Eric Florack on September 15th, 2007

I’ve gotten some good responses from these repostings… particularly if they have a tie-in to today.  I think you’ll agree, this one does indeed, have such a tie-in.

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1-11-03, Rochester NY… It’s snowing tonight in Rochester. About everything is

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Eric Florack on September 4th, 2007

Hmmm.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras —AP-  Hurricane Felix strengthened into a Category 5 monster storm early Tuesday, forecasters said, just as it prepares to make landfall near the Nicaragua-Honduras border, home to thousands of stranded Miskito Indians.

Of course this

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Eric Florack on September 4th, 2007

Boom.

NEW YORK —AP- An explosive device detonated outside a studio owned by “The Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli early Tuesday, damaging a van but causing no serious injuries, police said.

Police said they did not know if the explosion was

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Eric Florack on September 4th, 2007

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Eric Florack on August 27th, 2007

With apologies to Jerry Reed.

CRAIG, Colo.  (AP) The husband of a woman missing since June was arrested on suspicion of murder after her body was found buried deep in a gold mine he operated, police said Sunday.

The body

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Eric Florack on August 27th, 2007

I notice the web is going nuts about reports that Alberto Gonzalez is about ready to resign his position as attorney general.  The left, in particular, seems to be doing a grave dance on this one, though it seems unclear

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davidl on August 24th, 2007

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The NFL indefinitely suspended Michael Vick without pay Friday just hours after he acknowledged in court papers that he did, indeed, bankroll gambling on dogfighting and helped kill some dogs not worthy of

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Eric Florack on August 21st, 2007

John Fund, this morning:

Tonight, PBS will air “Gold Futures,” a film by Hungary’s Tibor Kocsis. The film focuses on residents in Romania’s Rosia Montana, a rural Transylvanian town, who are divided over the benefits of a proposed gold mine.

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Eric Florack on August 19th, 2007

LOS ANGELES —FOX  A man who died at the home of action star Ving Rhames most likely did not die from bites from Rhames’ dogs, county coroner’s officials said Friday.

Jacob Adams, 40, was living on Rhames’ Brentwood property as

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Eric Florack on August 17th, 2007

This afternoon’s mention of my family’s loss of a beloved pet today, causes this article from Forbes (AP) to be even more painful:

As part of his plea agreement, Phillips signed a statement that said Vick joined in executing at

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Eric Florack on August 7th, 2007

I didn’t bother posting anything about the six miners trapped in Utah, because I estimated that the thing would be over by the time I got it posted.  As it turned out, they’re still not out of there… And what

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