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Morgenstern earns 7th World Cup victory of season

Washington Examiner - 1day 19hrs ago

Thomas Morgenstern from Austria soars through the air during his first round of the ski flying World Cup event in Harrachov, Czech Republic, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Thomas Morgenstern of Austria earned his seventh ski jump World Cup victory of the …

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Vonn places 2nd behind Gut in womens WCup super-G

The Daily Caller - 1day 22hrs ago

ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (AP) — Lindsey Vonn made a couple of mistakes and Swiss teen Lara Gut capitalized, putting aside off-the-slopes struggles to win Sunday’s World Cup super-G race for her second career victory. The 19-year-…

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Whatever it is, I'm for it!

Examiner.com - 3 days ago

There are many things which no one seems to oppose. We're all for peace, correct? Education? The environment? Observing the Golden Rule, perhaps, if such references are not too religious? Yet so often these claims ring hollow. They must, you see: …

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Schwarzenegger tweet to Medvedev: Let's go skiing

Boston Herald - 6 days ago

Moscow — The Russian president and The Terminator are tweeting — and may soon go skiing together. The unlikely friendship was formed last year when President Dmitry Medvedev visited Silicon Valley then sought the help of then-Californ…

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Announced job cuts surged in November

UPI - 29th Dec 2010

In November, 79 Chief Executive Officers left their jobs, the lowest number of CEO departures since April. To date, 1,227 CEOs have left their jobs this year, Challenger, Gray & Christmas said. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack …

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The Final Vote of the 111th Congress

The Speakers Lobby - 24th Dec 2010

Why were they holding open the vote? After days of backroom negotiations and threats of lugging Congress back into session after Christmas, the jets were revved up, the train tickets were purchased, the cars were packed. Congress was about to conc…

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Heidi Hi Heidi Hi

National Review Online - 17th Dec 2010

An Austrian man has been fined for yodelling while mowing his lawn because it caused offence to his Muslim neighbours. Helmut Griese, 63, was found Guilty of “ridiculing” their religious beliefs and fined nearly £700 by a court i…

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Am I a Government Agent Set Up to Attack Ron Paul?

Megan McArdle - 15th Dec 2010

I dont remember her predicting the Recession/depression? She's popped up afterwards as kind of sponsored "fake Libertarian" whose main aim seems to be to attack Ron Paul and others who support Austrian Economics from a "libertarian" perspective. I…

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