Lawmaker cusses out fellow Missourian in House

Show me some civility, Republicans cried Friday after a Missouri congressman speaking on the House floor was caught on microphone apparently cussing out a fellow Missourian.

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Stub your toe? Say ‘Sh#!’ You’ll feel better

Peggy Loper doesn’t know why, but she’s sure that the rapid hissed repetition of her favorite expletive somehow dulls the pain when she’s hammered her thumb rather than the nail she’d aimed for.

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Will the ‘Star Trek’ curse strike again?

There’s a well-known curse in the “Star Trek” universe that simply promises every other movie comes up a winner. Even-numbered films are heralded as action-packed fan favorites, while odd-numbered efforts go down as cringe-worthy failures.

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Price increases push US soy beyond reach of poor

With the dollar a day he earns scrounging for scrap metal and paper, Jumadi can't buy his family beef or even chicken. But until now, the rail-thin scavenger could at least afford soy.

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Red Sox "curse" jersey fetches $175,100 in charity auction

The Boston Red Sox jersey secretly buried under the new Yankee Stadium in a failed curse attempt sold Thursday for $175,100 in a charity auction.

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Red Sox jersey up for auction after failed curse attempt

A secretly buried jersey that was supposed to start a curse has instead become a goodwill gesture between longtime baseball rivals.

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Pair Charged in Tarot Card Curse Scheme

Authorities say the owners of a suburban Chicago tarot-card reading business have been charged in an alleged plan to defraud customers by persuading them they were cursed.

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A Curse? No Higher Office for NYC Mayors

Is there a curse on City Hall? Rudy Giuliani this week became the latest victim of a political urban legend — that New York City mayors who aim for higher office will always miss.

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Cavaliers Try to Break Cleveland's Curse

Strange things are happening to the pro teams in this city. The Cavaliers are in the NBA finals. The Indians are tied for first place. And the Browns drafted an offensive lineman — in the first round.

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Is it REALLY necessary??

Call me old-fashioned, overly sensitive, whatever you would like, but in my opinion, the use of profanity in everyday conversation has become annoying. Apparently, I'm not too far off the mark with this question.

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LAKE GROVE, N.Y. (AP) – A woman claiming to be a psychic was arrested Friday for trying to scam a Long Island woman out of more than $1,000 by telling her she was cursed and selling her a stone and a clear plastic bag filled with a red liquid to lift the curse, police said.

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"Swearing like a sailor may alleviate pain."

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Elmer's Glue, Wild Hairs and Aging

I'm through with menopause. Finished. Whew. I had surgically induced menopause ten years ago at age 35. I could not wait for my girl guts to be removed.

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Take a small heart-shaped piece of leather, a handful of iron nails, eight brass pins, a lock of hair, some nail clippings, a pinch of navel fluff and place them in a bottle.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Tuesday in favor of a government policy that threatens broadcasters with fines over the use of even a single curse word on live television, yet stopped short of deciding whether the policy violates the Constitution.

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Brett Favre, one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game. The Jets signed him in August, expecting great things, maybe even a championship. By the end of the season Favre, who is 39 and well past his prime, looked like a man in shock.

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Each October, self-styled "experts" flood the media with dire warnings about the "dangers" of celebrating Halloween. They trot out rumors of poisons and razor blades in trick-or-treat candy. They hint that your neighbors are child molesters.

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FOUR extra ravens are being drafted into the Tower of London because of the financial crisis — to prevent a 350-year-old curse coming true. King Charles II decreed there must be at least six ravens otherwise a disaster would strike the nation and the Royal Family.

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Republican Senator Ted Stevens is heard to curse on wiretap evidence played before the judge in open Federal Court. speaking about prosecutors from the Justice departments Public Integrity Section.

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Could There Be A Worse Curse Than The Infamous Madden Curse?

The Madden Curse has a long history of claiming seasons and even a career. There are several different opinions on how many people were actually affected by the curse. Here is the evidence…

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...McCain called Cornyn's claim "chicken-s---," according to people familiar with the meeting, and charged that the Texan was looking for an excuse to scuttle the bill.

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SAN JOSE -- A 56-year-old woman pleaded guilty in Santa Clara County Superior Court to charges that she scammed a woman out of almost $450,000 by telling the victim she was cursed and money would cleanse the evil, the district attorney's office announced Monday.

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Is the new Dark Knight movie cursed? A recent trend of accidents seems to indicate yes.

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An unexpected sexual curse has been uncovered by archaeologists at Cyprus's old city kingdom of Amathus, on the island's south coast near Limassol.

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If you play a warlock then you know how difficult it can be to manage all of the abilities required of the class. Between nuking spells, DoTs, curses, debuffs, and multiple pets…well, it's enough to drive anyone keybinding crazy.

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LONDON - Fix the gravesite. But don't touch the bones.

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WILLIAM Shakespeare's tombstone is to undergo a makeover, the church where the famed playwright is buried said, but renovators will not risk the "curse" of moving his remains.

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With eight months left in 2008, it might be premature to choose the weirdest book of the year, but "The Woman Who Can't Forget," the memoir of a 42-year-old California woman named Jill Price, will be hard to beat.

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A construction worker's bid to curse the New York Yankees by planting a Boston Red Sox jersey in their new stadium was foiled Sunday when the home team removed the offending shirt from its burial spot.

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THE family of a man allegedly killed with a single punch has placed an Aboriginal curse on the person accused of the crime - pointing a bone at him in court.

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For at least nine generations a curse of sudden death has stalked families in Newfoundland. Men and women have literally dropped dead in the primes of their lives -- eating supper on the sofa, cleaning the stove, teaching a math class.

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Most people have heard of the tragedy that befell the actors involved in the Poltergeist movies: Dominique Dunne (the older daughter) was brutally murdered, Heather O'Rourke (the little girl) died of a rare intestinal blockage, and worst of all, Craig T.

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I once was talking to my friend and mentor Steve Chandler when he said to me, "Have an average day!" Taken aback, I asked him what he meant. Isn't the idea to have great days, even exceptional ones?

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Our right to curse protected by First Amendment..

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