davidl on March 4th, 2008

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Piracy by another name, BBC:

Japan’s whaling fleet in the waters off Antarctica has been attacked again by protesters, Tokyo officials have said.

Activists from the Sea Shepherd group threw containers filled with a mild form of acid made

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davidl on March 1st, 2008

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Mrs. Clinton bomb, bombs, Hotline:

It was, in this reporter’s opinion, the most interesting moment in today’s Clinton campaign phoner with reporters. Responding to the release of HRC’s new TX TV ad, which asserts in no subtle terms

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davidl on February 28th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleMaybe it was the fault of the building?

(CNN) — The building where a gunman killed five people at Northern Illinois University two weeks ago will be demolished, state officials said Wednesday

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office confirmed

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davidl on February 26th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleWeather Whooper, 13-WHAM-TV:

(Rochester, N.Y.) — A winter storm warning is in effect for Western New York beginning Tuesday morning and going into Wednesday.

13WHAM Meteorologists expect snow on and off for the two days. Snow will begin Tuesday

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davidl on February 23rd, 2008

Illegal alien killsDavidL's Breakfast Scramble, Fox News:

MINNEAPOLIS – A woman who authorities say is in the country illegally and using an alias was charged Friday with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide and two lesser charges in a school

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davidl on February 22nd, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleIronic story of the day, Allah Pundit, Hot Air:

Helicopters carrying three senior U.S. senators made emergency landings Thursday in the mountains of Afghanistan because of a snowstorm.

Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard

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davidl on February 21st, 2008

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Bullseye:

HONOLULU (AP) – A U.S. Navy cruiser blasted a disabled spy satellite with a pinpoint missile strike that achieved the main mission of exploding a tank of toxic fuel 130 miles above the Pacific Ocean, defense officials

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davidl on February 19th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleLocal weather:  Twenty-four degrees that feels like thirteen. 

As the culture coarsens:

LEESBURG, Va. – (Fox News)-A children’s book about two male penguins that hatch a chick together has been pulled from school library shelves in Loudoun County,

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davidl on February 18th, 2008

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Beef Recall: 

LOS ANGELES – (AP)-The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse that is being investigated for mistreating cattle.

Danish Riots:

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Bands

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davidl on February 16th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleChinese Junk:

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) – The importer of a Valentine’s Day lollipop said it was voluntarily recalling the treats after metal fragments were found in at least two lollipops sold at central Florida stores

I don’t see

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davidl on February 15th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleHoplophobes in Space:   Liberty Papers, reports on hoplophobia:

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station apparently have access to a gun.

Oh the horror! Then comes the letdown:

Religion of Peace:  Gateway Pundit, via Hot Air, reports on

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davidl on February 14th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleAfter action report, Rochester, NY:  WHEC-TV

“An extraordinary situation” and “something we’ve never seen before” – those just some of the comments from first responders to Sunday’s deadly 36-car pile-up on 390 near the airport.
 

Ladies and gentlemen:  well done.

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davidl on February 13th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleWintery Mix, WHEC-TV:

Snow came down at a steady pace last night, but then as temperatures began to rise during the overnight hours…snow quickly turned into sleet and freezing rain. And that has left a layer of ice on just

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davidl on February 12th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleLocal Hero: Out of the thirty-six car pile up, me and Bit boggged about here and here, we have a local hero, from WHEC-TV:

While dozens of cars and trucks were crashing into each other in blinding, blowing snow

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davidl on February 11th, 2008

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Conversation this morning:

Me: Good Moring.

Neighbor: How you doing?

Me: Cold!

Neighbor: Very

Thirty-six car pile-up near Scottsville, NY, Rochester, Democat and Chronicle:

Thirty-Six car pile-up, I-390, Scottville, NYFebruary 11, 2008 7:28 am – The scale of Sunday’s chain-reaction pileup on Interstate 390

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