Manny Ramirez Tests Positive for PE Drug

Seeded on Thu May 7, 2009 12:15 PM EDT (CNN)

Manny has been suspended the automatic 50 games for failing baseball's drug testing policy.

sports, baseball, steroids, manny-ramirez, dogers, drug-testing, preformance-enhancing

"Google and PRS in deadlock as music videos pulled from YouTube"

Seeded on Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:26 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

YouTube in the UK is to be stripped of its most popular music videos after the site failed to agree a new licensing deal with the Performing Rights Society for Music, the trade body that collects music royalties.

entertainment, music, youtube, music-liscense, uk, internet, prs, music-videos, copyright

Fox News Grasps for Straws...

Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 12:05 AM EST (FOXNews.com)

What to do when the President you refuse to support is actually doing a good job? Why you yell at him for not wearing a coat, of course.

politics, obama, fox-news, heating, shirtsleeves, president, white-house

"The J Crew Catalog Destroyed My Spirt - Why mailmen give up"

Seeded on Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:52 PM EST (Slate)

It's a discovery worthy of a murder mystery: In a parking lot in the mountains outside Santa Cruz, Calif., a truck is found abandoned, the keys still hanging in the door. Inside the police find … a note? A body? Not quite. Try 13,000 pieces of undelivered mail.

odd-news, mail, undelivered-mail, slate

Rangers seek draft pick in wake of Cherepanov's death

Seeded on Fri Nov 7, 2008 1:30 PM EST (ESPN.com)

Three weeks after the death of top prospect Alexei Cherepanov, the New York Rangers are seeking a compensatory pick in the second round of the 2009 NHL draft

sports, new-york, rangers, hockey, cherepanov, nhl, draft

McCain's Scare Tactics vs. Actual Facts

Seeded on Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:55 PM EDT (CNN)

With all the talk of Joe the Plummer lately, here's a factual look at Obama's proposed tax increases. A sharp contrast to what McCain continues to rant about.

politics, joe-the-plummer, taxes, obama, mccain, fact-check, small-business, tax-plan

Satire: Palin Blasts Obama's Ties to Weather Channel

Seeded on Thu Oct 9, 2008 3:01 PM EDT (Borowitz Report)

"What does it say about our opponent that he thinks this nation's weather is so imperfect that he needs to be allied with The Weather Channel?" she asked a crowd in Tampa, Florida. "There's a fine line between hating America's weather and hating America herself."

politics, satire, borowitz-report, palin

Girl, 12, "terminated" by child-sex offender

Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 12:14 AM EDT (CNN)

Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that a man charged with drugging, sexually assaulting and killing his 12-year-old niece coerced another girl into aiding his plot by claiming to be part of a child-sex club that sometimes selected girls for "termination."

us-news, crime, child

Zakaria: McCain's VP pick 'irresponsible'

Seeded on Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:28 AM EDT (CNN)

I say this with sadness because I greatly admire John McCain, a man of intelligence, honor and enormous personal and political courage. However, for him to choose Sara Palin to be his running mate is fundamentally irresponsible. He did not put the country first with this decision.

politics, palin, election, mccain, zakaria

Girl loses hand via jump rope

Seeded on Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:28 PM EDT (KTVU)

LOS GATOS, Calif. -- A six-year-old Los Gatos girl whose hand was severed in a very unusual accident was recovering Monday, and may regain motion in her reattached hand, thanks in part to quick help from a passer-by.

odd-news, jump-rope, hand

Borowitz Report (Satire) - McCain Attacks Old WHite Men with White Hair

Seeded on Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:00 PM EDT (The Borowitz Report)

"In what some political observers are calling his most ironic speech of the 2008 campaign, GOP presidential nominee John McCain today lashed out at Washington, the Republican Party and a group of insiders he called "old white men with white hair."

politics, andy-borowitz, borowitz-report, mccain, election, satire, attack-ad

Palin Claims Executive Privilage - Original...

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:24 PM EDT (Think Progress)

Showing that she'll pick up right were Bush and CO. left off, Gov. Palin claims Executive Privilage when asked for over 1,000 e-mails, some of which were sent to her husband and from a personal computer.

politics, palin, executive-privilage, election, bush

Karl Rove's Advice To Obama

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:28 PM EDT (CNN)

"Karl Rove is again offering unsolicited advice to Barack Obama, this time advising the Democratic presidential nominee to avoid attacking Sarah Palin directly if he hopes to win the White House in November."

politics, karl-rove, obama

Vine HTML: Tips and tricks for the new users among us

Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:28 PM EDT

By SteveHouse (Clipped by wronghanded1)

Since the best articles on this subject are at this point rather dated, I thought I'd give a bit of a rehashing (with some of my own tips) for local new users. I'll be linking back to those good oldies at the end.

Continue reading this entry ...

technology, meta, newsvine, html, new-users, help, newsvine-html, xhtml

John McCain's and Barack Obama's Tax Plans, Side By Side, In A Single Image

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:26 AM EDT (outtheotherear.files.wordpress.com)

Seeded by Killfile (Clipped by wronghanded1)

So it's really simple. If you make more than $111,645 a year then you should vote for John McCain. Otherwise you should vote for Barack Obama. If taxes are your issue. And if they're not then this image isn't going to do you a heck of a lot of good.

politics, taxes, obama, mccain, barack-obama, john-mccain, election, election-2008, election-news

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