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The Jets and Steelers face off with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line when the AFC Championship Game kicks off at 6:30 PM ET.The winner will face the Green Bay Packers, who beat the Chicago Bears to win the NFC Championship Game earlier on Sunday.More...

Source: Jets vs. Steelers 2011: AFC Championship Game Live Updates

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kevin Durant made a 3-pointer from the right wing as time expired and finished with 30 points to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 101-98 win against the New York Knicks on Saturday night.Durant was tightly guarded by Danilo Gallinari but connected while leaning back in front of the Knicks bench to extend New York's losing streak to six games - matching their longest of the season.More...

Source: Kevin Durant Buzzer Beater: Thunder Star Hits First Game-Winner To Beat Knicks (VIDEO)

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In these days of deep governmental budget cuts, one tech company has received some remarkable sweetheart deals from Uncle Sam.Consumer Watchdog's six-month investigation has produced a 32-page report detailing how Google has inappropriately benefited from its close ties to the Obama administration, including how NASA's Moffett Airfield, near Google's world headquarters, has been turned into a taxpayer-subsidized private strip for Google executives used for corporate junkets.More...

Source: NASA Base Has Become Google Executives' Private Landing Strip

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On a recent visit to the Rwandan capital, Kigali, I was deeply struck by the words of a 15-year-old I met called Olivier who is living with HIV and receiving treatment with the help of the Global Fund.He looked at me intensely, his eyes burning with new-found hope, and said: "Thanks to you we are healthy and we can make our dreams come true. Antiretroviral (ARV) medicines are making us strong."More...

Source: The Global Fund Won't Stand for Any Corruption

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The other day I was called by a reporter from a fashion newspaper that was doing a story on Governor Andrew Cuomo's significant other, Sandra Lee.  The reporter wanted to know what I made of the fact that the governor was living with someone to whom he was not married. I made it clear that I thought it was great and that we had experienced a societal paradigm shift.  Every study that I have seen has shown that more and more of our young people are choosing not to get married or to wait until much later in their lives.  Makes a lot of sense to me.  I've always thought that one of the reasons why the divorce rate was so high was that people mature and change.  In the case of Andrew Cuomo and Sandra Lee, we have two consenting adults who know what they are doing. The arrangement works for them. In many ways, they may well be remembered as much for leading the way with their cohabitation than for either political accomplishments or teaching people how to cook.Bear in mind that Cuomo was married, had his children -- three of them -- and has not, as of yet, had any more with Ms. Lee.  She has made a very good living for herself on TV and in other formats by advising people how to cook using prepared foods coupled with their own ingenuity.  She has a lot of her own money and a great career, and he has his own money and an equally promising career. I told the reporter that I was proud of the people of New York who did not subject Cuomo to an outdated morality check. I wasn't sure how this might play in Kansas or the Bible Belt, but I suspect they'll eventually see the same changes in those place that we have seen here in New York.  Of course, I was struck by the fact that the whole Cuomo entourage made its way to church on their inaugural weekend. I chalked that up to respect for the venerable institution that the Cuomos have always believed in. Andrew's father, Mario, frequently contested the Church's stance on abortion and other issues.More...

Source: Andrew Cuomo and Sandra Lee: Unwedded Bliss

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Standing before a nation clamoring for jobs, President Barack Obama will call for targeted spending to boost the economy but also for budget cutting in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, his first in a new era of divided political power.(SCROLL DOWN FOR LIVE UPDATES)More...

Source: State Of The Union 2011: Speech, Reaction & Commentary (LIVE UPDATES)

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When I first heard that Senator Mark Udall (D) suggested that members of Congress abandon their typical segregated seating for the State of the Union and cross the ever so broad swath of cloth on the House chamber floor separating the aisles where Republicans sit from those where Democrats do, my reaction was similar to the one I'd have if a random toddler approached me and announced plans to have a tea party on Pluto "how cute."But then I thought, in typically cynical fashion, I'm not sure if we mature or if we just get older. If the latter is true, voluntary integration might be a great move for our motley crew of legislators.More...

Source: The Kumbaya State of the Union?

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On Tuesday's "Hardball," Chris Matthews was so incredulous about Michele Bachmann's interpretation of American history that he called her a "balloon head," and he could hardly keep himself from yelling at a co-founder of the Tea Party group which has selected the Republican to give a response to President Obama's State of the Union address.Matthews was speaking to Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo. He played the same tape which had also gotten Anderson Cooper riled up, where Bachman lauds the Founding Fathers for working "tirelessly to end slavery."More...

Source: Chris Matthews: Michele Bachmann A 'Balloon Head' (VIDEO)

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Sadly, there's a lot of antagonism that builds after divorce. Instead of couples moving on with their lives, the grueling disruptions, the stresses, the ambivalence, the guilt, and the power struggles intensify hostilities.Individuals who are not ready to fold their tents, seek new battlefields. They need allies to rally around them. And what better recruits than parents and grandparents who man the front line, prepared to fire off the first round?

Source: Grandparents Fan the Flame of Divorce

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