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A University of Wisconsin-Stout student who was in a hurry to get to an important class presentation got some help with a necktie instead of ticket from a Menomonie police officer who stopped to talk to him about his speeding. A video posted on the police department's Facebook page Tuesday shows officer Martin Folczyk pulling his squad car behind Trevor Keeney's car in a parking lot Nov. 30. When the two get out of their vehicles, Folczyk tells Keeney he stopped him for his speed going down Eighth Street. Keeney, sounding rushed, explains that he was in a hurry because...

I finally finally finished Benghazi Gates, Part 2, What Happened to Ambassador Stevens. This is a draft version only and a few additional facts will be added. It definitely needs a bettter script and narrator than me. This video answers many questions on what happened to Ambassador Stevens from the time he was abandoned by his State Department employees at 11:20 PM and the time he was taken out of the Main Building of the American Consulate in Benghazi Libya. It also raises many new and disturbing questions as well. The worldwide news media has overwhelmingly pronounced the retrieval and...

Japan hanged two death row inmates Wednesday in the first executions under the Democratic Party of Japan-led government launched last September, Justice Minister Keiko Chiba said. In an unusual move, Chiba herself attended the executions of Kazuo Shinozawa, 59, and Hidenori Ogata, 33, at the Tokyo Detention House, saying at a press conference, ''I attended the executions today as I believe it is my duty to see (the process) through as the person who orders it.'' Despite criticism from various quarters about Chiba's order, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he believes Chiba made the right decision on the executions of...

Ever wondered why the Iranian thug-in chief Ahmedinajad as well as many other Islamic officials don't wear neck ties? Here is the explanation from the Islamic Center of Beverly Hills. Yep, you read that right: Beverly Hills.

News that the most iconic item of male dress, the necktie, is in danger of falling out of fashion in America is a grim intimation of the decline of yet another civilisation. The tie is a weathervane of the health of a society; if you doubt that – look at Iran. The tie is the emblem of western civilisation, said to be descended from the focalia worn by Roman orators to protect their vocal chords. “A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life,” declared Oscar Wilde. He was right and the rules of neckwear are rigid. Vulgar innovators...

PORTLAND -- Bill Richardson described the conversation he had with Hillary Clinton on his decision to endorse Barack Obama as "heated" in an exclusive with NBC Nightly News today. Both Richardson and Obama shared the spotlight this afternoon at a press conference and later in a sit down interview with NBC's Lee Cowan. Richardson described the conversation that he had with Clinton last night "tough." "It was tough to make the call, but I did. It got a little heated. It got a little tense. But it was understood, and I'm proud of my decision."