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...making the ground quake. It was McCain's sort of crowd: heavy with vets and drunk with freedom-loving fervor. In the past, the Arizona Senator might have followed up with some "straight talk" or bad jokes, the informal shtick that won him New Hampshire twice. But the newest version of candidate McCain does not dillydally, soft-pedal or claim to live outside politics-as-usual. He hits hard and on message--one focused squarely on his opponent, the political phenom Barack Obama...
...Iraq to gas prices and job losses. And Obama at times has seemed to play into McCain's new script. Reporters have not forgotten that someone inside his campaign authorized--or wasn't smart enough to stop--Obama's appearance at a podium with an altered version of the presidential seal inscribed with Obama's campaign motto. And for all Obama's talk about his small-donor base, his campaign recently announced a $10,000-a-head fund raiser in September to be hosted by George Clooney in the Swiss Alps. "He needs a much more empathetic economic message," says...
Elvis Presley The Complete '68 Comeback Special; available now When they say complete, they mean it. The first disc is an expanded version of the NBC special that ended the King's seven-year absence from live performing. The three others are bluesier, messier and, despite a crackling Are You Lonesome Tonight? and some very strange banter, inessential...
...beer pong has certainly outgrown its frat-house roots. An early version with Ping-Pong paddles has been largely supplanted by a paddle-free game, which started in Northeastern colleges in the 1980s and was originally called Beirut--in reference to the battle-scarred Lebanese capital...
With young diversion seekers embracing beer pong, it was only a matter of time before the real-life drinking game spawned a virtual version. JV Games designed Beer Pong, a video game for the Nintendo Wii. But concerned parents and even Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal sent angry letters until the company agreed to change the title of the game to Pong Toss. "We never anticipated such a severe reaction to the word beer," says Jag Jaegar, co-owner of JV Games. Pong Toss hit stores July 28 with a rating of E for everyone...