Aug
9
2010
How’s this for a birthday wish come true, sports fans: a pick-up basketball game with an NBA “Dream Team” featuring LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, retired legends Magic Johnson and Bill Russell and others? The birthday guy was President Obama, who, with a formidable left-handed jumper, got to compete with the all-stars in a [...]
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Jul
20
2010
During his prime-time special a few weeks ago, it took the narcissistic basketball star Lebron James about half an hour to tell the world what it already knew. Things being as windy as they are on Capitol Hill, it took the Senate Judiciary Committee more than two hours longer to do likewise on Tuesday when [...]
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Jul
19
2010
It’s a Manic Monday at the White House on July 19: The president will tackle everything from the economy to women’s basketball to the U.S. space program — capping it all off with an evening event celebrating Broadway. (We’re holding out hope that Press Secretary Robert Gibbs participates in an administration-wide “Cats” singalong.) Here’s what’s [...]
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