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HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A woman convicted of torturing and killing a mentally impaired man she lured to Texas with the promise of marriage was put to death Wednesday evening in a rare executionof a female prisoner. The lethal injection of Suzanne Basso, 59, made the New York native only the 14th woman executed in the U.S. since the Supreme Court in 1976 allowed capital punishment to resume. Almost 1,400 men have been put to death during that time.

Dr. Bob Basso, the guy that made the Youtube videos where he dresses up as Thomas Paine, coming back from the past to warn Americans about their country, received a call from yours truly, Barack Obama. Apparently Obama was pissed off that Dr. Basso’s videos were gaining speed and he “invited him to the White House to discuss the nature of these disturbing videos”. We put the latest video in question up on the main page at http://grou.ps/zapem along with a 10min. audio from the Jerry Doyle show that explains matters further.

The man who created two phenomenally successful "We The People" YouTube videos urging Americans to stand up against Congress and reclaim their republic now – or perhaps lose it forever – reportedly has been summoned to the White House by President Obama to discuss the subject matter of the short films. Bob Basso, who posts videos under the name funbobbasso on YouTube, has created videos in which he portrays Thomas Paine, author of the "Common Sense" pamphlet that made the case for independence during the American Revolution. Basso, whose website offers his services as a motivational speaker, uses the YouTube...

From the Jerry Doyle radio program. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI7rW9-LTQ8&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSvc5E_UzFg&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPajr7Oz_pU&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GZkZZvm5o&feature=channel

ONE question remains to be answered during the final few days of the 2005 Tour de France. The destination of this year’s final maillot jaune is known, but the most intriguing puzzle during yesterday’s rest day here was who will succeed Lance Armstrong? The 33-year-old’s seventh consecutive Tour victory is assured. Unless he crashes or falls ill between leaving the Pyrenees this afternoon and entering the Champs Elysées on Sunday, Armstrong will retire having completed a seven-year reign of undefeated domination. During the next week, his rivals will fight over the crumbs from the king’s table in some testing and...

Today an individual time trial up the infamous l'Alpe d'Huez.

A MONGIE, France, July 16 (Reuters) - Italy's Ivan Basso won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 199km stage from Castelsarrazin to La Mongie, on Friday. American Lance Armstrong finished second, Germany's Andreas Kloeden came third. France's Thomas Voeckler retained the yellow jersey. ============ Check out Serbia's Cycling Challenge