Absolute imperfection: Lions become first team to finish 0-16
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Green Bay, WI (Sports Network) - The Detroit Lions became the first team in NFL history to go 0-16 as Aaron Rogers threw three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers put down the Lions, 31-21, to end Detroit's season of futility. The Lions (0-16) became the first team since the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who went 0-14 in their expansion season, and the first team since the league went to a 16-game format to finish a full campaign without a win. The Lions now join the 1962 New York Mets (40-112), the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers (9-73) and the 1974-75 Washington...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 06:52:31 AM
The Absolute Poker Cheating Scandal Blown Wide Open
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A few weeks back I blogged about allegations of cheating at an online poker site called Absolute Poker. While things looked awfully suspicious, there wasn’t quite a smoking gun, and it was unclear exactly how the cheater might have cheated. A combination of some incredible detective work by some poker players and an accidental (?) data leak by Absolute Poker have blown the scandal wide open. Some opponents became suspicious of how a certain player was playing. He seemed to know what the opponents’ hole cards were. The suspicious players provided examples of these hands, which were so outrageous that...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 06:52:31 AM
State Supreme Court won't hear concealed guns case(no absolute right to bear arms in Missouri)
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court won’t consider a challenge to a provision of the state’s concealed gun law. Without comment, the state’s highest court let stand a lower court's ruling that there's no absolute right to bear arms in Missouri. The case focuses on whether people seeking permits to carry concealed guns must answer questions from county sheriffs about their criminal history or military service. Missouri's concealed-carry law lets sheriffs deny permits for various reasons -- including a discharge from the military "under dishonorable conditions." The sheriff of St. Charles County filed an appeal after a circuit...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 06:52:31 AM
PLEASE! STOP POSTING SAME MESSAGE ON ALL BOARDS!
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The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 06:52:31 AM
Absolute Howard - Dean's national security problem.
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A man who knows his mind, too well For months, I've been scratching my head over the Howard Dean problem. On domestic issues, Dean beats the rest of the presidential field hands down. He knows the nooks and crannies of all the policy debates. He's been an executive. He's principled where he ought to be principled and pragmatic where he ought to be pragmatic. He hurls fire and brimstone with the best of them. He isn't one of those wishy-washy liberals who inspire contempt on both the left and the right. And he states his views in a way that...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 06:52:31 AM
Judge kills death sentence because jurors read Bible
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LAW OF THE LAND Judge kills death sentence because jurors read Bible Several consulted scriptural references while deciding fate of rapist-murderer -------------------------------- © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Although Robert Harlan was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 25-year-old woman and shooting another woman passer-by who tried to help, leaving her paralyzed, a Colorado judge yesterday overturned his death sentence because some jurors had read the Bible during their deliberations. Harlan was convicted in 1995 for murdering waitress Rhonda Maloney, who was driving home from work when Harlan forced her car off the road, according to a Reuters report. During the crime,...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 06:52:31 AM
(Old News) Chinese Hacker sentenced to death.
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Chinese Hacker Sentenced to Death for Embezzlement A 36-year old hacker was sentenced to death in Hangzhou recently by the Ningbo Intermediate Court in east China's Zhejiang Province for embezzling over one million yuan (US$120,000) of public money from a bank account. A senior official said that this is the most severe punishment that a Chinese judicial organization has given to a hacker. As an accountant in Ningbo branch of the Bank of Communications of China, Fang Yong embezzled about 1.66 million yuan (about US$200, 000) of public money, by counterfeiting bank paper, and taking money from people's account from...
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 06:52:31 AM
"I love the irony — I've spent over 400 hours of my life looking for comets, and haven't found anything, and now, suddenly, when I'm not looking for one, I get one dumped in my lap."...
by Alan Hale
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Maximilien Robespierre: Reign of Terror leader was guillotined in Paris during the French Revolution (1794)
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