Actually. I may be excessively paranoid about Michigan's chances to make the tournament. Joe Sheehan of Basketball Prospects may be a whinging prat about the Big Ten, but I like his ordering of the bubble: Texas Dayton Texas A&M Michigan Oklahoma State Ohio State Wisconsin Creighton Boston Colle...

32-year-old Todd Braje has risen quickly in the world of ultrarunning. Now thanks to his 5:30 finish at the Jed Smith 50-mile, has gone right to the ranks of the Top 50 American 50-mile performances of all time. Rumors that this 2:26 marathoner was tearing up the trails began in 2007, when he was fi...

"I was a hard-working cop. I never hurt anybody. I never kidnapped anybody. ... I never did any of this." ---Ex-NYPD officer Louis Eppolito told U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein while being sentenced to life in prison. It's been over a month and still no news from the Governmental Affairs Committe...

ObamaNomics The Patriot Post.US Digest- Vol. 09 No. 09 THE FOUNDATION “The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. … I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.” –Thomas ...

NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Death of CD Confirmed CMT.com, TNIt had become painfully clear some time ago that CD was suffering from a fatal wasting disease, diagnosed by plummeting sales as measured by Nielsen SoundScan. Every iPod sold was a blow against the CD empire, every download a fresh bruise. .....

2009 could prove to be the year of geothermal in the U.S. The number of new geothermal projects in the country has risen 25 percent since last August alone, according to report out this week from the Geothermal Energy Association, an industry trade group. But what’s behind the boom? Geothermal...

Colorado Media Matters: Repeating EFCA falsehood, Independence Institute's Oliver attacked Rep. Markey for "pay(ing) back" labor donors Colorado Media Matters: KHOW's Boyles falsely described federal gun bill, fabricating government home inspections and ad hoc mental exams Colorado Media Matters: Ro...

Toward the end of last year, something happened. I still can’t say what, exactly, I just know it happened almost overnight. For two years, I’d been reading and blogging almost exclusively about food. I’d devoured articles about CAFOs and corn, downer cows and diabetes, subsidies and school lun...

There's optimism in the air yet every time we read the front page of our local newspaper, listen to CNN or watch the evening news we are reminded of the tough economical conditions that we all have gone through over the last year. Some people say our country's troubles will extend into 2010. Everyon...

How to turn your head into an antenna, and other useful tips San Jose Mercury News,  USA"The heat from the hair dryer heats the thick ink, and helps it to flow through the tiny nozzles in the cartridge," says Alex Cox, a software engineer in Seattle. "When the cartridge is almost dead, those no...