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Local Seattle investors offer to buy Seattle SuperSonics... 2007-11-03 00:56:00 This is good and I hope that he will sell because they need to stay in Seattle like for realz! SEATTLE -- A local group of investors has offered to buy the Seattle SuperSonics to keep the city's oldest major league professional sports franchise from being moved to Oklahoma City. The group headed by Dennis H. Daugs, a private wealth manager and managing director of Lakeside Capital Management ...

RED STATE gets OWNED! 2007-11-03 00:25:00 This was a classic 'worst person' --- Olbermann rox my sox... And the last section about Fox Business Channel is certainly the best part. That is unbelievable that they would to that to the quotes - distort them like that. Here is the offender: Of course RS thinks of this as a good thing and in a way, I guess it may be, being that no press is bad press.... or however that goes. And ...

PA Deocratic Presidential Debate... Full Videos 2007-11-03 00:06:00 If you missed the last presidential debate in PA... on Oct. 30th... Here it is in full: Part 1: Part 2: ...

Drew Carey voices for pot legalization... 2007-11-02 23:07:00 Hopefully soon, Porltanders will legally be able to smoke pot. I signed the petition yesterday. LOS ANGELES — Bob Barker famously closed each episode of "The Price Is Right" with a pitch to spay and neuter pets. His successor is taking a stand on a more controversial subject: marijuana. Drew Carey won't tout toking up on "Price," but he defends the use of medical marijuana in a video posted ...

Are too many movies made? 2007-11-02 20:51:00 Very interesting and easily imaginable... I want to be able to see every movie but that is nearly impossible... if you want to lead a normal life that is. There are more movies being made than the market can absorb.That was the consensus of an AFM panel about emerging trends in film financing held Friday at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica."You're starting to see some backtracking from ... Movies

Google News glitch sets racism suspicions... 2007-11-02 20:43:00 There was concern over at Newsweek that it was racism -- but of course Google is not racist. They are the most diverse and accepting thing on this planet I think. A screen grab of a Google News search result that the company says unintentionally linked Time Warner's Richard Parsons and outgoing Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O'Neal to a picture of monkeys Algorithmic accidents at Google News have ... Google

FOUND: Doosh bag responsible for US faulty Iraq intelligence 2007-11-02 20:30:00 This is angering to see the video... (CBS) <!-- sphereit start -->60 Minutes has identified the man whose fabricated story of Iraqi biological weapons drove the U.S. argument for invading Iraq. It has also obtained video of "Curve Ball," as he was known in intelligence circles, and discovered he was not only a liar, but also a thief and a poor student instead of the chemical engineering whiz he ...

Prank - Would you like a free make-over? 2007-11-02 20:15:00 This is one of the more funny pranks I have EVER seen... ...

Portland gets high marks for national survey... 2007-11-02 19:24:00 Hellz yea, Portland is just that bad-ass! I would say we have better food than they are rating us though. Portland received high marks in several categories in a recent survey by CNN and Travel + Leisure magazine rating the top 25 cities across the United States for various areas of interest. Portland received national first-place ratings for its public transportation system, environmental ...

RECALLED: 4,374 pounds of beef / 5 million frozen pizzas 2007-11-02 17:29:00 WOW... check ur food... MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - General Mills recalled about 5 million frozen pizzas sold nationwide under the Totino's and Jeno's labels because of possible E. coli contamination. The voluntary recall covers pizzas containing pepperoni that have been produced since July, when the first of 21 E. coli illnesses under investigation by state and federal authorities emerged. Symptoms of E ...

Portland: Projects span downtown, River District 2007-11-02 17:21:00 [Click to enlarge map...] This is a neat illustration of all the current projects happening, and just finished in the downtown. The list of all of them can be found HERE. But as noted in this other article: “Portland has worked hard to revitalize its downtown, and those efforts are beginning to pay off,” McDonough said. Overall, there is great progress happening downtown. It gets pretty ...

Vid - History of the LOLCats 2007-11-02 15:04:00 I love those pictures... ... History

Say goodbye to Blockbuster 2007-11-02 14:53:00 The end is near... The fat lady has sung... These are the growing pains of our evolving society. It looks like the bottom has finally fallen out of Blockbuster. After numerous failed attempts at attracting new customers, the company is finally spiraling out of control. Sad as it is, the end is near for Blockbuster, and all that pressure it has been placing on Netflix will be lifted. And in ...

Student Finds $30,000 Baroque Painting Inside Old $300 Sofa 2007-11-02 14:45:00 I always love these sorts of things... How come things like this never happen to me? BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin student who bought a second-hand sofa bed at a flea market learned she had been sitting on a small fortune when she found a baroque painting hidden inside the couch. ...

Vid - Trimming trees near power lines... 2007-11-02 14:41:00 Ever wondered how they trim the trees near the power lines? I have seen them do this along tree shrouded highway 26 and it is basically the same idea but with a much bigger saw blade I think. WATCH THE VIDEO ...