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More trips to Capitol Hill for Comcast and NBC Universal
Company TownComcast and NBC Universal executives may be through arguing about their merger with former "Saturday Night Live" performer Sen. Al Franken, but the two companies will be making return trips to Capitol Hill to again sell their deal in the...... -
Franken hopes opposition to Comcast-NBC deal will help him raise funds
Company TownSen. Al Franken (D-Minn), who was very critical of Comcast's proposed deal to take control of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal at a Capitol Hill hearing last week, is hoping that his opposition will help him raise campaign funds. In...... -
RNC skewers Obama, Emanuel, Reid, Pelosi, other Democrats with satirical Valentine's Day e-cards
Top of the TicketRepublican National Committee devises funny cards as fundraising tool tied to you-know-what day.... -
How U.S. Senate resembles Westminster Dog Show
Top of the TicketThey all have professional handlers, experts hired to create buzz and show them off to advantage. No, not the animals at the 134th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Arguably, the pets have more dignity. We're talking about the U.S....... -
Sen. Al Franken wants all Comcast and NBC content available online
Company TownApparently Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn) really likes watching TV shows on the Internet. In written questions to Comcast and NBC Universal regarding their $30-billion proposed marriage, Sen. Franken -- who has been one of the harshest critics of the deal...... -
Joel Stein: Why I'm in Favor of Torture
jstein@latimescolumnists.comI AM PRO-TORTURE. And I don't mean just the music-blaring, sleep-deprivation, forced-standing kind. I'm for tearing out lamp wires, wetting a guy down and shocking his nipples while staring at him with your one crazy blue eye and one crazy green eye and...Tags: Bob Crane, Kiefer Sutherland, Saddam Hussein, Murder, Cults and Sects
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Jerry Ford's magic
ONE OF MY favorite scenes from "Stripes" is when Bill Murray's girlfriend complains about how he constantly plays Tito Puente albums. Murray responds that, one of these days, "Tito Puente's gonna be dead, and you're gonna say, 'Oh, I've been listening...Tags: Government, Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, Richard Nixon, Tito Puente
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A border bonfire smolders
THERE ARE two obvious ways to save the bankrupt liberal radio network Air America: Get Al Franken some new, funny material and hire a Lou Dobbs. I say "a Lou Dobbs" because the CNN host himself is probably too expensive, but his limousine populism is...Tags: Duncan Hunter, Government, Republican Party, Economic Policy, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Think Christmas has it bad?
THERE IS A WAR on Hanukkah. I know this because, even by late last week, I had absolutely no idea it was Hanukkah. Usually my grandmother sends a card, or the radio plays that Adam Sandler song, or one of those Chabad people in a Mitzvah tank picks me out...Tags: Jerry Lewis, Holidays, Barry Manilow, Music, Macy's
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Primary colors
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Amoskeag Strummers had their banjos in hand, the Shriners were standing by their little red cars and the parade was about to begin. Then, across the lawn and into this classic New England small-town scene strode a tall, slim, implausibly handsome...Tags: Dave Barry, Ethics, Elections, Los Angeles Times, Nikon Corp
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Maybe Kupchak knows what he's doing after all
For a guy from Hicksville, maybe Mitch Kupchak isn't the brain-dead numskull that some Lakers fans have made him out to be. . . . The Lakers general manager -- birthplace: Hicksville, N.Y. -- deserves credit for rolling the dice by drafting 17-year-old...Tags: Tom Watson, Sports, Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Sacramento Kings
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A Kinky kinda road trip
Tribune NewspapersKinky Friedman—author, humorist, musician and animal-rights activist—spends about half his life on the road. When we caught up with him, he was on his way to Seguin, Texas, where he was making an appearance to promote his line of cigars...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Entertainment, Texas, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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