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...TONY SNOW, White House press secretary, after the cell phone of ABC News chief White House correspondent Martha Raddatz, 53, began playing a downloaded refrain from Chamillionaire's Ridin' during a press conference...
...They'll be back soon though, according to Ronald Sayegh, the founder of Skileb. "Arabs understand the situation," he said. "The nice thing is that once it's calm, they are always ready to come to Lebanon. As long as we have snow." Indeed, with hardly any snow in the Alps thanks to an extraordinarily mild winter in Europe, desperate Western powder hounds may not have much alternative to doing their skiing in the Middle East...
...wasn't the first MMOG I'd ever played, but it is the best. The interface is clean and easy to master. The world feels mammoth and its geography runs the gamut from painted deserts and sprawling savannahs to snow-covered mountains and swamps teeming with gators and fish men. Despite its size, players easily navigate the world via roads, ships, zeppelins, giant bats and mythological creatures like hippogriffs. Players in Azeroth choose to be members of races like humans, orcs, trolls or night elves, and then pledge allegiance to one of two factions. But unlike in other fantasy games...
...very tunnel that provides such easy access to the slopes is an impressive victory for the mortals. But this winter, the mountain gods are reminding mankind just who's in charge. The ski season in Europe began as one of the barest on record, and even when the snow has fallen misfortune has frequently followed. High temperatures have caused a series of pro races to be canceled and contributed to avalanches that have claimed at least eight skiers' lives in the past two weeks...
...Spring calving hasn't yet begun, and there are many pregnant cows stranded chest deep or deeper in the snow. "We're starting to see the trucks hauling the fatalities off to rendering plants," Ament said Thursday night. "We want to haul as many as possible as soon as possible so we don't waste the meat." A meeting of state and local officials was scheduled on Friday to discuss how to handle all the carcasses. As the snows melt and more frozen animals are discovered, it is anticipated that long trenches will be dug in which to bury...