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Residents of Palm Springs, California, are a bit butt-hurt over a proposed AIDS memorial sculpture looks suspiciously like a human anus. The design, which is meant to honor individuals who have lost their lives to HIV and AIDS, is facing backlash for its “inappropriate connotations,” according to KESQ. Palm Springs residents are not fully convinced that this should be the artistic representation of these deadly diseases, according to the outlet. Mock-ups of how the Downtown Park installation might look show a nine-foot-tall wheel of limestone with striations converging on a hole in the center. The donut-shaped sculpture by Phillip K....

Welcome to the internet, mainstream media! (NNC) - When CNN and YouTube decided to pair up and merge the mediums of television and internet, neither companies quite expected to get all the baggage that comes with user-submitted, online-oriented content. This time, that baggage came in the form of a hidden online secret image, lovingly labeled “GOATSE,” based on the original website *Link removed By poster, Search it out if you're that much of a freak*. “GOATSE” refers to an image that began circulating the internet and infiltrating innocent users’ internet explorer windows as early as January 2000. But what makes...

DAVID Letterman had a gay ol' time ....sending up former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey and his warts-and-all bio, "The Confession," which chronicles his secret homo sexual life. Letterman's Top-10 chapter titles for McGreevey's tome: 10) "The Day I Got Caught Governing Myself;" 9) "How to Pretend to Like Girls for 47 Years;" 8) "From Schwar zenegger to Pataki: Governors I'd Like to Oil Up;" 7) "Another Confession - I Can't Resist Entenmann's Pound Cake;" 6) "At First I Just Thought I Was Bipartisan;" 5) "The New Jersey Budget Crisis - What Would Judy Garland Do?;" 4) "A Look at...

Jim McGreevey may have blabbed too much in his tell-all autobiography - and not just about his sex life......the gay former gov's confessions about NJ's notorious "pay-to-play" politics and his ties to a parade of corrupt power players could get him criminally prosecuted....... Ed Stier, a former federal and New Jersey state prosecutor told The Post..... "McGreevey's book may inadvertently supply enough information - to suggest that an already-closed investigation be reopened or expanded" ....McGreevey describes political patronage as "the coin of the realm" in NJ, a "form of sanctioned bribery" .......citing land deals and board appointments as examples of...

Cipel: McGreevey assaulted me The onetime aide said he wanted to clear the record: The former governor made an advance he rejected. By John Shiffman Inquirer Staff Writer In his new book, Jim McGreevey vividly recalls his first, magical kiss with Golan Cipel. Cipel does not remember the 2001 encounter so fondly. The former aide calls it a failed sexual assault that followed shots of Jagermeister. After he pushed New Jersey's governor away, Cipel said, he asked McGreevey why he assumed he was gay. "And McGreevey said, 'Everybody is a little gay,' " Cipel recalled yesterday in his first extended...

REINVENTED: Jim McGreevey with Oprah Winfrey.... Photo: AP There are several words in the English language that can better describe Jim McGreevey than his chosen title, "gay American." One word would be "whore." .....McGreevey boasts, in nauseating detail, to Oprah Winfrey - who else? - that as his long-suffering wife was recovering from giving birth to his spawn, New Jersey's chief executive was busy getting buggered.....audience members, though sworn to secrecy, were visibly appalled by this grotesque airing of too much information. But this is exactly what McGreevey wants. He badly wants this scandalette to be about sex. He...

In his highly anticipated memoir, former Gov. James E. McGreevey writes of his deep love for the man who ended his political career, the destruction of his second marriage and the events that forced him into his stunning admission on national television that he is gay. In "The Confession," the former governor also touches on New Jersey's sometimes seamy political landscape, where cash, cronyism and a handful of powerful men intersect. But the 384-page book focuses mostly on McGreevey's secret life, from his frequent sexual encounters with men at highway rest stops to his infatuation with Golan Cipel, the Israeli...

Once again SOTR delivers the news Americans want! We have activated our extensive network of media contacts and have received a video excerpt of former NJ Governor Jim McCreepey's appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show. We're unable to provide the video feed on our website, but we did manage to sneak a still frame for our loyal readership: "I love my financial advisor! Wooooo!" It's so absurd, you'd almost think we're making this stuff up. Despite the New York Daily News' assessment of the "icy" audience reaction to McCreepey's appearance, we think this is memorable television.

Former N.J. Governor Talks to Oprah TRENTON, N.J. Sep 12, 2006 (AP)— Former Gov. James E. McGreevey, who had been publicly silent since announcing two years ago that he was gay and was resigning, arrived at the studios of the "Oprah Winfrey Show" Tuesday to tell his story. Winfrey landed the exclusive interview with McGreevey because of her sense of faith and spirituality, according to friends of the former governor. McGreevey is said to be a fan of Winfrey's education and anti-poverty work, two issues to which the former governor is devoting more time in his post-political life. The 49-year-old...

Jim McGreevey resigned as New Jersey governor after admitting he was gay, is launching a book tour with the taping of Oprah Winfrey's show.......airs Sept. 19, the day McGreevey's political memoir hits stores......will include McGreevey's first in-depth remarks since his career imploded Aug. 12, 2004, when he came out..... His political troubles arose when he put an alleged lover on the state payroll as a homeland-security adviser.......who failed to get security clearance because he is an Israeli citizen. The book tour is arranged by publisher HarperCollins. .... McGreevey is to appear on "Today," "The View" and Fox News' "Hannity &...