.Kentucky Derby 2011: Why Is The Field So Slow?

With the 2011 Kentucky Derby this Saturday, it's time to fall in love with horse racing again and get to know the contenders. But hold on: Why is this year's field so much slower than usual? Plus: Some love for Chris Wallace, streakers, feminists,...

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Barack Obama Birth Certificate Released; Donald Trump Immediately Takes Credit

The White House has released Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate. The document proves that Barack Obama was born in ... East Africa! Barack Sr., that is. Lo and behold, Barack Hussein Obama II, the 44th President of the United States of America,...

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Drug free

Apparently the drug-free notion won’t die. Here’s another article: County students commit to drug-free lives Again, the notion is absurd. What they really mean is that County students are committing to not using certain drugs that have been demonized....

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Atlas Shrugged, But You Shouldn't

A review of Atlas Shrugged Part 1, a film by John Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow, screenplay by Brian Patrick O'Toole and John Aglialoro, directed by Paul Johnasson, based on the novel by Ayn Rand. Opens April 15, 2011. 102 minutes. PG-13. Limited release....

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Michigan teen killed in craigslist swindle

Two charged with murder in Hazel Park Craigslist killing: For the umpteenth time we have another ‘craigslist killer’ and for the second time that I know of it has happened in the Detroit area. 19-year-old Jonathan Clements of Hazel Park, Michigan was...

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Yoghurt Warrior - Jumanji

I opened my inbox the other day and there was an email from Yoghurt Warrior.  I had never heard of him before but I am glad I followed some of the links he sent me. Check out this fantastic tribal track he made. It's down tempo and perfect for...

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GLENN BECK: Leaving FOX Is Something I've Been Thinking About For A Long Time

Alternate, and equally vague, versions of Glenn Beck's departure from FOX came out tonight in the aftermath of today's surprising announcement. Beck spoke about it at the end of his show tonight, noting that leaving Fox was "something I've been thinking...

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The Masters 2011 TV schedule: Coverage unlike any other

Spring has sprung and with the changing of the seasons comes the annual time of year where millions of people watch men hit a ball around a fancy country club accompanied by the dulcet tones of Jim Nantz. The 2010 Masters was the big draw because...

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Martina McBride new single 'Teenage Daughters'

Martina McBride new single 'Teenage Daughters' now available on iTunes at the same day(March 29), McBride’s daughter Emma became a teenager! Emma celebrated her 13th birthday. “I couldn’t believe it when I noticed the single release date was the...

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The Band Perry Wins Top New Artist at ACMs With Depressing Song

The Band Perry won Top New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards tonight and then beat out Top New Solo Vocalist of the Year winner Eric Church for the honor of Top New Artist. Even though I love country music, at first,...

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Google Doodles Ice Cream Sundae

When Phandroid reader Bennett Todd [Thanks!] sent in a Phantip saying today’s Google Doodle hinted that perhaps an Android Ice Cream announcement was imminent, I rushed to check it out. Indeed, the April 3rd Google Doodle features two “Ice Cream Sundaes”...

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Boo and Boo Factory

I rarely show my girly side over here, but these pieces by Boo and Boo Factory just makes me want to put on my cheeriest outfit so that I can put on these lovely necklaces to top it all off! Edgy yet hip, these would make for a fun conversation piece...

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In Shadow of Yankee Stadium, 3 Unfinished Ball Fields

On Thursday, the New York Yankees began their regular season at Yankee Stadium, a gleaming $1.5 billion behemoth that opened in the Bronx in 2009 as the new home of one of the richest franchises in sports. But next to the stadium is a lingering eyesore...

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Series records favor CCHA teams in Frozen Four semifinal matchups

A pair of CCHA-WCHA matchups are in the works for the 2011 Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn. And if history holds any weight, the CCHA teams have the advantage. Notre Dame and Minnesota-Duluth will play in one national semifinal on Thursday, April...

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Cherry Blossom Festival 2011 Kicks Off With Solemn Tribute To Japan Victims

WASHINGTON -- The flowering trees that symbolize friendship between the United States and Japan are blooming for the 99th time in Washington in the wake of one of the world's worst natural disasters. Before the two-week National Cherry Blossom Festival...

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Mega Millions Winning Numbers: “LOST” Lotto Numbers Played Again?

What are the Mega Millions Winning Numbers from last night’s drawing? Did anyone win the $312 million dollar jackpot? And just out of curiosity, did anyone play the “LOST” numbers that won last time? In case you don’t remember, back in January, the...

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Susan B. Anthony, and a Brave Task to Help Liberate

American Minute with Bill Federer Susan B. Anthony, whose face is on a U.S. dollar coin and whose statue is in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, died MARCH 13, 1906. Raised a Quaker, her father owned a cotton mill and refused to buy cotton from farmers who...

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Derek Hough Is M.I.A. From DWTS, But Catch Him Tomorrow On GMA!

Did you catch the season 12 premiere of Dancing With The Stars tonight? This is the first season that I watched without a favorite…I’m keeping an open mind and hoping to see some new favorites step forward. And there was no elimination this week,...

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Big Love, American Style

Tonight is the series finale of Big Love, one of the key shows of what we might call the HBO interregnum — the period after the first generation of drama hits went away (it was a year after the end of Six Feet Under and a year before the end of The...

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Six Surprising Facts About St. Patrick's Day

. St. Patrick's Day as a cultural holiday is an American invention -- the first St. Patrick's Day parade took place in the United States on March 17, 1762. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through -- where else? New York City....

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The History of Corned Beef and Cabbage

When Grover Cleveland took the Presidential Oath of Office in 1885, he was appalled to find that his rotund predecessor, the all but forgotten Chester A. Arthur, had transformed White House dining into an endless gastronomic banquet.  The new...

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Happy Pi Day, math lovers!.

It's 3.14, and that means it's time for the official Pi Day celebrations to begin.Get out your favorite circular objects, people, it’s Pi Day 2011! As the math and science enthusiasts among us already know, March 14 (i.e. 3/14) is official Pi Day —...

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When the "Fox News Babes" Met al-Jazeera

As a business major, I've always had a problem with the American cable network Fox News. On one hand, it's a master stroke of marketing in selling to a Middle American demographic; an odd mix of conservative righteousness combined with titillation...

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Chattahoochee Technical College.

With the popularity of an online education degree many people have been trying these methods. Apparently registering online for classes is also popular. This method of registering is actually so popular that it has slowed down a popular school’s...

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Chattahoochee Technical College

With the popularity of an online education degree many people have been trying these methods. Apparently registering online for classes is also popular. This method of registering is actually so popular that it has slowed down a popular school’s...

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Miguel Cabrera's off-field issues again overshadow his on-field excellence

This is the second reported incident regarding Cabrera, alcohol and the police. The first came in 2009 when cops responded after Cabrera got into a physical altercation with his wife. General manager Dave Dombrowski had to pick up Cabrera from the...

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