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We had an extended debate at the office today....what was the best "MTv Unplugged" performance? Me? Hands down....Alice in Chains! Before any reasons are discussed ..... I was curious as to anyone else's opinions or preferences on the topic?

Okay freepers, I've tried most of the Chili recipes, and they are fantastic. I've tried your fried chicken, and your slow cooker recipes. Superb!!Now, let me have your favorite meatloaf!! Thanks!!

IT'S a bird, it's a plane — it's superbulge! "Superman Returns" star Brandon Routh is supposedly giving the suits at Warner Brothers fits because of his prodigious package of masculinity. The 26-year-old beefcake's extra-large endowment is said to be so distracting through his skin-tight costume that producers may have to shrink him during post-production. "It's a major issue for the studio," a "Superman Returns" production source fretted to the London Sun. "Brandon is extremely well-endowed and they don't want it up on the big screen. We may be forced to erase his package with digital effects."

Entire Class Suspended for Food Fight 2 hours, 48 minutes ago Strange News - AP MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A cafeteria food fight on "meat loaf day" led to the suspension of the entire eighth-grade class at a Memphis school. The students were suspended after refusing to clean up the mess they caused. "Given an opportunity first to apologize for their behavior and help with the cleanup, most of the class refused to cooperate," school spokesman Vince McGaskill said. The food fight broke out Wednesday at Geeter Middle School, which has 637 students in grades six through eight. Meat loaf and...

John F. Kerry and George W. Bush bring different and formidable personal assests to bear in their respective efforts to to capture The White House in Election 2004. Both men can perform well in the public forum, but for dramatically different reasons. In the final analysis, it is George W. Bush who will ultimately win over the public after a period of prolonged exposure. I think of it as the difference between two CDs I purchased to keep me company on a recent road trip. One was Parachutes by Coldplay, the other was Bat Out Of Hell by Meatloaf. The...

American rock star Meat Loaf was taken to hospital in London after collapsing during a concert, his record company said Tuesday. The 56-year-old singer "collapsed from exhaustion due to a prolonged viral infection. It is not life-threatening," a company spokesman said. Meat Loaf, famed for his mega-hit "Bat Out Of Hell," collapsed in the middle of Monday night's concert at London's Wembley Arena, tried to perform another song but on advice from paramedics was taken to the nearest hospital. His sell-out concert Tuesday night was canceled on doctors' orders. "Meat Loaf will be re-evaluated by doctors today and further information...

Colo. Inmates Are Fed Recalled Beef Fri Jul 26, 9:34 AM ETBUENA VISTA, Colo. (AP) - Hundreds of inmates were served meatloaf that prison officials knew was made with beef recalled because of E. coli contamination, state officials acknowledge. About 2,500 pounds of recalled ConAgra ground beef was given to inmates at Buena Vista Correctional Complex and two other state prisons since June 5. Only those at Buena Vista were knowingly served the meat, at lunch on Saturday, the Department of Corrections said Thursday. None of the inmates became ill from the meat, officials said. "The decision to cook it...