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The News About Jimmy Fallon And Late Night

2008-04-25T09:32:00.004-04:00

It looks like “Saturday Night Live” alumni, Jimmy Fallon will be replacing Conan O’ Brien on “Late Night”. After months of speculation, the deal has been sealed. Conan will be replacing Jay Leno when he steps down from the “Tonight Show” next year and that’s when Jimmy Fallon will take the “Late Night” spot.

Conan O’brien was also a “Saturday Night Live” alumnus although more as a writer than an on screen personality. However he did make a few on screen appearances. Jimmy Fallon a popular cast member on “Saturday Night Live”, we’ll see if that popularity transfers over to his “late Night” hosting.

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The News About Bear Killing Trainer

2008-04-23T09:46:00.000-04:00

I have always said that animals don’t mess with me and I’m not going to mess with. I don’t even have a pet. You never know when an animal will turn on you. You hear about it all the time. Pet turns on its owner, the Zigfried and Roy lion incident. Wild good pets go wild and incidents of trained animals that were obedient years suddenly killing someone.

Case in point, the grizzly bear that wrestled Will Ferrell in the film "Semi-Pro" killed one of its trainers. They say the bear was following its cues and then suddenly attacked the trainer killing him with a bite on the neck. Pepper spray was used to subdue and contain the bear, and there were no other injuries.

The bear whose name is Rocky was part of the Randy Miller Training Center. Randy Miller, who has been training animals for 25 years and whose facility has had a perfect safety record, had said that Rocky "the best working bear in the business".

This proves my point that you never know when or if an animal is going to turn on you. If they’re not messing with you don’t mess with them.

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The News About Catholics Wanting Bill Maher Fired

2008-04-21T09:58:00.002-04:00

Bill Maher has always been a controversial TV host even when he hosted “Politically Incorrect” the late night show that started on Comedy Central in 1993 and later moved to ABC in 1997. He remained controversial on his new show "Real Time With Bill Maher", airs on HBO where he tackles tough issues with his usual brand of sarcastic humor.

Well, now it seems that Bill Maher has pissed off the Catholics with remarks he made about Catholicism being a cult and that it promotes organized pedophilia. Maher also said that the Pope used to be a Nazi. Needless to say this got Catholics all fired up.

Bill Maher further angered Catholics when he announced he would apologize on Friday nights show, but not only didn’t apologize, but further stepped up his insult of the Pope.

The American Life League is calling for a unified effort among Catholics to cancel HBO subscriptions and demand that Bill Maher be fired. They have even created a website at www.FireBillMaher.com, which has the offending video clip of Bill Maher's rant, calling the Pope a "Nazi" and "the leader of a pedophile cult", a petition to fire Bill Maher, a call for HBO subscribers to cancel their subscriptions until Maher is fired, and a summary of Maher's history of anti-Catholic hate-speeches.

I have always been a fan of Bill Maher and will remain so. I like his brand of humor and the way he tells it like it is. Bill Maher has done nothing but told the truth here with the exception that the Pope use to be a Nazi, I don’t know about that. It is obvious the Catholic Church is full of pedophiles just look at the resent incident in Texas.

Bill Maher has the platform to voice his opinion and he does it bluntly without pulling punches and the Catholic Church wants to shut him up for telling the truth.

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The News About 5.4 Midwest Earthquake

2008-04-18T08:09:00.000-04:00

The Midwest was rocked this morning by an earthquake that registered a 5.4 magnitude. The earthquake centered 6 miles from West Salem, Illinois, and 66 miles from Evansville, Indiana and was felt in as far away as Cincinnati in my home state of Ohio, Milwaukee, and Des Moines, Iowa, 450 miles northwest of the epicenter. There have been no early reports of injuries or significant damage.

The quake also shook tall buildings in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of the epicenter. The U.S. Geological Survey said that earthquakes occur irregularly in the area, and that the largest historical earthquake in the region, also a magnitude 5.4, caused damage in southern Illinois in 1968.

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The News About Tricia Walsh Smith And The YouTube Divorce

2008-04-16T09:17:00.001-04:00

English actress, playwright and nut so it seems, Tricia Walsh Smith decided to air her troubles with her husband Philip Smith on YouTube. Philip is the President of the Shubert Organization, the largest theater owner on Broadway, he is 74-years-old and is 25 years older than.

Tricia who has hired famous divorce lawyer Raoul Felder to represent her vents about all kinds of stuff in the video. Take a look for yourself.

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The News About The Dash Diet

2008-04-15T10:08:00.000-04:00

Studies show that the diet that was supposed to help lower a person's blood pressure can actually reduce their risk of heart attacks and stroke. Researchers who studied the dining habits of almost 89,000 women over a period of 24 years have concluded that those who routinely stayed close to the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension ) were at significantly less risk for heart attacks and stroke than the women in the study who deviated the most from the DASH guidelines.

Women who were non-smokers, exercised and had an overall healthy lifestyle were the healthiest. One of the researchers said "Our study provides, to our knowledge, the strongest evidence to date on the long-term benefits of the DASH diet in the primary prevention of CVD among healthy subjects".

The DASH diet is many a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and low in fat

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The News About The Nude Image In Dick Chaney’s Sunglasses

2008-04-11T10:16:00.002-04:00

I have seen some post online about an image that appears on in the sunglasses of Vice President Dick Chaney’s sunglasses. A photograph on the White House website show Chaney who is supposed to be fly-fishing on the Snake River in Idaho. Well, the reflection in his sunglasses shows an image that many have been speculating as a nude woman.

The White House is saying that the image is of a hand casting a fishing rod. To me it looks like the image in the sunglasses is a different scene from where Vice President Dick Chaney is. You be the judge.

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The News About Cheerleader Beating

2008-04-09T10:11:00.000-04:00

In my day of being a high schooler being a cheerleader made you popular, apparent these days it’s different. High school cheerleader, Victoria Lindsay was brutally beaten by 6 girls ranging from age 14 to 18. Two boys kept look outside while the girls beat Victoria Lindsay who is 16. At one point Lindsay was even knocked unconscious.

The girls doing the beating even video taped it to put on the Internet. Below is that video.

These dumb ass girls were to stupid to realize that this was a crime and the they were video taping evidence against themselves. The girls showing no remorse what so ever even joked about the beating while in jail one asking if she would be able to make it to cheerleading practice the next day, while several others joked that they wouldn't be making it back to the beach anytime soon.

I hope these girls and the two boys get several years in jail and are shown what a beat down is really like.

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The News About Mark Penn Leaves Clinton

2008-04-07T08:41:00.003-04:00

Hilary Clinton’s senior strategist, Mark Penn resigned from the campaign after it was found that he met with the Colombian government to promote a free trade agreement that Hilary Clinton is against.

Penn is the chief executive of Burson-Marsteller a Washington public relations firm that was hired to help the country of Colombia gain a bilateral trade agreement with the United States. Mark Penn had said that other members of the firm were doing the work with Colombia it was found that Penn had met with officials from Colombia last week. Hilary Clinton was angered when she found out and she insisted on Penn’s demotion.

Hilary Clinton who is looking toward the primary in Pennsylvania on April 22 and doesn’t want to linked to anything supporting the trade agreement. Voters in Pennsylvania connect foreign trade with the loss of jobs in their state and in the country.

Hilary needs this win in order to pull her campaign out of the dumps and I’m sure she hopes that the resignation of Mark Penn will give her a better chance.

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The News About ATA Airlines Out Of Business

2008-04-03T09:08:00.000-04:00

If you were planning to use ATA Airlines for your next trip forget it. ATA Airlines filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy yesterday and announced that they were ceasing operations as of 10 p.m. Hawaii time. ATA sights high fuel costs and too much competition as the reason for filing the bankruptcy.

After hearing ATA Airlines' decision, Southwest Airlines, a codeshare partner, immediately implemented a plan to take care of all customers who purchased a ticket on Southwest and are scheduled to travel on ATA service by rebooking them on a new itinerary closest to their previous travel plans, or offering a full refund for any unused portion of a ticket.

This is part of what ATA Airlines had to say.

"We apologize for the disruption caused by the sudden shutdown of ATA and regret the impact on passengers, employees, suppliers, and other parties. ATA customers should seek alternative arrangements for current and future travel. A list of other airlines serving ATA's destinations is available here.

ATA currently is unable to provide refunds to customers who purchased tickets directly from ATA with cash or a check. These customers may be able to obtain a full or partial refund for their unused tickets by submitting a claim in ATA's Chapter 11 proceedings. Information about submitting a claim will be available at the following website: http://www.bmcgroup.com/ataairlines.

"Customers who purchased tickets from Southwest Airlines for flights operated by ATA under the codeshare agreement should contact Southwest Airlines directly at (800) 308-5037".

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The News About RottenNeighbor.com

2008-04-02T10:19:00.000-04:00

Do you have a neighbor that’s giving you trouble or is just an all around bad neighbor? Well you can put them up on a new site called RottenNeighbor.com. RottenNeighbor.com allows you to put up the hated neighbor’s location on a Google Map and add a comment.

RottenNeighbor.com is not just for bad neighbors, you can also good neighbors and say good things about them. But you know it’s going to be mostly about the bad neighbors. I think this is only going to cause more trouble between neighbors. This kind of reminds me of another site, Don’tDateHimGirl.com.

Whatever happened to neighbors talking to each other and working their problems out or was that just on Leave It To Beaver?

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The News About Nun Stealing From Archdiocese

2008-04-01T11:16:00.001-04:00

Apparently bingo wasn’t enough for Sister Barbara Markey a Nun at the Omaha Archdiocese. Sister Markey pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $1,500 from the Archdiocese. An audit showed the nun had spent $307,545 most of it to cover gambling debts.

73-year-old Sister Barbara Markey is an internationally known clinical psychologist who helped develop the FOCCUS marriage-preparation program. While director of the FOCCUS marriage-preparation program financial irregularities discovered in 2006 resulted in Sister Markey’s termination. The Nun agreed to pay $125,000 in restitution.

Sister Markey will be sentenced in July and faces up to 20 years in prison.

Nuns and Priest, the people we are supposed to trust most with our religious education and solace are the ones that can let you down the most when put to high on a pedestal.

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The News About Sean LeVert Brother Of Gerald LeVert Dies

2008-03-31T09:57:00.003-04:00

Sean LeVert, the brother of the popular R&B singer Gerald LeVert and the son of O’Jays singer Eddie LeVert has died. Sean died in the Cuyahoga County Jail, he was 39-years-old. He was in jail for allegedly failing to pay about $80,000 in child support.

Sean LeVert was a member of the R&B group LeVert along with his brother Gerald LeVert before Gerald decided to go solo. Sean also appeared in movies, including "New Jack City". Gerald LeVert died at the age 40 in his sleep in November 2006.

For a second time in two years we give our condolences to Eddie LeVert and his family.

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The News About Senator Bob Casey Endorses Barack Obama

2008-03-28T09:22:00.000-04:00

Pennsylvania Senator, Bob Casey has announced that he will endorse Democrat Barack Obama in his race for President. The endorsement will come as Obama begins a six-day campaign through Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s April 22 primary is the next big primary in the nomination battle between Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Clinton holds the lead in recent polls of Pennsylvania voters, but Senator Casey’s endorsement of Obama could carry special weight with critical Catholic voters. Catholics make-up more than 30 percent of the state. Senator Bob Casey is Catholic and is known for his opposition to abortion. His support could help Barack Obama make headway with Catholic voters.

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The News About Herb Peterson Inventor Of the Egg McMuffin Dies

2008-03-27T09:34:00.002-04:00

The man who was responsible for bringing breakfast to McDonald's, Herb Peterson has died. Herb Peterson was the inventor of the Egg McMuffin, which became a breakfast item at McDonald’s in 1972. Peterson loved eggs Benedict and wanted to make something similar.

The Egg McMuffin was debuted at a restaurant that Peterson co-owned with his son in Santa Barbara. The egg sandwich consisted of an egg that had been formed in a Teflon circle with the yolk broken, topped with a slice of cheese and grilled Canadian bacon. It was served open-faced on a toasted and buttered English muffin.

Herb Peterson started out at McDonald’s as vice president of the company's advertising firm, D'Arcy Advertising, in Chicago. He even wrote McDonald's first national advertising slogan, "Where Quality Starts Fresh Every Day."

Peterson ended up owning six Mcdonald’s stores. He died peacefully Tuesday at his Santa Barbara home. He was 89-years-old.

Thank you Herb Peterson for a delicious sandwich.

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The News About The Pregnant Man

2008-03-26T09:23:00.000-04:00

There have been movies made about this. Remember the one where Billy Crystal was a pregnant man and I think there was one where Arnold Schwarzenegger played one. Well this is no movie this is for real.

Thomas Beatie of Bend, Oregon is pregnant. That’s Thomas and his wife are expecting a girl and Thomas is having the baby while his wife watches. However the secret to this pregnant man is that he use to be a woman.

Tracy LaGondino has had a chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy, but decided to keep the female reproductive organs. Tracy LaGondino, now Thomas Beatie is legally male and lives with his wife, Nancy. Nancy Beatie under went a hysterectomy after suffering severe endometriosis.

Using frozen sperm from a donor, Thomas Beatie was able to become pregnant twice, the first time the pregnancy was entopic and required surgery, but the second time it was a success. The pregnant man and his wife are expecting their daughter in July.

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The News About WCW Wrestler, Chase Tatum, Found Dead

2008-03-25T09:25:00.002-04:00

Chase Tatum a former WCW wrestler was found dead Sunday in his Buckhead home of an apparent overdose. His father, Roy Tatum said, "He was in the process of getting his life back together". Chase was recovering from back surgery 10 days earlier to repair a degenerative disc. According to his father Chase Tatum had been battling painkiller dependence for years and had made plans to enter a rehabilitation facility in Miami.

Chase began a career as a personal trainer, which he continued doing until his death. It was one of his clients who was a WCW personality who encouraged him to audition for the WCW. Chase was accepted on his first try, debuting in 1999 and quickly gained notice.

Chase Tatum retired after about two-and-a-half years of wrestling. The brief stint left him battling severe back problems and without health insurance to pay for the surgery. His father said the painkillers kept him going. Despite his dependence, Chase found success as an actor. He landed a substantial role in the low-budget comedy, "Who's Your Caddy?" in 2007 alongside costar rapper Big Boi of Outkast. He also worked as a road manager and personal assistant with Outkast. Chase had also just landed a major role in a movie that was to be filmed in New York.

I did a couple of post last year on one of my other blogs of wrestlers dying from steroid use. At least this isn’t that, but it does still have to do with drugs.

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The News About Bones Found Sunday Thought To Be Amy Giordano

2008-03-24T09:59:00.000-04:00

Yesterday police found human bones stuffed in a suitcase on Staten Island. DNA testing will begin today, but it is thought that the bones may be that of Amy Giordano who has been missing since June. Giordano's 11-month-old son was found abandoned in a hospital parking lot in Delaware two days after she disappeared.

The married man with whom Amy Giordano was having an affair with, one Rosario DiGirolamo was arrested and charged with murder last week along with John Russo who was charged with tampering with evidence. DiGirolamo is the father of Amy Giordano’s son and had pled guilty in November to reckless endangerment and child abandonment. The boy is now in foster care

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The News About Starbucks Ordered To Pay $100 Million In Back Tips

2008-03-21T08:52:00.002-04:00

Yesterday Starbucks, the large over priced coffee chain, was ordered to pay it’s baristas more than $100 million in back tips and interest that they paid to shift supervisors. An injunction was also issued that prevents Starbucks' shift supervisors from sharing in future tips. California state law prohibits managers and supervisors from sharing in employee gratuities.

The lawsuit was filed in October 2004 by, a former Starbucks barista in La Jolla, who complained about shift supervisors were sharing in employee tips. In 2006 the lawsuit was granted class-action status, allowing it to go forward for as many as 100,000 former and current baristas of Starbucks California stores.

Starbucks is planning an immediate appeal of the ruling, saying it "fundamentally unfair and beyond all common sense and reason".

I’m happy for the employees. They are the ones out there doing the work and the tips are meant for them as an appreciation for their service.

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The News About A Cold First Day Of Spring

2008-03-20T08:56:00.000-04:00

Today is the first day of spring, but it’s hard to tell here in Ohio. There’s snow on the ground and it’s cold as hell. Seems like the seasons here are kind of mixed up. I don’t know if it’s because of the earth’s rotation or global warming or because the damn groundhog saw its shadow, I know I don’t like it.

I mean we had no snow for Christmas and very little in January and February and then March comes and right off we have a snowstorm. It’s supposed to start warming up in March. Another thing is it’ll warm up for a day making you think it’s going to be that from now on and then bam we’re hit with snow and cold.

Okay, just wanted to vent a little, I hate the cold. Today is also Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday as it is better known so a happy Holy Thursday to all.

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The News About Dead Celebs

2008-03-19T11:09:00.001-04:00

Seems a few celebrities have died within the last few of days and I wanted to take some time to mention a few of them.

Ivan Dixon, which some of depending on your age may remember as Sergeant James Kinchloe in the hit TV series Hogan’s Heroes. Dixon, died Sunday at the age 76 after a hemorrhage and complications from kidney failure. After Hogan’s Heroes Dixon did some other TV roles including a role in the CBS Playhouse special “The Final War of Olly Winter” for which he got an Emmy nomination for his performance. He become more known as a director, directing such shows as “The Waltons,” “The Rockford Files,” “Magnum, P.I.” and “In the Heat of the Night”.

Arthur C. Clarke, the well known science fiction writer who co-wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey", died today at age 90. Clarke is also credited with the concept of communications satellites in 1945, decades before they became a reality. Some of Clarke’s best-known books are "Childhood's End," 1953; "The City and The Stars," 1956; "The Nine Billion Names of God," 1967; "Rendezvous with Rama," 1973; "Imperial Earth," 1975; and "The Songs of Distant Earth," 1986. Arthur C. Clarke’s latest novel, "The Last Theorem," which was co-written with Frederik Pohl, is said to be coming later this year.

Vicki Van Meter, who made headlines for piloting a plane across the country at age 11 and from the U.S. to Europe at age 12,in the 1990s died Saturday at the tender age of 26. She died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Her body was found in her Meadville home on Sunday. Her brother said she battled depression, but her family thought she had been dealing with her problems. In 1994, Vicki Van Meter flew from Augusta to Glasgow, Scotland, and was credited with being the youngest girl to make a trans-Atlantic flight.

I want to say good-bye to all three of these people that brought us joy and excitement and send condolences to their family and friends.

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The News About Barack Obama And His Pastor

2008-03-18T10:14:00.003-04:00

Barack Obama is trying to distance himself from statements that his long time pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been reported making that to many think sounded racist. Wright who was the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago recently retired, but was Obamas pastor for almost 20 years.

Barack Obama said in an interview with PBS that the statements Reverend Wright made were stupid and that letting those statements dominate the conversation distracted us from the possibilities of moving beyond some of these arguments.

Many people are taking Obama’s association with Reverend Wright and statements that he made to mean that Obama feels the same way. I say look at the man’s record and what he has done in the past to help people of all races. Does it look like he feels that way?

I think that no matter how much Barack Obama does to try to push past this it has severely hurt his campaign. People can be closed minded on these matters will look no farther then they are told to look and one thing you have to look at is why this has come out now when Barack Obama was making such a big leeway? That’s something to think about.

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The News About St. Patrick’s Day

2008-03-17T09:57:00.003-04:00

Well, today is St. Patrick’s Day time for the wearing of the green. As you know there will be lots of parades and lots of drinking. One of the biggest celebrations in the US for St. Paddy’s Day is Chicago where they party all weekend long and actually turn the Chicago River green. Although the ingredients of the dye used to turn the river green is kept a secret, it is claimed to have passed tests from independent chemists and is safe for the environment.

Over a million people all dressed in green showed up Broadway yesterday for its St. Patrick’s Day Parade. With all those people in one place the event still turned out to be a peaceful one.

I want to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Don’t drink to much and if you do don’t drink and Drive. Now on to Easter.

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The News About Pi Day

2008-03-14T09:09:00.001-04:00

Here is a holiday I bet many of you have not heard of. Today is Pi Day. That’s right today we celebrate that mathematical figure rounded off to 3.14. Hmmm, 3.14, March 14th, oh I get it. Anyway for all you Pi fans out there this is your time to celebrate and wild.

How about some pie for Pi Day huh?

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The News About Ashley Dupree And Spitzer Client 9

2008-03-13T10:04:00.002-04:00

Who is Ashley Dupree? Well, Ashley Dupree is a singer who has two singles on the Amie Street website, both of which are selling very well. Oh and she is also the call girl that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was paying for sex.

Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned yesterday because of the sex scandal and threats of impeachment. Spitzer was known as the "Sheriff of Wall Street" because of outgoing efforts to clean up corruption on Wall Street.

Ashley Dupree, who was born Ashley Youmans and was also known as Kristen is 22-years-old is also a nightclub singer from the Jersey Shore. She says she doesn’t want to be though of as a monster.

You can listen to and buy both of Ashley Dupree’s singles, "What We Want" and "Move Ya Body" at amiestreet.com.

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