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An upstate New Yorker bearing an uncanny resemblance to Brian Laundrie had a rude awakening when US Marshals on the hunt for the fugitive pulled their guns on him during a nap on the Appalachian Trail. Ithaca couple Severin Beckwith and Anna Brettmann were catching a few winks at the Lodge at Fontana Village Resort after lunch when they heard a knock and their door flew open, the New Yorker reported. “Next thing I see is a bunch of guys with riot shields with ‘US Marshals’ written on them, handguns pointed at my face,” Beckwith told the mag. The stunned...

FReepers my friends mother, her name is Pauline went into cardiac arrest and was taken to CAMC General several hours ago by ambulance. This woman is 99 years old. Please pray for her and her son Stan who has been caring for her these past few years. Thank you. You all are wonderful when it comes to prayers.

Marriott and Choice Hotels have said that they will deny requests by the U.S. government to use their hotel rooms as temporary detention centers. As activists and local legislators prepare for the possibility of widespread immigration raids this weekend, at least two major hotel chains headquartered in the D.C. area have announced that they will not allow federal immigration enforcement agencies to use its hotel rooms as backup detention centers for immigrant families. Marriott International, which is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, said on Thursday that it will decline any requests by the U.S. government to use its hotel rooms as...

Dr. Stanley Monteith, whose well-known book “Brotherhood of Darkness” exposed a “grand conspiracy” of secret societies, the Council of Foreign Relations and the Bilderbergers, has died at the age of 85. A researcher, author and talk-show host, Monteith spent more than 40 years studying the movement to create a world government. During his 35-year career as an orthopedic surgeon he traveled to Europe, lived in South Africa and spent time researching the records of the men and organizations he believed are working to bring the United States under the control of a corporate elite. His radio talk show, “Radio Liberty,”...

AN Angelina Jolie lookalike held a terrified taxi driver at knifepoint while she forced him to have sex, police have been told. Cabbie Nicolae Stan, 34, claimed stunning Luminita Perijoc, 30, then threatened to kill him unless he agreed to perform another sex act.

High school basketball star Thom Creed hides his developing superpowers along with his sexuality. Former Marvel Comics boss Stan, 86 — who also created the Hulk and the X-Men — will unleash the character in an hour-long TV drama being shot in the US.

AP Black CEOs: a Tiny Group Shrinks More Monday November 5, 5:53 pm ET By Ellen Simon, AP Business Writer Life at the Top Gets Lonelier for Black CEOs Who Remain After O'Neal, Parsons Departures NEW YORK (AP) -- It's getting lonelier at the top for black CEOs. Only four blacks will be left running Fortune 500 companies after Stan O'Neal's abrupt retirement from the top spot at Merrill Lynch & Co. last week and Time Warner Inc. Dick Parsons' announcement Monday that he will retire at the end of the year. That leaves Aylwin Lewis at Sears Holding Corp.,...

Taliban commander captured in Tarin Kowt Afghan and Coalition forces captured Mullah Mohibullah, the Taliban commander of Helmand province, at the Tarin Kowt bazaar on Friday. Mohibullah, who was captured without a shot being fired, was responsible for an ambush in Musa Qalay that killed one U.S. soldier (Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bruce Price) and wounded several others. CWO Price won the Silver Star for extreme heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the 15 May 2004 ambush that claimed his life. While moving through a small, restricted village, the patrol was ambushed at extremely close range from...

Manbearpig Original air Date: 2006-04-26 The boys are trapped in a cave and Cartman finds treasure.

Pentagon identifies four soldiers killed by bomb in Afghanistan Stars and Stripes European edition, Saturday, February 18, 2006 Three of the four soldiers killed Feb. 13 by a roadside bomb were assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, while the fourth soldier belonged to a civil affairs unit, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. The soldiers were identified as: Sgt. 1st Class Chad A. Gonsalves and Staff Sgt. Edwin H. Dazachacon of 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group; Staff Sgt. Clinton T. Newman of the 321st Civil Affairs Brigade; and Sgt. Alberto D. Montrond of Group Support Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group....

Tonight on South Park: Episode 912, "Trapped in the Closet" Stan is the Chosen One in an all-new episode of "South Park" premiering Wednesday, November 16 at 10:00 P.M. on Comedy Central Religious leaders believe Stan is the new “Golden Child” and a whole soap opera unfolds with the help of a famous R&B singer in an all new episode of "South Park," entitled "Trapped in the Closet," premiering Wednesday, November 16 at 10:00 p.m. on Comedy Central. While Stan looks to a new religion for answers, the church leaders recognize Stan as the second coming. Some A-List Hollywood celebrities...

Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx turns 38 on Dec. 13, and there is only one birthday present he wants from California Gov. (and fellow actor) Arnold Schwarzenegger: clemency for Stan "Tookie" Williams. Williams is an acclaimed author who has been mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. He's also a convicted murderer who is set to be executed on Foxx's birthday after 24 years on death row. "We can't let it happen," Foxx told me last night at the premiere of his new film, "Jarhead." "We've got to do everything we can to get the word out. Do you know...

NEW YORK (AP) -- With the political relevance of "The Daily Show" and the huge DVD sales (and subsequent hiatus) of "Chappelle's Show," it's easy to forget about that other Comedy Central show, "South Park." But Matt Stone and Trey Parker's crude cartoon began its ninth season last Wednesday -- and it remains the network's most-watched program. It is also, perhaps, still the most manic thing on TV, with entire episodes created just days before they air. With a ripped-from-the-headlines approach, it's the "Law & Order" of comedy. The first episode, "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow," tackles Hurricane...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Heavy rains pounded Central America for a fourth day Wednesday, pushing rivers over their banks, flooding communities and unleashing at least two deadly mudslides as the region's death toll surpassed 120. Hurricane Stan, which had helped spawn rainstorms in Central America, weakened to a depression over the southern state of Oaxaca (search) on Wednesday, a day after making landfall along Mexico's Gulf coast. But punishing rains continued in parts of Central America and southern Mexico. In Guatemala, a mudslide near the internationally popular tourist destination of Lake Atitlan, about 60 miles west of the capital,...

Tropical Depression Twenty Advisory Number 1 Statement as of 10:00 am CDT on October 01, 2005 ...Twentieth tropical depression of the season forms over the northwestern Caribbean Sea... ...Tropical storm watch and warning issued for the Yucatan... at 10 am CDT...1500z... the government of Mexico has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from Punta gruesa northward to Cabo Catoche. At 10 am CDT... the government of Mexico has issued a tropical storm watch for the northwestern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from Cabo Catoche westward to Campeche. A tropical storm watch means that...

000 WTNT35 KNHC 020854 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM STAN ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 4 AM CDT SUN OCT 02 2005 ...TROPICAL STORM STAN MAKING LANDFALL ON THE YUCATAN PENINSULA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL NORTHWARD TO CABO CATOCHE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM WEST OF CABO CATOCHE WESTWARD TO CAMPECHE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM...

HILL PAL IS CASH COWED By NICOLE CAMPBELL May 21, 2005 -- LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors in the trial of Hillary Rodham Clinton's former top fund-raiser David Rosen closed their case yesterday by driving home the point that an extravagant Hollywood gala cost three times as much as was reported to the Federal Election Commission. **SNIP** After the prosecution rested, Rosen's attorney, Paul Sandler, quickly filed a motion to dismiss each of the counts in the case. Judge A. Harold Matz said he would rule on the motion when the case resumes on Tuesday. Matz said he expected the jury...

Okay, this is what Kerry looked like while he sat there tonight - can't find a picture yet, but I'll post when I do. DKK

The newest episode of South Park has Kyle's brother Ike being taken away by his Canadian parents, due to a decree by the "new Canadian prime minister". The boys embark on an Oz-like journey across Canada to change the prime minister's mind. I died laughing at the ending. They must have thought the plot line up in under 24 hours.