Tailrank - Top 100 Posts for the Last Week

Top 100 Posts for the Last Week

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Clinton makes case for wide appeal

Found 3 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes, and 36 seconds ago on

usatoday.com

Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters -- including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent contests. He said Obama will be the strongest nominee ...

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'Hardcore' Republicans voting Democrat

Found 5 days, 10 hours, 42 minutes, and 4 seconds ago on

indystar.com

"I'd recommend they get there right now, bring their ID and prepare to be patient," White said during a news conference in the clerk's office. Four years ago, less than one in five Marion County registered voters showed up for the primary. White said she was "cautiously optimistic" that election staff ...

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The Columbus Dispatch

Found 2 days, 12 hours, 31 minutes, and 14 seconds ago on

hosted.ap.org

At least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles in West Beirut between the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah fighters and gunmen to the government, security officials said. The satellite TV station affiliated with the party of Lebanon's top Sunni lawmaker, ...

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Aid for Myanmar Mobilizes, Mixed With Criticism

Found 5 days, 12 hours, 54 minutes, and 42 seconds ago on

nytimes.com

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The Columbus Dispatch

Found 3 days, 4 hours, 27 minutes, and 36 seconds ago on

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The Columbus Dispatch

Found 4 days, 15 hours, 11 minutes, and 51 seconds ago on

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush and Congress are clashing over how to address the housing crisis, clouding the prospects of an election-year rescue package. Bush said Wednesday he would veto Democrats' broad housing aid plan, saying it wouldn't help struggling homeowners. "We are committed to a ...

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Cyclone victims storm shops as aid delays bite

Found 4 days, 10 hours, 36 minutes, and 49 seconds ago on

cnn.com

The death toll from the cyclone that ravaged the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar may exceed 100,000, the senior U.S. diplomat in the military-ruled country said Wednesday.

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Investing in the future of the open Internet

Found 4 days, 13 hours, 50 minutes, and 14 seconds ago on

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Investing in the future of the open Internet

Clinton Touts White Support

Found 3 days, 11 hours, 17 minutes, and 48 seconds ago on

thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

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John McCain 2008

Found 5 days, 9 hours, 16 minutes, and 44 seconds ago on

johnmccain.com

The framers of our Constitution had a knack for coming right to the point, and it shows in the 35-word oath that ends with a pledge to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution itself. This is what we require and expect of every president, no matter what the agenda or loyalties of party. For the ...

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Burma's storm toll 'nears 4,000'

Found 6 days, 11 hours, 38 minutes, and 30 seconds ago on

news.bbc.co.uk

More than 10,000 people died in a cyclone that hit Burma on Saturday, the foreign minister says on state TV.

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Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names

Found 1 day, 12 hours, 43 minutes, and 44 seconds ago on

news.yahoo.com

Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise.

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Noted without comment that this is one of the best-read articles on the BBC website right now.

Found 3 days, 5 hours, 37 minutes ago on

news.bbc.co.uk

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Gore Verbinski to direct 'Bioshock'

Found 2 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes, and 16 seconds ago on

variety.com

Universal and Gore Verbinski are going into "Bioshock. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" helmer is attached to direct and produce. Zelnick, who was president of Fox in the early '90s, led the dealmaking for his company, rather than set the project up with a producer.

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Hezbollah Trains Iraqis in Iran, Officials Say

Found 6 days, 23 hours, 10 minutes, and 47 seconds ago on

nytimes.com

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What John McCain Told Me, and What it Says About How Far He's Fallen

Found 6 days, 4 hours, 50 minutes, and 10 seconds ago on

huffingtonpost.com

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McCain-Jindal?

Found 6 days, 20 hours, 5 minutes, and 39 seconds ago on

nytimes.com

Some conservatives are giddy at the thought - kidding themselves that the general election will therefore be easy, that Obama will be another Dukakis. I was struck, though, in several conversations this week with McCain campaign staffers and advisers that they're pretty sober about the task ahead. Barack ...

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Gunbattles break out in Beirut

Found 3 days, 9 hours, 16 minutes, and 1 second ago on

cnn.com

Gun fire broke out in downtown Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to

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Payday lenders fight bill

Found 3 days, 3 hours, 31 minutes, and 24 seconds ago on

dispatchpolitics.com

Its supporters made up the bulk of the 200-plus people who packed a Senate hearing room yesterday, standing two-deep along the balcony for a second straight day of testimony on House Bill 545. In addition to packing the hearing room for proceedings that stretched into last night, about 2,500 payday-lending ...

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Michelle Obama's gospel of bitterness

Found 5 days, 13 hours, 28 minutes, and 39 seconds ago on

powerlineblog.com

This past Friday Michelle Obama gave essentially the same stump speech in Charlotte, North Carolina that she had given...

Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune

Found 4 days, 11 hours, 6 minutes, and 10 seconds ago on

bits.blogs.nytimes.com

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Congressman Payne, NJ superdelegate, switches from Clinton to Obama

Found 2 days, 14 hours, 51 minutes, and 15 seconds ago on

nj.com

"After careful consideration, I have reached the conclusion that Barack Obama can best bring about the change that our country so desperately wants and needs," Payne told The Star-Ledger for today's editions. It was "one of the most difficult decisions I have made," Payne said. Obama is going to be our ...

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The Five Mistakes Clinton Made

Found 3 days, 13 hours, 9 minutes, and 53 seconds ago on

time.com

Hillary Clinton began the race with all sorts of advantages, but she and her advisers never grasped how much had changed

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Rotting corpses pile up as Myanmar stalls on aid

Found 3 days, 12 hours, 11 minutes, and 32 seconds ago on

cnn.com

Myanmar's cyclone survivors have insufficient fuel to burn the rotting corpses of the dead as the ruling military junta is accused of being too slow in letting aid groups into the country.

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McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer

Found 2 days, 14 hours, 45 minutes, and 2 seconds ago on

washingtonpost.com

PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidenti...

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Blew The Microsoft (MSFT

Found 6 days, 3 hours, 19 minutes, and 34 seconds ago on

alleyinsider.com

The most interesting story to emerge since Microsoft (MSFT) withdrew its bid for Yahoo (YHOO) is that the companies are disputing the circumstances of Microsoft's $33 offer. Instead, the company appears to be saying "If only we had known they would really pay $33, we'd have acted differently. It might ...

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"Mainstream Fixture"

Found 6 days, 9 hours, 32 minutes, and 15 seconds ago on

ace.mu.nu

Scientists Create Robot Squirrels To Better Study Real Squirrels. Um, is this 'research' diverting valuable resources away from important robot programs like perfecting 'Sexbots'? It worked for Die Hard 4, to the tune of $380 million, even though they had to cut McClane's trademark line. I do concede ...

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Torrentspy Dinged $111 Million in MPAA Lawsuit

Found 4 days, 3 hours, 31 minutes, and 38 seconds ago on

blog.wired.com

Report: Hoax Anti-Obama E-Mails Still Fool Dumb White Guys

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GOP leaders warn of election disaster

Found 4 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes, and 59 seconds ago on

politico.com

The double shot of bad news had one veteran Republican House member worrying aloud that the party's electoral woes - brought into sharp focus by Woody Jenkins' loss to Don Cazayoux in Louisiana on Saturday - have the House Republican Conference splitting apart in "everybody for himself" mode. "There ...

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U.N. halts Myanmar flights after aid 'seized'

Found 2 days, 13 hours, 31 minutes, and 36 seconds ago on

cnn.com

After days of stonewalling, the Myanmar government is ready to accept aid from around the world for victims of Saturday's deadly cyclone, the country's U.N. ambassador said Friday.

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The Columbus Dispatch

Found 2 days, 9 hours, 24 minutes, and 3 seconds ago on

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MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia showcased its military might and youthful new president to the world Friday, as heavy tanks and missile launchers rumbled across Red Square in a Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era. In a nationally broadcast speech two days after his inauguration, President ...

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Dana Milbank - Republicans Vote Against Moms; No Word Yet on Puppies, Kittens

Found 2 days, 11 hours, 7 minutes, and 11 seconds ago on

washingtonpost.com

It was already shaping up to be a difficult year for congressional Republicans. Now, on the cusp of Mother's Day, comes this: A majority of the House GOP has voted against motherhood.

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Code Pink Protesters Try Witchcraft at Anti-Marine Rallies

Found 3 days, 5 hours, 27 minutes, and 30 seconds ago on

foxnews.com

A FOX News camera, which has a 24/7 live shot of the recruiting center's front door, recorded little action, and the gatherings have, until this point, been ill attended. The group's week of themed protests, which included days to galvanize grannies and bring-your-daughter-to-protest, appears to have ...

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Barack Obama sacks adviser over talks with Hamas

Found 2 days, 5 hours, 42 minutes, and 17 seconds ago on

timesonline.co.uk

One of Barack Obama's Middle East policy advisers disclosed yesterday that he had held meetings with the militant Palestinian group Hamas - prompting the likely Democratic nominee to sever all links with him.

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Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States

Found 2 days, 3 hours, 49 minutes, and 24 seconds ago on

latimesblogs.latimes.com

Ah, Oregon. The beautiful Northwest. Rain. Trees. Clouds. Rain. Friendly territory for Sen. Barack Obama , the leading contender for the Democratic Party's long-disputed presidential nomination. So there he was in Beaverton today at the start of a two- day swing through Oregon, virtually ignoring ...

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My Plea to Republicans

Found 5 days, 8 hours, 3 minutes, and 43 seconds ago on

humanevents.com

Saturday's loss was in a district that President Bush carried by 19 percentage points in 2004 and that the Republicans have held since 1975. This model has already been tested with disastrous results. The Republicans in Congress could get a start on all nine this week if they had the will to do so.

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Indiana nuns lacking ID denied at poll by fellow sister

Found 5 days, 5 hours, 22 minutes, and 11 seconds ago on

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About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by a fellow bride of Christ because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph. Sister Julie McGuire said she was forced to turn away her fellow sisters at Saint Mary's Convent in South Bend, across the street ...