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Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dominate Japan Nationals in Rare Football Exhibition
Seeded on Sun Aug 2, 2009 5:46 PM EDT (und.com)
Said Holtz, "Our team played great defense, great pass defense. Our quarterbacks could not throw. So we feel grateful to win. We got some continuity in the second half. I can't say enough good things about Jay Vickers and all our backs. We were bigger, they were quicker.
Zumba phenomenon: International craze
Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:13 AM EDT (blog.al.com)
Zumba has been around for a while. But the international exercise craze, which incorporates Latin and salsa dance, is moving beyond fitness centers to churches.
"No question" - Pelosi says she has the votes to pass health care
Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:55 AM EDT (washingtonexaminer.com)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday she has "no question" that she has enough votes to pass the $1 trillion health care reform bill in the House, suggesting that she has quelled opposition from conservative Democrats and freshmen over the cost and scope of the bi …
BAILOUT Failure - Loans by U.S. Banks Shrink Amid Lingering Economic Fears
Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:16 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Lending continues to slow as bankers and borrowers refrain from taking risks, in a bearish sign for the economy.
Stealing from the poor box
Seeded on Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:03 AM EDT (Examiner)
The President plans to take money from charitable organizations and pour it into his governmental health care, use taxing and spending policies to replace the traditional role of churches and other charitable organizations with government handouts in his healthcare law.
You'll lose 5 key freedoms under Obama's health care plan
Seeded on Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:37 AM EDT (CNN)
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- In promoting his health-care agenda, President Obama has repeatedly reassured Americans that they can keep their existing health plans -- and that the benefits and access they prize will be enhanced through reform.
Iraq's Reluctant Leader Emerges as Unlikely Force
Seeded on Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:09 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, reluctantly thrust three years ago into a job few expected him to hold onto, arrives in Washington this week as a transformed leader -- with widening popularity among Iraqis, grudging respect of some political foes and a more even footing wit …
How Iceland Collapsed
Seeded on Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:04 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
WSJ's Andy Jordan examines how Iceland's economic miracle came to an abrupt end and explains why the world should care about the collapse of the small country's financial system.
Indonesia hotel bombings are attack on free market and individual liberty
Seeded on Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:44 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
More often than not, the terrorist predilection for five-star mayhem is explained in purely practical terms. Compared to fortified and heavily guarded embassies, hotels, welcoming to strangers by design, make relatively soft targets.
No Longer Alone, Ron Paul Fights the Fed
Seeded on Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:23 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Rep. Ron Paul usually stands far outside the mainstream in Congress, particularly in his campaign to kill the Federal Reserve.
Step Right Up & Take the Newsvine Unreality Index
Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:23 PM EDT
In his latest book, Culture Jam: How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge--And Why We Must, Kalle Lasn explores the results of America's 20th/21st century love affair and unreserved abandon into mass media.
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Foreclosures at record high in first half 2009 despite aid
Seeded on Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:14 PM EDT (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home foreclosure activity galloped to a record in the first half of the year, overwhelming broad efforts to remedy failing loans while job losses escalated. Aid can't fix horrible underwriting.
Pennsylvania House prayer rejected over 'Jesus', It was not non-denominational
Seeded on Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:58 AM EDT (post-gazette.com)
He said House Speaker Keith McCall's office asked him "to submit my prayer in writing and to make sure it was nondenominational. I wrote it out and sent it to them. They said my prayer was rejected because it contained an offensive word. Just once, in closing, I mentioned Jesus.
Lou Holtz main attraction at the College Football Hall of Fame 2009 Induction
Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:55 PM EDT (ESPN.com)
Holtz, who led Notre Dame to its last national championship in 1988 and also coached William & Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Minnesota and South Carolina during his 33-season career, will be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Corruption Notes - Fortress Is Expected to Name Former Fannie Mae Boss Mudd as CEO
Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:33 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Mr. Mudd, who serves on the company's board of directors, would replace Wesley Edens, Fortress's co-founder and largest shareholder. The appointment would relieve Mr.
Panic Buying - High demand for bullets puts strain on manufacturers
Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:19 PM EDT ()
They're unable to add capacity because of uncertain financing, she said, and because the government could "shoot them down with one stroke of the pen."
Obama: 'Our kids can't all aspire to be the next LeBron or Lil Wayne' - The World Newser
Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:43 AM EDT (ABC News Blogs)
"Make no mistake: the pain of discrimination is still felt in America." "African-American students are lagging behind white classmates in reading and math – an achievement gap that is growing in states that once led the way on civil rights.
President Obama tells black Americans the time for excuses is over: take responsibility for yourselves, be good parents
Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:54 AM EDT (The New York Times)
President Obama delivered a fiery sermon to black America on Thursday night, warning black parents that they must accept their own responsibilities by "putting away the Xbox and putting our kids to bed at a reasonable hour," and telling black children that growing up poor is …
Stimulus spending faces red tape bottlenecks
Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:02 AM EDT
Sometimes the "shovel-ready" roads from the government's economic stimulus program lead straight to a pile of paperwork but not to the jobs they were supposed to create.
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Culture Jamming Comes of Age - The Merry Pranksters And the Art of the Hoax - The New York Times
Seeded on Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:47 AM EDT (The New York Times)
These artists are "cultural jammers," exposing the ways in which corporate and political interests use the media as a tool of behavior modification.
If Christians fail, America will also
Seeded on Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:08 PM EDT ()
It seems that few within Christendom are truly "born again." They do not seek the Lord to strengthen their lives; rather, they pick and choose from the doctrinal teachings of their denomination or church of the week. God is set aside in order to accommodate their own comfort zone.
Judging Sonia Sotomayor's Record - TIME
Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:12 PM EDT (TIME)
Youn finds that "fears that Judge Sotomayor is an 'activist' or 'outlier' or 'out of the mainstream' have no basis in her record of constitutional cases." Instead, Youn argues, her judicial profile is "very much in line with her colleagues."
America and Objective Truth - "We've reached a fork in the road."
Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:43 PM EDT
"Indeed, our legal system is based on a firm belief in an ordered universe and objective truth. The trial is the process by which the impartial and wise judge guides us to the truth....
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ACLU Seeks End To Censorship of Religious Material By Virginia Jail
Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:24 PM EDT (sev.prnewswire.com)
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia today demanded that officials at the Rappahannock Regional Jail immediately end their illegal practice of censoring religious material sent to detainees.
The Men Who Destroyed the Constitution
Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:56 AM EDT (tenthamendmentcenter.com)
How did we get to the point............of where the "federal" (i.e., central) government defines for us the drinking age for alcohol, how much wheat farmers can grow, the ability of terminally ill cancer patients to medicate themselves with marijuana, the amount of sugar that …
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