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Very classy act from a hockey fan in Canada: Someone tossed a banana peel onto the ice as Wayne Simmonds—one of the few black players in the NHL—skated toward the net during a shootout last night, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . The peel landed in the path of the…

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Recession Fear on Wall St. and Main St.

A brutal week for the stock market ended on a quiet note Friday, but worries about the global economy again pounded copper, gold and other commodities. (Sept. 23)

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Palestinians Submit UN Statehood Bid

President Mahmoud Abbas took his people’s quest for independence to the heart of world diplomacy on Friday, hoping to galvanize their flagging statehood campaign by seeking UN recognition of Palestine and sidestepping negotiations. (Sept. 23)

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Dougherty Gang: Cross-Country Chase Trio Were Headed South of the Border

Three sibling suspects in a multi-state crime spree that ended in a shootout with Colorado cops planned to escape to Mexico, investigators have revealed. Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21, his sister Lee Grace Dougherty, 29, and brother Dylan Stanley-Dougherty, 26, are accused of robbing a Georgia bank, shooting at cops in two states and stealing cars in

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To his critics, he’s guilty of turning pop into factory farming, mocking the afflicted, skewing the values of a generation. To his fans, he is an

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NRA Claims ‘Massive Obama Conspiracy’ Not to Ban Guns

Click here to view this media You just can’t please some people. In the eyes of National Rifle Association (NRA) executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, President Barack Obama’s decision not to pursue gun control legislation is a “massive conspiracy,” and just another reason not to give him a second term. “[The Obama campaign] will say gun owners — they’ll say they left them alone,” LaPierre told an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday. “In public, he’ll remind us that he’s put off calls from his party to renew the Clinton [assault weapons] ban, he hasn’t pushed for new gun control laws… The president will offer the Second Amendment lip service and hit the campaign trail saying he’s actually been good for the Second Amendment.” “But it’s a big fat stinking lie!” the NRA leader exclaimed. “It’s all part of a massive Obama conspiracy to deceive voters and destroy the Second Amendment in our country.” “Obama himself is no fool. So when he got elected, they concocted a scheme to stay away from the gun issue, lull gun owners to sleep and play us for fools in 2012. Well, gun owners are not fools and we are not fooled,” La Pierre declared. “Sotomayor, Kagan, Fast & Furious, the United Nations, executive orders. Those are the facts we face today… President Obama and his cohorts, yeah, they’re going to deny their conspiracy to fool gun owners. Some in the liberal media, they are already probably blogging about it. But we don’t care because the lying, conniving Obama crowd can kiss our Constitution!” Gun control advocates have criticized the president for not pushing for new gun control legislation in the wake of a January shooting that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (R-AZ) in serious condition and six others dead.

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CNN’s Foreman:  Romney’s Assault on Texas Dream Act  ‘a Little Misleading and More Along the Lines of Being True But Incomplete’

In recent years, various media outlets have established self-styled truth squads to “fact check”

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Moneyball is a big hit with critics, even if its premise—a film about baseball statistics—might sound boring at first. Here’s what they say about the film, which stars Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill: Built on a “sharp, sleek script,” Moneyball “takes all this seemingly dry, dusty, inside-baseball stuff…

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Lenovo BT820 wireless speaker triggers impromptu rave at the FCC

At first glance this looks like your average, dime a dozen, AA-powered portable speaker. But then you realize the unannounced device is at the FCC because it’s wireless — Bluetooth in this instance. Next, you notice the chunky eight-inch midriff and the large (but still cheap-looking) stereo drivers and you finally acknowledge that this thing might actually beat the puny speakers in your brand new Lenovo Ultrabook . Still, it’s not nearly as surprising as a music-playing lightbulb . Lenovo BT820 wireless speaker triggers impromptu rave at the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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The government has been paying retirement benefits for a whole lot of dead federal workers, according to a new report from the Office of Personnel Management’s inspector general. Over the past five years, the amount accidentally paid to the dearly departed has jumped a whopping 70%, with $601 million given…

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