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Obama considers domestic spending freeze

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON – The White House has told domestic agencies to assume their budgets will be frozen or even cut by 5 percent as it signals a big push to take on the deficit next year.

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Animated Star Wars Gangsta Rap (Video)

Posted on November 10, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Funny animated Star Wars gangsta rap, starring Luke, Vader, Leia, Lando and a bunch of bottles of Colt .45.

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The White House Reacts to ABC’s ‘V’ Series

Posted on November 10, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Asylum’s White House correspondent, Tommy Christopher, asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs for the White House’s reaction to the show.

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40000 more troops? maybe possibly yes or no?

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON (CNN) — White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently denying media reports that suggest U.S.

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No, Every Newspaper Does Not Need to Cover the World Series

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

There are many reasons to mourn the slow death of the newspaper industry — first and foremost the hordes of people losing their jobs. The disappearance of all-expense-paid journalist conventions masquerading as “major assignments” is not one of them. Murray Chass , who despite retiring from the New York Times several years ago is still apparently in the press box at the Yankees-Phillies series, has noticed that there aren’t as many familiar faces around this year.

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Foo Fighters Welcome Mixed Reactions To New Single ‘Wheels’

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘I like that we have songs that lots of different people either enjoy or dislike,’ frontman Dave Grohl says. By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Matt Elias Foo Fighters Photo: MTV News It’s hard to believe that Foo Fighters , the band that Dave Grohl admits he started “almost on a dare,” has been around for 15 years and have cranked out countless hit singles

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We Are All Married to Barack Obama

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This weekend’s New York Times Magazine cover story paints a fine-grained portrait of the Obamas, America’s most-married powerful couple. And, according to Times political writer Jodi Kantor , this marriage has something important to tell us about Obama’s presidency

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Obama stands with Reid, WH re-confirms support for public option

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The White House issued a statement Sunday evening reaffirming its commitment to a public option for insurance coverage and called reports that the president and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were pursuing different strategies, “absolutely false.” In a three-paragraph post on the White House's blog, Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer offered, what he called, a “Rumor Check” of those recent reports. “In his September 9th address to Congress, President Obama made clear that he supports the public option because it has the potential to play an essential role in holding insurance companies accountable through choice and competition,” Pfeiffer wrote.

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Why Scientists Study Zombies?

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

So you just bought that old DVD of Night of the Living Dead and you tell yourself, “Don't worry, it's only a movie.” Well, then why are researchers studying the phenomenon in computer simulated models? The answer might surprise you.

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