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Guernsey's will be auctioning a portion of Waylon Jenning's estate in order to benefit the Phoenix Children's Hospital in Arizona on October 5th. Bids can be live, internet or phone (with prior arrangements). Items include: *) Buddy Holly's 1958 Ariel motorbike (4000 original miles) that was given to Waylon by the original members of the Crickets after they traced down the VIN number to the person that had bought it from Buddy Holly's parents. *) Gold Albums. *) Willie Nelson's braids (given to Waylon for support when he achieved sobriety. *) Hank Williams Sr's boots. *) Waylon's 1953 Telecaster. *)...

Rocky Mountain News Story Quote: Councilman Doug Linkhart, who was quoted in the New York Post as saying that a source told him that he knew of a home being used to store urine. "Our intent for this bill is not about suppressing or chilling First Amendment rights," he said.

Below is an update on Freeper and 850AM (Colorado) Talk Show host Gunny Bob, who is recovering from heart surgery. Gunny is an authority on terrorism, guerrilla warfare, special operations, survival and security. I wasn't sure if I should post this under the 'Outdoors' topics also, but since he is so very popular as a fishing/hunting/outdoors personality, I did. Gunny also is the host on 630AM radio's "The Master Outdoorsman Show" He was expected to do a live remote from an outdoors show today (Sunday), and this is probably one of the few things that could keep him from being...

Freeper and 850 KOA Radio Talk Show host Gunny Bob is in the hospital for a cardiac issue. For those of you not familiar with him, he is a very popular person here in Colorado. Gunny Bob's bio: http://www.850koa.com/pages/shows_gunny-bio.html

Quote: "It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

Harvard-educated Manzanares, 50, who had been a popular and well- respected local judge for 15 years, resigned from his nearly 2-month-old post as city attorney in February after a stolen laptop was found in his possession. Felony charges of theft, embezzlement and tampering with evidence were filed against him June 13. < snip > Many friends and city officials declined to talk about the death and expressed anger at the district attorney and the media for how the case played out publicly. < snip > Latino leaders fear the same kind of witch hunt is happening with recently ousted Community...

The host committee for the Democratic Party's 2008 convention will fall short of the $7.5 million it was required to raise by today, but the national party is cutting local volunteers some slack. Despite pledges from nearly 30 local corporations and individuals and national fundraising trips by Mayor John Hickenlooper and Gov. Bill Ritter, the host committee for the 2008 Democratic National Convention will miss its first financial deadline, the group's president said Thursday.

I searched and didn't see this anywhere, but I thought this was of interest. It is the WhiteHouse release of aid to Louisiana dated August 27, 2005. Obviously prior to hurricane Katrina. From the whitehouse.gov URL above: ------------------------------------------------------- Statement on Federal Emergency Assistance for Louisiana The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts in the parishes located in the path of Hurricane Katrina beginning on August 26, 2005, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to...