Archive for January, 2007


K-Fed To Star In Super Bowl Commercial

WORD ON STREET IS FEDERLINE WILL APPEAR IN NEW NATIONWIDE "LIFE COMES AT YOU FAST" AD FITSNews - January 19, 2007 - If MC Hammer was dead, he would be rolling over in his grave right now. Since he's not dead, though, he's probably just saying "Stop, Federline!" You know, kind of like he used to say,

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That Didn’t Take Long

TWO DAYS IN, OBAMAMANIA BEGINS TO FACE EXPERIENCE QUESTIONS FITSNews - January 18, 2007 - Jimi Hendrix broke all sort of color barriers in America by asking a simple question - "Are You Experienced?" Whether or not Barack Obama breaks barriers of his own will depend in large part on his answer to that

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Ports Authority Board Member Slams Jasper County

"TUMPY" CAMPBELL REFERS TO REGION AS "THAT AREA OF THE WORLD" IN E-MAIL OBTAINED EXCLUSIVELY BY FITSNEWS FITSNews - January 18, 2007 - State Ports Authority Board Member Carroll A. "Tumpy" Campbell III derisively refers to Jasper County as "that area of the world" in an e-mail obtained exclusively by

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Keeley Hazell Almost Had Us Fooled

TURNS OUT BRITISH LINGERIE STAR DOES NOT LIKE TO HAVE PICTURES TAKEN WITH HER CLOTHES ON FITSNews - January 18, 2007 - You know, we actually felt a little bit sorry for Keeley Hazell while reading about the unauthorized release of her sex tape by a former boyfriend on Tyler Durden yesterday. According

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War Is Not The Answer For Democratic Frontrunners

OBAMAMANIA AND HILLARY BOTH WANT TO CAP TROOP LEVELS IN IRAQ, AND SAID SO AT ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME TIME FITSNews - January 17, 2007 - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama apparently both got the memo saying that today was the day to announce support for capping U.S. troop levels in Iraq. Why do we say

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Comedian Running For U.S. Senate?

AL FRANKEN SAYS HE'S SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING SENATE RUN IN MINNESOTA FITSNews - January 17, 2007 - Comedian Al Franken is considering running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota. For real. "It's unknown how people will respond to a comedian running for the Senate," Franken says. "I need to figure out a

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L’Etat D’Etat

ADVANCE COPY OF GOVERNOR'S STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH LEAKED TO FITSNEWS FITSNews - January 17, 2007 - An advance copy of Gov. Mark Sanford's 2007 State of the State Speech was leaked to FITSNews late this afternoon. Unfortunately, we have learned that the Governor's Office was immediately advised of

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Is South Carolina Doing Enough For Conservation?

STATE'S FINANCIAL COMMITMENT LAGS BEHIND EXISTING DEMAND & PRESERVATION EFFORTS IN OTHER STATES FITSNews - January 17, 2007 - The numbers don't lie. South Carolina is eating up its natural resources at a dizzying pace on the one hand, while putting far less money than other states into land conservation

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Sic Willie Interviewed On The Hotline

NOT SURPRISINGLY, CONSULTANT'S "BEST CAMPAIGN MEMORY" IS SOMETHING ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE FITSNews - January 17, 2007 - We weren't going to provide a link to Sic Willie's latest ego-trip over on the Hotline this morning, but it is all about the hits here at FITSNews and for whatever reason, he brings

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Gamecock Basketball: Not Very Exciting

HALF-FILLED ARENA WATCHES GAMECOCKS GET THRASHED BY KENTUCKY WILDCATS FITSNews - January 17, 2007 - Other than the University of South Carolina's historic obession with wasting your tax dollars, we're not sure what possessed its Athletics Department to give head basketball coach Dave Odom a two-year

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Random Tidbits

PICTURE OF CLIVE OWEN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS ... IT'S JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE LADIES, PEOPLE FITSNews - Jaunary 16, 2007 - Are Americans seriously considering getting rid of the Electoral College? North Dakotans are, apparently. And lawmakers in 46 other states are set to offer

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SEC Football Kicks All Other College Footballs’ Butts

SEC PLACES EIGHT TEAMS IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S 2007 TOP 25 LIST FITSNews - January 16, 2007 - Face it ACC, Big Ten, Pac 10 and Big 12 fans, the Southeastern Conference is the best football conference in the nation. Our teams are better, our crowds are bigger and yes, our cheerleaders are hotter (no

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