current events

Current events are all about what's happening right now on a worldwide scale. In the early days of the blogosphere, mainstream media didn't realize that bloggers were reporting faster, and often better, on current events.  Some mainstream writers still think that way.  Current events aren't all about politics, but politics remain a driving force for a lot of bloggers.

Michelle Malkin's Hot Air is hot. From a different perspective, Mother Jones has crossed over from a 20th century magazine to 21st century media portal and blog.

If world leaders hitting their heads while boarding Air Force One crack you up, Daniel Kurtzman's Political Humor Blog is good for a laugh.  Check out more personal takes on current events at Patterico and Fausta's Blog.  For more things current, try news and current affairs.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “current events”

• Of Domes and Homes

  
  Concurring Opinions — Authority: 607
  I’m very happy to be back adding my two cents to Concurring Opinions.  Thanks very much, Dan, for the invite, and Sarah, for the introduction.  I was watching the NFL Vikings carve up the Bears yesterday, trying to decide what to post about first, and my eyes were drawn not to quarterback Brett Favre, ...
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• Is it good writing?

  
  Learning in Maine — Authority: 124
  At some point in my life, I subscribed to the Current Events by Izzit . The site offers other classroom ideas as well, and they often have a somewhat controversial content, which is great - whether you actually agree with the writings and clippings from press being of high quality - for generating discussions, ...
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• Honduras elects Porfirio Lobo as new president: 15 Minutes on Latin America - Nov 30,2009

  
  Faustas blog — Authority: 418
  Honduras election results
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• Police fire at house in hunt for killer of 4 officers

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 161
  by Gunnair http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/30/us-washington-police-shooting-suspect.html Damn. Every time I switched over to CNN to get an update on this story, they were too busy talking about Tiger Woods. go to newest post
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• Detroit’s Cannibis College Hopes To Stimulate Economy

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 553
  Growing Hope In DetroitAt most colleges, marijuana is very much an extracurricular matter. But at Med Grow Cannabis College, marijuana is the curriculum: the history, the horticulture and the legal how-to’s of Michigan’s new medical marijuana program.“This state needs jobs, and we think medical marijuana can ...
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• congrats to a celeb who has just got his 90 day sober token

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 165
  after being sober for 90 days AA gives people tokens, after this weekend the newest celeb to hit the 90 day mark...Ted Kennedy Too soon?
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• Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT): Bring troops home!

  
  Ron Paul Wins! | Campaign for Liberty at the Daily Paul - Blog — Authority: 546
  My UT congressman, a very outspoken opponent of the bailouts and tarp funds as well as an original co-sponsor to HR 1207 was never very clear on his foreign policy positions in the past. I am ecstatic to read on Politico this morning that he is recommending withdrawal of all troops from Afghanistan! ...
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• Somali pirates hijack oil tanker going to US

  
  ForumGarden — Authority: 155
  NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the increasingly dangerous waters off East Africa, an official said Monday, an attack that could pose a huge environmental or security threat to the region. The Greece-flagged Maran Centaurus was hijacked ...
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• Switzerland Tries To Explain Itself

  
  Dr Jim West — Authority: 617
  Switzerland says the country’s new ban on the building of minarets is not aimed at Muslims but at Islamic fundamentalism. Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says her country supports religious freedoms. She says Sunday’s referendum vote banning the building of new minarets was not “a referendum ...
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• Man Said to Be Cornered in Tacoma Shooting

  
  The News Factor ... an informative online Conservative news magazine — Authority: 445
  LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Police cornered a man suspected of gunning down four uniformed officers in a Seattle home early Monday, and said he might have died from a gunshot wound, according to news reports.Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, told The Associated Press that the suspect, ...
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• Tiger Woods Owes Us Nothing

  
  politics from the eyes of an ebony mom — Authority: 135
  Tiger Woods crashed his SUV into a tree. He ended up on the ground unconscious. There are rumors circulating that he had a fight with his wife and that he is having an affair with another woman. Now what part of this is our business? None of it. This is a private matter. We keep hearing he won’t talk to the police, ...
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• Court Docket: Affliction fires back at M-1 in Fedor contractual dispute

  
  MMAMemories.com — Authority: 426
  When M-1 filed a lawsuit in court against Affliction over money they believed the promotion owed Fedor Emelianenko when the company folded, M-1 opened up a big can of worms. In the document below, obtained through the US court system as public record, Affliction responded to M-1’s lawsuit with a Motion of ...
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• Judge Naipolitano: Case Against Military Tribunals

  
  Brown Cafe - UPS info for UPSers — Authority: 156
  Very interesting LA Times Op-Ed
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• A theory about the Washington cop killings

  
  Rossputin.com Rational Thinking About Our World — Authority: 476
  Yesterday, a month after an execution-style drive-by killing of a police officer in Seattle, four Tacoma (Washington) area uniformed police officers were shot in a coffee shop as they were doing their morning administrative work on their laptop computers. We may or may not ever learn with certainty why this gruesome ...
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• Should we pull the plug on festive lights?

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 161
  by xerxes I really like my LEDs. They have this nice, blue-ish white glow that really lights up the room. go to newest post
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• Canadas Commonwealth membership in question

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 165
  Canadas carbon plan has ranked dead last, causing a campaign for the suspension of the countrys Commonwealth membership. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...climate-change http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencet...ore-warns?bn=1 Now is not a bad time to be an Albertan. I know people who have kept their Alberta ...
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• Why did Tiger Woods crash into a tree?

  
  Rossputin.com Rational Thinking About Our World — Authority: 476
  Please tell me you have more important things to think about than this question.  I know I do. Link to Original post at Rossputin.com .
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• Put Down That Turkey Leg! Lincoln University Has Its Eye on Your Waistline

  
  Black On Campus — Authority: 107
  From the New York Times : You might worry about your body weight fluctuating in college, but did you ever think that gaining the notorious freshman 15 could keep you from graduating? National Public Radio reported this week that at Lincoln University , a historically black college in rural Pennsylvania, more ...
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• Why Randy David Backed Out

  
  The Warrior Lawyer | Philippine Lawyer — Authority:
  President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has announced her candidacy for a congressional seat in the 2nd District of Pampanga, to no one’s great surprise. She needs to stay in power by some machination if she is to withstand the legal and political challenges she will face as soon as she steps down from the presidency in ...
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• A Fly Tying Thanksgiving

  
  Singlebarbed — Authority: 467
  The old days of lopping the head off a gobbler in your backyard are antiquity. Gentrification assured by CC & R’s that prevent live poultry on your acreage and expressly prohibits the stalking and slaying of same. “Green” got the better of me, and I circumvented emasculating rules by getting most of a ...
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