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Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:01:09 pm
Jon Stewart totally devours the scenery in a dead-on parody of the Glenn Beck Comedy Hour. [Video]
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Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:28:02 pm
This NPR segment from Morning Edition reveals that alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan gave a lecture to other doctors at Walter Reed Medical Center that “really freaked them out:” Officials Begin Putting Shooting Pieces Together. The guy was apparently giving off all kinds of warning signs. [Video]
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Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:48:36 am
There are unconfirmed reports that Major Malik Nadal Hasan was shouting “Allah Akbar” during his alleged shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army base. CBS Video President Obama made a statement today, urging people not to jump to conclusions. We don’t know all the answers yet. And I would caution against jumping to ...
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Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:50:28 am
At least 8 people have been shot in the Gateway Center office building in Orlando, Florida. Not many details available yet…
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Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 7:54:27 pm
A spectacular image from the Hubble Space Telescope’s newly-installed Wide Field Camera 3, showing a birthplace of stars in the nearby galaxy M83: Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel. (Hat tip: Phil Plait, who has interesting commentary on how this image was generated, and what you’re seeing.) ...
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Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:23:37 pm
The curvaceous top of the mouse is a multi-touch surface.Apple’s new Magic Mouse is a very nice mousie indeed. No obvious buttons, no scroll wheel, just a sleek multi-touch surface and some groovy new software that lets you scroll with momentum — similar to the way scrolling works on an ...
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Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 2:36:49 pm
ABC News reports an identity for the Fort Hood shooter. The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. [Video] UPDATE at 11/5/09 3:08:42 pm: More information from CBS News: CBS News investigative producer Len Tepper reports that Hasan, 39, is a licensed psychiatrist from Silver Spring, Md. A ...
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Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:35:46 pm
There’s been a shooting incident at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, with up to 7 people dead and at least 12 wounded (this CBS 4 article says 20 wounded): Reports: Multiple Soldiers Shot At Ft. Hood In Texas. FORT HOOD, Texas (CBS) ― Multiple soldiers were shot at ...
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Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:36:00 am
Pastor Stephen Broden from Dallas Texas gives the benediction at Michele Bachmann’s “house call” protest against the health care reform bill, and immediately launches a political diatribe about “death panels!” and “death care!” and tyranny and socialism and anti-Christ abortion and violation of all the laws of God and nature. ...
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Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:34:22 am
C-SPAN 3 is covering the Michele Bachmann anti-health care tea party swarm right now; as I write, Jon Voight is speaking on the steps of the Capitol. I’d estimate the crowd at between 7.3 and 8.2 million people. At least. UPDATE at 11/5/09 10:03:39 am: The word of the day on the house ...
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Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:33:50 pm
Michele Bachmann’s (R-Mars) chief of staff is bailing out, and declines to say why. The aide who helped turn Rep. Michele Bachmann into a controversial mainstay of cable news has informed colleagues that she’s quitting — just as the firebrand Republican congresswoman prepares for her biggest media moment yet. Multiple sources ...
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