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? I would also like to deny smoking crack cocaine...God, that is a terrible headline. When did you stop beating your wife?

The National Transportaion Safety Board which is in charge of this issue has recommended that laws be passed to lower the blood alcohol ...

Smaller story but I'm sure you'll be interested--the State of California has balanced its budget, nay even has a surplus :o, the fi...

Obama sure seems to have gotten off to a rocky start in his second term, hasn't he?  Jeez. "No drama Obama" was not reelected...

That's the citation to "Deng Initiates New Policy 'Guiding Principle," a US Department of Defense white paper.

This is The Atlantic quoting from a New York Times  article...This is Public Occurrences quoting The Atlantic quoting The New York Times....

JEE-sus Christ.

The January 5, 2011 post, "New York City, December 2008," has been read six times today, only 140 times overall. I'm proud of...

Myanmar [Burma] 8 USA 5 Germany 1 Sweden 1 ( last two hours) A friend and I were conversating today about how puzzling it can be to n...

And with that, I am checking out. I know I can never leave. But I am stabbing this day with steely knives. Baby.

I have 20/ 400 vision. Yes, you read that right. However, despite having 20/400 "vision," I could see that Deadhead sticker on th...

Funny thing happened today: Out on the road I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac. Can you believe it? A Grateful Dead bumpersticker on a ...

Steven Miller, acting head, is out, his resignation requested and received by President Obama, over the targeting of Tea Party groups.

Public Occurrences is dedicated today to the band Eagles.

This is from the lead editorial in The New York Times today: The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating...

"The overall advice that he [defense attorney] gave me is that you have a right to get your stuff. He gave me an example that if y...

Says Benjamin Harris, no more today.

"To maintain discipline in the military, it must have been necessary at that time. For soldiers who risked their lives in circumstance...

How many physicians would choose to perform a double mastectomy on an identically-situated patient: 37 years old, cancer-free, identical ge...

Rooski, Shhh. Listen. ping. ping. ping. We ping the Murmansk, Rooski! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Rooski, we spy on you today, tomorrow, third ...

[Carl] Bernstein Calls Out W.H. On AP Subpoena. -Politico. Holder Says AP Probe Handled By Deputy After He Recused Himself. -Fox News....

Rooski! Three can play game. We go tat for teet, we arrest Gromyko!  Ha-ha-ha.  You like, Rooski? We arrest Gromyko, Ha-ha-ha.

Preventive double mastectomy... Wh...I...Wh...B... Preventive  doub                           le                              mast ...

Rooski, what you doski! So he have extra cash in pocket. He try enroll in Russian police academy! Eh, what a little spy among enemies? R...

Boy, Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy. One of the sexiest, most beautiful women in the world. Poor thing. Cancer is so insidious. M...

That may be the record for longest headline.   This is getting weird: "In a sweeping and unusual move, the Justice Department sec...

Manchester City have fired manager Roberto Mancini after three years in charge and two trophies, the FA Cup in 2011 and the English Premier...

I don't know if "scoffs" is the right political strategy. Maybe I just don't liked being "scoffed"...or "s...

"An exasperated President Obama on Monday called Republican criticism of his handling of the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, 'a sidesh...