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The ancient game of "Go" is well known as easy to learn and difficult to master. Louis Abronson of Los Gatos is one of 22 players traveling to Beijing, China to represent the American Go Association in the first World Mind Sports Games, October 3rd through 18th. Go is one of several Mind Sports, which include chess, bridge, checkers, and xiangqi (Chinese chess). Abronson, like the other players, earned the right to compete in Beijing by winning a series of qualifying tournaments. "International Go is dominated by the Asian giants--China, Japan and Korea--and they will each be sending their best,"...

U.S. SENATE 2008 -- SHOULD CONSERVATIVES BACK STEVE SAUERBERG OR CHAD KOPPIE TO TAKE ON INCUMBANT DICK DURBIN? LEARN WHERE THEY STAND ON THE ISSUES. Illinois Freepers, by copying and pasting the candidate's issue papers on their website and responces to the Chicago Tribune, I created the definitive thread on where your Senate candidates stand on the issues. Read, and learn: Candidate's backgrounds    List your three most significant accomplishments. Steve Sauerberg: My three most significant accomplishments are my 26-year marriage to a wonderful woman who helped me raise two children, my life-long commitment to the patients I continue...

Postal carriers were punched in the face, caught in shootouts and nearly run over in Milwaukee during recent months — all as they were trying to deliver the mail, officials said. Carriers have reported more than three dozen such incidents since April, prompting officials to launch a first-of-its-kind program here that asks residents and businesses to offer help to carriers if they run into trouble on their routes.Dubbed Project Safe Haven, the three-month pilot will be launched in an area on Milwaukee's south side - from W. Pierce St. to W. Lincoln Ave. and from S. 16th St. to S....

I just heard a caller to the Larry Elder Show say that she went to a theater in West L.A. to see An American Carol, and they didn't even have it on the marquee. The worst was when she said some friends reported gettng ticket stubs that didn't even have the name of the film on them. Hmmmm ... makes me wonder if some of our tickets were tallied in the columns of another picture?

You all may remember this thread, where I posted an amazing sign erected by the mortuary around the corner from my husband's job. Well, they have done it AGAIN! I must say that the owners of this establishment are right in the forefront of community service. And they're eliminating the middleman here.

At the end of a ceremony that mixed personal remembrance of Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. and allusions to the difficulties of constructing the building named in his honor, family members and dignitaries cut the ribbon at Cape Girardeau's new federal courthouse. The building is a fitting tribute to Limbaugh, said his son, retired U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. His expressed hope is that his father's devotion to the law will inspire the attorneys who practice there. "He lived it, he breathed it," Limbaugh Sr. said. "He loved it and it was his virtual life." As he spoke of...

Hwy. 99 bridges, train trestles, town ruins emerge as water level drops There's more than just muddy flip-flops and busted lawn chairs emerging from the depths of Lake Shasta as the reservoir drops to its lowest levels in 16 years. Old bridges, train trestles, tunnels and the foundations from towns long-drowned have begun to pop out of the lake's muddy depths. One such relic from Shasta County's pre-lake past even has taken on a new life. A bridge from Highway 99, the precursor to Interstate 5, was being used last week as a makeshift low-water boat ramp at Antlers Resort...

LOS ANGELES About 130 USC students have come down with severely-distressed digestive systems caused by a virus that makes people sick just 12 hours after exposure, school officials said Sunday. But the small epidemic was not spread at a cafeteria, as originally broadcast to students by campus officials, said USC spokesman James Grant. And students are being told it is safe to attend classes Monday. "It's business as usual on Monday, we're not going to cancel any classes," Grant said "People just need to take simple precautions, like washing hands." Long lines were reported at the school's infirmary, the USC...

“The opaque earmarking process paired with a series of examples of corruption and self-aggrandizement has left taxpayers frustrated.”

Once again, members of a guns-rights advocacy group are coming to City Hall, claiming their rights have been violated by the police. The Virginia Citizens Defense League, a Northern Virginia-based group, said 100 or more of its members will descend upon Tuesday's City Council meeting to vent their displeasure, many with guns holstered to their hips. The group is upset about a police confrontation involving a member carrying a weapon openly, which is legal in Virginia. The group last came to the City Council in August 2007, when members protested the arrest of Chet Szymecki of Yorktown at Harborfest for...

A screwdriver and some Velcro has changed the life of a once-homeless turtle living on the Peninsula. When handyman Kohl Williams fitted a three-legged tortoise with a set of toy wheels, suddenly Tonka was off a rolling -- slowly. Peninsula Humane Society workers think Tonka was bitten by a dog. When her picture showed up in the morning newspaper, she was adopted almost immediately, Humane Society officials said. General donations can be made to the humane society by phone, mail or online. To make a credit card donation over the phone, contact Lisa Van Buskirk at 650-340-7022, ext. 327 or...

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Sarah Palin is coming to Omaha on Sunday 10/5 .. 6pm, downtown at the Civic!!!

Small southern town. http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/polls/2008/oct/do-you-know-how-you-will-vote-for-president/results/

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It was a moonless, silent night near Spicer Reservoir. Vision only reached a few feet into the forest before it was shrouded in darkness. No frogs were croaking. No campers were murmuring. It was the kind of quiet where your ears buzz to fill the silence. And then four speakers, powered by a 500-watt amplifier, blasted a mix between an elephant's trumpeting roar and an ape's shrill cry through the forest. The terrifying blast echoed off mountainsides and through the Stanislaus River canyon. And then complete silence, again, as Bob Strain waited for a return call. Strain, of Jamestown, was...

Don't be surprised if you see a big, hairy creature underfoot on your next hike. Male California tarantulas are out in force this time of year, looking for females, and they are known to use human thoroughfares — from highways to trails — during their quests. The spiders, ranging in color from brown to black, can be up to four inches wide. In other words, they're hard to miss. But despite their intimidating appearance, the local tarantulas are not dangerous, according to Nathan Graveline, a biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game. Sure, like all spiders, they're venomous,...

JACKSONVILLE, FL - It didn't take long for students in the 2nd period 7th grade science class at Lake Shore Middle School to realize something was wrong with their substitute teacher. According to Principal Iranetta Wright, students became so alarmed, they notified school administrators immediately. "Allegations were made by the students that a substitute teacher was in class doing drugs," Wright said. "They said he was sniffing something." The principal talked to students, then the substitute teacher, and contacted police. Terry Kaupilla, 45, was arrested and taken into custody. According to the police report, a bag of cocaine was spotted...

Again this weekend, Office Depot is selling the movie biography of John McCain, in their discount bin for only $5.00. Actually, it's two for one. So for $10 you get two movies. Among the choices are a range of Tom Sellick Louis Amour's, a lot of spooky Halloween stuff. And a treasure, "Why We Fight"...Winner of the Sundance Film Festival. I'VE SEEN "FAITH OF OUR FATHERS". I WAS RIVETED. EVERYONE KNOWS ME ON THIS FORUM, AND THEY KNOW, THAT I WASN'T FOUR SQUARE FOR MAC. BUT AFTER SEEING THAT MOVIE, I AM. I AM FOUR SQUARE BEHIND HIM. I'M RECOMMENDING...

This is a great ad that should be run across the country !! McCain/Palin should hammer Obama on this stuff, immediately. http://www.judicialnetwork.com/landing_wblip.shtml

An accident in western Kansas kills an eleven-year-old Dodge City boy. The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened Friday evening shortly before six at the Western Kansas Dirt Riders Track. Troopers said Darren Rhoten, 49, was driving a watering truck around the track while his son Dylan,11, rode on the back of it. When the truck stopped, police say Dylan jumped off, tripped, and fell on the ground. At the same time, Darren put the truck in reverse and backed over the Dylan. The younger Rhoten died at Western Plains Medical Complex.

Austrian man kills in-laws with flame-thrower Vienna - A 48-year-old Austrian man allegedly has murdered his wife's parents with a home-made flame-thrower, Austrian news agency APA reported Saturday. The attack occurred Friday evening. The suspect's 84-year-old mother-in-law burned to death in her bed after she was torched with a modified propane-gas bottle. As she had lost both legs due to diabetes, she had no way of escaping. Her 84-year-old husband was found dead outside the house the elderly couple shared with their daughter and son-in-law in Lemberg in Styria province. Police said an antagonistic relationship between the two couples living...

Alliant Techsystems, an aerospace and defense firm commonly known as ATK, will team up with FN Manufacturing LLC on a $54.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce Mk19 Mod-3 grenade machine guns. Minneapolis-based ATK (NYSE: ATK) will perform barrel manufacture, gun assembly and test operations at the Mesa ordnance facility it acquired from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) six years ago. FN Manufacturing will provide gun sub-assemblies. The Mk19 will be the first crew-served weapon produced by ATK, which currently manufactures 25mm through 40mm variants of its Bushmaster cannons that serve as the primary guns on Bradley fighting vehicles...

Spporters and protesters planning to gather outside a Burlingame hotel Sunday morning are hoping to catch a glimpse of vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who will offer remarks over a fundraising brunch scheduled to take place inside. Palin's Bay Area appearance, which changed time and location after first being announced to potential attendees, has created Internet buzz since planned on the heels of the Aug. 29 announcement that the governor would be Sen. John McCain's running mate. The fundraiser was originally scheduled as a Sept. 25 luncheon at the home of Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas...

Rattlesnakes are on the move again with the advent of cooler weather, giving birth and mating. So say state officials, who warn you to walk away if you come across one. Joe Johnston of Monticello didn’t heed that advice. His tractor- and deer-antler assault on a peeved rattler landed him in a helicopter heading for the hospital. Johnston, 75, a Jasper County farmer, on Sept. 19 came across an Eastern diamondback rattler crossing a road. He tried to kill the snake, but got close to dying himself. He spent two days in the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon...

Good Lord. "We're going to forgive the balance she had on the loan and give her the house."

Unchanged from yesterday. Looks like the bleeding has, in fact, stopped.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - The parents of a 7-year-old boy who broke into an Australian outback zoo and fed a string of small animals to its resident crocodile are likely to be sued after police said the boy was too young to be held responsible. > "The fact a 7-year-old can wreak so much havoc in such a short time, it's unbelievable. In my day he'd get a big boot up the arse," center director Rex Neindorf told Reuters by phone. >

For the first time since she erroneously received a $2.6 million check from the state and went on a spending spree that included cars and jewelry, Sabrina Walker told her story Thursday, tearfully saying she never imagined herself in court for a criminal sentencing. "Indeed this was a mistake. I didn't create this," she said. "I didn't swindle the state. I didn't trick anyone. I have suffered greatly from the moment this has been done. My dreams have been shattered." Walker, 38, of Minneapolis, asked for mercy and compassion. District Court Judge Marilyn Rosenbaum said she'd already been given some...

<p>A Maryland State Police trooper from Westminster who was killed in a helicopter crash in Prince George’s County early Sunday morning is being remembered by those who knew him as a great father and a nice person who took his job seriously.</p>

I have spent a great deal of time today on the various conservative blogs, reading up on how John McCain's vote is "the deathknell" of his campaign. I have read on various conservative blogs that Sarah Palin supposedly has no chance because the deck is stacked against her, whether from the "Ifill Tower" or the "Couric Courant". I have read the reactions of people who are willing to hold back their votes, all because John McCain voted for a bailout bill. I have becomed sickened by what I have seen in recent days, not only from those on the left...

Mountain View police arrested a 17-year-old Mountain View boy Tuesday for allegedly committing two burglaries at the same home within the past week. The first burglary took place on Sept. 24 when a home in the 1900 block of Rock St. was broken into during the day. The suspect entered through an unlocked window and took various small pieces of property, according to police. Witnesses doing painting work in the area noticed a suspicious boy on a bike in the area of the home that was burglarized. The same home was broken into on Monday when the suspect entered another...

Teachers at Soquel High School have agreed not to wear "Educators for Obama" buttons in the classroom after a parent complained that educators were attempting to politically influence his daughter and other students. John Hadley, an importer of South African goods, called the school to complain Friday after his 16-year daughter Teegan returned home and reported that she had seen several teachers wearing the buttons. Hadley said his family supports Sen. Barack Obama's rival, Sen. John McCain, but that he is opposed to teachers wearing political paraphernalia regardless of its nature. "It doesn't matter who they are supporting," Hadley said...

Question of the Day for Wednesday, Oct. 1: Starting today, most dogs and cats in the city of Los Angeles must be spay/neutered by the time they are 4 months old.

Interesting robbery near Seattle today. Guy busts into an armored car. Grabs a bag of money with a couple thou in it or so. Runs away and jumps on an inner tube in the Skykomish river, then floats downstream. HEY!! It WORKED! They haven't caught him yet, he's still on the float!

Next time, just stick with the $9 soda. A Manhattan judge has thrown out an Upper West Side man's lawsuit against a movie theater that sold him a bag of popcorn with an unpopped kernel inside. Steve Kaplan, 46, said he fractured his tooth when he chomped down on the kernel, causing $1,250 worth of dental damage. Kaplan popped off to the theater and demanded it pay for his dental work. "Confounding plaintiff's expectations, defendant refused to pay anything," said Civil Court Judge Matthew Cooper, who denied the claim, finding that Kaplan, an insurance broker, knew the risks when he...

A moose strolled into a busy section of Worcester Tuesday morning, drawing double-takes from passersby and a collection of law enforcement officials trying to safeguard against any unwelcomed encounters. FOX25's Diana Rocco has the story.

If the notion of dark energy sounds improbable, get ready for an even more outlandish suggestion. Earth may be trapped in an abnormal bubble of space-time that is particularly void of matter. Scientists say this condition could account for the apparent acceleration of the universe's expansion, for which dark energy currently is the leading explanation.

MIDDLETOWN -- A Middletown woman is accused of being disorderly in public -- while wearing a cow suit. A police report filed about the incident said Michelle Allen allegedly chased children in her neighborhood while wearing the suit on Monday evening. Allen also urinated on a neighbor's front porch, the report said, and was warned by officers to go home and stay there.

Police in Middletown made a rather bizarre arrest Monday night, taking into custody a woman dressed in a cow suit who was seen acting erratically. Michelle Allen of Middletown was arrested on one count of disorderly conduct for allegedly getting in the way of traffic on Wilbraham Road and chasing children in her cow suit. She also urinated on a neighbor's front porch, police say. According to police, Allen talked back and threatened to cause problems in the jail if she was arrested. Allen appeared in court Tuesday morning dressed in the suit. It is not clear why she was...

Following are excerpts of remarks by the Editor of the Sun, Seth Lipsky, to the newspaper's staff: It is my duty to report today that Ira Stoll and I and our partners have concluded that the Sun will cease publication. Our last number will be the issue dated September 30, the first day of Rosh Hashanah. I want you to know that Ira and I, and our partners, explored every possible way to avoid having to cease publication. We have spoken with every individual who seemed to be a prospective partner, and everywhere we were received with courtesy and respect....

Obama up 1 from yesterday, over 50%. We'll be hearing about this poll today.

The defense attorney for one of two men accused in the murder of physicist Eugene Mallove said today that he expects the state to stop prosecuting the men based on the discovery that the state forensics lab mixed up key physical evidence that had initially appeared incriminating. Mallove, 56, a prominent scientist from Pembroke, N.H., was found beaten to death, struck about the head and neck, in the driveway of his late mother’s house on Salem Turnpike in Norwich on May 14, 2004. The same weekend, New Britain police arrested Gary McAvoy and Joseph Reilly in a car stolen from...

NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. -- The service dog to a 5-year-old girl with cerebral palsy was shot point-blank in an alley behind the house. The gunshot shattered the dog’s hind leg. Pumba was the best friend and lively motivator of Kathleen Micholas, 5, but is now forced to hobble around on three legs. The organization Animal Protectors of New Kensington came to the rescue to provide cash for veterinarian bills for a temporary cast for the dog’s shattered leg. However, an expensive operation costing thousands of dollars will likely be necessary in order to save Pumba’s leg. Animal Protectors is asking...

So you think we have it bad with the 770-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Monday? As dark as things look now, it's nothing compared to an era that many Bay Area seniors remember well. One month from Monday, it will have been 79 years since Black Tuesday. That is the day the stock market crashed, leading to the Great Depression. At the Willow Glen Senior Center, you always find a pick-up game of pinnacle in the afternoons. Resident Lloyd Ebert said he and his friends don't play for money, but he does remember the cash his family...

DAYTON — A 10-year-old girl sprayed in the face with a chemical Friday, Sept. 26, while at a local Islamic mosque was not the victim of a hate crime, police Chief Richard Biehl said. The girl was watching children whose parents and relatives had gathered at the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton, 26 Josie St., to celebrate Ramadan when she noticed two men standing outside a basement window about 9:40 p.m., according to police. One of the men then sprayed something through the open window and into the girl's face from a white can with a red top, according to...

Jesse Ventura may or may not have a "judge" show in his future, but one thing's for sure: He's definitely going to be searching for justice. The former governor will host a new program for TruTV (formerly Court TV) in which he'll travel the country, exploring modern-day conspiracies and getting input from believers and skeptics. "I've been a mayor; I've been a governor. Now I get to be a detective and seek the truth," Ventura said in a press statement. The series starts filming in October and is being produced by A. Smith & Co., which is also responsible for...

A 100% pro-choice Abortion platform will be adopted in the new GOP platform. The only restriction is that the choice will be restricted to only those fetuses which are over 18 years of age, and that the choice will be given to the fetus themselves. Note: It was originally thought that the parents might be given the choice to terminate fetuses under the age of 18 years, however test cases showed an unacceptable high spike in abortion choice from parents in the case of fetuses above the age of 13 years.

McCain gained a point in latest Rasmussen poll. Hey, it's progress.