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Obama sends Molson beer to cover hockey bet
President Barack Obama followed through on his hockey bet with Canada, sending beer to the prime minister.
Stephen Harper received the delivery of Molson Canadian on Friday. Canada won the men's gold-medal game on Sidney Crosby's overtime goal.
Gators in the Olympics
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
Hey, Big Spender: You Need a Surtax
LAST year’s stimulus spending is running out, yet unemployment stays stubbornly near 10 percent. And as state and local governments keep cutting their budgets, the economy desperately needs an additional spending boost. Concerned about growing federal deficits, however, many in Congress appear reluctant to act.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
A Satirical Site Skewers Chávez and Politics
Juan Andrés Ravell and Oswaldo Graziani two of the creators of the Web site El Chigüire Bipolar, or Bipolar Capybara, at their office in Caracas, Venezuela. They drew inspiration from American shows like “The Colbert Report” and Web sites like The Onion. (Meredith Kohut for The New York Times)CARACAS, Venezuela — This may be a perilous time to operate a Web site focused on politics here, given President Hugo Chávez’s recent push for new controls of Internet content. But one plucky Venezuelan satirical site is emerging as a runaway success in Latin America as it repeatedly skewers Mr. Chávez and a host of other leaders.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
Rethinking Sex Offender Laws for Teenage Texting
The image of a scantily dressed Marissa Miller, 15, was spread among the cellphones of students in a Pennsylvania case. (Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times)In Iowa, Jorge Canal is on the sex offenders registry because, at age 18, he was convicted of distributing obscene materials to a minor after he sent a picture of his penis by cellphone to a 14-year-old female friend who had requested it.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
Vote on Health Bill Today Caps a Journey Back From the Brink
PRESIDENT OBAMA “We are this close to the summit of the mountain. We need to try one more time.” The president has told associates that health care will be his legacy. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press)This article is by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Jeff Zeleny and Carl Hulse.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
Pope Offers Apology, Not Penalty, for Sex Abuse Scandal
VATICAN CITY — Faced with a church sexual abuse scandal spreading across Europe, Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday apologized directly to victims and their families in Ireland, expressing “shame and remorse” for what he called “sinful and criminal” acts committed by members of the clergy.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
Both Sides Claim Success as Diplomatic Row Wanes
JERUSALEM — After 10 days of public quarreling over Jewish building in East Jerusalem, the Israeli government and the Obama administration have each declared victory and started to make up. The Americans believe they have extracted important concessions from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; the Israelis think they have yielded little.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
Texts Without Context
In his deliberately provocative — and deeply nihilistic — new book, “Reality Hunger,” the onetime novelist David Shields asserts that fiction “has never seemed less central to the culture’s sense of itself.” He says he’s “bored by out-and-out fabrication, by myself and others; bored by invented plots and invented characters” and much more interested in confession and “reality-based art.” His own book can be taken as Exhibit A in what he calls “recombinant” or appropriation art.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
A Supersized Custody Battle Over Marvel Superheroes
Marc Toberoff, the lawyer for the Kirbys, says companies made themselves vulnerable by basing franchises on old characters. (J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times)WHEN the Walt Disney Company agreed in August to pay $4 billion to acquire Marvel Entertainment, the comic book publisher and movie studio, it snared a company with a library that includes some of the world’s best-known superheroes, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Incredible Hulk and the Fantastic Four.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
U.S. Turns a Blind Eye to Opium in Afghan Town
American Marines in an opium poppy field in Marja, Afghanistan, last month. The military decided not to destroy the fields. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)KABUL, Afghanistan — The effort to win over Afghans on former Taliban turf in Marja has put American and NATO commanders in the unusual position of arguing against opium eradication, pitting them against some Afghan officials who are pushing to destroy the harvest.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
Does Icahn Still Make Them Tremble?
Carl C. Icahn likes to be called an activist investor, not a raider. He has, however, just made a hostile bid for one company, and is in multiple court battles. (Chad Batka for The New York Times)HE is a billionaire several times over. He has spent the better part of four decades terrorizing corporate chiefs and battling entrenched boards. His name is emblazoned on a stadium on an island in the East River, a laboratory at Princeton, a science center at the Choate Rosemary Hall school in Connecticut and charter schools in the Bronx.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
They’re Not Waiting for an Invitation to Evite’s Party
EVEN before Google became a verb, Evite became a noun.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
With Breakdown of Order in Russia’s Dagestan Region, Fear Stalks Police
Col. Mukhtar Mukhtarov has proudly been a police officer for 25 years. His son Gassan followed him into the force but is wary of being seen in uniform. (James Hill for The New York Times)MAKHACHKALA, Russia — At a certain point last summer, when snipers on rooftops began picking off police officers, Col. Mukhtar Mukhtarov’s wife blocked the door with her body and refused to let him leave home in his uniform.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
A Health Care Plan So Cheap, They Made Him Raise the Price
UNLIMITED ACCESS Dr. John Muney examined Judith Rodrigues at his office in Queens, one of five across the city. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)Hi, America, is it too late to propose a new health care plan? Because Dr. John Muney has an idea. The AMG Medical Group, which he founded last year, offers a $79-a-month buffet of unlimited office visits.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:09 am
British Airways Strike Begins
LONDON — British Airways cabin crews began a three-day strike on Saturday, disrupting schedules and forcing the airline to cancel 1,100 flights.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:08 am
Dose of Venom for Candidates Turns Ads Viral
LOS ANGELES — The virtual image is as mesmerizing as it is creepy. Meg Whitman, the leading Republican candidate for governor of California and the former chief executive of eBay, stands in front of a private jet, her lips peeled back from thick gums, and virtually snorts into the camera, “California, let me take you for a ride.”
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UF baseball v Mississippi St.
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UF spring practice 03/20/10
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UF football pracitce
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UF gymnastics vs. Utah
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UF women’s hoops in the NIT v South Florida
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Florida vs. BYU
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UF Pro Day 3/17/10
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UF vs. FSU baseball
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Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi State basketball
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Kentucky vs. Tennessee Basketball
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Florida vs. Mississippi Basketball
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Florida v Auburn at SEC
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Gators prep for SEC Tournament
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UF gymnastics vs. UNC, Ball State
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UF Lacrosse vs. St. Bonaventure