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OSU’s Hunter Earns Player of the Week Nomination

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Four nominees for the AT&T All-America Player of the Week award have been announced after the seventh week of college football action, and Oklahoma State Cowboys running back Kendall Hunter is one of them.
During #17 Oklahoma State’s 28-23 defeat of Missouri in Columbia Saturday night, Hunter rushed for 154 yards and a touchdown.  A 5′ [...]

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Five-Year-Old Arkansas Boy Shoots, Kills Bear

December 11th, 2007 · 36 Comments

Tre Merrit, a 5-year-old Arkansas boy, gained 15 minutes of fame recently after being credited with shooting and killing a 440-pound Black Bear while on a hunting trip with his grandfather.
As soon as they catch wind of the boy’s exploits, animal rights activists will likely come out of the woodwork and cause a stir by [...]

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GOP CNN-YouTube Debate Song Offers Humor

November 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments

A guy named Pudge offers a video which outlines the way things stand among Republican presidential contenders as they prepare for the CNN-YouTube Debate scheduled for Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern. Take a look:
Below are the lyrics of the song in the video:
The Grand Old Party’s looking for
Somebody who can lead
Someone who is electable
And [...]

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Sites Match Voters With Presidential Candidates

November 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment

There seems to be no shortage of web sites offering to help voters determine which presidential candidate best matches their beliefs. Though I question the accuracy of their approaches, I think they’re harmless and, thereby, worth checking out.
Eight days ago, I published a post about my experience with the USA TODAY version of this [...]

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Mike Huckabee Wins Value Voter Straw Poll

September 17th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Mike Huckabee captured 63 percent of the votes in the Value Voter 2008 Republican Presidential Debate Straw Poll tonight, finishing ahead of all the other candidates at the event in Fort Lauderdale tonight.
A former Baptist pastor who left the pulpit to serve first as Arkansas’ lieutenant governor and then for more than 10 years as [...]

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