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NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has suspended and fined Atlanta Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell for his alleged homophobic and threatening conduct toward fans before a game in San Francisco. The league announced its decision Sunday, suspending McDowell for two weeks without pay retroactive to April 29, when the Braves placed him on administrative leave. The amount of the fine was not disclosed. McDowell will also be required to participate in a sensitivity training program, and will apologize directly to the fans involved now that the investigation is complete. McDowell had requested to apologize to the fans last week,...

Michelle Obama has the goods on everyone down here in Texas.  She is telling the world what backward cretins Texuns is.  In a speech last week, Mrs. Messiah laid the wood to you sorry bastards: It’s not just about positions that you take. It’s also about the leadership that you provide on these issues. Barack has the courage to talk to skeptical audiences, not just friendly ones. That’s why he told a crowd at a rally in Texas that gays and lesbians deserve equality. And you can imagine in Texas that that crowd got a little quiet. Well, can’t you...