By Jefferson Flanders Will Sen. Barack Obama win the Electoral College vote, and thus the American presidency, but lose the popular vote on Election Day 2008? It’s not an entirely implausible scenario. The Democratic presidential nominee leads Republican candidate John McCain in the national polls (as can be seen in RealClearPolitics’ poll compilation), and has [...]

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The widow of a seventy nine year old man who died from asbestos related health problems has filed a lawsuit against sixty nine defendant companies, claiming it was these companies that were responsible for her late husband’s untimely death. The lawsuit was filed several weeks ago in Kanawha Circuit Court. According to court papers David [...]

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Billy is welcomed home with open arms by his mother, Jill. She is absolutely delighted when she finds out he isn’t in town just for a visit, that he plans to stay. He asks her since she made her other son CEO would there be anything available in the mailroom for him at least? Cane [...]

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Science fiction is my bread and butter.  I don’t read it as much anymore, but I grew up on that stuff.  Kurt Vonnegut’s short stories and early novels, Ben Bova, Ray Bradbury, The Big Three – Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein – those were the people who helped form my view of [...]

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Sleeping Beauty hits DVD shelves Tuesday October 7th and I am giving a copy to one lucky BNN reader!  Angela in MN and Douglas in AR have won our past BNN DVD contests! You could be next! (See below) Awaken your senses to the majesty of SLEEPING BEAUTY, Walt Disney’s classic fairy tale. See more than you’ve [...]

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30 Rock Season 2 hits DVD shelves Tuesday October 7th and I am giving a copy to one lucky BNN reader!  And congrats to BNN reader Douglas C.  in Ft Smith AR, who won our last BNN DVD contest! You could be next! (See below) Tina Fey struck gold after leaving SNL and heading up this TV comedy. Relive the [...]

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(London, UK) The biggest ever event to End Child Poverty takes place in London this Saturday, 4th October, with thousands expected to participate in a march from Millbank via Westminster to Trafalgar Square. According to the latest statistics from the End Child Poverty Campaign – 1 in 3 children are in poverty. They say 5.5 [...]

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Caylee Anthony has been missing since mid June and her mother, Casey Anthony has been named as the “person of interest” in Caylee’s disappearance. Getting out on bail has become a very big problem for Casey’s family since protesters are angered at her release under these circumstances. Casey has done nothing but lie to authorities [...]

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When word got out that top McCain captains Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt were to meet with Sarah Palin for intensive preparation sessions ahead of this Thursday’s vice-presidential debate, not a few Democrats, shortly up until then clearly worried about the Alaskan governor’s broad appeal among independent voters, sat back smug and self-satisfied at what [...]

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Well, as I told myself I was never planning to watch The CW’s show Gossip Girl, I wound up catching it again last night. I gave it some thought and someone needs to get the word out that this show may be some sort of mockery of the rich and famous but also glorifies the [...]

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By Honey Gillard YOUNG star Kelly Osbourne stands adamantly in her role as an ambassador for World Contraception Day this week, encouraging young girls to practice safe-sex and get regular checks for sexually-transmitted diseases; asserting that she gets checked every 3 months. The 23-year-old star believes that it is important to have regular check-ups to [...]

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Barack Obama’s campaign got wind of oppo researcher Stephen Marks’ plans to air the “The Real Barack Obama” ad produced by his 527 group pH for America on five TV stations in the battleground states of PA and MI starting this week, because his “smear-fighting” Web site has launched an attack on the attack ad. Referring [...]

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Decades ago a rather insignificant individual made a statement during the water gate hearings that didn’t draw much attention on the evening news; he casually mentioned the fact Nixon taped conversations in the oval office. Some historians mark that day as the unstoppable beginning of the end for Richard Nixon. Her Excellency the Governor of [...]

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