Eric Florack on January 7th, 2009

It’s true; from CNN we get all the important news. 

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday

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Eric Florack on January 7th, 2009

By way of Blackfive:

“Chance Phelps was wearing his Saint Christopher medal when he was killed on Good Friday.  Eight days later, I handed the medallion to his mother. I didn’t know Chance before he died. Today, I miss him.”

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Eric Florack on January 7th, 2009

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Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… BitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble

A mix of rain and snow over the snow that came down last night… sloppy driving today around here. It can’t decide if

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davidl on January 7th, 2009

Dirty Harry Reid

Breaking:

WASHINGTON – The Associated Press has learned Senate Democrats plan to accept Roland Burris for President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant seat.

NBC news reports Burris is meeting with the Senate leadership now as Senate Democrats look for ways to defuse

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Eric Florack on January 7th, 2009

Now, it starts…ABC News is reporting:

President-elect Barack Obama took big money from a man at the center of a federal probe that has forced one of Obama’s top Cabinet picks to withdraw.

Financial records show the Obama campaign

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davidl on January 7th, 2009

I don’t think it is an actual job requirement to be stupid to write for the Boston Globe, but it just might be, Jame Carroll, Boston Globe:

For a brief period, America’s new president will bask in universal

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