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[Autoblog] The small Midwest town has lost thousands of jobs due to the loss of General Motors and Firestone plants, and what few new jobs exist are of the minimum-wage variety. The town is fanatical about its racing, though, and every Friday night, the residents of Anderson show up at the speedway to watch neighbors like Sammy Hawkins on the short oval.

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[AutoeNews] VIDEO: <i>Dirty Driving</i>: The Thundercars of Indiana: HBO has been running a new documentary called Dirty Driving, and it details the trials and tribulations of the town of Anderson, Indiana. The small Midwest town has lost thousands of jobs due to the loss of General Motors and Firestone plants, and what few new jobs exist are of the minimum-wage variety.

[USA Daily Obituaries] Illinois Obituaries 2/16/09: Dunnetski, 71, of Chicago died on Friday, February 13, 2009, at his residence.Stanley was born August 12, 1937, in Springfield, the son of Stanley and Mildred Shupenus Dunnetski.Stanley graduated from Cathedral Boys High School, received his Bachelor’s Degree from Loyola University and his Masters in Library Science from the University of Illinois in Champaign. He was the Director of the Audio/Visual Department at Northeastern Illinois University upon his retirement.

[The MotorSportsNews.Net(work)] First Stock Car Gazette of 2009!: Yeley and Ken Schrader in 2008, has not yet announced plans for 2009. It has partial sponsorship from DLP, and Garfinkel said in an e-mail earlier this week that he hopes to be able to announce the team’s plans in a couple of weeks.

[lazyboy loung chairs] Gilmer Mirror Blog: Sarah Greene Archives: But when you see them driving by in sequence, as at the airport Saturday, the Rolls is unmistakeable. ON ANOTHER historical topic, we appreciate being brought a copy of the March 16, 1934 Gilmer Daily Mirror by Perry McCoy of the Gilmer .

[The Daily Times News Headlines] Most roads in Smokies closed: The Blount County Justice Center, located on East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, across from Blount Memorial Hospital, was closed due to the weather.

[KGKI Radio] INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY: AN AMERICAN ICON: May 1, 2002: The Speedway announced that the groundbreaking SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) Barrier was in place in all four of the Speedway oval’s corners for the beginning of practice for the 86th Indianapolis 500. Under development by the Indy Racing League and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility since 1998, the SAFER Barrier is designed for multiple impacts by Indy Racing League cars and stock cars during an event.

[Love Letter] 미국인들의 댓글을 보면서 느낀점: I doubt his grandmother is truly dead cause anyone that has ever worked with a negro knows they lie and use every excuse imaginable for personal gain..isn’t it ironic that she took a supposed turn for the worse when the polls showed the race was tightening and then on election eve she supposedly dies..how ironic indeed..I don’t know why every news agency in atlanta insisted on reporting from a black church when nobama isn’t a christian and does not believe in god..i hope all those negros are happy in two years when they along with all of us are worse off and thier saviour the great negro nobama has turned his back on them just as he has every american and they realize that they waited so long to vote for nothing more than a lying dumb stupid ignorant negro

[POLITICO Top Stories] Glenn Thrush's Blog: Bachus says there's 17 'socialists' in House ...: First the Idiots try to equate Fascism with Republicans which is trying to compare government control of corporations ( Fascism ) with individual and economic freedom of Republicans. Then they try to say all Gov't agencies are either Fascist or Socialist which is wrong for those gov't agencies which are mandated by the US Constitution ie Military and Inter-State regulations but also regulatory agencies which were implemented to make sure people and companies follow the law as well as to ensure competition and unfair business practices as required for a free and open capitalistic competition

[The Blue Workhorse] Announcing the 2008 Sports Blog Heisman Trophy Winner...Tim Tebow ...: “Sam Bradford has had the best individual season of all the Heisman-contending quarterbacks, leading his team to the National Championship game.  Although he lost the head-to-head matchup with Texas, Bradford actually outperformed McCoy in that game.  Additionally, his numbers are better than Graham Harrell, despite playing in a more run-oriented offense than Harrell.  Bradford also brought his A-game with him to every game this season, something that Tim Tebow arguably did not do in the early stages of the year.” (Ryan Pfefferle - Around the Oval)

[BBC Blog Network] BBC - Justin Webb's America: Wrong about Daschle: The chances of Tom Daschle, an experienced lawyer and a former member of the congressional finance committee, not knowing that $100K gifts from friends are taxable is something that only the most partisan can believe or ignore. The man lacked the moral integrity to even walk in the halls of our government institutions except, perhaps, for a federal prison.

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