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"The e-mail was sent in 2003 but came to light only this month as part of an unrelated controversy with his office, forcing Mr. Trent to defend himself against accusations of bigotry -- not because he offended the people of Canada, but because "Canadian" has apparently become a code word for blacks among American racists. "There is a double meaning to that word and I didn't know it. I was horrified when I learned what it was, and I immediately addressed the issue with the people who brought it up," Mr. Trent told a local Fox News reporter in a recent interview."

In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial slur?

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"National Geographic Channel said Monday that its new series "Dogtown" will spend the next few months documenting the attempted rehabilitation of 22 dogs that belonged to jailed Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and are now residing at Dogtown, the Best Friends animal sanctuary in Utah."

NGC to follow rehab of Vick's dogs

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"Drake scored on five of its final six possessions in scoring the final 10 points in a 75-65 victory that stretched the No. 16 and 17 Bulldogs' winning streak to 18 and improved their record to 19-1. Creighton missed its final five shots and mixed in a questionable turnover to seal its third straight loss and second to Drake in nine days."

Omaha.com Sports Section

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Orange Shoe w/ Kool-Aid Face on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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"Supertramp never grabbed the balls."

 
Although, upon further reflection, you have to admit - it is true. They never did.

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"Hillary Clinton is using a controversial Golden Earring song in her campaign called "When The Lady Smiles." It is a great song, but I was wondering whether Hillary really know that in the video for that song a nun is raped, and the attacker's brain gets eaten by a dog."

Has Hillary Clinton seen the video for the Golden Earring song she plays? - Boing Boing

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JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA

Originally found here.

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"This year, Arizona authorities have stepped up patrols, promising to sweep out circuit girls and their pimps before next Sunday’s Super Bowl."

‘Circuit girls’ expected to flock to Super Bowl - Super Bowl XLII- msnbc.com

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"Frequent business travelers use phone cameras to help remember which ubiquitous rental car they're driving and the number of the night's hotel room. ...Wristwatch sales have slowed – down 25 percent for Timex between 2003 and 2005 – as teens and young adults tell time by their phones."

Cell phones taking on many roles, transforming market, generation

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"A team of Iranian designers came up with this brilliant cooking idea which actually isn’t as disgusting as it first looks. Your car’s exhaust is used as a barbecue to grill your food! That still sounds bad, but consider that the fumes don’t come into contact with the burger, the exhaust just heats the metal grill."

Tailgate Dining - The Exhaust Cooked Burger

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"Although there's no list (yet, anyway) of the Worst Physiques to Play Quarterback in a Super Bowl, if such a ranking did exist, Stan Humphries would be the leader in the clubhouse. The former San Diego Chargers' signal caller looked as though he trained by eating at In-N-Out Burger five days a week."

ESPN - Bad-body Humphries now combines golf and charity - NFL

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"Downtown Milwaukee will soon see a familiar character in a statue: "The Fonz" in bronze in downtown Milwaukee."

The Bronze Fonz

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"Created by a group of Bronx, N.Y., teachers in 2000, DonorsChoose.org is designed to engage everyday citizens in an online marketplace where teachers describe and individuals can fund specific student projects. It begins when teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need in order to learn. Volunteers at the not-for-profit site screen each project proposal and verify that the teacher and project meet set eligibility requirements. Citizen philanthropists can then fund the student projects of their choice—in whole or in part—and are emailed immediate acknowledgements for tax deduction purposes."

Springwise: Matching donors & classroom needs

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"...the man charged with making terroristic threats, began to cry when it came time to tell his side of the story. Campbell admitted being angry when he had said, "Send this guy back to Mexico," after he was kicked out of the dugout, and then muttered "Get a job," when Ambriz's relatives glared at him in the bleachers."

Dad denies threatening to shoot his son's LIttle League coach

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"Three generations of the same family were arrested on shoplifting charges at the Target store in Lodi on Monday night."

Recordnet.com: Three generations busted in shoplifting

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"The Boston Red Sox, the pride of New England and adopted American League team of New York Mets fans everywhere, are dissing their rich heritage by agreeing to sport a corporate logo on their uniforms for opening day of the 2008 Major League Baseball season."

O'Dwyer's PR Blog

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"if the World of Warcraft were a nation, CIA’s World Factbook says that out of 237 listed countries it would be the 82nd most populated country on Earth above Hungary, but behind Serbia."

World of Warcraft hits 10 million users worldwide!

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Rockabye Baby! - Transform your favorite rock music into baby music.

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"Wikiscanner hacker Virgil Griffth told me a while ago about his latest data mining project, to visualise the relationship between books and SAT scores. Today he released his findings at Booksthatmakeyoudumb. He does this by cross referencing the 10 most popular books at every college, as given by Facebook, and the average SAT score. He then presents it all in this nifty little visualisation."

Books that make you dumb

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"Here's a clever strategy for grocery-store coupons from The Simple Dollar: sit on your coupons for a month, then spend them. Coupons are often the leading edge of product promotion, which features progressively deeper savings. By waiting a month, you can apply your coupons to an already discounted price."

Clever grocery-store coupon strategy - Boing Boing

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"One of the Blue Men grabbed me, yanked my head back and the other stuck this device into my mouth," Srodon said. By telephone, Srodon described how he saw his mouth and throat projected onto a big screen, similar to the performance on a publicity video handout. The audience was laughing as Srodon gagged. "At the time the 'esophagus cam' was inserted into plaintiff's mouth, it was covered in food, liquid and grime from the Briar Street Theatre floor, including the thick blue paint used to cover the actors' faces," the lawsuit claims."

cbs2chicago.com - Spectator Sues Blue Man Group For 'Esophagus Cam'

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"As such, there are also two ways to end the military’s de jure discrimination based on sexual orientation. We can either repeal DADT, or we could extend its application to heterosexuals as well. If extended, no soldier could talk about his or her orientation without risk of exclusion."

Swimming Pools and Dont Ask, Dont Tell: A Guest Post - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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"Rivers played the entirety of the Chargers' 21-12 loss to the New England Patriots with a right knee with no ACL. He revealed Monday he had arthroscopic surgery last Monday to clean out loose cartilage and enable him to play. "If I don't do that Monday, I had no chance of playing," Rivers said. The San Diego Union-Tribune first reported Friday that Rivers had injured his ACL, but the extent of the injury was not known until today. "The ACL is gone," Rivers said."

Philip Rivers Played On Sunday Without Certain Small Body Parts

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"Police have a "person of interest" in the Harps case, but to be honest, the police sketch looked like every other 30-something white guy in Seattle: wool cap, beard, earring. I think I dated him last summer."

Local News | Feeling safe? Put it in context | Seattle Times Newspaper

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"The Joyce award, run by the university's Literary and Historical Society, has been bestowed on a wide range of politicians and celebrities, including U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, former South African President F.W. de Klerk and former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix."

Will Ferrell Wins James Joyce Award | Seattle Times Newspaper

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"With its international mandate in Iraq set to expire in 11 months, the Bush administration will insist that the government in Baghdad give the United States broad authority to conduct combat operations and guarantee civilian contractors immunity from Iraqi law, according to administration and military officials."

US Demands Free Rein In Iraq Long After Bush Leaves - Politics on The Huffington Post

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"Leaders of a Dallas suburb that was blocked from enforcing a ban on leasing apartments to illegal immigrants approved a new rule Tuesday to require prospective tenants to get a city license to rent homes and apartments."

Dallas suburb, blocked from enforcing its law against illegal immigrants, adopts new rule

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"President George W. Bush and seven of his administration's top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, made at least 935 false statements in the two years following September 11, 2001, about the national security threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq."

TPMmuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Today's Must Read

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"Opponents, most of them Democrats, say requiring photo ID at the polls disproportionately affects the poor, the elderly and minorities _ the most likely to lack photo identification."

Federal News Radio - WFED: Carded at Polls: No Photo ID, No Vote

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"No. 22 Drake celebrated its first national ranking in 33 years with a 68-60 victory over its Missouri Valley Conference nemesis."