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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, February 13, 2014

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Not Tennessee Ernie Ford

As we celebrate the birthday of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Not Now Silly looks at some of the headlines of yesteryear (from the WikiWackyWoo).
On this date:

• 1633 – Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
• 1880 – Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.
• 1881 – The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert.
• 1914 – Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
• 1920 – The Negro National League is formed.
• 1960 – Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.

Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

Kansas House passes
bill allowing service
refusal to gay couples

Idaho bill would allow
doctors or cops to refuse
service to LGBT people
on religious grounds

Nigerian gay people being hunted down

Dallas sportscaster’s shocking response to Michael Sam coming out as gay

SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST RACIAL SOCIETY:

Don Lemon Proves People Are ‘Really Sensitive’ About Race with One Epic CNN Shout-Fest

7 Things Your Colorblind
Racist Friend Might Say to
You and How to Respond

BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS!!!

Russian govt defends anti-gay neo-Nazis, says kidnappings never happened

FREE THE WEED!!!

Wanted: Medical marijuana critics to write for
Motor City Muckraker


Congress Calls On President Obama To Use His Authority
To Reclassify Marijuana

RELIGION CORNER:

A Montana School Just Fired a
Teacher for Getting Pregnant.
That Actually Happens All the Time.

Georgia Rep. Paul Broun Supports the Bible, Not the Constitution

CHRIS CHRISTIE CORNER:

Chris Christie said with a straight
face: George W. Bush was our
last successful politician


ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

Burst Mains Continue Flooding Detroit Streets And Basements

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Watch Fox News Throw A Hissy
Fit Over ‘The Lego Movie’

How A Man Accused Of Threatening His Wife
With A Gun Became A
Conservative Media Hero

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

In the “RoboCop” Reboot, Samuel L. Jackson Is
Basically Bill O’Reilly


IN OUTER SPACE:

Teamwork! Two Telescopes Combine Forces To Spot
Distant Galaxy Clusters

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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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Today we celebrate the official birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. Coming up this weekend is Presidents’ Day, where we honour both George Washington and Lincoln with mattress sales. Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

LGBT:

Nevada State Officials Stop Defending Same-Sex Marriage Ban In Appeal

Where is it illegal to be gay?

NATURE IS COMPLICATED:

Some species of crocodiles can climb trees

COLD CASE HEATS UP:

New Suspect Named in Disappearance of Sisters 39 Years Ago

CONSITUTIONAL CORNER:

‘Choose Life’ License
Plate Struck Down By
Federal Appeals Court

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Florida County Eliminates Minority-Heavy Polling Places

Republicans Lose It and Try to Overthrow
John Boehner Over the Clean Debt Limit Bill

WHEN POP-TART GUNS ARE OUTLAWED:

Pop-Tart school-gun bill clears first hurdle in Florida

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Right-wing pastor: Pat Robertson committed ‘blasphemy’ by mocking creationism

BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS:

Did A Fox News Host
Just Endorse The Public
Health Care Option?

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FREE THE WEED!!!

Marijuana May Stop The
Spread Of HIV, Study Finds

Lethal Dose: Half Ton of Weed Kills a Man

Alaska To Legalize Recreational
Weed This Summer?

ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST TROWAWAY CITY:

Breakdowns In Pipes And Power
Grid Cause Disruptions Across City

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford’s conduct criticized by
student protesters at City Hall
About a dozen protesters say Mayor Rob Ford’s lying,
drinking and drug-taking make him unfit to lead.
The mayor was not there to hear them.

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, February 11, 2014

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With only 323 days left in the year, let’s take a quick look at some of the WikiWhackyWoo headlines of yesteryear:

• 55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
• 1531 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
• 1752 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
• 1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
• 1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
• 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.

Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour before they become old:

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSTREPEROUS:

Frustrated With Obstruction Harry Reid Eyes Going Nuclear on ALL Republican Filibusters

Former Florida State Rep. Ana Rivas
Logan Leaves GOP Over Immigration,
Becomes A Democrat

BACK TO THE LAND!!!

If children lose contact with nature they won’t fight for it

BLAMING AND SHAMING THE VICTIM:

WSJ Editor: Intoxicated Sexual Assault Victims
Are Just As Guilty As Their Attackers

IN LGBT NEWS:

NFL Prospect Michael Sam Blazes Trail By Bravely Coming Out As An Openly Gay Man

Anti-Gay Restaurant Hilariously
Pranked By Gay Rights Supporters

BULLY CORNER:

The Mark Koldys-Johnny Dollar Cyber-Bully Comments of the Day


TODAY IN RELIGION:

This church holds naked services


The Cruelty of Creationism
A new documentary shows how biblical
fundamentalism imprisons the mind.


BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS!!!

International Olympic Committee defends arrests and beatings of LGBT activists

FREE THE WEED!!!

Marijuana Advocates
‘Discouraged,’ but not Deterred

Why Smoking Pot Makes You So Hungry

MORE DISPATCHES FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

Wall Street Journal: Casinos, The Engines Of Detroit’s Economy, Start To Sputter

East-side Detroit groups gain
recognition for reimagining
use of vacant urban parcels

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox Flips Blame
From AOL Exec
To Obamacare In
One Segment


FOX & FRIENDS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox & Friends:
Is Walmart’s Viral Pro-Work Ad a Response to Dems Denigrating Labor?

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

WATCH: O’Reilly’s Jesse Watters Confronts Pelosi to
Get Her to Come on Show

LAURA INGRAHAM IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Laura Ingraham fights
with an entire Fox News
panel over immigration

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Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, February 10, 2014

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It’s February 10th, folks. Which means this is the 41st day of the year. Before we get to today’s news, here’s a look at a few of the headlines from yesteryear. On this day, according to the WikiWhackyWoo:

• 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
• 1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.
• 1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo“.
• 1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

Now let’s get right down to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

Wielding Whip and a Hard New Law,
Nigeria Tries to ‘Sanitize’ Itself of Gays

SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:

Racist Chants From The Crowd
Brought This Soccer Star To Tears

FREE THE WEED!!!

Legal Pot Coming Soon? 50-State
Marijuana Law Roundup.

Medical Marijuana Gains
Traction in the Deep South

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

On Fox & Friends: Oscar
Song ‘Yanked’ Because
Of Faith Based Bigotry

PAYING TWO DEBTS TO SOCIETY:

BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS:

Sochi Olympic Winter Games at
root of residents’ housing woes

THINGS GO BETTER WITH KOCH:

Keystone XL Pipeline Could Yield
$100 Billion For Koch Brothers

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Ken Ham: The Making of An
American Religious Huckster

Young American adults abandon
religion in record numbers

Christians Might Be Surprised to
Find That Not God, But Men,
Decided What They Would Believe

CHRIS CHRISTIE CORNER:

NJ Star-Ledger Regrets Endorsing
Christie: ‘We Blew This One’

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford’s wee-hours
Foggy Dew pub night
concerns Coquitlam mayor

IN OUTER SPACE:

Researchers identify one of the
earliest stars in the universe
The discovery suggests that the very first generation of stars may not have been as powerful as previously thought.

NASA is now accepting applications from companies that want to mine the moon

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, February 9, 2014

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As we celebrate Alice Walker‘s birthday (1944), let’s take a look at some headlines from yesteryear for this day:

• 474 – Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 1913 – A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
• 1950 – Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.

And now, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS:

George Zimmerman’s Epic Boxing Match With DMX Has Been Canceled
The rapper will not get to stop, drop, shut Zimmerman down after all


IN LGBT NEWS:

Justice Department to
give married same-sex
couples equal protection


SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:

‘Racial slurs’ used in more
than 10,000 tweets a day


THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSFUCATION:

Republican Party wing creates
18 fake websites for Democrats

PASS THE POPCORN!!!

Tea Party Brings The Knives
Out For Mitch McConnell


TODAY IN RELIGION:

The Religious Right Sells the False Choice of the State or Christianity


FREE THE WEED!!!

Alaska Could Be The Next
State To Legalize Marijuana

This Is Why So Many Reasonable People Think Anti-Marijuana Crusaders Look Ridiculous

Marijuana Legalization Plan Stalls in New Mexico

BULLY CORNER:

Former high school bully congratulates gay victim after seeing marriage proposal online

Some bullies never seem to learn:
The Johnny Dollar Cyber-Bully Comments of the Day

LOOFAH LAD CORNER:

Bill O’Reilly Is On The
Wrong Side Of The
Minimum Wage Debate

O’Reilly Sucks Up
To Ted Nugent

Bill O’Reilly: “I Believe
That John Boehner Is
Secretly A Democrat”

Geraldo Rivera Calls O’Reilly ‘President
Of Most Of The White Guys In America


CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford ‘talking gibberish’ during late night B.C. pub visit
Mayor reportedly disappeared into tiny staff washroom for more than an hour, emerging incoherent and fidgety before ordering rounds of drinks.

Toronto police mostly quiet on visit to Mayor Rob Ford’s office

Somali group to use Gawker funds for mentoring


GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

NC parenting columnist’s 3-year-old son shoots 17-month-old sister
with dad’s gun

6-year-old Alabama boy
shot while Dad was trying
to unload his pistol


IN OUTER SPACE:

Red skies discovered on extreme brown dwarf


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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, February 8, 2014

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It’s another weekend, the second of this shortened month. Before we get to today’s Headlines Du Jour, let’s take a look at some headlines from yesteryear:

• 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

• 1879 – Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

• 1915 – D.W. Griffith‘s controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.

Now, on to more recent headlines:

IN LGBT NEWS:

This drag queen’s brilliant response to homophobia
will move you to tears

Video: Gays arrested in Moscow`s Red Square,
singing national anthem


SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:

The history white
people need to learn

Anyone who wants “white history
month” should learn instead about how
whiteness has been used to discriminate


FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:


Greg Gutfeld Rags on
Bill O’Reilly: ‘How
Egotistical Is That?!’

Fox’s Juan Williams: It’s
Fair To Call Out Fox For
Their Benghazi Coverage

Hannity Attacks “Comrade De Blasio” For Boycotting
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Over Its LGBT Exclusion
Hannity: “This Is Him Being Prejudiced Towards
People’s Deeply Held Fundamental Religious Belief”


BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS:

Most corrupt Olympics ever: Why Sochi’s
“above and beyond” what we’ve seen before


THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBFUSCATION:

National Republican Congressional Campaign using fake Democrat websites to lure voters

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD, TOO:

850,000-year-old human
footprints found in Norfolk

MORE DISPATCHES FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

Obama invites Duggan
to develop job creation
plan for Detroit

Bankruptcy In Action: Belle Isle Becomes A State Park Tuesday

Really? A ‘No Colors Allowed’ Sign at Bar Sparks Absurd Cries of Racism

Orr: Detroit’s turnaround is going to happen quickly


FREE THE WEED!!!

Uruguay’s President Nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize for Legalizing Weed


TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:

Florida Ordinance Makes It Illegal
For Homeless To Use Blankets


CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford wanted rainbow flag
removed from Toronto City Hall

Rob Ford to duck
World Pride parade, too

Rob Ford: ‘I’m not going to change the way I am’

WATCH: Robyn Doolittle appears on The Daily Show


FROM OUTER SPACE:

Curiosity Rover Sees Earth from Mars for 1st Time (Photos)


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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, February 6, 2014

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Before we get to today’s Headlines Du Jour, lets take a look a headline from yesteryear, found at the WikiWhackyWoo:

• Feb 6 1843 – The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).

Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

NEWSPAPERS IN THE HEADLINES:

Observer: NY Times Staffers
in ‘Semi-Open Revolt’
Against Editorial Section

THE NEWS IN THE HEADLINES:

The media’s massive revisions on CBO-Obamacare story

BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS:

New Channel 4 Documentary Reveals Shocking Levels of Russian Homophobia

MORE DISPATCHES FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

GOP Strategist: ‘Detroit
Should Prepare A Bid’ For
Party’s 2016 Convention

Project to transform 140
acres of blight into large
urban farm finally underway

THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO:

Fugitive sought since 1977 found in California

THINGS GO BETTER WITH KOCH:

The Koch Brothers Left a Confidential Document
at Their Last Donor Conference—Read it Here

ANOTHER EXCITING ADVENTURE OF COPS GONE WILD:

EXCLUSIVE: Cops
sexually assault mother,
break 10-year-old son’s
leg, claims lawsuit
Cops break a 10-year-old boy’s leg with a kick then sexually assault mother by flicking pierced nipple, a shocking new lawsuit claims.

A “COPS GONE WILD” FOLLOW-UP:

Cop Indicted For Allegedly Killing Schizophrenic
Because He Didn’t ‘Have Time’ To Reason With Him

FREE THE WEED!!!

Obama Could Legalize Pot Today

Legalizing Medical Marijuana
May Lead To Fewer Suicides

Georgia’s New Medical
Marijuana Bill Introduced

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OMFG!!!

Watch What Happens When A Woman Tells
Rep. Bridenstine Obama Should Be Executed

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Did God Harden Barack Obama’s Heart
or Did He Make Joseph Farah Stupid?

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Duly Quoted: Rob Ford on
Ongoing Police Investigation
Mayor responds to the news that police
are seeking his cellphone records.

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Appetite For Distraction: Fox News Gets
Taken To The Woodshed By Jon Stewart

Bill O’Reilly Tries To Make Jon Stewart Understand America

The Bill O’Reilly interruption factor: Dana Milbank

O’Reilly: WaPo’s Dana Milbank ‘a weasel’

Milbank: Yes, O’Reilly is ‘unfair’ to Obama

Pathetic O’Reilly Gets Taste of His Own Bullying
Medicine, Whines About Obama Interview Criticism

WRETCHED GRETCHED IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox Freaks Out Over CVS
Ending Sales Of Tobacco
Fox Host: “Is It OK Legally … To
Restrict Tobacco Availability In
A Private Store Like This?”

KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

ANN COULTER IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Ann Coulter: My Friend’s Sister Died Because of Obamacare

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN:

Sony Bets That Jazz Can Still Be Hip

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, February 4, 2014

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Another Tuesday to ponder. Those celebrating birthdays today include Rosa Parks, Ida Lupino, and Alice Cooper. So, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR:

Mom Suspected Of Dismembering Adult Son
Was Having A ‘Bad Year’


DO YOU DIG ARCHAEOLOGY?

Abandoned pyramid turns out to be a 4,600-year-old wonder

In Photos: Egyptian Pyramid Predates Giza Landmark

SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST RACIAL SOCIETY:

Michael Dunn trial starts
in Florida: How similar
to Trayvon Martin case?
The murder trial of Michael Dunn, which began Monday, puts Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law front and center again. Mr. Dunn, who is white, is charged with killing a black teen in Jacksonville after jousting over loud music.

Coca-Cola’s ‘America the Beautiful’ Super
Bowl Ad Causes Idiotic Tea Party Backlash

FREE THE WEED!!!

More black leaders are shifting their views on marijuana

2 medical marijuana bills stall in Michigan Senate

Marijuana news: What would legal pot mean for state workers in Oregon?

CCC = CHRIS CHRISTIE CORNER:

Chris Christie’s Botched Attempt at Bridgegate Character Assassination

NEWS OUT OF THE FACEBOOKERY:

The Quiet Upheaval of
Facebook’s New iPhone App

ROGER AILES IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

How President Obama Turned The Tables and Humiliated Roger Ailes and Fox News

BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

The Five’s Bolling Slams Coca-Cola: ‘You Ticked Off a Lot of Americans’

A series from the Not Now Silly archives
Chow Mein and Bolling

IN OUTER SPACE:

International Space Station will soon contain
the coldest spot in the known universe


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Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, February 3, 2014

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The Super Bowl is over, which means ‘Merkins can now turn their collective attention to things that are really important, like the latest Coca-Cola commercial that the Reich Wing is so upset about. Which brings us right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

ASSHOLES DU JOUR:

Coca Cola Super Bowl Ad Inspires Racist Twitter Backlash

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

John Elway to Fox News: I’m Republican because ‘I don’t
believe in safety nets’


SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:

Why America Is Still a
Deeply Racist Country

Labor pains: The racist
policies that set workplace equality back decades

TODAY IN RAPE CULTURE:

Protestors outraged by “Date Grape” drink at Wash. bar


CHRIS CHRISTIE PUSHES BACK — AGAINST HIS OLD FRIEND:

Chris Christie Mounts Defense, Rips Into Former Ally David Wildstein

The Loneliest Man on Super Bowl Sunday Is Chris Christie

Christina Genovese Renna, Chris Christie Staffer, Resigns Amid Probe

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Sorry, Rob Ford: Pedestrian safety is important in Coquitlam
Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart
speaks out after the Toronto mayor
was ticketed for jaywalking

FOX IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

The Fox Nation Statement of Purpose. Just like
almost everything else from Fox “News,” it’s a lie.

FOX NATION IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

President Obama Takes No Guff From O’Reilly In Superbowl Interview

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Headlines Du Jour ► Groundhog Day ► Sunday, February 2, 2014

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It’s Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil shares his big day Ayn Rand, Elaine Stritch, Stan Getz, Graham Nash, and Farrah Fawcett, all celebrating birthdays today. But, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.


A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS:

Gov. Chris Christie booed by Times Square crowd at Super Bowl event


POLITICAL CORNER:

Cecil Bohanon: Why national politics has become so nasty


IN COCONUT GROVE:

Out with old, in with new Miami park

West Grove to get its first police station


IN RUSSIA, BEARS ARM YOU:

Vodka blamed for Russia’s high death rate


FREE THE WEED!!!

Obama, Who Evidently Has Not Read The Controlled Substances
Act, Denies That He Has The Power To Reclassify Marijuana

Medical marijuana shops could open by summer

FREE THE TUMBLING TUBLEWEEDS!!!

‘Tumbleweed Invasion 2014’: Tumbleweeds bury New Mexico town

EXPOSING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT LIES:

All About the Woman Whose Life Was Ruined by
Obamacare and Had No Choice but to Appear in a TV Ad

FROM OUTER SPACE:

Study Shows How Planets with Binary Stars, Like Tatooine, Form

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford reportedly ticketed in Vancouver
for jaywalking; public intoxication

Mayor Rob Ford ’embarrassed’ by Vancouver jaywalking ticket

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