NBA Asks: Where Will Amazing Happen This Year? But Is Every Sports Moment Epic?

May 20, 2009

Welcome to Sportscenter world: “If we are to believe the marketing campaign that has loomed over and punctuated the past few weeks, we are already living the past: the highlights of the night, the days of our lives, the memories of our future… an open call to players to create moments to be relived.”

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Rumsfeld on Bible Verses: Fires Back at GQ

May 20, 2009

The unsourced suggestion by GQ magazine that Donald Rumsfeld deployed slide images and Bible verses to crassly manipulate President Bush toward his ends is a significant one, and one designed to insult and offend. It makes up the bulk of what is notable about Robert Draper’s piece. But on further examination, it appears to reveal more about cliched media views of the personalities of Rumsfeld and of Bush than of anything resembling fact.

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Bank of America Raises $13 Billion in Share Sale

May 19, 2009

Bank of America Corp. has raised roughly $13 billion after selling 1.25 billion shares of common stock, according to people familiar with the situation. The sale is part of the bank’s previously announced plan to sell common shares as it tries to come up with $33.9 billion in equity to meet the U.S. government’s stress […]

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Democrats Concede on Gitmo Funding, Strip Funds to Force Closure in Obama's Promised Timeframe

May 19, 2009

In a setback for President Barack Obama, Senate Democrats said Tuesday they will strip out $80 million in new funding in a wartime spending bill to begin the process of closing the Guantanamo detention facility. The action comes as Senate Republicans have warned that they will offer an amendment to the same $91.3 billion measure […]

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Jolie Attends Congolese War Crimes Trial at The Hague

May 19, 2009

THE HAGUE (AFP) – Oscar winner Angelina Jolie attended a war crimes trial in The Hague on Tuesday, hailing the bravery of youngsters who testified against Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga. “Children deserve special protection. Using children in conflict is a heinous crime and destroys the very fabric of a society,” said Jolie, who is […]

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Appeals Court: White House does not have to turn over e-mail records

May 19, 2009

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A unit of the White House that was accused of misplacing perhaps millions of office e-mail’s does not have to make its records public, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision was a victory for the Bush administration, which sought to shield its internal communications.

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Expenses Scandal Claims British House Speaker, First Time in 300 Years

May 19, 2009

For the first time in 300 years, a speaker of the British House of Commons is being hounded from office, with Michael Martin announcing his plans to step down in June amid a raging scandal over how members of Parliament used their expense accounts.

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Mexicans Fear America is Becoming Land of Unemployment, Not Opportunity

May 19, 2009

The American Dream is losing some of its most devoted fans: Mexicans. If Americans are now loath to go south of the border in case they contract swine flu, Mexicans increasingly don’t want to go in the other direction for fear of catching unemployment. New figures showed last week that the number of Mexicans coming […]

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Ex-RNC Web Guru Cyrus Krohn Gabs on GOP's Tech Failings

May 19, 2009

The man praised by many GOP technorati as the one thing their party had going for it says new chairman Michael Steele never asked him to stay — although, Cyrus Krohn says, his mind was made up to leave. Krohn, who had worked at Yahoo and Slate before taking over the RNC’s Web efforts in […]

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America's Surprising Shift on Abortion: Is This the Only Area Where Republicans Echo the Country?

May 19, 2009

Nancy Gibbs notices surprising demographic shift: by any measure, “something dramatic has happened. In 1995, when Gallup started asking the question, the split was 56-33 in favor of abortion rights. Now the lines have crossed, and 51% call themselves pro-life while only 42% say they are pro-choice.” The question: does this reflect a generational change?

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