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Larry Charles is out to provoke
| September 7, 2008
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Government Plans Takeover Of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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Chalabi survives attempt on his life
| September 6, 2008 From Los Angeles Times
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Bush backs highway fund rescue
| September 6, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesWith the nation's highway fund running out of money faster than expected, the Bush administration on Friday pulled a political U-turn and... more
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Fannie, Freddie takeover possible
| September 6, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesTreasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. called in top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac late Friday to hammer out details of a rescue... more
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I'll Have What She's Having: Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic...
From Variety | September 5, 2008Book Reviews: Variety's Boston correspondent Daniel M. Kimmel tells the story behind romantic comedies ranging from "The Philadelphia Story... more
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EPA sets tough new emissions standards for lawn, boat engines
From AutoblogGreen | September 5, 2008Filed under: Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, USAPhoto by Rustybuckets. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.Ready for more catalytic... more
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Boys' basketball: Taft is transfer central
Winning a City championship sure does wonders for attracting new talent. Taft is cleaning up in the transfer game. Armed with more than 200... more
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Empty Nest (El nido vacio)
From Variety | September 5, 2008Film Reviews: As bereft of interesting ideas as its slightly dyspeptic playwright subject, Daniel Burman's "Empty Nest" flails to comprehend... more
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Update on CIA drug plane owned by “Donna Blue Aircraft, Inc”
From Boing Boing | September 5, 2008Here's an update on the strange story of the Gulfstream II jet filled with 3.7 tons of cocaine that crashed in the Yucatan last year. The... more
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Safeway IDs Everyone In Your Party When You Buy Beer [Safeway]
From Consumerist | September 5, 2008Daniel went to his local Safeway with his brother to buy some beer. Daniel had his ID, but his brother didn't—but that's okay, because... more
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Tatango Opens Their Group SMS Service To The Public
From TechCrunch | September 5, 2008Tatango, the ad-supported group SMS service previously known as networkText, spent the last few months in a private beta following a functional... more
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Parents of truant children will be paying more
From 'hanfordsentinel.com News RSS Feed' | September 5, 2008Parents whose children miss excessive amounts of school will pay. And in a recent change, parents of truant children in Kings County may pay... more
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When Krauthammer Bails
From The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan | September 5, 2008You know it's rough: The gamble is enormous. In a stroke, McCain gratuitously forfeited his most powerful argument against Obama. And this... more
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BBtv: Russell Porter interviews The Rumble Strips (music)
From Boing Boing | September 5, 2008BBtv's London-based music correspondent Russell Porter brings us a performance and interview from the Rumble Strips (website | MySpace | Wikipedia... more
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Snow Patrol Minus The Residents Of Seattle Grace [Intentional Leak...
From Idolator | September 5, 2008ARTIST: Snow Patrol TITLE: "Take Back The City" WEB DEBUT: Sept. 1, 2008 ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: When this song debuted on BBC Radio 1's Zane... more
