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Raw Video: Utah Mom’s Father-In-Law Enters Plea

The father-in-law of a missing Utah woman pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of possessing child pornography and secretly videotaping her, other women and young girls without their knowledge. (Sept. 23)

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Michelle Obama Smeared for Wearing Borrowed Jewlery

enlarge Credit: Drudge Drudge: Michele’s Bling The right wing smear machine has been unrelentless in their cowardly attacks against FLOTUS. Michele Obama has been a target of Limbaugh’s scathing commentary weekly, but Drudge led the way after Culture Map got the lying started. Michelle Obama Derangement Syndrome continues unabated in the right wing media. Several sites have picked up a story at the website CultureMap.com that reported on Obama’s choice of jewelry at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in New York. From CultureMap, with emphasis added: That was no ordinary bling on the wrist of First Lady Michelle Obama at the DNC fundraiser in New York Tuesday night. Those fancy diamond cuffs were the creation of 23-year-old Katie Decker, whose namesake jewelry line has been making a serious splash since her graduation from Texas A&M two years ago. The native Houstonian is over the moon with the fab pub that photos of the first lady in Katie Decker are already providing. Michelle Obama’s stylist picked up the bracelets at Katie’s showroom in Fragments in Soho. The bracelets were on loan for the evening; a common practice in the fashion industry. You can see more photos of the Obamas from the evening here by checking out the Gotham Hall event. If you’ve been saving your nickels and dimes, the cuffs are available locally at Judith Ann Jewels. The First Lady wore Katie’s Lotus cuff priced at $15,000 with 2.9 carats of diamonds, her Gothic cuff at $15,350 with 2.17 carats in diamonds and the Quatrefoil bracelet at $11,800 with 1.73 carats in diamonds. Or, as Drudge Report wrote it: Fox Nation also picked up the story and included excerpts — but not the line about the jewelry being “on loan for the evening”…. — Right on cue, the story was picked up by Jim Hoft . He headlined his post “Everyone Must Sacrifice… Michelle Obama Wears $42,000 in Bling to DNC Fundraiser”: The economy may have had its first downgrade. But not the Obamas. In January 2009, before the president signed his failed $787 billion stimulus bill into law, Barack Obama lectured America saying, “Everyone must sacrifice for the greater good… Everyone must have some skin in the game.” Everyone but Barack and Michelle Obama. Michelle Obama wore $42,000 in bling to a DNC fundraiser this week. The accusation that Obama was being extravagant because she wore borrowed jewelry is the latest in a long line of deranged attacks on her. I remember when America finally woke up to the fact that George Bush was a destructive president, attacks of FLOTUS where still pretty much frowned upon and then kept to a minimum for good reason. Why isn’t the media all over Drudge because of the falsehood of his story? I guess because the beltway Villagers still believe he rules the world.

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The hype surrounding yesterday’s big Facebook announcement wasn’t misplaced: This really was a massive status update, and as you might expect, it’s generating a lot of comments. Here’s what people are saying: “Timeline brings a long-overdue overhaul to Facebook’s interface,” which previously looked “like what would happen if a goat…

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Results from an unscientific poll posted online show of those responding, an overwhelming majority felt gas drilling in their neighborhood creates a health and safety hazard.

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Tarnishing Gold: Official Accused of Attempting to Rig 2012 Olympic Boxing

The BBC shed light on an investigation into the World Series Boxing (WSB) organization, alleging evidence of a secret deal to fix two of the boxing gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in London. Whistleblowers inside the organization have accused Ivan Khodabakhsh, WSB chief operating officer, of promising Azerbaijani government officials two boxing gold medals

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As expected, the Senate has blocked a House-passed bill that would provide disaster aid and pay to keep federal agencies open, escalating the latest partisan clash over spending. The near-party line vote of 59-36 set up a fresh round of brinksmanship between the Senate and the Republican-run House. A government…

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Liberals are hailing the emergence of a “new” President Obama, a “soak-the-rich, veto-threatening, self-proclaimed class warrior,” writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post . But it’s actually just a return of the old Obama who took office with “radical” ideas, he of the gigantic stimulus and the “quasi-nationalization” of health care….

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Growing Up Geek: Zachary Lutz

Welcome to Growing Up Geek , an ongoing feature where we take a look back at our youth and tell stories of growing up to be the nerds that we are. Today, we have our very own Contributing Mobile Editor, Zachary Lutz . Perhaps it requires a special breed to proudly wear the label of “geek.” No, I’m not talking about circus performers that bite heads off chickens (check the original meaning of the word), but about people like you and me, the folks who pursue their interests to a fantastic degree. It doesn’t matter whether your passion is knitting, fishing or kayaking; if you’re a curious individual who’s always thirsting to learn more, there’s a good chance we’ll get along. For me, my pigeonhole just so happens to be computers — and, more recently, mobile technology. Sure, you could blame it on way too many hours in front of the screen, but as a certain self-empowered pop star might say, I’d like to think I was born this way. Continue reading Growing Up Geek: Zachary Lutz Growing Up Geek: Zachary Lutz originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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You can’t always believe what you read—especially if it’s written by Ron Suskind. The wide-ranging claims made in Confidence Men , his account of the Obama administration, are as dubious as ever, writes Jacob Weisberg in Slate . “Issues of accuracy, fairness, and integrity come up nearly every time Suskind publishes…

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Trending: #Jionni

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He was only in Italy for six hours before he decided to ditch his girlfriend on “Jersey Shore,” but that was apparently time enough for the great Jionni to take Twitter by storm, on which he, himself, was a trending topic until early Friday morning. Maybe he should consider throwing his jacket Snooki’s way and

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