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"I Can Has Cheezburger," says Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer

Well, not really. I Can Has Cheezburger is funny-cat-picture web site. But what Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer did say during her opening remarks at her debate with Democratic challenger Terry Goddard Wednesday was just as grammatically horrifying.More… Continue reading

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Bolivia’s ‘People’s Conference’ On Climate Change Kicks Off With Opening Ceremony (VIDEO)

The World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth kicked off Tuesday with an opening ceremony in Tiquipaya, Bolivia, Reuters reported.

Over 15,000 people from about 130 countries are expected to attend the actual conference in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Indigenous leaders, activists and scientists were present for the opening ceremony, where Bolivian President Evo Morales made opening remarks that condemned the failed UN climate talks, Reuters reported.

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Health Care Summit Transcript: Part 4 (FULL TEXT)

The White House has released the full opening remarks of President Obama, Senator Alexander, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Reid at the bipartisan health care summit. See our live blog of the day’s events here, our curated twitter list here and HuffPost’s selection of expert analysis here. Remarks are continued from part 3 below.

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Health Care Summit Transcript: Part 3 (FULL TEXT)

The White House has released the full opening remarks of President Obama, Senator Alexander, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Reid at the bipartisan health care summit. See our live blog of the day’s events here, our curated twitter list here and HuffPost’s selection of expert analysis here. Remarks are continued from part 2 below.

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Health Care Summit Transcript: Part 2 (FULL TEXT)

The White House has released the full opening remarks of President Obama, Senator Alexander, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Reid at the bipartisan health care summit. See our live blog of the day’s events here, our curated twitter list here and HuffPost’s selection of expert analysis here. Remarks are continued from part 1 below.

THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much, Harry. Everybody went a little over time, which is not surprising with a room full of elected officials. I wanted to give people a little bit of a wide berth starting off, but we’re going to need to be more disciplined moving forward if we’re going to be able to cover every item. And I’ll try to set the example here.

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Picking sides for the Interactive industry’s Golden Age

The IAB Annual Meeting and Leadership Conference just ended in Carlsbad, California, is now easily the most important media trade event in the country today. The American Association of Advertising Agencies’s “Transformation 2010? conference will take place next week in San Francisco and many of the issues that dominated the agenda this week in Carlsbad will re-appear on the 4A’s agenda in front of important agency principals and buyers. But Interactive owns the issues, and this is the good news and bad news confronting the industry today.

Randall Rothenberg, IAB CEO, understands both aspects. He was ebullient through the event, clearly charged-up by the size of the crowds, the content-rich agenda and warm social atmosphere, sensing that Interactive is on the cusp. But his opening remarks were devoted to leadership knowing that the Interactive industry must pull together to meet a broad set of marketer requirements, inclusive of the core need to support brand advertising, which, as Randall explained, is not a fantasy object (or objective). Brands are real, as real as the people that define them through their loyalty.

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