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Mailbag: Bring in the true conservatives
A couple of days ago, I received a political flier from Troy Edgar, who is running for the state Assembly. On the back of the flyer were endorsements from Republicans. The first name cited was that of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. In his 22-plus years in...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Dog (animal), Islam, Dana Rohrabacher
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City Lights: There's more to the soccer ball than meets the eye
When I was a graduate student in England, I once attended a soccer game — or football, as they call it most everywhere but here. I didn't get much out of it. It seemed awfully simple: two teams kicking the ball back and forth for two hours, and...
Tags: FIFA World Cup, Mark Rothko, Baseball, Sports, Soccer
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NFL: Miami, con un estadio anticuado, se queda sin Super Bowl
El sur de Florida, con todo su glamour y eclecticismo, recibió un duro golpe esta semana cuando los dueños de equipos de la NFL hicieron pedazos el sueño de Miami de convertirse nuevamente en sede de un Super Bowl. En una votación que resultó en...
Tags: David Robinson, Michael Morse, Ryan Braun, Greg Dobbs, Miguel Tejada
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Playing the name game
With the power of his middle name, Randal Bennett prevented a website being created for a winery that didn't exist. Those are the peculiar facts of the arrangement that ultimately led to Townley Gallery in Laguna Beach providing artwork for the bottle...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Artists, Arts, Painting, Alcoholic Beverages
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MakerBot Replicator 2X
I'm sure that at least a few of you have heard about 3D printing. No, not the kind of printing you do on printing presses, but 3D. No, it does not involve wearing green and red glasses like we did in the 1970s. From Wikipedia: "the practice of using 3D...Tags: Science and Technology
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Jacoby and Karina have work cut out for them in 'Dancing with the Stars' finale
Jacoby Jones begins the finales tonight coming down the staircase in purple and gold, with partner Karina Smirnoff in a purple dress -- a nice nod to Jacoby’s hometown of New Orleans. Their first round is the "judges' pick" dance, and it's the...
Tags: Jacoby Jones, Justice System, Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Brooke Burke
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Google's products dig deeper into people's lives
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and...
Tags: Entertainment, Larry Page, Marketing, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Samsung Galaxy S IV
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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’: Benedict Cumberbatch enjoys being villain
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesSettle in and make yourselves comfortable. Benedict Cumberbatch is taking off his tie. Only a few minutes into an interview […]... -
Columbia has room to become 'artistic enabled community' [Letter]
I harbor high hopes that Columbia can blossom to the next level in creating a "go to" environment that supports and nurtures art and artists. Recently the Columbia Association has stepped up offering public forums on this and Jane Dembner of the...Tags: Washington, DC, James Rouse
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Report: 'Birthplace of GM' now back in company hands [w/video]
Autoblog.comFiled under: Classics, Etc., Plants/Manufacturing, GM General Motors has signed a purchase agreement for the Durant-Dort Carriage Company factory in Flint, Michigan for an undisclosed sum. Calling the location "Factory One," GM President of North... -
'Veep's' Tony Hale on man bags, ear hygiene, 'Arrested Development'
He's the guy getting a lot of ear action. Tony Hale is back as the vice president's boy Friday in HBO's political comedy "Veep." In the midst of Washington chaos, he's never too far from Selina's (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) ear, ready to whip out hand...
Tags: Celebrities, Entertainment, Police Arrests, Reid Scott, Sandra Bullock
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Reese Witherspoon, Al Michaels and the return of Prohibition
I know that Prohibition didn’t work. But sometimes I get nostalgic for it anyway. And I’m thinking that, today, Reese Witherspoon and Al Michaels might agree. By now you’ve seen the headlines about their misadventures with demon rum....Tags: Celebrities, Lindsay Lohan, Diana, Princess of Wales, Reese Witherspoon
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