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A document filed in federal court this week by the Justice Department offers new evidence that former vice president Richard B. Cheney helped steer the Bush administration's public response to the disclosure of Valerie Plame Wilson's employment by the CIA and that he was at the center of many related administration deliberations. The administration's discussion of Wilson's link to the CIA was meant to undermine criticism by her husband of administration allegations that Iraq attempted to acquire uranium, a matter that her husband had probed for the CIA, according to testimony presented in a 2007 trial. *snip* He mentioned in...

It's the July Fourth weekend. You could grill salmon or lamb kabobs, but you know what you want: the perfect burger. Recently, barbecue chef extraordinaire Adam Perry Lang taught NPR's David Greene how to make that perfect burger while toiling over a George Foreman Grill in NPR's mail loading dock. "You know when you hit a good burger," says Lang, who wrote Serious Barbecue: Smoke, Char, Baste, & Brush Your Way to Great Outdoor Cooking. "This really makes the ultimate burger." But the ultimate burger takes a lot more than throwing a few beef patties on the grill and toasting...

At first glance a burger seems like simple food. It's just ground meat in patty form, right? Yes and no. The hamburger is an American icon. It is America's food ambassador to the world. But have we treated it with the respect it deserves? No. The hamburger, like so many things, has become a victim of industrialization. When did it become acceptable to turn this beloved American food into frozen hockey pucks? Was it the kids meal? Was it having a fast food chain on every corner? Maybe we just forgot how a great burger could taste. But times are...

If you're craving the flavors of a traditional Greek dish (spinach, feta, yum!), but the family is Jonesing for burgers, here's the perfect solution. Greek turkey (or chicken) burgers are quick, delicious, and ridiculously satisfying. Add further touches for a more elaborate burger if you wish (cucumber, roasted peppers), but for now, we've kept it at seriously simple level--without sacrificing tastiness. So pop in the Mamma Mia DVD, crack open a bottle of red, and enjoy.

... The Guardian UK thankfully has the fortitude to tell the story of a Burger King Franchise in the Memphis area. They quote the local online paper, the Memphis Flyer (homepage), following up on the original story. In one fell swoop, the Guardian UK took an American Civil Rights issue as well as the Global warming Hoax to another level. A reporter for the Memphis Flyer Chris Davis, noticed a message on the marquis: “Global warming is Baloney”. He took a few pictures and made a few calls. He got a bit of a runaround at first, but he did...

For a health food nut, President Barack Obama sure likes his burgers. President Barack Obama made a surprise lunchtime stop at Five Guys, a fast-food restaurant in Washington. The president ordered a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, jalapeno peppers, and mustard as well as several other cheeseburgers to go. He also ordered a cheeseburger for Brian Williams, news anchor for NBC. The network was filming a day-in-the-life program at the White House. The president snacked on peanuts, and chatted with surprised customers while he waited for his order.... Early this month, Obama and Vice President Joe Biden took a short motorcade...

Ann’s Snack Bar, the Kirkwood home of the “World Famous Ghetto Burger,” might not be around much longer — at least not with Ann herself ...

President Barack Obama reads the menu as he and Vice President Joe Biden stand in line to order as they make an unannounced visit to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., to have lunch, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden place their lunch orders at Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Virginia May 5, 2009. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are served their burgers as they make an unannounced visit to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., to have lunch, Tuesday, May 5, 2009.

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico is protesting what it says is a whopper of an insult. An advertisement for Burger King's Texican Whopper burger that has run in Europe shows a small wrestler dressed in a cape resembling a Mexican flag. The wrestler teams up with a lanky American cowboy almost twice his height to illustrate the cross-border blend of flavors. "The taste of Texas with a little spicy Mexican," a narrator's voice says

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog_post/beyond_the_echo_chamber/ Friday, February 6th, 2009 at 12:55 pm Advice from "beyond the echo chamber" We just learned the economy lost another 600,000 jobs last month. It's a staggering number, and it underscores just how deep this crisis is – and, as the President pointed out this morning, it’s accelerating. That's why he created the Economic Recovery Advisory Board -- to solicit ideas from "beyond the echo chamber of Washington, DC." "I’m not interested in groupthink, which is why the Board reflects a broad cross-section of experience, expertise, and ideology," he said. "We’ve recruited...

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VERO BEACH, Fla. – A Vero Beach man faces a domestic violence charge after authorities said he assaulted his girlfriend with a cheeseburger. An Indian River County Sheriff's Office arrest report said a 22-year-old man and his girlfriend got into an argument as they sat in a car in front of their home.

Pa. man chews through belly-busting, 15-lb. burgerThe Associated Press CLEARFIELD, Pa.—It took Brad Sciullo 4 hours and 39 minutes to finish a marathon. A meat marathon, that is. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound western Pennsylvania chef is the first person to eat a monstrosity called the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser: a 15-pound burger with toppings and a bun that brought the total weight to 20.2 pounds. The mountain of beef is the product of Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Clearfield. Sciullo, 21, of Uniontown, said he was surprised he finished the sandwich Monday. "About three hours...

Burger bars and budget stores: Credit crunch winners who are in the money 'I can't remember us ever being this busy,' said the chef as he prepared another Pepperoni Passion at the Domino's Pizza takeaway in southwest London. By David Harrison Last Updated: 12:27AM BST 05 Oct 2008 Domino's has seen half-year profits soar by more than a third to £8.3 million compared with last year Photo: PA "We used to envy the restaurant over the road because it was always packed with people spending lots of money. But now everybody seems to want to order in pizzas or have...

A teenage employee celebrated his birthday by taking a bath in the utility sink at the Burger King in Xenia, Ohio, local station WHIO-TV reported.

GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Even the Air Force knows a good burger is hard to find. Aaron Kay's superior officer agreed to extend the serviceman's leave by one week so he could be on hand for the opening of a new White Castle restaurant in Livingston County.

Forget talk of a recession - a new $175 burger has set the city's gold standard for conspicuous consumption. Literally. The Richard Nouveau - from the Wall Street Burger Shoppe, natch - comes topped with a blizzard of real gold flakes, plus 25 grams of black truffles, a seared slab of foie gras and an aged Gruyere typically reserved for a high-class cheese tray.

Steel your stomach for 'world's biggest burger' There's super-sizing, and there's super-sizing - and then there's this gut-busting attempt at a record-breaking hamburger. This not-so-fast food weighs in at a hefty 134lb for the burger, slapped inside a 50lb bun, and needs to be ordered 24 hours in advance. And any diner giving in to temptation - or taking up the challenge of tucking in - will be hit by a bill for $350. The mighty meal - dubbed "The Absolutely Ridiculous Burger" - is being served up at Mallie's Sports Bar and Grill in Detroit, Michigan. Owner Steve Mallie...

Ronald Cass's was the best column to date on the Sandy Berger scandal. We commented on it in "Something here touches a nerve." Cass follows up the earlier column with an equally excellent (column today) occasioned by Berger's surrender of his law license. Cass writes: We don't know with any certainty what is missing, which papers exactly are gone, or what notes - and whose notes - may have been on them. Berger's lawyer asserted that the 9/11 Commission had copies of all the material Berger stole and destroyed. But if that is so, why would Berger risk so much...

On July 6, 2006, Stonebridge International, a global strategy firm, announced that it had added a new member to its high-profile, five-member advisory board – former Democrat Rep. Lee Hamilton. True to form, the major media ignored the Hamilton appointment. They should not have. Hamilton, who had served as vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, had just joined a firm headed by the man who had criminally undermined that very Commission, Stonebridge chairman and founder Samuel "Sandy" Berger. In the words of a recent House Committee report, Berger had perpetrated "a disturbing breach of trust and protocol that compromised the...