Jon Stewart is to return as host of the Academy Awards. It will be the second time he has hosted the awards, having first done it in 2006. The 80th Academy Awards ceremony will be presented at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008. When Stewart last presented the Oscars, he received mixed reviews....
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Hamid Hayat, an American citizen who recently turned 25, was sentenced Monday to 24 years in a federal prison. Hayat was convicted in April, 2006 of providing material support to terrorists and lying to FBI agents about it. The California man was intending to attack hospitals, banks, grocery stores and government buildings in California...
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Speaking on the ABC’s 7.30 report on Wednesday, Australian Prime Minister John Howard, admitted that if he is re-elected at the forthcoming election he will not serve a full three-year term as Prime Minister. The announcement follows a Liberal party meeting early on Wednesday where Mr Howard told his party that they needed to...
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On August 31, United States district court judge Mark Kravitz ruled against Burlington, Connecticut high school student Avery Doninger’s request for a preliminary injunction to let her function as class secretary at Lewis S. Mills High School. Doninger had won the Class Secretary position at the high school. Earlier Doninger had posted derogatory comments...
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On August 31, United States district court judge Mark Kravitz ruled against Burlington, Connecticut high school student Avery Doninger’s request for a preliminary injunction to let her function as class secretary at Lewis S. Mills High School. Doninger had won the Class Secretary position at the high school. Earlier Doninger had posted derogatory comments...
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September 13, 2007 Cubs win, Brewers lose: Tied again in the NL Central * Cubs 3, Astros 2: Cliff Floyd hit a solo homer (6), and Ryan Theriot hit a sacrifice fly in the 2nd for the Cubs; the Astros threatened to tie the game, with the tying run at third base with nobody...
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According to United States officials at the White House, President George W. Bush will be cutting the amount of U.S. troops in Iraq by as much of 30,000, to “pre-surge” force levels, and the withdraw could take place as early as next Summer, but with certain “conditions” applying. The plans are expected to be...
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The following ad from 1st for Women Insurance Brokers purports to explain why they "Insure Women Only." Watch it here or below. The South African company explains:
"Men are, generally a higher risk. By eliminating them, we can afford to give you huge reductions on your insurance premiums. Men probably won’t like this but we...
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My latest His Side with Glenn Sacks radio commentary for KLAA AM 830 in Los Angeles commends the Texas Supreme Court for allowing a lower court ruling to stand in the Roman v. Roman Texas frozen embryo case. In that case, Augusta Roman is trying to compel her ex-husband Randy Roman to allow embryos created while they...
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When awarding child support, courts seem to operate on the assumption that noncustodial fathers will only provide support for their children if forced to by the government, and that money is only spent on children by mothers, not fathers. By contrast, research shows that fathersâ€â€when allowed to play a meaningful role in their children’s...
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There are certain aspects which I (and apparently a lot of people) find attractive about conspiracy theories: They’re intellectually engaging, they’re fun (particularly if you have a fertile imagination), they’re something in which pretty much anyone can indulge, and they’re not the sole domain of any particular political ideology, thus any adherent to any...
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