Nov 10, 2009 -
Catwalk cattiness has claimed a victim!
Australian supermodel/sometimes actress Gemma Ward is quitting the modeling business amidst criticism about her weight, the model's agency told the Daily Telegraph.
The 22-year-old beauty has been the subject of Internet taunts after being spotted with a fuller figure last week, the paper reports.
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Oct 18, 2009 -
All the President's Mavericks
By W. James Antle, III
"Forget Sarah Palin," gushed the Associated Press' Laurie Kellman. "The female maverick of the Republican Party is Sen.
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Sep 29, 2009 -
Katherine Kersten: Worst trouble with ACORN is at the polls
Nationally, its voter registration is often fraudulent. So what about here?
By KATHERINE KERSTEN, Star Tribune Minneapolis
Unless you've been stuck in the Gobi Desert, you've read the headlines about the scandal at ACORN -- the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
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Sep 23, 2009 -
'Values Voter Summit' or GOP Rally?
Last weekend's 'Values Voter Summit' in Washington could have been mistaken for a sort of off-year, off-brand Republican National Convention. Headliners included 15 current or former Republican elected officials or Cabinet members and no Democrats.
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Sep 14, 2009 -
By Catharine RichertPublished on Monday, September 14th, 2009 at 11:34 a.m.
In the competitive world of Washington protests, crowd size is often a matter of dispute. Organizers usually boast of huge crowds, while police and the news media offer much smaller estimates.
So supporters of Saturday’s “tea party” protests against President Barack Obama were quick to highlight their big turnout.
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Sep 02, 2009 -
WASHINGTON — Republicans are using ammunition they scorned for years to attack President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul: polls.
GOP operatives are trumpeting opinion surveys that show Obama's popularity declining and support flagging for his bid to use the federal government to provide medical coverage to uninsured Americans.
Over the August congressional break, House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio issued regular news releases about health care surveys.
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Aug 19, 2009 -
When cryptic posters portraying President Obama as the Joker from "The Dark Knight" began popping up around Los Angeles and other cities, the question many asked was: Who is behind the image?
Was it an ultra-conservative grass-roots group or a disgruntled street artist going against the grain? Nope, it turns out, just a 20-year-old college student from Chicago.
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Jun 07, 2009 -
By CLARK HOYT -- NY Times Public Editor
When the Times brought Hoyt on, it described him as 'readers' representative', to respond to complaints and comments from the public and monitors the paper's journalistic practices. This is his op-ed on the latest 'detainees returning to battlefield' claims.
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WHEN former Vice President Dick Cheney assailed President Obama’s plan to close the prison at Guantánamo last month, he used ammunition plucked right from that morning’s Times.
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May 18, 2009 -
Vice President Joe Biden has been keeping a low profile these days. But last week he popped into headlines when he clashed with aides to former President George W. Bush after claiming to have rebuked Bush in private meetings.
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Jun 23, 2009 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight Show" sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86.
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