Librarian Turns Bank Robber

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 5:32 PM EST (News Impact - MLive.com)

MIDLAND -- A former Midland library employee is looking at hard time on three counts of bank robbery.

us-news, bank-robbery, midland, saginaw

Disquiet Over Schools' Moment of Silence

Seeded on Tue Jan 1, 2008 7:22 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

CHICAGO -- When high school freshman Dawn Sherman learned that Illinois had a new law requiring public schools to provide a moment of silence each day for "reflection and student prayer," she was outraged.

illinois, prayer, school, us-news

Al-Qaeda Out, Troop Deaths Down as "Surge" Works

Seeded on Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:05 PM EST (The Conservative Political News Blog)

The Iraqi interior ministry lauded its achievements over the past year on Saturday, saying that 75 percent of Al-Qaeda's networks in the country had been destroyed in 12 months.

iraq, military, surge, united-states, us-news

ESPNsoccernet - Europe - Old Firm match called off as mark of respect

Seeded on Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:55 PM EST (ESPN.com)

The Scottish Premier League have postponed Wednesday's Old Firm derby as a mark of respect following the death of Motherwell skipper Phil O'Donnell.

sports, soccer, rangers, celtic, scottish-premier-league

Newsvine: Get Indoctrinated Here

Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:22 PM EST

When I first leaned about Newsvine, I thought that it would be a great thing, all the news from around the world sorted by people by how informative it is. Once I got into Newsvine I found out that it wasn't all that it was cracked up to be.

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newsvine, blog, comments

Man City 0-0 Liverpool: Heroic Dunne holds firm

Seeded on Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:51 PM EST (ESPN.com)

Richard Dunne's heroic defensive display saw Manchester City batle to a goalless draw and thwart Liverpool's attempts to make up ground in the Premier League title race. GettyImages Jamie Carragher puts in a block on City star Elano as they failed to score at Eastlands.

sports, soccer, manchester-city, liverpool

Roger Goodell Being Benevolent? Riiight.

Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:04 PM EST

I spent my Saturday evening like every person that even pretends they like football spent it, watching the Patriots play the Giants in the game that was supposed to be historic.

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nfl, sports, nfl-network, roger-goodell

FoxSports December 20 World Club Rankings

Seeded on Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:13 PM EST (Fox Sports)

Inter Milan has finally climbed to the summit of the FSCCR and cast their Arsenal (2) rommates aside since our last edition.

sports, soccer, inter-milan

Real Madrid Players Offered Multi-Million-Euro Bonus for Treble

Seeded on Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:18 PM EST (Yahoo! Sports)

MADRID (AFP) - Real Madrid bosses have promised players a bonus of 900,000-euro (1.3 million dollars) each if they achieve the treble - the Primera Liga, Champions League and Spanish Cup titles this season, sports daily Marca reported here on Friday.

sports, spain, soccer, real-madrid

Is Ron Paul the Right Man for the Job?

Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:15 PM EST

I had heard a lot about Ron Paul, but I never knew what he stood for. I knew he had a massive youth/internet following, and that he was the only Republican candidate who was against the War in Iraq. My history teacher said that he was basically a liberal.

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politics, ron-paul