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When XM Satellite Radio signed its 8-year deal with Major League Baseball, part of the terms included an annual payment of $60 million plus a $120 million escrow account. XM now faces a serious hurdle - the surety bond for the $120 million expires June 30, and XM has replaced that bond by using $57.5 million in available cash and taking out a $62.5 million loan. According to the Washington Post, that move reduces XM's liquidity, and according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, "could have an adverse effect on our financial position if we are not...

Bo (woof) In Commentary: Just to set the record straight, I think it’s actually a cat not a dog in this video. If it truly is a dog, then it was just messin’ around. Either that or it takes the short bus to doggie daycare.....http://boknowsonline.com/2008/05/22/ram-it-home/

South Korean army terror drill A member of a South Korean military special guard team breaks bottles filled with paint using his hands during an anti-terrorism drill at an army base in Seoul ======================== The exercise is intended to ensure the troops are prepared in the case of a large scale emergency, be it as a result of terrorism or other disaster =========================== South Korea has strengthened anti-terror drills since conservative President Lee Myung-Bak took office this year ============================ A soldier breaks a pile of bricks with his head ============================ The soldiers capture a mock terrorist ============================ A hostage is...

VELIKY NOVGOROD, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Archaeologists have made a rare find of a number of medieval baby bottles at excavations in Veliky Novgorod, an ancient city in northwest Russia, a scientist said on Monday. "Similar bottles are rarely found in excavations, and here we have already discovered... three of them," Medieval Slavs made feeding bottles by attaching leather bags to the wider part of cow horns. A baby drank the milk from a hole made on the tip of a horn. Novgorod is one of the most ancient cities of the Eastern Slavs. It was first mentioned in...

Landslides caused by the Sichuan earthquake have blocked rivers and formed new, possibly unstable, lakes. Satellite images taken by the Taiwan's National Space Organisation (NSPO) show one such lake forming in Beichuan County, one of the areas worst hit by the quake.

Several entertainment news sources have reported that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have acquired a $60 million 1,000-acre estate in the south of France. The joint is apparently called Chateau Miraval, located in a tiny village called Brignol in the Var. The property allegedly has 35 bedrooms, swimming pool, billiards room, indoor pool, gyms, sauna and jacuzzi and a huge banquet hall, E! reports. The castle is very intimate, with a driveway three miles long. The place is surrounded by forest on all sides and is close to Aix en Provence. Other celebrities such as Bono, Johnny Depp and Vanessa...

Ad Idea for the general election, but don't really know how to pass on the idea. Have a picture of Hussain Obama on one side wearing the turbine(the turbine picture) and to the right of that have a picture of John Mccain as a younger man in his uniform or after he was freed. Have the pictures side by side and on top either of the following 1. "What part of this don't you understand" or 2. "The choice is clear" A great ad idea that goes right to the core of peoples fears. How do I get this idea...

America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history. 2 Chronicles 7:14if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then...

I will finish the weekend project to clean out the garage and computer room today. Or at least most of it. Rather than Craigslist the valuable IT stuff, I will offer it to any FReeper that FReepmails me. I am near Waxahachie, south of Dallas. It is best if you can come get it this afternoon. Even out in the country, once this stuff hits the curb it disappears quickly. So far I have multiple computers, some fairly recent, all in a state of (dis)repair. Scanners, printers, hard drives etc. The stuff you expect when you visit a geek friend...

What is the last great measure of a man? Is it dying on the sands of Iwo Jima or lying face down on a Normandy Beach? Or dying to a roadside bomber your loved ones forever out of reach? What is the last great measure of a man? Is it standing tall for God and country and answering the wartime call? Is it helping others fight an enemy and becoming one who gave his all? What is the last great measure of a man? Is it building a schools and roads it a country devestated by a war? Is it...

Hunting can be fun, think about it, if we kill to eat or supply food for the hungry, is natural but to kill just for fun and target practice is cruel. The characters of this video are my grandchildren, mourning dove and a rare Columbian parakeet called Perija.

The only important thing on television every year. And usually one of the best live threads on Free Republic every year. You must watch this concert and I reccomend you have a box of kleenex close by.

America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history. 2 Chronicles 7:14if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then...

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Actor Terrence Howard has proved his credentials as the ultimate over-protective father - he threatened to kill his daughter Aubrey's teenage boyfriend. The Iron Man star didn't appreciate his 14-year-old daughter dating a classmate he disapproves of, and "intervened" by forcing her to ditch the unfavorable suitor. He says, "She's supposedly in love with some guy. I made her break up with him and I've threatened to kill him. I was like, you picked a green fruit from the tree that's far from ripe." And Howard ensures he keeps a tight-leash on his beloved kids - warning Aubrey she will...

This Weeks Sci-Fi Thread (05/25/08) Fri: 8/7 - The Sarah Jane Adventures - SciFi 9/8 - Dr Who - SciFi 10/9 - Battlestar Galactica - SciFi

Sir Ian McKellen returns to the big screen in The Hobbit film By Nick Squires in Sydney Last updated: 1:28 PM BST 25/05/2008 Sir Ian McKellen will reprise the role of Gandalf the wizard for two films to be made based on Tolkien's classic book The Hobbit, it has been confirmed. The two movies - The Hobbit and a sequel which has yet to be named - will be filmed in New Zealand and released in 2011 and 2012. Andy Serkis, the actor who played Gollum with the help of digital wizardry, will also return for the Hobbit film, but...

Oct. 12: This file photo shows couple during a wedding photo shoot at a deserted Catholic seminary in Pengzhou in southwest China's Sichuan province. Five couples were having wedding photos taken when a massive earthquake struck on May 12, destroying the seminary. May 12: Bricks fall from a deserted Catholic seminary as an earthquake strikes during a wedding photo shoot in Pengzhou in southwest China's Sichuan province. Five couples were having wedding photos taken when the earthquake struck, and all escaped without injury. The century-old seminary was destroyed in the quake, which left tens of thousands dead in Sichuan. May...

Please join me in welcoming to the world, FRer Alouette's new grandbaby. This is grandbaby number 21 for Alouette!!! WHOOOO HOOOOO!!!This precious child was born last Friday night, weighing in at 7 pounds 7 ounces. Her name is Freida.Dear G-d, thank you for the gift of baby Freida. I pray that you will let her grow to be a strong, healthy child, with love for You in her heart. Please guide her parents and grandparents in her upbringing. In Your Name, Amen!

A reminder that the National Memorial Day Concert will be on PBS tomorrow night starting at 7 PM Central. Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna host the annual tribute to America's military personnel, featuring singers Gladys Knight, Sarah Brightman, Idina Menzel, Rodney Atkins and John Schneider, and the National Symphony Orchestra under Erich Kunzel. Looks like another great show :)