blurb. It's interesting to note variations in the descriptions of what each is labelled as having used: for example, "alcohol" or "
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Film: Interview:Nick Nolte
Although Nick Nolte is a self-proclaimed liar, talking with him is less a matter of distinguishing fact from fiction than attempting to channel a heedless rush of conversation whose direction only occasionally coincides with the question he’s been
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Morning Shows Tout Risk to Republicans for ‘Continuing to Say No,’ Vieira Corrects Biden Gaffe
[Video to be added shortly] The three morning shows on Thursday reacted to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address by highlighting the risk Republicans run in continuing to oppose the President’s agenda. On NBC’s Today, Meredith Vieira fretted to Joe
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Faces off the Field: Lake Travis' David Eads
I feel like Lake Travis succeeds year after year because the coaching staff does an outstanding job of keeping the game enjoyable for the team. They motivate you to work hard, but consistently remind you that it's just a game. It keeps us loose and
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Is 'Twelve' the Worst Movie in the History of Sundance?
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Nick McDonell was 17 when he wrote 2002's Twelve, about New York's richkids experimenting with new superdrugs. Now it's a Sundance movie, by Joel Schumacher, starring Chase Crawford, Emma Roberts, Keifer Sutherland,
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Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga win Grammys
Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga were early Grammy winners Sunday during
the awards pre-telecast from Los Angeles' Staples Center.
"This is my first Grammy, you guys!" said a breathless Swift as she
accepted an award for best female vocal country
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Vice Magazine Interviews Berkeley Breathed
INTERVIEW BY JESSE PEARSON, PHOTO BY JODY BOYMAN
For those of us who grew up as weird kids in the 1980s, the work of Berkeley Breathed was as important as those twin eternal pillars of weird-kid-dom: Monty Python and Mad magazine. In a word:
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Who Is Arianna Huffington To Lecture Others About Hiring Paranoid Commentators?
The most surreal moment of Arianna Huffington’s attack on Roger Ailes on ABC's This Week on Sunday was her denunciation of Fox News for embracing what liberal historian Richard Hofstadter called "the paranoid style in American politics," which she
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Blu-ray Review: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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About twenty minutes into re-watching 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' I realized, "Oh right, this was back when Terry Gilliam movies used to mean something."
If anybody's been forced
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The Booky Man: Private Thoughts on J.D. Salinger
The most famous anonymous citizen of Cornish, New Hampshire, in a desperate move for more privacy, recently relocated at age 91 to Writer’s Heaven.
He lives on the back forty of paradise, some sugar maples around the cabin, a couple of three-headed
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Dramatic reading of Hunter Thompson's Derby gonzo' romp set for the Speed
Madcap scribe Hunter S. Thompson's famous 1970 essay, The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved, in all its boozy revelry, is transformed into a theatrical piece Friday at perhaps the city's most unlikely venue, the Speed Art Museum.
This is part of
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998): Blu-ray
When it comes right down to it, 1971 was mired in chaos. The Beatles had disbanded, the Kennedys were either dead or hip deep in career cleansing scandal, and the civil rights movement had been usurped by a basic human need among the minority classes
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Today In History February 20, 2010
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Today is Saturday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2010. There are 314 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard the
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Mr. Beaks Discusses The RED RIDING Trilogy And THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE With Screenwriter Tony Grisoni!
Best known for taming Hunter S. Thompson's FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS with frequent collaborator Terry Gilliam, Grisoni has successfully transferred the wild energy of Peace's prose while subtly imbuing the story with a necessary humanism that, in
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Fear and Loathing On A Tech Support Call [TechSupport]
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Hunter S. Thompson Yelling About This Wretched DVD Machine [Huntersthompson]
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Review: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Originally published in 1968 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' by Tom Wolfe is both a remarkable work of journalism and a historical-literary classic. It follows the exploits of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters as they trip their way round the US in
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Things to do in Richmond When You're Dead
Somewhere between refilling my blood pressure medication and post-10K training wheezing and sweat spasms at 14 F, I began pondering my own mortality …
Will everyone wear tuxedo T-shirts to my calling hours, as requested? Do all dogs go to heaven? And
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Fill Your Brain and Your Bookshelves: Shop the Village This Weekend
The Village has long been know as a literary hub: The most narrow townhouse in New York (nine-and-half-foot-wide feet wide and now renting for $10,000) is where Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote her Pulitzer-prize-winning poetry. At The White Horse Tavern,
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Troops Liking Gays More Than Usual
Don't be too surprised: Any institution that employed the likes of Woody Guthrie, Howard Zinn, Johnny Cash, and Hunter S. Thompson can't be entirely retrograde. As one airman told the AP today: "The U.S. military was always at the forefront of social
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Today in History
Today is Saturday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2010. There are 314 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb.
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THREE POINTS, 33 TO GO: HOMAGE TO MAZY MAZE OF ARSENAL
By JAMES CURTIS The winter freeze is catching up it seems, to the point where my Sunday side are now expected to play back-to-back games each week. It’s nothing new for the Essex Combinations League, although I doubt anybody has ever come across the
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Making a prickly decision
I have a peyote cactus in my bathroom called Gok Wan.
He’s been there for a couple of years, taking the steam from showers and baths, quietly getting on with his life. He’s a self-sufficient fellow, a chubby button that flowers for three days every
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The Washington Post's Ron Fournier equates lies by Mitt Romney to an unamed Blogger
You write: "And as Digby pointed out, Dick Cheney admitted to authorizing waterboarding -- which is, you know, a war crime. Is Fournier that ignorant not to understand this?"
What you don't seem to understand is that this is Fournier's job. He is a
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Praise for Depp's Rum Diary role
The actor's cast mate, Avatar's Giovanni Ribisi, says we won't be disappointed with Johnny's return to Hunter S Thompson following 1998's Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas.
Giovanni Ribisi had nothing but praise for Johnny Depp
"[He's] incredible, he'
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The long-lasting fascination with 'Alice'
examples of how this beloved children's story has taken on unique perspectives from artists who seemingly slid down that rabbit hole along with the iconic Alice.
Brit-lit bad-boy Will Self and novelist-prodigy Zadie Smith approach the texts from the
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Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt master clues in
In person, another side is revealed. Wechter is sun-bright and curious, with an outer calm and introspective humility revealed through big, long blinks of eyelids that seem to be encasing ideas that otherwise might escape. An avid cyclist and amateur
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Gothic opera star
PROFILE JOHNNY DEPP: He could have been a teen idol, with a string of romcom roles. But thankfully, he and director Tim Burton got together to make weird and wonderful characters - and hairstyles, writes
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A RECENT ISSUE of GQ magazine
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Alice by the book
struck with a slow news day, but cured the night before his weekly edition is published when a raft of incredible news stories appear out of thin air. But this being a book anchored in references to Carroll's trap-door world of literary inversions,
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Brad Balfour: Q&A: Award-Winning Documentarian Ondi Timoner Rocks with We Live In Public
Tonight director, producer, entrepreneur Ondi Timoner takes her mission to self-distribute her provocative feature doc We Live In Public -- winner of 2009's Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize (which she won the year before for her challenging
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ABCNews.com Hypes Report Blaming Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin for Rise of 'Right-Wing Extremism'
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Depp might tackle Algren next
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Matt McCue: Buzz Bissinger, on The Future of Long Form Journalism in a Blogger's World
The Upper East Side's slushy streets were deserted last Thursday night, but the New York Society Library, on 79th street between Madison and Park, was hopping. A roomful of Buzz Bissinger's family, friends, and fans, a fashionable sea of worsteds and
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Brookston Beer Bulletin: A Beer With The Last Good Kiss
Because I write for a living, I take it seriously and am always trying to be a better writer. For that reason, I subscribe to several twitter feeds that offer suggestions and advice for writers. One recently linked to an interesting list, the 100 Best
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Classic Alice in Wonderland tale available in several styles of illustrations
In this version of "Wonderland," Robert Ingpen classically illustrates Alice's journey down the rabbit hole. Ingpen, inspired by John Tinnel, the original illustrator, closely follows his style. Primarily using a pen, he creates a timeless feel.
If you'
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Billboard, bitches
Fish should stick to just being a cad. He’s dangerously close to invisible mustache of freedom.
Yeah, I saw that over at the NYT. Most of the comments seemed to belie his contention that Bush will be fondly remembered.
He’ll be remembered for wrecking
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On the same page: authors seen on screen
You don’t need to know much about the film world to realise that book adaptations are bigger business than ever.
JK Rowling ensured a generation of children were introduced to reading, and the phenomenal success of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire saga
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Review: Wrong Bar, by Nathaniel G. Moore
If, through a combination of science and psychedelia, Hunter S. Thompson and William S. Burroughs made a baby, the product of their union would go by the name Nathaniel G. Moore. Tightrope Books, the publisher of Moore’s frenetic second novel, Wrong
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Academy Award(R) Winner George Clooney, Academy Award(R) Winner Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor and Two-Time Academy Award(R) Winner ..
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Schwarzenegger's MLPA Initiative Officials Can't Ever Get It Right
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - Hunter S. Thompson
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) process is an absurd parody of marine "protection" that provides journalists like myself with bizarre stories that
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Make Poverty History
You can stick your CCTV, Police State, wheelie bin Stasi, DNA, WMD, "Social Cohesion", benefits for all, guilty until proved innocent, don't do that it's illegal now, can't say that, ID cards for all, where are you going, what have you been
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Stop it ! Its Bad For You
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Austin Mitchell deserves his pay rise
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Boost gambling to save NH way, businesses
New Hampshire needs a new revenue source. There, I said it.
Our state government relies heavily on revenue raised through an assortment of business taxes. In New Hampshire, many of the businesses that pay those taxes are small businesses. And those
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Free yourself from the Database
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Angelina Jolie's Venice Tourism Happily Turns Gray
what a crappy wardrobe she has for this movie. drab and boring
"Brokeback Mountain" 's stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway are the frontrunners to score big at the Oscars in 2011, according to the leading Academy Awards race
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Washington Redskins in Free Agency: The Deafening Sound of Silence
“Yesterday’s weirdness is tomorrow’s reason why.” — Hunter S. Thompson
You know things have gotten strange when a team makes headlines for what it’s not doing.
Indeed, the Washington Redskins are under new management. Its approach to free agency
