Kenya: Stem Rust Fungus Returns, Threatens World Food Crops

February 19, 2009

The UN warns: the deadly fungus stem rust is back and meaner than before, destroying Kenya’s fertile wheat fields and spreading beyond Africa. Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug says a major crisis could be only a year away: “a good share of the world’s area sown to wheat is susceptible to it…It has immense destructive potential.”

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The Next Big Election: Virginia Governor 2009

February 19, 2009

The Virginia gubernatorial race is the next big test for a Republican Party that swept the post-Obama surge special elections and runoffs, but lost the Old Dominion in 08 in decisive fashion. If the race is wonkish McDonnell vs. fundraising machine McAuliffe, it will attract massive national attention. Here’s a preview.

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Hunters Gathering

February 19, 2009

Hang with the “kill-it-and-grill-it” crowd for a spell. Take a trip to Harrisburg and one of the largest hunting and fishing expos in the country, a respite from the downtrodden talk of economic woe. Or not: “I think people are stressed out about the economy and just want to go out and shoot something.”

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End of the Bunnies: Playboy Announces $145.7M Loss, Begs for Sale

February 19, 2009

Longtime CEO Christie Hefner leaves, Playboy magazine tanks. Interim CEO says sale is an open question, but what is there to sell? Playboy’s brand declines annually: 27% less ad revenue, iconic founder is decrepit walking STD, rise of market-sensitive free internet porn leaves you with a mediocre reality show, a dirty pool, and Fred Durst.

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Associate Gives Up Legal Career for Worldwide Beer Pong Career

February 19, 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a role model. Leaving behind the possibility of a lucrative legal career, Billy Gaines II heads to Vegas to start the World Series of Beer Pong, giving hope to every drunk college student out there that yes, there is a pro sports league where you too can be a star.

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Real Story on Christopher Hitchens' Syria Fight

February 19, 2009

I wasn’t there. I was there, however, for the immediate after-action report, and have heard it told ten times by now, including most of it from Hitchens. Although I didn’t really bother asking much, as I’d already heard it.

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Scammer on the Run: Stanford Nowhere to be Found

February 18, 2009

Texas financier R. Allen Stanford is accused of cheating 50,000 customers out of $8 billion dollars but despite raids Tuesday of his financial empire in Houston, Memphis, and Tupelo, Miss., federal authorities say they do not know the current whereabouts of the CEO.

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Obama Says No to So-called "Fairness Doctrine"

February 18, 2009

President Obama opposes any move to bring back the so-called Fairness Doctrine, a spokesman told FOXNews.com Wednesday. The statement is the first definitive stance the administration has taken since an aide told an industry publication last summer that Obama opposes the doctrine — a long-abolished policy that would require broadcasters to provide opposing viewpoints on […]

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Perhaps Forgetting Who is in WH, AG Holder Calls America "Nation of Cowards" on Race

February 18, 2009

Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that despite advances, the United States remains “a nation of cowards” on issues involving race.

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Court Reverses Ruling on 17 Gitmo Prisoners

February 18, 2009

WASHINGTON – A U.S. appeals court reversed a ruling Wednesday that would have transferred 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees, none of whom are labeled enemy combatants, to the United States.

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