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(SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO OF TYREKE EVANS SPEEDING AT 120 MPH)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The basketball court isn't the only place where Sacramento Kings player Tyreke Evans apparently likes to move fast.More...

Tyreke Evans Speeding VIDEO: NBA Rookie Of The Year Caught Going 120 MPH

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It seems like brutal honesty is in for fall, even in the windows of the stores encouraging you to spend your money. Journalist Stephanie Marcus came across Gap's new ads for its pants and jeans sale, which read, "Put Some Pants On! Because We All Can't Look Good In Shorts." Take a look:More...

Gap 'Put Some Pants On' Ad: Offensive Or Clever? (PHOTOS, POLL)

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Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky tied the knot during what was, by all accounts, a memorable and poignant affair.But locals and tourists in Rhinebeck made sure the event was also marked by plenty of silliness.More...

Chelsea Clinton & Marc Mezvinsky Married: The Funniest Photos From The Big Day

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Maybe we're just suckers for the quotidian silliness of politics, but we couldn't help but notice that a lot of people contradicted themselves today, purposefully or otherwise. John Boehner blasted President Obama for playing politics with the Iraq war, only to praise him minutes later for delegating to his generals. Joe Klein admitted that he was wrong to passively support the invasion of Iraq. Some Republicans are openly defying their party's directive to publicize their August schedules, lest people find out what is actually ON their August schedules. Down in Florida, vomit-encrusted boat enthusiast Jeff Greene wants voters to know that he is a lifelong resident of Florida -- that is, until he is a lifelong resident of California. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Monday, August 2nd, 2010:MITCH MCCONNELL WANTS HEARINGS ON 14TH AMENDMENT - Sam Stein: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) officially supports a review of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which grants children of undocumented immigrants status as U.S. citizens, his office confirmed to the Huffington Post on Monday. A spokesman said that the Kentucky Republican believes that 'we should hold hearings' on the matter. McConnell had not previously commented on the issue before, the spokesman confirmed. In offering his support, McConnell becomes the highest-ranking Republican figure to call for examining the reach of the 14th amendment. On Sunday, his chief deputy, Sen. John Kyl (R-Ariz.) told CBS' Face the Nation that he too would back hearings into revising citizenship laws. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) -- a one-time proponent of comprehensive immigration reform -- has explicitly called for the 14th Amendment's repeal." http://huff.to/aIuh7dMore...

HUFFPOST HILL - AUGUST 2ND, 2010

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A six foot sand shark swam up to the beach at Seaside Park on Friday, terrifying screaming beachgoers, according to the Telegraph.The shark was filmed swimming up to the beach before it righted itself and headed back out to the water. Beach patrol shutdown the area for an hour.More...

New Jersey Shark Sighting: Sand Shark Causes Panic (VIDEO)

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Hey kids!  Remember back in the spring of 2008, when the entire world was consumed with the fiasco that was the Democratic Party's presidential nomination process?  Anyone who paid attention to the way the Democrats conducted their business during that period would have had to conclude that the whole process was in dire need of some major reform. Well, I am sad to report that the Democrats have decided to retain one of the more controversial features -- the so-called superdelegates.Do you want to run for president as a Democrat?  Okay, it's an incredibly easy process!  Every state has a primary. Except the ones that have caucuses! Except for Texas which, for reasons known to no one, has both simultaneously.  Voters in each state go to voting booths, or assemble in caucuses, or attend the cockfight in their Texas Primacaucus Thunderdome, and vote for/select/bet on roosters assigned to the candidate they prefer.  Then, depending on what state you're in, votes are counted, or caucus groups consolidated based upon the individual state's rules of run-offs and post-first vote bargaining, or the blood and viscera of dead chickens is collected in tubs and hefted for weight.  And then the winner wins, and the loser also sort of wins!More...

Superdelegates Retained By Democrats Despite Their Ridiculous Role In 2008 Election

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There had been talk at the TV Critics Association tour this season about gate crashers, with tourists sneaking into the ballroom where press conferences are going on, or people breaking into the parties full of stars.But what did we have here? The veritable King and Queen of party crashing, holding court at the NBC Universal party at a parking lot rooftop at the Beverly Hilton Friday night.More...

Caught in the Salahi Wine Storm

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If individuals and businesses injured by the Gulf oil spill don't have a crystal ball, they may not get full compensation for their damages, under rules recently announced by Ken Feinberg, the administrator of the $20 billion BP oil spill compensation fund.Under the rules, those impacted by the spill may make an initial claim for their emergency needs but then are limited to a single final claim for the rest of their damages.  Claimants may not make periodic claims for damages as events unfold. On the contrary, to receive payment on the second, final claim, claimants will have to release BP from any and all further liability.More...

New BP Oil Spill Compensation Fund Rules: Why The Catch-22?

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On Saturday, 20 Eurotunnel passengers traveled to France and back to England without being able to get off the train...because they were forgotten, according to the Telegraph.The passengers, en route from Folkestone, U.K. to Calais, France, were loaded into seven cars that had previously been left empty because of an earlier oil spill.More...

Eurotunnel Train Passengers Forgotten On U.K. - France Trip