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Archive for December, 2011
Just two years after Rachel Uchitel dominated the headlines as the woman at the center of the Tiger Woods cheating scandal, she’s back in the public eye. But this time the golf…
The ball Watson signed after his 58. Bubba Watson, the world’s second best left-handed golfer (behind Phil Mickelson), has revealed he shot a round of 58 at the Estancia Club near his home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
BOGOTA, Colombia — A bomb exploded at a police station in southern Colombia, killing the wife and son of a police officer and injuring at least six other people, the authorities said Saturday.
The blast on Friday night killed the wife and 8-month-old son of the police captain in charge of the outpost in the town of Orito, about 540 kilometers (330 miles) southwest of Bogota, said Gen. Rodolfo Palomino of the National Police.
From health public service announcements to companies trying to promote their latest and greatest, 2011 has been a year of memorable commercials and advertisements.
Some ranged from ridiculous and over the top (talking about treatments for bloating during a wedding, really??), to absolutely terrifying (click over to slide No. 2, the anti-meth ad — you’ll never want to do meth, ever).
Check out our round-up of the funniest, saddest and weirdest health-related commercials of 2011 — do you remember seeing any of these?
By PHILIP ELLIOTT, ASSOCIATED PRESS
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — So much for Iowa Nice. It’s more like Iowa Nasty.
In a state whose Midwestern civility usually extends to politics, the Republican presidential campaign has become an acerbic affair. Negative ads fill TV and radio. Attacks are all over the Internet and in material stuffed in mailboxes. Many of the candidates are bashing each other with abandon.
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drug cartel appears to be extending its massive production of methamphetamine into neighboring Guatemala, as hundreds of tons of precursor chemicals stream into the Central American nation.
While Mexico is usually estimated to be the main supplier of meth used in the United States, seizure data suggest that neighboring Guatemala could in fact be producing as much or more.
MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sent New Year’s greetings to all Russians, though with some sarcasm toward those protesting his 12 years in power and his plans to return to the presidency for at least six more years.
Putin on Saturday wished well-being and prosperity “to all our citizens regardless of their political persuasion, including those who sympathize with leftist forces and those situated on the right, below, above, however you like.” In Russian, the sexual innuendo was clear.
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Yawn if you relate: Two thirds of Americans say they don’t get enough shut-eye, according to the National Sleep Foundation. But a slew of new high-tech sleep trackers promise to clue you in to what’s sabotaging your rest. We asked a few weary women to pillow-test them for a week.
SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s outgoing president decided to stay in the country, reversing plans to leave, his ruling party said Saturday, in an apparent attempt to salvage his control over the regime, which has appeared to unravel in the face of internal revolts and relentless street protests.
In a sign of the fraying, the son and nephew of President Ali Abdullah Saleh launched a crackdown on suspected dissidents within the ranks of the elite security services they command, officials within the services said. The Republic Guard, led by the son, and Central Security, led by the nephew, have been the main forces used in trying to suppress the uprising against Saleh’s rule the past year.
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It’s hard for many of us to sum up the ending of one year and the beginning of the next. There are so many resolutions to be made and forgotten, so many unresolved feelings about the recent past and so many hopes for how to turn everything around in the future, we’re often left tongue-tied. So it often takes people with more wit and mirth than ourselves to put it all into perspective.
That’s why every year we gather some of our favorite New Year’s quotes by comedians and humorists to say the things we wish we could say. Check out these 11 quotes below and vote for your favorite.
And, of course, have a Happy New Year, everyone!
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With a revamped message and a significant TV presence here, Rick Perry is hoping to revive his disappointing presidential campaign with a surprise finish Tuesday.
Young leaders will soon be asked to take on major leadership responsibilities in their organizations and their communities. There’s no better time to get started than the coming year.
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