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Culture Buzz When retired RN Bethe Bennett fell in the kitchen and broke her femur bone — knocking her unconscious — her miniature schnauzer Danny came to the rescue. The little fella licked her face until she woke up and then helped her call the authorities. “Nobody was coming to check on me until Monday or Tuesday,” she said. “I asked him to get me the phone.”
Politics Buzz Arizona Governor Janice Brewer discussed her confrontation with President Obama at the airport today with KFYI radio. Brewer claims Obama was upset with her description of their 2010 meeting at the White House in her book Scorpions for Breakfast. Brewer says she went to greet Obama with good intentions, but the discussion soon escalated into a heat argument over the content of the book. Brewer says Obama eventually walked away from her mid-sentence.
Culture Buzz Here's a feel good jaw-dropper just in time for Christmas. Following a horrific car crash, Arizona college student Sam Schmid was labeled brain dead and given no expectation of recovery. Hours away from being pulled off life support and having his organs harvested, Schmid unexpectedly raised two fingers to signal consciousness. Against all odds, he is now expected to make a full recovery.
Culture Buzz Representative Gabby Giffords gives her first television interview since being shot in the head by Jared Laughner. She frequently struggles with words and has a long road ahead of her, but that only makes her progress all the more inspirational.
Celebrity Buzz And she looks great! It's been said ad nauseum, but it's true…her recovery is nothing short of miraculous.
A woman claims she was fired because she has a medical marijuana card, and now she's suing. It's the first lawsuit of its kind filed in Arizona.
Sports Buzz A college kid named Jacen Lankow interrupted last night's UCLA-Arizona football game by running onto the field as a referee and then breaking out in a Speedo. As the co-ed was being cuffed, for whatever reason, both teams started beating the hell out of each other. (via boston.barstoolsports.com)
Culture Buzz Susanne Eman of Casa Grande, Arizona—currently weighing in at 720 pounds—hopes to become the fattest woman of all time and surpass the standing record of 1,600 pounds. Here is what she eats EVERY DAY to try and shatter that record. It's a 21,962 calorie menu of sadness. Why is she doing this? Because she's considered hot by the SSBBW community.
And he wasn't the only disappointed moviegoer tonight. (Seriously, just how many guys were credited for writing this thing?) (via https:)
Sports Buzz It almost happened again. At last night's Major League Baseball All-Star Home Run Derby, Keith Carmickle (plaid shorts, hanging over the rail) nearly fell 20 Ft. from the stands at Chase Field in Phoenix Arizona. His brother and friends managed to hold on, avoiding a potential tragedy. (via abcworldnews.tumblr.com)
I don't even get it. (via twitpic.com)
Culture Buzz This man was arrested in Phoenix for dealing meth. Still unknown is whether meth had anything to do with the fact that HALF OF HIS HEAD IS MISSING. Not even going to make a joke about this. Too creepy.
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A video shot by Jared Lee Loughner in which you hear the accused Tucson killer's voice for the first time. Removed from Youtube in September but resurfacing today, the video is shot from Loughner's perspective as he walks around the campus of Pima Community College. Loughner describes the college as a “genocide school” and accuses it of engaging in “the torture of students.”
Howard Stern had some choice words for Sarah Palin regarding her handling of the shooting in Tucson. The kindest thing he could find to say about her was that she was a “fucking crybaby.” It goes downhill from there. Because Howard Stern's the political commentator America deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
President Obama addresses nearly 14,000 people at the University of Arizona in Tucson, calling for unity and service in the wake of the shooting on Saturday. The president also relayed the good news that, earlier today, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has opened her eyes for the first time since being shot.
In light of current events, this is more ominous than funny. But still pretty funny.
And I thank God that you, Fred Phelps, are a really old man. Mazel!
Sports Buzz Morbid interpretations of NFL team logos. Considering the deluge of dead birds raining from the sky, the Cardinal's logo is topical. All of these, and more to come, are available in t-shirt form from artist Jon Defreest.
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