The Navy said Wednesday that it would conduct random blood-alcohol tests on sailors in the United States starting next month.
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The Navy said Wednesday that it would conduct random blood-alcohol tests on sailors in the United States starting next month.
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Reid and McConnell on verge of agreement for dramatically scaled back filibuster deal.
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Ouch! President Obama’s inaugural speech clearly hit a raw nerve with House Speaker John Boehner. The Ohio Republican complained to a closed luncheon on Tuesday — the day after Obama’s address — that the president’s goal is to “annihilate†Republicans “shove us into the dustbin of history.â€
A partial transcript of Boehner’s remarks, delivered during a closed luncheon sponsored by the Ripon Society, is posted here. The comments are the latest indication the Obama-Boehner relationship continues to head south — an ominous sign for the ability of the two men to work together on the hefty legislative agenda the president is pushing, including immigration reform and efforts to settle a series of skirmishes on the budget. Late last month, Boehner took issue with Obama remarks in an NBC appearance regarding Republicans’ role in stalled fiscal cliff negotiations, responding “Americans elected President Obama to lead, not cast blame.â€
At the luncheon, Boehner indicated he’s bracing for tougher times, saying of the inaugural speech, “given what we heard yesterday about the president’s vision for his second term, it’s pretty clear to me that he knows he can’t do any of that as long as the House is controlled by Republicans.â€
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Now that the Pentagon is lifting its ban on women in combat, questions arise as to whether they can be drafted too.
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Lucid dreams in which the sleeper is aware of being in a dream are most common in young children, who are often able to change the dream plot to end a nightmare, a study says.
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Nehemiah Griego, 15, faces charges in the deaths of his parents, a younger brother and two younger sisters.
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UPDATE: Nikki Finke, who’s ill, reports that CAA is not apologetic for the party.
PREVIOUS: Now it’s clear why CAA doesn’t invite the media to its annual Sundance talent agency event. The Hollywood Reporter’s Matt Belloni is reporting that CAA’s Sunday night packed party featured “a
team of pole-shimmying, barely-dressed burlesque dancers. At least one of them upped the ante by dancing with a strap-on penis, which sources say she used during an extended routine to tease the photo-snapping crowd of CAA clients, film executives and other festival-goers. Two dancers also performed what was described by a source as a simulated sex act on a bed in the party space… The act was too suggestive for at least one female party-goer who tells The Hollywood Reporter she was offended and left the event… ’The performance by Simon Hammerstein’s The Act LV was more explicit than intended,’ a CAA rep tells THR.
‘We regret if this created an uncomfortable setting for any of our guests.’†The risque revue is based at the Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas. The CAA event was held at the Claim Jumper on Main Street on a night when major several agencies were vying for major Hollywood players. Here is an Internet photo of CAA principal Kevin Huvane, CAA’s Chris Andrews, and movie producer Harvey Weinstein attending the party where guests according to THR were busy snapping photos of the women performing. Hard to believe this is 2013 and grown men still act like this.
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A fun, little vignette about the photo shoot for Obama’s first official portrait.
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Jared Kushner has tapped his brother-in-law, Joseph Meyer, to be the first chief executive of the Observer Media Group, the Kushner-owned entity that houses the New York Observer and other publications.
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UPDATE: Spotted on New York subway: GOOGLE Glasses…
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