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Warriors' Wright hurts shoulder again

Golden State Warriors forward Brandan Wright injured his shooting shoulder during practice Friday and could miss extended time.

Mets' Manuel wonders about Wright's power numbers

Mets manager Jerry Manuel knows all the reasons for New York's lack of power this season. There were the injuries to sluggers Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado, and the dimensions at their spacious new ballpark — just a difficult year in general for the club.

Rockies end 5-game skid, retake wild-card lead

Todd Helton homered into the smoky sky and drove in four runs as the Colorado Rockies snapped a five-game losing streak with an 8-3 win over the New York Mets on Tuesday night.

USC's Wright to miss season after not making grade

Southern California cornerback Shareece Wright has been declared academically ineligible and will be forced to sit out the upcoming season.

Mets 3B Wright says he's ready to come off DL

David Wright is ready to get back on the field with the New York Mets, two weeks after he was hit in the helmet by a fastball from San Francisco pitcher Matt Cain.

Wright rejoins Mets, says head feels better

The most frightening moment for David Wright came an instant before he got hit in the head. It was the moment he braced for impact, knowing he had no time to dodge that 94 mph fastball.

Mets All-Star Wright released from hospital

Mets slugger David Wright was released from the hospital Sunday, one day after he was hit in the helmet by a 94 mph fastball from San Francisco's Matt Cain and crumpled to the ground in the batter's box.

Astros reliever back from hospital

Houston Astros reliever Wesley Wright was out of the hospital Wednesday after being treated the previous night for dehydration.

Son takes over gospel singer Wright's NYC church

Gospel singer Timothy Wright's son has been installed as pastor of his late father's New York City church.

Son of late Grammy nominee to take over NYC church

The son of the late Grammy-nominated gospel singer Timothy Wright will be installed as pastor of his father's Brooklyn church.

Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Phoenix home sold

A Phoenix home that famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his son has been sold for $2.8 million.

Wright says 'Jews' keeping him from Obama

President Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, blamed "them Jews" in an interview this week for keeping him from speaking to the president, but later apologized.

Wright says he's not frustrated with Citi Field

David Wright and Chipper Jones insist they were just kidding.

Marva Wright hospitalized after stroke

New Orleans blues singer Marva Wright has been hospitalized after a stroke.

Villanova's Wright says he's not going to 76ers

Villanova coach Jay Wright says he talked to the Philadelphia 76ers about the head coaching job but is staying with the Wildcats.

Timothy Wright, famed NY gospel singer, dies at 61

The Rev. Timothy Wright, the Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer known for his up-tempo praise songs and powerful mass choir sound, has died. He was 61.

Cavs' Wright to have thumb surgery

Cavaliers forward Lorenzen Wright will undergo surgery after breaking his thumb in Cleveland's regular-season finale.

Williams batters Winky for unanimous decision

If Paul Williams thought the world's top boxers were scared of him before, just wait until they see the holes he punched in Winky Wright's once-impenetrable defense.

Will Wright to leave Electronic Arts

Will Wright, the video game designer behind such hits as "The Sims" and "Spore," is leaving game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. after 12 years.

Opinion: Wright's an outsider — and he's OK with it

Villanova coach Jay Wright doesn’t seem to mind playing the role of Final Four outsider.

Jeremiah Wright: Obama `like any other president'

President Barack Obama's longtime minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, gave an assessment Thursday of his former congregant's short time in the White House: Obama is just like any other president.

Wright: Obama shows blacks shouldn't accept limits

Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, said Sunday that the lesson in Obama's rise to the White House is that black people shouldn't limit themselves — or allow others to.

Cavaliers sign F/C Lorenzen Wright

The Cavaliers signed center Lorenzen Wright on Friday to help offset the loss up front of forward Joe Smith.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright drops planned Philly appearances

Barack Obama's former pastor has withdrawn from two scheduled appearances in Philadelphia.

Evidence scant that Wright hurt Obama much in Ind., N.C.

The reaction — or lack of it — by Indiana and North Carolina voters to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's incendiary comments emphasizes how deeply entrenched the racial lines of support are for the two Democratic presidential rivals.

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Freedom's Lighthouse: Obama's Longtime Pastor Jeremiah Wright Calls U.S. "Land of the Greed and Home of the Slave" in New Speech - Video
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Here is video President Obama's long-time former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, appearance at a September 17, 2009, anniversary celebration of Monthly Review. In this clip, Wright praises Marxism:

Right Wing Falsely Asserts Right Wing Boogeymen Bill Ayers And Jeremiah Wright Visited The White House
Source: Think Progress

Early this evening, the White House voluntarily released nearly 500 visitor records of "individuals visiting the executive mansion between Inauguration Day and the end of July." The easily-searchable list includes some famous names like Michael Jordan, Michael Moore, William  …

The First Aviation Reporter: A Beekeepr
Source: PBS

Almost as astonishing as the fact that a pair of bicycle shop owners invented the airplane is the fact that the first accurate reporting about some of their earliest powered flights appeared not in the New York Times or Scientific American but in an obscure journal for beekeepers.

Great Obama Video
Source: www.theurbangrind.net/?p=2570

This video of past Obama-McCain presidential race is now history, but we must never forget our history because what we decided yesterday in America is why we're involved in the socialist vs. democratic decisions of today and tomorrow.

Daily Show's Wilmore offers advice to Beck and Limbaugh for "playing the race card"
Source: Media Matters for America

You wouldn't believe what white people are starting to do... [Cue clips of Beck, Limbaugh] Where do you think the word, "renege" came from? Hahah.

Hannity: "I think" Obama "is Jeremiah Wright ... I say he is Bill Ayers -- not the terrorist, but the radical"
Source: Media Matters for America

As with so many of my seeds from Media Matters, the title says it all.

Iowa fans to renovate Frank Lloyd Wright hotel
Source: msnbc.com

Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiasts are claiming victory in their effort to restore the architect's last standing hotel, a northern Iowa landmark that has fallen apart over the past few decades.

Over two days, Hannity's coverage of Holocaust museum shooting totals just one sentence
Source: Media Matters for America

SUMMARY: Sean Hannity has devoted a total of one sentence over two editions of his Fox News show to the topic of the June 10 shooting of a security guard at the Holocaust Memorial Museum.

A Silly Game of Connect-the-Dots, Painting the Right as an undifferentiated blob of evil.:: Jonah Goldberg
Source: National Review Online

When an abortion provider in Wichita, Kans., was murdered, the predictable chorus pointed fingers at Fox News's Bill O'Reilly. After all, O'Reilly had said that George Tiller was a "baby killer" and had railed against the doctor's late-term abortion practice for years.

Iraqis arrest five U.S. contractors in murder of another U.S. contractor
Source: The New York Times

BAGHDAD — Five American contractors have been detained in Baghdad in connection with the murder of another American contractor, a senior Interior Ministry official said Sunday. An American Embassy official confirmed the arrests.

How cooperation (eventually) trumps conflict
Source: TED.com

Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness" -- the network of linked fortunes and cooperation that has guided our evolution to this point -- and how we can use it to help save humanity today.

7 Clearly Fake News Stories That Fooled The Mainstream Media
Source: CRACKED.com

In the olden days when shoes were a luxury and smallpox was a right of passage, men like William Randolph Hearst used their complete control over communication airwaves to tell the general populace whatever lie happened to be convenient (see marijuana is evil) or interesting (see …

Tea Parties: "Calling All Racists! :: Larry Elder
Source: townhall.com

Did you know that only racists turned out for the recent nationwide "tea parties"?! "Let's be very honest about what this is about," actress/comedian Janeane Garofalo said on Keith Olbermann's MSNBC show. "It's not about bashing Democrats. It's not about taxes.

Were the Wright brothers indeed right?!

I can respect the fact that the United States of America wants to recognize the Wright brothers as the first to have created and flown a heavier than air aircraft.

Oklahoma Government Gay-bashers Object to Prayer Offered by Gay Pastor
Source: The Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman

It wasn't the prayer as much as an Oklahoma City pastor's opening words that apparently troubled a fifth of the state House members. The Rev. Scott Jones thanked his legislator, Rep.

Burlington Mayor candidates seek edge | burlingtonfreepress.com
Source: Burlington Free Press

See story, photos, video and blog commentary from Burlington, Vermont, first mayoral debate. Make an informed choice this election.

Caught On Tape: Cops Repeatedly Taser "W" Actor Who Played Gen Colin Powell [Video]
Source: tmz.com

It all went down in Shreveport, LA in July. Both actors were arrested for allegedly interfering with an officer. The tape we obtained begins with a passive Brolin -- his arm around fellow-actor Jeffrey Wright -- when a cop pepper sprays him in the face.

The Card McCain Didn't Play: Unaired McCain Ad Blasts Obama On the Rev. Wright Issue
Source: The Daily Dish

Just the YouTube video folks. Andrew Sullivan didn't provide much in the way of commentary. Click through and have a look.

ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Election Over, Ayers, Wright & Farrakhan Emerge"
Source: ABC News

ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Election Over, Ayers, Wright & Farrakhan Emerge"

Magic: How Obama Broke the Dark Spell by Tina Brown
Source: thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories

CNN's Jessica Yellin in Chicago appeared in its New York election headquarters as a hologram last night.

The Media Elected Obama Long Ago
Source: Guardian Unlimited

But the press bias towards Obama doesn't represent a simple revulsion for the Republican party. It was on display in the Democratic primaries with the persecution of Hillary Clinton.

Dem Leader: "Obama Didn't Have Political Courage" to Leave Wright's Racist Anti-American Church
Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Bummer. This was supposed to be an endorsement by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) for Barack Obama to Jewish voters in Florida... Instead he ended up bashing Obama on his weak character.

It's Here: McCain's Rev. Wright Attack Ad
Source: The Huffington Post

It's playing in New Mexico. And it's an ad carefully designed to arouse fear, disgust and hate. It succeeds, though not in the manner intended. I turned off the television after that and won't turn it on again until the end of tomorrow.

Barack Obama took too much inspiration from an American hating bigot
Source: NewsMax

Unlike Obama's association with admitted terrorist William Ayers, no one can say Obama's relationship with Wright was tangential. By his own account, over a period of 20 years, Obama considered Wright not only his minister but his mentor, sounding board, friend, and adviser.

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