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NameThe name, which was DeLorean's idea, was inspired by the Ferrari 250 GTO, the successful race car. It is an Italian abbreviation for Gran Turismo Omologato ("grand tourer homologated"), which means officially certified for racing in the grand tourer class. But in reality, the Pontiac GTO was never really a certified Grand Tourer race car. Internally, it was initially called the "Grand Tempest Option", one of many automobiles in the Pontiac line up with a 'Grand' in it. Despite these things, the GTO is one of the fastest cars ever manufactured by Pontiac. First generation: 1964-67 Second generation: 1968-72 Third...

“A nightstick the size of a telephone pole and the muscle to wield it effortlessly.” Sarah Palin: Rage Against the Machine - Vote Newt!

Freedom Watch 1/23/11, Fox News Watched Judge Napolitano earlier this evening. He ended up speaking about the Peoples Republican of China. Judge Napolitano started out with a couple pretty open-eyed observations about the PRC. First off, he rattled off the ways in which citizens there have no freedoms. No right to assembly, without the presence of a party member. No right to dissent. Churches, required to vow loyalty to the CPP before the Vatican. Pretty good list, and powerfully presented. He then described accurately the threat an increasingly powerful China poses to America. Larger military than America's. More money to...

Fifteen years after having an affair, a St. Tammany Parish man finally decided to come clean. But the fact that her husband's infidelity occurred a decade and a half ago did little to reduce Connie Davis' ire. The woman pulled out a gun loaded with birdshot and fired five times at her husband, hitting him twice, as he ran across the yard of their home near Pearl River on Tuesday, authorities said. The man, whose name was not released by the Sheriff's Office, ended up at a hospital. His wife landed in jail, booked with attempted murder. The man admitted...

  The New Brian and the Judge Show on Fox News Radio You can find out more information about the line-up, stream the show, find local radio stations as well as other fun stuff off his website. CLICK HERE and follow the "Listen Live" link to stream the show which runs from 9 AM est to noon and replays from noon to 3:00pmA comprehensive list of streaming servers is available here. XM Channel 168 also airs the show for satellite radio subscribers.Also Fox Radio is back on Sirius channel 145 To call the show and talk to the boys...

Judge Apologizes for Courtroom Party By Associated Press May 14, 2005, 12:04 AM EDT DALLAS -- A judge who threw a courtroom party with balloons and cake to celebrate the recapture of a man who fled during his trial has apologized after a state panel admonished her. Dallas District Judge Faith Johnson served ice cream and hung streamers for a court proceeding last year in which Billy Wayne Williams discovered he had been sentenced in absentia to life in prison. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which issued the public admonition, also discovered that Johnson had planned for a TV...