Deals of the Hour

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Deals of the Hour / June 14, 2010, 6:10 pm

Salahis find nightclub harder to get into than White House

One other place with tighter security than the White House: Eden, a new downtown club that proved no easy velvet rope for Tareq and Michaele Salahi . The state dinner gate-crashers/reality TV stars-to-be swept up to the ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-06-15T00:09:19Z)

How have Tuesday's primary results made you feel about November?

Last week, I discussed a series of evidences about how God is being omitted from American life, culture and politics. This week, I will detail the No. 1 advocate for a godless society: our president. First, even during ... (Source: Town Hall 2010-06-15T00:52:16Z)

'Whoomp! (There it is)' and Obama -- the anatomy of a meme

An extra in a screenshot of a YouTube clip of a 1993 music video for "Whoomp! (There it is)." Not Barack Obama, according to the White House. By Garance Franke-Ruta Was Barack Obama an extra in the 1993 rap video hit for " ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-06-15T00:30:47Z)

Obama wants escrow account for oil-spill damages

President Barack Obama wants BP (BP) to create an escrow account to pay for damages caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, White House adviser David Axelrod told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. BP this ... (Source: MSN Money 2010-06-15T00:59:25Z)

Moscow-led bloc may try to quell Kyrgyz clashes

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) – A group of ex-Soviet states Monday proposed sending helicopters and equipment to help Kyrgyzstan's government stop ethnic violence that has killed at least 124 people, and suggested troops ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-06-15T00:02:09Z)

Ted Kennedy lived with constant assassination threats, rage from extremists

Nearly two decades later, in 1985, the threats continued, this time including the Republican president as well as the liberal Democratic senator: "Brass tacks, I'm gonna kill Kennedy and (President Ronald) Reagan, and I ... (Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer 2010-06-15T00:59:25Z)

F.B.I. Releases Files on Edward M. Kennedy

After two brothers fell to assassins' bullets, Senator Edward M. Kennedy received repeated threats that he, too, would meet the same fate, according to thousands of pages of documents released Monday by the Federal ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-06-15T00:09:19Z)

"Breaking Bad" Spoiled Bastard. Ep. 13, season finale: "Full Measure."

What's the full measure of a man? It seems that, consciously or not, that's been one of the root questions of "Breaking Bad," which ended its Season 3 run as emphatically brilliant as the previous two (and has been ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-15T00:23:38Z)

Alvin Greene, Abby Sunderland, and Jon Stewart Could All Take Thomas' Front Row White House Press ...

The most powerful people in the capital of the world's last remaining superpower are squabbling over who gets my old colleague Helen Thomas' coveted front row center seat at the White House briefing room. The seat-holder ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-15T00:45:06Z)

Microsoft Kinect to hit stores November 4

(CNN) -- If Microsoft has its way, we all will be playing video games by moving our bodies instead of holding remotes starting November 4. That's when Kinect, the company's new motion-controlled video gaming add-on for ... (Source: CNN 2010-06-14T23:40:41Z)

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