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Clarence Clemons and The Red Bank Rockers
I love me some Clarence Clemons! Get through the interview….the music is worth it.

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I want to see this one…..
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The explosion in Iraq blew bits of rock into Bob Woodruff’s neck, broke open his skull, and put the ABC News journalist in a coma for 36 days.
Fourteen months later, Woodruff tells the story of his recovery in a prime-time special on Tuesday [...]

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They’ll keep on pushing and keep on pushing……
BAGHDAD: A raid on a Shiite weapons cache in the southern city of Hilla one week ago is providing what American officials call the best evidence yet that the deadliest roadside bombs in Iraq are manufactured in Iran, but critics contend the forensic case remains circumstantial and inferential.
The [...]

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BOGOTÁ — Just two weeks ahead of a high-profile visit by President Bush to Latin America, the United States’ key partner on the continent is engulfed in an extraordinary scandal that threatens to undermine the credibility of US alliances and policy priorities from Mexico to Argentina.
The widening probe linking dozens of political allies of Colombia’s [...]

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At this point it would be about a Plan G…as in GET the hell out of there.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The most prominent Sunni in Iraq’s fragmented government said Monday that the United States is going to have to come up with a “Plan B” if the current crackdown fails to stem the violence in [...]

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Sometimes you just need a little bit of cuteness. Especially after a few posts about Dick Cheney! Here’s the devil with fur fresh out of the bath. As a yorkie, his ears should stand up, but I didn’t want to tape them. As of two days ago, one ear is up [...]

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CNN just reported one female juror was dismissed. They’re going with 11 jurors.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jurors in the perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby may have been exposed to information on the case outside of court, the judge said on Monday.
Judge Reggie Walton said he would talk to the 12 [...]

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One hundred years ago, on Feb. 26, 1907, concerns about a growing influx of foreigners, mostly Europeans, prompted Congress to create what became known as the Dillingham Commission, which examined the impact of immigrants on America. (The panel later recommended curtailing immigration from southern and eastern Europe through use of quotas, higher entry fees, literacy [...]

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MOGADISHU, Somalia - Three Somali police speedboats and a U.S. military vessel were headed Monday toward a U.N.-chartered cargo ship hijacked by pirates, a senior police official said. Piracy has been rampant off the Somali coast.
Somali pirates boarded the MV Rozen - which had just delivered a total of 1,884 tons of food aid in [...]

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This is one sneaky mofo!
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney landed at the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Monday afternoon for consultations with American military leaders ahead of a meeting with President Hamid Karzai.
Cheney landed at the base at Bagram, an hour north of Kabul, shortly after a meeting in [...]

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