keep your eyes peeled for a blue plastic barrel: A relative of former police officer Drew Peterson reportedly helped him move a large, heavy container out of his suburban home the day his wife vanished, an allegation that sparked a furious denial from Peterson’s attorney.  Peterson and his stepbrother removed the container from an upstairs bedroom and put it in his sport-utility vehicle, according to media reports that cited anonymous

The Dalai Lama, Hollywood’s favourite spiritual icon, has offered his 14 million Buddhist followers an intriguing referendum: should he forgo reincarnation, or should he be reborn while still alive? With the Chinese occupiers of Tibet looking to hijack the succession process for the next Dalai Lama by ‘finding’ a pliant candidate for the position, the exiled Tibetan leader is planning to either end a 600-year tradition by shunning rebirth, or else will choose

The United States cut greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5 percent in 2006 in the fight against global warming, the first decrease since 2001, the Energy Department said Wednesday. BUT  U.S. emissions of 7.08 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2006 marked a 15.1 percent gain from 1990, the baseline year for the Kyoto Protocol global pact to combat climate change.Developed nations that signed the pact have to reduce their

The story of the young woman who disappeared in Kansas, whom I posted about yesterday, gets odder:  A missing Kansas college student believed to be the victim of foul play apparently led a double life as an Internet porn star by the name of Zoey Zane.Nude photos of 18-year-old Emily Sander appeared on a Zoey Zane Web site before she vanished, and investigators are looking into whether her modeling had anything to

Because I’m lazy, uninspired, under the weather, and bored.

Is it right for someone who’s not a professional journalist to use her judgment regarding whether or not to reveal information regarding a person in a news story?  Well, apart from the way she stirred up an ornery mob of pitchfork wielding, torchbearing non-NPR donors to commit outrages against . . . oh.  She didn’t?  Anyway, I think it’s funny the way the interviewer insists on continually referring to her

interviewed by Ed Driscoll on Pajamas Media Political, talking about the future of Breitbart.TV, webcasting and blogs.h/t Reynolds 

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