http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gross/ en-us Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:51:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399095/posts Tiger Woods' alleged mistress claims she was lying when she said she did not have an affair with Tiger Woods ... and sources tell TMZ the fight at Tiger's home the morning of the crash was triggered by a series of text messages between Tiger and the woman. Rachel Uchitel has publicly denied she had sexual relations with Tiger Woods, but we've learned she has said she did indeed have an affair with the golfer. And, we're told it was her -- not Jaimee Grubbs -- who caused an argument between Tiger and his wife, Elin Nordegren, that immediately preceded... TMZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399095/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:51:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383270/posts After the baby is born and the cooing in the delivery room begins, parents may do a variety of things with the placenta -- maybe take a picture, poke it a bit, or just divert their eyes and let the nurse take it away. A teddy bear made of human placenta has set off an international storm of disgust and support for the idea of making afterbirth into a keepsake. (Courtesy Alex Green)Whatever parents do, it probably wouldn't match London-based designer Alex Green's idea of turning the baby's placenta into a teddy bear. "It just looks like a brown leather... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383270/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372122/posts Pimco's Gross calls top of rally in risky assets Almost all assets appear overvalued, bond investment giant warns By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Bill Gross, managing director at fixed-income giant Pimco, called the top of the recent rally in stocks and other risky assets on Tuesday. "The six-month rally in risk assets -- while still continuously supported by Fed and Treasury policymakers -- is likely at its pinnacle," Gross wrote in his monthly market commentary. The U.S. economy and most other developed economies became too reliant on rising asset prices, rather than the production of goods and... Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372122/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:40:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366082/posts Discussion of Martin Gross' book, "National Suicide: How Washington Is Destroying the American Dream from A to Z." Mr. Gross discusses 'the alarming number of government programs that waste taxpayer dollars.' Christian Broadcaseting Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366082/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:14:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2321507/posts Much of the damage may be gone but there's a lot of blame left behind after a tornado touchdown in downtown Minneapolis. The storm struck the cross at Central Lutheran Church. Crews spent Thursday removing it from the steeple. Some bloggers say what happened to the church is a reaction from God to what's going on across the street. John Piper the pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, wrote in a blog: "the tornado in Minneapolis was a gentle but firm warning to the ELCA and all of us: Turn from the approval of sin." Nearly 2,000 Lutherans from... WCCO Minneapolis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2321507/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:04:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300751/posts SALT LAKE CITY — Gay rights activists are organizing a nationwide string of kissing demonstrations in response to the treatment of gay couples in Utah and Texas who tangled with security guards or police after kissing in public. The Great Nationwide Kiss-In is scheduled for Aug. 15. Events are planned for at least seven cities, including Boston, New York, Houston, Portland, Ore., and three California cities — Irvine, San Diego and San Francisco. A Web page and Facebook page promoting the demonstrations says more events are in the works. A pair of bloggers, David Badash, of New York, and David... The Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300751/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:23:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270673/posts HOUSTON (AP)—The Houston Texans have signed quarterback Rex Grossman. Grossman, an unrestricted free agent, led the Chicago Bears to the NFC championship in 2006, when he threw for 3,193 yards and 23 touchdowns. The 28-year-old will compete with Alex Brink(notes) to be Houston’s third quarterback behind starter Matt Schaub(notes) and Dan Orlovsky(notes), who spent last season in Detroit. AP Via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270673/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:37:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265477/posts "People who squirm at the sight of bugs or are grossed out by blood and guts are more likely to be politically conservative, new studies find. In particular, the squeamish are more apt to have conservative attitudes about gays and lesbians." Yahoo News, Live Science http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265477/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:06:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256142/posts PIMCO's Gross: U.S. at risk of losing top AAA rating By Jennifer Ablan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund, warned on Thursday the United States will eventually lose its top AAA credit rating, a fear that had already spooked financial markets on Thursday and could keep the dollar, stocks and bonds under heavy selling pressure. The United States will face a downgrade in "at least three to four years, if that, but the market will recognize the problems before the rating services -- just like it did today," Gross told Reuters. Gross, the... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256142/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 09:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2249754/posts An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill. Firefighters had to evacuate the AT&T building in downtown San Jose on Tuesday, after the flagrant fumes prompted someone to call 911. A hazmat team was called in. -snip- Authorities said the worker who cleaned the fridge didn't need treatment — she can't smell because of allergies Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2249754/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 03:10:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248566/posts Shirley Jones, who was so wholesome on "The Partridge Family," might pose nude for Playboy at the age of 75, if her husband/manager Marty Ingels has his way.... The New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248566/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 16:12:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2226339/posts Pics on site Funny & Interesting E-mail Forwards http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2226339/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:06:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2198244/posts ALBANY - Gov. Paterson is running - and not just for re-election. The governor, in a soon-to-be published interview with Runner's World magazine, talks at length about his love of - and difficulties with - jogging. Paterson, who is legally blind, even posed for this picture in his Albany office - knobby knees notwithstanding - wearing a T-shirt from the Achilles Track Club, which encourages disabled people to become athletic. Noting that he had relatively recently taken up jogging, Paterson said, "Running has given me the chance to be athletic. New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2198244/posts#comment Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:00:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179888/posts He might be on the Forbes list of billionaires with a net worth of $1.3 billion and he may appear frequently in the financial media, but Pimco's Bill Gross doesn't have a grasp of how much "trillions" are. Gross recently called for a massive government intervention or face certain catastrophe. "This economy requires support from the government, a check from the government in some form or fashion in the trillions as opposed to the hundreds of billions," Gross said to Bloomberg TV on February 5. "And I think President Obama was right - there is a potential catastrophe if Washington... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179888/posts#comment Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:23:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152583/posts KANSAS CITY, Mo. - When Kansas State University sent researchers into nursing homes to find out how the topic of sex was being addressed, they initially found silence. "Nobody was talking about it; it was a really hush-hush subject," said Gayle Doll, director of the university's Center on Aging. "I guess it's hard enough for people to think about their parents having sex, let alone their grandparents." In response, the researchers have produced seminars and training aids to encourage nursing home caregivers to discuss and accommodate sexual desires. Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152583/posts#comment Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:01:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2115932/posts marty's camera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2115932/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:26:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2062317/posts Ellen DeGeneres will reportedly marry her long-time Australian lover Portia de Rossi in California this weekend. The couple are expected to wed in an intimate ceremony with only a few close friends and family, Usmagazine.com reports. DeGeneres, a successful comedian who now hosts a popular daytime talkshow, and 35-year-old de Rossi began dating in December 2004. Following the California Supreme Court's ruling that same sex couple's had the "right to marry," DeGeneres announced on her show in May that she and de Rossi would marry. Australian. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2062317/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051988/posts Gross predicts $1 trillion of writedowns Mark Cobley 25 Jul 2008 One of the world's most successful bond fund managers, Bill Gross of Pimco, expects the fall-out from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis to hit $1 trillion (??35bn), in terms of the amount that will have to be written off the global financial services industry's combined balance sheet. The total suggests Gross believes the crisis has much further to run. According to the most recent total on Financial News' writedown-ometer, which is compiled from banks' results, $205bn had been written down as of June. Since then, fresh book-losses have been... Financial News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051988/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:11:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028102/posts Madrid, Spain (AHN) -- Hundreds of bike riders shed their clothing and rode through the capital of Spain Saturday protesting the overuse of automobiles, and celebrating the simplicity of bicycles and the human body. According to the World Naked Bike Ride Website, the annual ride is held in cities all over the world "to celebrate cycling and the human body. The ride demonstrates the vulnerability of cyclists on the road and is a protest against oil dependency." The event is meant to be a peaceful and humorous. It has a "bare as you dare" policy, meaning it's okay to wear... AHN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028102/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:44:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026413/posts Same-Sex Couple Sues After Faced With Ultimatum at Mariners Baseball GameAnyone who has attended a Major League Baseball game in the past decade has probably seen a "Kiss Cam" where couples throughout the ballpark are featured locking lips on the big-screen JumboTrons. But controversy over ballpark kissing erupted at Safeco Field in Seattle this week when a same-sex couple claimed they were discriminated against because of their sexual orientation, which stadium officials deny. Sirbrina Guerrero, 23, says she and her partner, who requested anonymity, were just "exchanging pecks," not acting any differently than heterosexual couples at the game, when park... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026413/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:14:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2020596/posts PITY the mothers and grandmothers. Visible bra straps, glaringly obvious roots — these are but a few of the grooming no-nos that have become yes-yeses in recent years. Now there is another stylistic tic that would have been unthinkable on a proper lady in your Aunt Beatrice’s day. Over the last few years — since the era of the skull print scarf, let’s say, or the (metaphorical) rise of the Olsen twins — having streaked, chipped or just plain grotty nail polish no longer suggests drug addiction, manual labor or pure laziness. Like untied high-tops, thread-worn jeans and bedhead, it’s... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2020596/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 04:47:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1984562/posts NESS CITY, Kan. - Deputies say a woman in western Kansas became stuck on her boyfriend's toilet after sitting on it for two years. Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said it appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat. She initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital. "We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it." AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1984562/posts#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:22:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987269/posts ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Orange County Public Schools is investigating claims that a student was forced to use a lunchbox as a toilet in front of his class at Meadowbrook Middle School.The teacher will not be coming to school. She will be relieved of her duty with pay as the school district investigates, officials said. "If you gotta go, you gotta go," student Quonterious Thomas told Eyewitness News in an interview Monday. Thomas, 13, says his language arts teacher, Jameeka Chambers, gave him two options when he had to go to the bathroom at Meadowbrook Middle School in Orange County.... WFTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987269/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:31:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1939273/posts LONDON - An artist is inviting Londoners to come face-to-face with the wretched labour of one of India's lowest castes - by filling an art gallery with 21 big blocks of human excrement. The monoliths are the brainchild of Santiago Sierra, whose previous work includes pumping a former German synagogue full of poisonous car exhaust (visitors wore gas masks) and an attempt to write the word "Submission" in giant, flaming letters near the U.S.-Mexico border. Elena Crippa, curator at the Lisson Gallery where the work is being displayed, said the Spanish-born artist's intention is to confront audiences with the horror... CBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1939273/posts#comment Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:38:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922665/posts Gross-subprime mortgage mkt a "$1 trillion problem" Mon Nov 5, 2007 9:06 AM ET NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will have to cut its federal funds target rate to prevent a dramatic fall in housing prices in the wake of the subprime mortgage meltdown, the manager of the world's biggest bond fund said on Monday. The turmoil in the risky subprime mortgage-market is a "$1 trillion problem ... There are $1 trillion worth of subprimes and Alt-As and basically garbage loans," said Bill Gross, chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co. or Pimco, on CNBC... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922665/posts#comment Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:16:09 GMT