| Captain Lou Albano Dies at 76 Posted: 14 Oct 2009 01:37 PM PDT  by Mike Krumboltz Captain Lou Albano, a former professional wrestler and actor (though never a sea captain), recently passed away at the age of 76 of natural causes. In the wake of his death, searches surged on the man and his unique body of work. While primarily a manager in the World Wrestling Federation, Albano may have been best known for his role in the '80s music video "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." Albano played the part of Cyndi Lauper's ill-humored dad who simply couldn't understand his daughter's desire to cut loose. The New York Daily News explains that the video's combination of
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| Obama says he's looking at any way to create jobs (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:55 PM PDT  AP - Standing at the site of a highway project funded by his economic stimulus plan, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he is committed to exploring all avenues to create jobs.
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| Singer Leona Lewis punched during book signing Posted: 14 Oct 2009 02:08 PM PDT ![]() A young man punched singer Leona Lewis in the head as she signed autographs and posed for photographs at a book signing session ...
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| Dow Hits 10,000! What Will Stocks Do For an Encore? Posted: 14 Oct 2009 11:50 AM PDT ![]() Now that the Dow has touched five figures again, investors can start focusing on the next benchmark for the market's recovery. The Dow finally breached 10,000 Wednesday-a number it hasn't seen in more than a year-after flirting with the level for the past month.
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| Jaycee Dugard Opens Up After Her Ordeal Posted: 14 Oct 2009 07:28 AM PDT  America is getting its first look at an adult Jaycee Dugard. People magazine has Jaycee Dugard on its cover. This is not the image of the 11-year-old blonde we've all seen countless times before ... this time, Jaycee is emerging from the shadows for the first time since she was rescued from her captors. "I'm so happy to be back with my family," Dugard told the magazine. She tells the magazine she is living in seclusion with her mother, Terry Probyn, and her two daughters, who police say were fathered by her captor Phillip Garrido. She spends her time riding horses, cooking, and is consideri
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| Was the photoshopped Ralph Lauren model fired for being overweight? Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:12 PM PDT ![]() Last week Ralph Lauren came under fire for (what looked to be) an extremely altered photo of a model in one of its ads. Bloggers at the website BoingBoing.net posted…
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| Limbaugh cut from group bidding for Rams (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2009 03:32 PM PDT ![]() Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement Wednesday that Limbaugh's participation had complicated the effort.
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| From Baghdad to Boston, Biden re-redefining VP job (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2009 09:15 AM PDT  AP - Early in the 2008 campaign, when high hopes hadn't given way to harsh realities, presidential candidate Joe Biden told his wife, Jill, "I can picture myself sitting in the Oval Office. I can picture who I'd pick up the phone and call."
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| Hong Kong apartment sells for whopping $57 million Posted: 14 Oct 2009 07:26 AM PDT ![]() The five-bedroom duplex suite with as much as 6,158 square feet was sold to an unidentified buyer from mainland China , said the developer, Henderson Land Development , a major Hong Kong property company . It is believed to be Asia's most expensive property by square foot at nearly $9,200.
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| On the White House: Deliberating on Afghanistan, in Plain Sight Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:58 AM PDT ![]() The White House often offers a play-by-play account of President Obama's decision making on Afghanistan.
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| AP sources: al-Qaida's Afghan head contacted Zazi (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:47 AM PDT  AP - The airport shuttle driver accused of plotting a bombing in New York had contacts with al-Qaida that went nearly all the way to the top, to an Osama bin Laden confidant believed to be the terrorist group's leader in Afghanistan, U.S. intelligence officials told The Associated Press.
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| Explorers: North Pole summers ice free in 10 years Posted: 14 Oct 2009 07:00 AM PDT ![]() LONDON – A team of British explorers says that within a decade the North Pole will be virtually ice-free during the summer. The Catlin Arctic Survey trekked an average of about 11 kilometers (six miles) per day and swam in freezing water to take measurements of the ice and snow.
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| Boy's mesmerizing goal Posted: 14 Oct 2009 07:12 AM PDT  A peewee hockey player leaves the goalie spellbound with an elaborate shot.
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| 'Toxic legacy' seeps from melting Alpine glaciers (AFP) Posted: 14 Oct 2009 08:46 AM PDT  AFP - Swiss researchers have found that Alpine glaciers melting under the impact of climate change are releasing highly toxic pollutants that had been absorbed by the ice for decades.
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| Immigration activists call for reform Posted: 13 Oct 2009 08:54 PM PDT ![]() Expressing frustration with the lack of action by the Obama administration and Congress, hundreds of immigration activists staged a rally Tuesday on Capitol Hill, pressing for an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws to offer a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States. The event, featuring participants waving the U.S. flag and flags of several Latin American countries, coincided with the release of a new immigration-reform blueprint released by Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat and chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigratio
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