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College Embarassed by Cheney Stump Speech

Posted in Politics Apr 27, 2004 by jake_lex

Fox News reports that the president of Westminster College in Fulton, MO, where Vice President...

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Stern Gets Ratings Boost

Posted in Culture Apr 26, 2004 by jake_lex

In yet another example of how a clumsy attempt to deny people the right to see or hear what they want usually backfires, Howard...

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No Job For the Apprentice?

Posted in Culture Apr 24, 2004 by jake_lex

So Bill Rancic won a cushy job with Donald Trump for winning "The Apprentice", right?

Maybe...

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Yet Another Patent Lawsuit

Posted in Geek Apr 24, 2004 by jake_lex

In yet another case of a company seemingly...

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9/11 Commissioner Receives Death Threats

Posted in Politics Apr 19, 2004 by jake_lex

Jamie Gorelick, a member of the commission investigating the failure to prevent the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has reported that since she was attacked by...

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Real Criminal Genius

Posted in Culture Apr 6, 2004 by jake_lex

Demonstrating that real-life criminals aren't always as smart as they are on TV or in movies, George W. Geddes was arrested for the murder of Margaret...

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Google Announces New Mail Service

Posted in Geek Apr 1, 2004 by jake_lex

Google today announced plans to launch GMail, a free, Web-based email service that will offer its users one gigabyte...

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Some Sound Financial Advice

Posted in Culture Mar 30, 2004 by jake_lex

Need a little cash to make it to payday? Well, just go gambling! Not exactly the most positive message to send with gambling addiction and consumer debt...

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That's My Bush!

Posted in Politics Mar 25, 2004 by jake_lex

Dubya yucked it up about the fact that no WMD's have been found in Iraq at the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in Washington Wednesday night.
Bush...

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View Very, Very Askew

Posted in Culture Mar 23, 2004 by jake_lex

Kevin Smith recently told Playboy that he was approached by Michael Jackson to direct a movie called Hot Rod in which Jacko would play a man...

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Stiffed

Posted in Culture Mar 18, 2004 by jake_lex

Who woulda thought a "natural male enhancement" product would be a scam. A Dayton man is suing the manufacturers of Enzyte for false advertising, saying...

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US Dog and Pony Show Offends Libya

Posted in Politics Mar 16, 2004 by jake_lex

It seems that even when a country does what we want it to, the Bush Administration can't help rubbing it in. Reuters...

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Size Doesn't Matter

Posted in Geek Mar 16, 2004 by jake_lex

Toshiba has announced that they will begin manufacturing a hard drive roughly the size of a postage stamp later this year. The 0.85 inch hard drive will...

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The Juice Is Loose

Posted in Culture Mar 9, 2004 by jake_lex

Obviously too cash strapped from his exhaustive and relentless search for the real killers, O.J. Simpson has, apparently, decided to cut a few corners and...

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Honest, Officer, I Was Blowing Him!

Posted in Culture Mar 3, 2004 by jake_lex

In a criminal case in Connecticut, Heather Specyalski was charged with manslaughter in connection with a car crash in which a man, Neil Esposito, was killed.

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"We Don't Support That"

Posted in Geek Feb 23, 2004 by jake_lex

I would direct your attention to this article on Salon.com, from someone freed from the hell of doing tech support for an outsourcing company.

As someone...

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Democrat Wins Kentucky Special Election

Posted in Politics Feb 17, 2004 by jake_lex

Democrat Ben Chandler easily defeated Republican Alice Forgy Kerr in a special House election today, getting 55% of the vote to Kerr's 43% (the other 2%...

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