Nov 07, 2009 -
On a balmy autumn day in Vancouver, a young man is longing for a walk outside in the sunshine, and deciding against it. Far easier for him to stay in his hotel room, cocooned in five-star luxury with a mobile phone that has run out of charge, safe at least from the girls chanting his name outside. Robert Pattinson, 23 and from Barnes in southwest London, ought still to be one of Hollywood’s beautiful dreamers, moving up the ranks of movie acting, enjoying his American adventure, his guitar, his good looks.
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Oct 13, 2009 -
Obama must start punching harder
By Gideon Rachman
Just five years ago, Barack Obama was still a local politician in Illinois, preparing for a run for the US Senate. His office wall in Chicago at the time was decorated with the famous picture of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston, after knocking him out in a heavyweight title fight. Ali famously boasted that he could “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.” But now that Mr Obama is president, he seems to float like a butterfly – and sting like one as well.
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Sep 16, 2009 -
Jennie Garth likes to be lazy. She describes herself as a "homebody" who lucked into her 20-year acting career, calling it a "right place, right time" kind of thing. And when she reads a profile of a fellow celebrity mom, she feels largely inadequate: "I think, This lady has all of this time to do amazing stuff.
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Sep 13, 2009 -
It;s truly amazing to wake up knowing you don't have to worry about being smacked around that day or called names. It's amazing to know the man holding you at night will keep you safe. When I fall asleep at night, I smile.
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Sep 09, 2009 -
Walmart loves to shock and awe. City-size stores, absurdly low prices ($8 jeans!) and everything from milk to Matchbox toys on its shelves. And with the recession forcing legions of stores into bankruptcy, the world's largest retailer now apparently wants to take out the remaining survivors.
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Aug 10, 2009 -
Interview with The Guardian newspaper! Enjoy :D
Brandon Flowers sits bolt upright in his train seat. So handsome you feel like putting a paper bag over your head the minute you meet him, his teeth a gleaming testament to the might of American dentistry, he is nevertheless not merely visibly uncomfortable but audibly uncomfortable, too.
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Jul 12, 2009 -
Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming
by Richard Harris Morning Edition, June 24, 2009 ·
Climate change is a potential environmental disaster — but it's also potentially an economic opportunity. President Obama spoke of it in economic terms Tuesday when he urged the House of Representatives to pass legislation that would address global warming. "The nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy," he said.
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Jul 19, 2009 -
Ben Smith – Sun Jul 19, 8:03 am ET
Finally, we’re starting to see him sweat.
President Barack Obama made his personal icy cool the trademark of his campaign, the tenor of his White House and the hallmark of an early run of successes at home and abroad. But as the glamour wears off and a long, frustrating summer wears on, he is being forced to improvise — stooping to respond to political foes and adjusting his tactics and demeanor for the trench warfare of a legislative agenda.
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Jun 01, 2009 -
Ok, so, I'm a 19 year old girl who still lives with my mom and step dad. I am out of school and have a job, but my parents still treat me like a child. On week nights I have to be home around 10:30 or 11 p.m.
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Jun 23, 2009 -
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 beers.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
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