A Florida mother has been arrested for letting her seven-year-old son walk to a local park alone, and having the boy carry a cellphone in case of any problems. Well, duh, it’s Florida, she should have sent the kid with a gun.
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Red Lobster is trying to turn around their ailing business by focusing on more attractive plate presentation with their entrees. Right. Would like to see the Venn diagram between those who like to take pictures of their food and Red Lobster customers.
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As we near the trade deadline a lot of mediocre players suddenly look very attractive to desperate teams. It’s the MLB equivalent of 15 minutes before closing time.
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Shocking. “The Bachelorette” apparently had sex with two different contestants on the show. Does that make her an honorary guy?
(Although some of the former Bachelors are thinking “only two?”)
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The NFL has indicated they will not accept Josh Gordon’s “secondhand marijuana smoke” defense. Probably as well that drug testing didn’t take place during the 1970s. Or the league might have suspended any player who went to Grateful Dead concerts.’
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Adam Silver wants to change the lottery format to allow all 14 teams a relatively equal chance at the #1 pick.. The 76ers are upset, as they were 19-63 last season and were planning to tank again. The rest of the league wonders how the NBA will make this work to give one more #1 pick to the Cavaliers.
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The Chicago Cubs (44-61) beat the Colorado Rockies (43-63 last night in 16 innings. And if you watched the entire game and aren’t related to one of the players, you just might have too much time on your hands.
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#Cubs catcher #JohnBaker pitched 2 innings tonight, got the win, & scored winning run. Could #SFGiants trade for Baker? Need his arm & bat.
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An Indiana man has won a $1 million in the lottery twice in the past three months. So he was still playing? Guess a million doesn’t go as far as it used to. Even in Indiana.
The “People’s Choice” awards just announced they will add a special achievement award next year just for Orlando Bloom.
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Eric Chavez retired today. He couldn’t have done it last year and let Yusmeiro Petit throw a perfect game? #SFGiants?
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The Dan Uggla era with the #SFGiants is over as Uggla was released today. It takes some work to have your tenure with a team include less hits (and walks) than errors. (0-11 with 3 errors.) Even pitchers are impressed.
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President Obama to Congressional Republicans in a speech today. Stop being mad all the time. Stop just hating all the time. Come on.” And the GOP responded “Hey, lay off our mission statement.”
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