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Soccer team wins President's Cup

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:07:59

The Shawnee Soccer Association's 95 United women's team recently won the Oklahoma President's Cup in the U19 women's division.

News from Brooklyn, Jack’s Abby, ‘Gansett, Stone and Sam Adams

Norman Miller — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:21:33

A lot going on in the beer world, and with a lot of time off lately, I’m starting to fall behind on it all. So, here’s all of it all at once.

First up, the “Brooklyn Brewery Mash: Advenutres in Food, Film, Music, Books & Beer” is coming to Boston from July 9 – 14.

There will be tons of events in Boston throughout the week at such locations as Stoddards Food & Ale, 48 Temple Place; The Tip Tap Room, 138 Cambridge St., and Bear’s [...]

Mystery man

Rick Holmes — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:20:03

The shorter the campaign, the easier it is for a longshot unknown to pull off a surprise win.� I have a feeling this campaign isn’t short enough for Gabriel Gomez.

A week before the special election for U.S. Senate, Gomez is something of a mystery man.� Ask him any question, and the answer is he was a SEAL. Ask him again and he’ll say he’s had a successful career in the business world.� But he won’t talk about what he did in the SEALs, and he won’t [...]

Will Scandalmania ’13 fizzle out?

Pat Cunningham — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:18:54

Nate Cohn FIGURES that President Obama’s dip in the polls probably won’t last very [...]

CBO says immigration reform would save the government many billions

Pat Cunningham — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:18:25

Steve Benen has the story

New Girl’s Max Greenfield to Appear in Veronica Mars Movie

TV Guide — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:18:17

Deputy Leo is back on the beat.
Max Greenfield, who recurred on Veronica Mars for all three seasons, revealed that he will be reprising his role for the cult show's upcoming film.
"I will be there so will Deputy Leo," Greenfield ...

Today in the News: Was TWA Flight 800 attacked?

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:18:00

Your daily news briefing, with the video of the day, top news and quote of the day.

Nate Silver’s disdain for Politico is just another reason why I like him

Pat Cunningham — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:18:00

A few weeks after the election of last November, I wrote

How dumb is THIS?

Hey, Repubicans! How goes the effort to impeach Obama over the so-called IRS scandal?

Pat Cunningham — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:15:23

Hmmm. All that talk of a few weeks ago about impeaching President Obama for his involvement in IRS targeting of conservative groups (see