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The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature passed the law three months ago in an effort to drive nearly half-a-million illegal immigrants out of the border state and stem the flow of human and drug smugglers over the frontier.
The US Justice Department had argued that provisions of the law, which goes into effect today, encroached on federal authority over immigration policy and enforcement. – (Reuters)
$7m settlement in NY police shooting 
NEW YORK – The final chapter in one of the most divisive policing cases in New York has ended with a $7 million (€5.4 million) settlement in a civil lawsuit over the fatal shooting of Sean Bell on his wedding day.
Bell (23) died outside a strip club in Queens where he was celebrating his stag night hours before his intended marriage in November 2006. Neither he nor his two friends were armed but were hit as police fired 50 rounds into their car, killing Bell and wounding the other two.

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Later, an ex-girlfriend told them that during that same leave, Jonathan grew terrified one night, yelling about Afghanistan as if he were still there.
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A few months after the funeral, Jeanette looked through a stack of books on coping that people had given her and pulled out one about what happens to someone who has been to war. It had a list of warning signs that knocked the wind out of her as she read it:
“My God, that’s it right there.”
How Jonathan had returned home from Afghanistan more cynical.
How he had shrugged off his favorite foods. (She ended up throwing away all the ingredients to make her famous wontons.)
How he hadn’t wanted to go to stripper mud-wrestling that one night. (Since when did he have to be cajoled to go with friends to an event like that?)

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Statistical Evidence that they sucked – Though not quite as bad as the team sitting number two on this list, the Cards had an impressively bad -227 point differential. Considering that stat, it shouldn’t be surprising that they surrendered more points (452) than any team in the league that season. A 38-0 loss to Detroit and 44-6 throttling against Cleveland were fun highlights of a lost season. 
Bright Spot – On the final day of the season, the Cardinals knocked the Vikings out of the playoff race with a buzzer-beating touchdown pass from Josh McCown to Nate Poole. For his efforts in putting the Packers into the playoffs, Poole was awarded the key to the city of Green Bay. 
What Happened Next – Dave McGinnis was fired after the season and replaced by Dennis Green. Three more double digit loss seasons later and Green was also on his way out the door. 
Movie Team that could probably beat them – West Canaan Coyotes in the game after they spent the previous night at a strip club

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them good huh! That’ll teach those Afghans to hide Saddam Hussein when he bombed the twin towers in 1999. In the Iraqs, we
slaughterized
those sand peoples and now you guys found out we
slaughterized
the Afghanis too. Shucks, it’s like Christmas all over again, pass me a hot dog. God bless America and Jesus!”
Amongst the streets of every major American city, the cheering at the news of more civilian deaths in Afghanistan was similar to a Super Bowl game.
“Hell, I would never have thought our boys had killed more rag heads, sheeit! It’s like a double bonus win. Soon we’ll have a McDonalds and strip club in every Afghan town. They better start believing in Jesus as well or we’ll kill some more of them fuckers,” Bud Dwyer, 56, a resident of Arizona told CNN.

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The look: A strip club next to a U-Haul that has been taken over by hippies.

910 Live sits in a rather out of place location on McClintock Dr. in Tempe. It’s on a relatively empty stretch of road just north of the excessive-in-every-way outdoor shopping center known as Tempe Marketplace, and just south of the 202 freeway. But you can’t miss it. The outside of is lit much in the same manner as a strip club, with purple and white shining down from the roof of the building.
While I typically don’t expect much in the way of attendance at these sorts of things, (especially since I tend to go on the weeknights) I actually had to drive around for a minute to park the car. Once I got out and started to walk in, the smell of cologne wafted through the air as I approached the front door. Upon entering, I noticed the type of set up that would be conducive to a more “club like” scene. There were a few wallflowers and lovebirds hanging on the sofas against the wall, and a stripper pole graced the middle of the room.

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No matter what I thought coming in, I came out feeling this was a pretty amazing piece of work, jaw-dropping but dimensional. It is going to get a lot of attention, but it is not some cheap stunt where they said, ‘Let’s do some wild stuff and film it.’ It is extreme behaviour but really good filmmaking as well. Frankly, some of the behaviour is very extreme. But it is in the context of the insanity of being in Joaquin’s life for that period of time. It is a unique piece of work that is going to surprise people in different ways.”
It still begs the question of whether Afflecks film is a Spinal Tap pisstake rather than an actual documentary. That aside, I have no doubt itll be an unforgettable visual experience. Its been reported that one scene shows Phoenix snorting cocaine from the breast of a stripper. He then reappeared five months ago in a video promoting suicide prevention alongside Miley Cyrus and Liv Tyler looking lean, clean-shaven and dayum fine.

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The documentary entitled I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix, which chronicles a dark time in Joaquin Phoenix’s life, will be released by Magnolia Pictures on September 10.
The film was shot by Casey Affleck, who also happens to be Phoenix’s brother-in-law, during the actor’s highly publicized meltdown just a couple years ago. Though the meltdown was rumored to be a hoax, Afflecks movie will be released as a documentary, not a mockumentary.
“No matter what I thought coming in, I came out feeling this was a pretty amazing piece of work, jaw dropping but dimensional,” Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles told Deadline. “It is a unique piece of work that is going to surprise people in different ways.”
In one reported scene, Phoenix snorts cocaine off the breast of a stripper.

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The credibility of this league has gone down the toilet. The Cavs didn’t need better support players to keep LJ. They needed a better nightlife in Cleveland to compete with South Beach. Upgrade those strip clubs if you want to attract free agents. If LJ is the best, the other players should have been coming to him, not the other way around. He took their millions straight out of high school without any intent of staying there. Sure the burden of winning was on his shoulders. It comes with the territory. Cuban is only saying what other owners are thinking: We have lost control over our franchises. For those who say why would the Cavs want him back if he tanked, it’s simple. His leaving probably dropped the value of the franchise by several hundred million. Few stars have ever left during their prime. Jabbar and Shaq both went to LA for the glamour and commercial opportunities. Guess not much as changed since South Beach is the eastern version of Hollywood.

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Welcomes for Heat’s James, Bosh, Wade pouring in: free pest control> Posted by Sarah Talalay on July 9, 2010 01:57 PM
A New York strip club offered LeBron James a lifetime of free lap dances if he played for the New York Knicks. But Truly Nolen knows while South Florida may offer paradise (and lap dances and no state income tax free), it does have its insects.
That’s why the company is offering five years of free pest control to James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. Because, well, you know, that thing about defense. That’d be free service through July 8, 2015.
“Like these three superstar players, our company believes the best offense is the best defense,” Michelle Senner, Truly Nolen’s director of marketing and philanthropy said in a statement. “Whether LeBron or Chris block shots or Dwyane steals the ball, they remind us of our tenacious technicians.” It was one of the company’s technicians who suggested they offer the service since, well, the players have plenty to pay attention to on the court.

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… LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU’LL PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE JUMBO TRON.”
Then seeing my face on the Screen:
“Babe, we’ve been together now for seven great years and you have shown me an awesome amount of support and loyalty, you’ve made me feel like a “King”, so I think it’s only right that I repay you for all that you’ve done. I know that we’re great together…
(Pause for effect)
“BUT… I don’t feel that I can be happy with you anymore so I’ve decided to leave you for Dee Dee and Christy, you know, the two hot Strippers that live down the block. They promised me that all my fantasies will come true… So, um, that’s all… Good Luck with the rest of your life.”

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