| C.J.: We take you from dancing with Paris to caucusing with Scarlett
Bet it was difficult for David Koch to line up Paris Bennett for the opening of r.Norman's Steakhouse. "No," CEO Koch said in total seriousness Thursday at a gala attended by about 3,000 at the new Block E meat market, which includes a nightclub and sushi bar. Maybe if I start calling him "Uncle David," which is how Paris refers to him, Koch could tell when I'm kidding. Jamecia Bennett and her "American Idol" alum daughter were seriously rockin' to Erykah Badu's "On & On." Although raised in the church, Jamecia was shaking part of her body in a way that wasn't very holy. Reminded of this, Jamecia defiantly shook it again with a smile. The highlight of the evening for B96 GM Steve Woodbury, who was in the company of his daughter Jenny, was when I told him that his friends Jamecia and Paris were upstairs.
Iron Mountain stand-off ends
Is it fair to judge people,to tell people like Mr.N. to grow up or put Christ in his life.Isn't that God's job to judge. Why don't we direct our thoughts and prayers to the young gentleman who got himself the this sad situation in the first place. To MR. North, I think your writing is brilliant,you should do it for a living! — ki petro, up north all said and done I think that the police did fine. They did what they had to and no one got hurt, but that also makes it seam like the lock down was unnecessary. Not only that but the school decided to give us all pizza. The distribution of which was as thus: most students got at least one. Some students had more, but doesn't it seem like a big expenditure that could be put to a better use. Not to mention that no one got hurt, yet all of the Iron Mountain High School students who had a first block vocational class were sent home (something we had all hoped for by the second hour in the same classroom).
Patriot missiles: Iraq Veterans Against the War
Some of them will be okay. They will live with the secrets. They can dissociate from what happened in combat because it was part of the job. It was what they signed up for. They will keep the secrets out of duty – the silence is part of a code, and they honour that code above all else. But for others, the secrets they keep are like a poison, slowly releasing toxins of shame and remorse. Who can they tell anyway? They talk to each other – other veterans who have seen what they’ve seen, done what they’ve done, and who can relate to the burden of carrying these secrets for the rest of their lives. In 1971, the protest group Vietnam Veterans Against the War gathered at a hotel in Detroit. More than 100 veterans talked about the atrocities they had witnessed in southeast Asia.
Fields to compete with Crede for starter’s spot
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Josh Fields played 100 games as a rookie last season and showed he was ready for the big leagues. Filling in for the injured Joe Crede, he showed some pop, hitting 23 homers and driving in 67 runs for the White Sox.On Sunday, as he unpacked his bags in the clubhouse, Fields said he was ready to start a spring training in which he will compete with Crede for the full-time third baseman’s job.Manager Ozzie Guillen said Sunday that Fields is his starter right now, at least until Crede shows he is healthy after back surgery last season."Maybe two weeks from now I will have to change my mind," Guillen said Sunday. "We have to wait for Joe. The last two days Joe Crede looks outstanding and I hope he continues to look like that."Fields, who at 25 is four years younger than Crede, welcomes the challenge."Competition is what makes people better.
Women turn on ‘traitor’ Oprah Winfrey for backing Barack Obama
Hillary has the backing of her husband, former President Clinton and no one is balking at the tag team job the two of them are doing on Obama. Just being a former president gives him an advantage over the other candidates so whoever Obama and/or John can get to support them is warranted. We voters need to focus on more important issues than who's backing/supporting who since we have the last say! .
O'Malley, legislators brace for revenue report
He said Maryland is in better shape owing to tough decisions made in November's special legislative session, when lawmakers approved more than $1.3 billion in tax increases and about $500 million in cuts.
"The likelihood is — given the national economic downturn — that difficult series of decisions will continue," Mr. O'Malley told reporters Tuesday before meeting with the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee.
Sen. James E. DeGrange Sr., who is a member of the committee, said lawmakers are looking at every state agency for cuts that will be "painful for all of us." Mr. DeGrange, Anne Arundel Democrat, said the current fiscal climate reminded him of the early 1990s, when the General Assembly had to make repeated budget reductions.
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Flashback: How could you possibly call the Pistons 'Bad' Boys?
Next thing you know, we'll have to wear eyepatches to the Silverdome and carry knives between our teeth.
Now, I have spent a lot of time in the Pistons' locker room. And I never have had to carry a weapon. A footstool, maybe. Never a weapon. They seem like OK guys to me.
But, hey. Maybe I'm missing something. So I called Bob Neal, the TBS announcer, who said that yes, he has been calling Detroit "the team people love to hate" on national broadcasts since late last season.
"It's the image they have around the country now," he said. "I think people relate to Detroit as a tough, blue-collar, hardball town -- and now Detroit basketball fits the mold literally.
"You got players like Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn. When Laimbeer comes to town, there are signs saying "LAME-beer." In Atlanta, a guy dresses up in a villain's mustache and wears Laimbeer's number, and when he stands up, everyone boos.
Judge Endorses Separate N.Y. Arbitration on Adjustments to Historic ...
The adjustment the industry is seeking for 2004, the year which is the subject of the litigation, has been pegged at $1.1 billion. Though the funds in question stem from 2004 calculations, the issues raised will most likely recur every year, and the 1998 accord requires that the annual payments extend in perpetuity. Ramos is the first judge in the nation to rule that a state is entitled to its own, separate arbitration on claims that cigarette manufacturers have lost market share because of the obligations imposed by the 1998 settlement. In the second ruling, Ramos rejected the state's contention that he should decide whether it has carried out its obligation under the 1998 pact to collect payments on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations. Instead, he ruled that issue must be decided as a part of the individual New York state arbitration.
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