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17 Jul 2009 17:19

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Politics: For fans of political scandal, three words: “C Street House”

  • Chip Pickering’s tie A mistress of former Mississippi Rep. Chip Pickering, who didn’t run for re-election in 2008, was sued by Pickering’s wife on charges of cheating with her hubby in the house.
  • John Ensign’s tie Nevada Sen. John Ensign, currently in the midst of the fallout from his own affair, was apparently roommates with Pickering at the sketchtastic D.C.-based home with religious group ties.
  • Mark Sanford’s tieS.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, while a congressman, was a member of the group. When word broke of his recent marital problems, he said he was getting help from the house. Conspiracy theories ahoy! source
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17 Jul 2009 17:00

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Sports: Ouch! Suspected shooting injures two Tour de France riders

  • 2 riders injured in a suspected air-rifle shooting source
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17 Jul 2009 16:06

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Offbeat: Hi honey, I’m in this Facebook ad to tell you HOT SINGLES WANT YOU!

What a hilarious ad. A guy spotted his wife’s mug in a Facebook ad suggesting he go looking for other women. source
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17 Jul 2009 15:23

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Culture: Meet one of our favorite people ever, Hollywood Car Racer

  • Linder Lue Lawrence, a.k.a. Hollywood, is the queen of Norfolk, Virginia. She’s an icon of the city and the Ghent neighborhood. Despite living a life of hard knocks as a developmentally disabled adult, thanks to the Hope House Foundation, she has not only survived, she’s thrived. She regularly shows up on billboards, in newspapers, and other unexpected places. When we launched, we gave her a shout-out. Here’s another one. ‘Cause the world needs to know how awesome she is.
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17 Jul 2009 14:58

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Politics, U.S.: Obama sez black role models aren’t good enough

  • They might think they’ve got a pretty good jump shot or a pretty good flow, but our kids can’t all aspire to be the next LeBron or Lil Wayne. I want them aspiring to be scientists and engineers, doctors and teachers, not just ballers and rappers.
  • President Barack Obama • Speaking at last night’s NAACP 100th anniversary dinner. The president has largely avoided taking on issues of race in his presidency, letting his actions speak for themselves, but spoke openly about the racial divide at the dinner, saying “the pain of discrimination is still felt in America.” But of all the comments he made, this one strikes the hardest. Obama isn’t saying that either LeBron or Lil Wayne are bad on their own, but they set terrible examples for children. You don’t want to lean too hard on the “scientists or engineers” angle here, but he has a solid point. • source
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17 Jul 2009 14:39

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Biz: Another bank with big profits: Citigroup can credit fortunate math

  • $4.3 billion size of Citi’s second-quarter profit – no profit was expected for the company at all
  • $6.7 billion size of the after-tax profit Citi made from selling off most of its Smith Barney division source
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17 Jul 2009 11:05

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Biz, U.S.: Michigan hits a level of unemployment few states have hit

  • 15.2% the highest level in any state since 1984 source
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17 Jul 2009 10:58

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Culture: This 1985 prediction about Michael Jackson: Hi-lar-i-ous

The odds that Michael Jackson would have looked like this in 2000? Pretty good. But obviously, it didn’t happen. Bravo, Ebony Magazine. source
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17 Jul 2009 10:38

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World: Iran’s Rafsanjani on the election: “All of us have suffered”

  • We could have taken our best step in the history of the Islamic revolution had the election not faced problems. We are in doubt today. Today, we are living bitter conditions due to what happened after the announcement of the election result. All of us have suffered. We need unity more than anytime else.
  • Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani • Describing the political climate around Iran in the wake of the election during a prayer service today. Rafsanjani, a Mousavi supporter and former Iranian president himself, also said protesters in prison should be freed: “We should not keep so many people in prison,” he said. “We should free them to take care of their families.” • source
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17 Jul 2009 10:23

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Offbeat: Design icon Roger Black is currently in the middle of nowhere

These five shipping containers in the middle of Texas? This is Roger Black’s vacation home. It takes him nine-plus hours to get here. source
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