May 29, 2013

Adam Levine ‘I hate this country’ comment after ‘The Voice’ eliminations draws outrage 

A hot microphone blunder after a night of upsets has Adam Levine eating his seemingly unpatriotic words.

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The Maroon 5 frontman has come under fire for stating ‘I hate this country’ under his breath, but it was picked up and broadcast live thanks to a hot microphone.

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The Maroon 5 frontman has come under fire for stating ‘I hate this country’ under his breath, but it was picked up and broadcast live thanks to a hot microphone.

Adam Levine had a few un-patriotic words after America voted off his contestants, Judith Hill and Sarah Simmons, from "The Voice" on Tuesday night.
The Maroon 5 musician muttered "I hate this country" after two of his strong singers got the boot, but America opted to save his third — country singer Amber Carrington.
Levine, 34, received a lot of backlash for the unpatriotic words.

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Levine, 34, received a lot of backlash for the unpatriotic words.

Though Levine, 34, was probably just fuming from his loss on the show, his statement was picked up under the hot microphone … on live television.
Levine clearly had a bad night. The judge saw two of his contestants eliminated.

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Levine clearly had a bad night. The judge saw two of his contestants eliminated.

Almost immediately, the singer felt the wrath of angry Americans on his Twitter page.
America opted to save his third contestant — country singer Amber Carrington.

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America opted to save his third contestant — country singer Amber Carrington.

Some called for the singer to be fired from his position as judge on the NBC show. Others suggested he should be deported.
A few people came to his defense — saying Levine is right because America tends to favor Blake Shelton, the country musician and judge who has enjoyed a winning streak throughout the show.
Levine took to Twitter defining a series of words like ‘joke’ and ‘misunderstand,’ perhaps in efforts to clarify he didn’t mean what he said.

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Levine took to Twitter defining a series of words like ‘joke’ and ‘misunderstand,’ perhaps in efforts to clarify he didn’t mean what he said.

Instead of tweeting an apology, on Wednesday Levine posted a series of definitions of words like "joke," "humorless," and "misunderstand" — in a lighthearted attempt to clarify that his allegiance is still to the flag.
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May 21, 2013


May 20, 2013






Deadliest US tornadoes since 1900

Dozens of people are dead after a tornado hit the suburb of Moore in Oklahoma City. Here is a list of the deadliest US tornadoes since 1900:




































































































































































































































































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- 695 deaths. March 18, 1925, in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
- 216 deaths. April 5, 1936, in Tupelo, Mississippi.
- 203 deaths. April 6, 1936, in Gainesville, Georgia.
- 181 deaths. April 9, 1947, in Woodward, Oklahoma.
- 158 deaths. May 22, 2011, in Joplin, Missouri.
- 143 deaths. April 24, 1908, in Amite, Louisiana, and Purvis, Mississippi.
- 116 deaths. June 8, 1953, in Flint, Michigan.
- 114 deaths. May 11, 1953 in Waco, Texas.
- 114 deaths. May 18, 1902 in Goliad, Texas.
- 103 deaths. March 23, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

May 15, 2013


Gallup poll confirms strong abortion opposition

58 percent said abortion should be illegal in all or most cases

By Adelaide Mena

Washington D.C., May 15, 2013 / 01:04 am (EWTN News)
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A new Gallup poll released on May 10 shows that the majority of Americans oppose legal abortion in all or most circumstances, in keeping with trends over recent years.

Of those polled, 58 percent said abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. Only 26 percent supported legalized abortion under “any circumstances,” while 13 percent said it should be legal in “most circumstances.”
According to Gallup, these results “are similar to what Gallup has found for most of the past decade,” and are in line with “nearly every Gallup measure of this question since 1975.”

Conducted May 2-7, the survey also indicated that the trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell “has not swayed public opinion” on the legality of abortion. Gosnell was recently charged with the deaths of a woman and several live babies who were killed after surviving abortions in his clinic.

Part of the reason for the trial’s lack of impact, Gallup speculated, “could be that relatively few Americans are paying attention to it.” 

Only one-quarter of those surveyed had followed the story very closely or somewhat closely, “well below the 61 percent average level of attention Americans have paid to the more than 200 news stories Gallup has measured since 1991.”
More than 50 percent of respondents said that they have not followed the story at all, and an additional 20 percent said that they had followed it “not too closely,” making “the Gosnell case one of the least followed news stories Gallup has measured.”

Gallup stated that it “is not clear from the data whether Americans' relatively low attention to the Gosnell case reflects a lack of interest in it, or a lack of coverage by the mainstream media.” Recent weeks have seen an outpouring of criticism over a media “blackout” of the trial.

Of those who are following the case, 46 percent said that the media had not devoted enough coverage to the story, while just 27 percent said the media had given the proper amount of attention to it.

Gallup stated that this imbalance may be partly due to the “heavy representation of pro-life respondents among those who were asked the question.” Individuals who identified themselves as “pro-life” were more likely to have followed the case than other Americans.

The research organization also remarked that it is not clear from the data whether or not “views would shift if more Americans become familiar with the case,” though it “will be evident if the eventual verdict sparks a major expansion of news coverage.”

On May 13, three days after the results of the Gallup survey were released, Gosnell was found guilty on three charges of first-degree murder, as well as involuntary manslaughter for the death of a woman who underwent an abortion at his clinic and a host of other charges.

The following day, he accepted a sentence of life in prison, reaching a deal with the district attorney’s office to avoid the death penalty by choosing to forego an appeal.


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