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- A Robert DeNiro impersonator was arrested and jailed after burglarizing his ex's apartment, which is in the same building where Iris, the young hooker played by Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, lived. The Post reports that Joseph Manuella followed his ex girlfriend's roommate into their apartment at 250 East 13th Street and stole his ex, Evelyn Liu's, "wallet with credit cards, Palm Pilot, fax machine, $400 cash, and a $1,000 security-deposit check from a third roommate." He also stole her mattress and condoms, "to prevent her from seeing other men" according to pollice, and was decked out in camoflauge. Of course, Liu had dumped Manuella. His previous arrest was for "impersonating" Robert DeNiro: |
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- Its cold, windy and cloudy, but we have no snow!!!! |
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- Read "Software Development and Usability". The last article of Six Apart make some corrections to the last issue of Baseline magazine on Six Apart: Love at First Blog. But, I was surprised for the success of their software (Movable Type... |
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- Last night I imported the archives from www.5ub5onic.com. I took me a lot of time, but it seems ok and all the images are uploaded as well. Have fun! |
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- Nato-jäsenyys maksaisi Suomelle 30 miljoonaa euroa vuodessa. Lisäksi laskua kasttaisivat Naton eri esikuntiin lähetettä |
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- Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue nousi kaksi sijaa Kansainvälisen jalkapalloliiton Fifan uusimmalla rankinglistalla. Antti Muurisen valmentama joukkue on nyt sijalla 40. Vuoden viimeisellä listalla taakse jä |
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Justice (Dec 15 2003 11:56 GMT) - Closure By Asla AydintasbasThis is an excellent article on why the capture of Saddam is so important to Iraqis. But... |
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- A former state investigator killed his ex-wife, their 9-year-old son, another man and himself, apparently out of jealousy, Davidson County authorities said. |
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- damn, just took his whole leg for a snack huh? |
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- In an interview with Time, Dennis Miller gives this take on the current Weekend Update team: Tina Fey might be the best "Weekend Update" anchor who ever did it. She writes the funniest jokes. Jimmy Fallon's forte is the sketches. He's got the pre-emptively disheveled haircut. |
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- Hey!! Good morning Bittersweet!! Hope you had a great weekend!!! |
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- NY Times: Food Simulator, The |
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- "The Bench: Silly Old Bear v. Mouse." Jeffrey Toobin has this essay in the December 22, 2003 issue of The New Yorker. |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - "In what's sure to make IBM's Linux customers happy, Big Blue announced Thursday support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux v3 on its eServer line..."... |
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- Unsurprisingly, the BBC has good coverage of the Cyprus election. Turkish Cyprus election stalemate. The opposition narrowly win the vote in northern Cyprus but fail to win more seats than governing nationalists. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Other related stories from the BBC: What is the UN Plan? |
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- Last post by Bob M on 11:33 15/Dec/03 - About three times a year we go to the local Sainsburys at Wigston Magna to exchange about £20 in change to a voucher towards our food shop. |
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- SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BLOGGER: Andrew Sullivan's Pledge Week is over, but now it's Bill Quick's turn.... |
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- SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BLOGGER: Andrew Sullivan's Pledge Week is over, but now it's Bill Quick's turn.... |
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- Come faceva notare il velociraptor all’arancia Massimo Mantellini, Il Nuovo.it non è più online. |
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- Surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland, like the operation on Secretary of State Colin Powell, is typically performed when the disease is detected early and doctors believe they may cure it before the cancer spreads. The operation, called a radical prostatectomy, involves removing the entire prostate gland plus nearby pelvic lymph nodes. |
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- Die Topmanager der DAX-Unternehmen haben 2002 durchschnittlich 1,25 Millionen Euro im Jahr nach Hause gebracht - etwas mehr als im Vorjahr. Einer Studie zufolge ist die Spanne zwischen Spitzeneinkommen und eher kleinen Gehältern aber groß. Im internationalen Vergleich liegen die Deutschen im Mittelfeld. |
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- Chechen fighters 'seize hostages' At least four hostages were taken after a gunfight at the frontier which left nine Russian border guards dead, according to officials. ed: hat tip stonehouse |
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Moving (Dec 15 2003 11:53 GMT) - Today was Claus moving day. He moved from Göttingen where he started in university doing physics at the same time as I did to Berlin where he'll work on his PhD. It's sad to see a friend go with whom you've shared a lot of your university time – we even spent the same time abroad, although he's been at the climatically advantageous Berkeley while I was at Warwick. |
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- I don't often put much stock in email chain letters, but yesterday morning I ran across something that one of my brothers had forwarded to me. I found it offensive enough that I couldn't let it pass without comment. REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of PanAm Flight 103! REMEMBER the... |
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- Professor John McKenzie is set to stand down as Leeds chairman and may lead takeover. |
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