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Authorities in Houston are still searching for answers after an area high school football game was called off early after nearly two dozen fans were hospitalized after suddenly becoming sick in the stands of Barnett Stadium on Friday night. During the second half of the game between Austin (Texas) High and Houston (Texas) Yates, many members of the band and dance team from Austin started suffering from nausea, vomiting and dizziness and began collapsing in the stands, according to numerous media reports. Officials feared they had been exposed to some type of biohazard and called hazmet teams to the scene...

Power went out at 3:40pm across San Diego county. SDG&E cannot be reached for comment. Theories anyone?

Ramos/Compean fundraiser The families of these border agent/political prisoners are struggling. Homes are in jeopardy, lives torn apart. So, we’re raising money for Monica Ramos and Patty Compean. We’re asking that instead of one check, split your donation between the two: Make them out separately to Monica Ramos…AND…Patty Compean…and mail to: Edd Henndee, Taste of Texas, 10505 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024__________________________ GLENN: Well, the two families, Patty Compean and Monica Ramos are in real trouble and I have both of them on now. Monica, hello, how are you? MONICA RAMOS: Fine. Thank you, Beck, for having me on. GLENN:...

May 3 07:00 PM US/Eastern By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized after crossing the wire. The field of 20 horses was galloping out around the first turn at Churchill Downs when Eight Belles suddenly went down on both front legs and jockey Gabriel Saez slid off. "When we passed the wire I stood up," said Saez, a first-time Derby rider. "She started galloping funny. I tried to pull her up....

Ex-wife takes on Chavez's socialist push By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer Sat Dec 8, 7:36 AM ET BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela - A new voice has emerged to challenge Hugo Chavez's push to turn Venezuela into a socialist society, someone with rare insight into the president's passions and vulnerabilities: his ex-wife. Marisabel Rodriguez says her return to the public spotlight is not a personal vendetta. "This fight is not against a single person," she said in an interview at her home with The Associated Press. "This struggle is against the danger posed by leaving a person in power for a long...

BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - A Siberian woman who gave birth to her 12th child -- doing more than her fair share to stem Russia's population decline -- was stunned to find that little Nadia weighed in at a massive 7.75 kg (17.1 lb).

OK, I have a question for Friday night amusement.I went to get cat food out of the pantry for my kitty and it wasn't sealed properly so hundreds of ants got in it. I didn't want to throw it away so I decided to nuke them. I set it on high for 30 seconds. They went crazy but still alive. I repeated, still alive. I tried 1 minute, still alive. Another minute, still alive. (This is a brand new Mocrowave) In total, 7 1/2 minutes. The bag melted and some of the ants were sitll alive! I think they may...

Please pray for our Missionaries in Punta Gorda,Belize. This will be the second hurricane they will have endured, but this one will be ALOT worse that the 1st. Pray for all in the area that GOD will provide shelter, comfort and relief during this terrible time of trouble!

Families of Shooting Victims Mourn Loss Friday, July 05, 2002 LOS ANGELES — The anguished families of two victims killed by a gunman at the Los Angeles airport mourned their loss, recalling one as a generous father and the other as "daddy's girl." The hail of bullets Thursday at El Al airline's ticket counter killed Yaakov Aminov, who was taking a friend to the airport for a trip home to Israel, along with an airport worker identified as Victoria Chen. Aminov collapsed in the arms of the friend, Michael Shabtay, said Aminov's brother-in-law, Mark Ezerzer. "He loved people; he loved...

Fox reporting that the President has called reporters and he will speak shortly.

Just announced, Bush will comment on the Isreal, Arafat situation. Set your VCR's if you can't be there.

I finally figured out who President Bush is. He is a classic New Frontiersman. Just run through the guy's policy blueprint — higher defense spending, tax cuts, a call to national service. Add to that his commitment to free trade and you see the outlines of the John F. Kennedy agenda. Let's face it. This first Republican President of the 21st century champions the same signature policies that the former Democratic President did in the early 1960s. Here's Bush in his State of the Union: "History has called America and our allies to action, and it is both our responsibility ...

...a reporter asked "What do you think about the missile test?"

PREZ & STAFF STARRING IN ‘THE REDUCERS' By DEBORAH ORIN July 8, 2001 -- WASHINGTON - Call it the incredible shrinking White House. George W. Bush's team seems to be setting weight-loss records - in sharp contrast to the Bill Clinton years when the commander in chief battled a blubber problem that he blamed on the White House pastry chef. There's even an official White House Weight Watchers group that weighs in every Tuesday afternoon. "It starts at the top - he's very disciplined," Bush campaign press secretary Mindy Tucker said about the president. Tucker, now the Justice Department spokeswoman, ...

He looks desperate to me!

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Tune in now to see our beloved President give the main speech and receive an Honorary Doctorate. Will replay around 7:30pm tonight. I cant wait for the comments!

Tonight GW attends his first correspondents dinner and Ben Stein is the entertainment. Should be fun! ON Cspan at 9pm EST / 6pm PT.

BACK ON LINE!!! GREY DAVIS SUCKS!