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Honduras ' president-elect is not worried that many countries do not recognize his election.

"Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession" Julie Powell From the title to the last page, former blogger Julie Powell's startling second memoir, "Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession," is smart and compelling but frequently coy: Does she mean cleaving together? Or faithful to the point of clinging? Or separating naturally? Or ...

Today is Saturday, Nov. 29, the 334th day of 2008. There are 32 days left in the year.

Billy Abold and his brother Dan Abold are surrounded by vehicles surrendered under the Cash for Clunkers program at A&P Auto Parts, in Cicero.

NPR producer Selena Simmons-Duffin has heard the story of her grandmother's trip hundreds of times.

Unable to get the Legislature to agree on how to address a $3.2 billion deficit, New York Gov.

New York's fiscal crisis is now expected to have to take another $10 million from the anti-tobacco program to help balance the state budget.

The world's leading fair for 19th Century, modern and contemporary photography, Paris Photo 2009, closed on 22nd November with record numbers of visitors: 40,150, compared to 37,760 in 2008.

Obama's Double Standard Gives Some but Not All 9/11 Defendants Civilian Trials Interview with Marjorie Cohn, former president of the National Lawyers Guild, conducted by Scott Harris Obama's Double Standard Gives Some but Not All 9/11 Defendants Civilian Trials Interview with Marjorie Cohn, former president of the National Lawyers Guild, conducted ...

TODAY'S MUST-SEE: Thanksgiving parades, 9 a.m. to noon, NBC and CBS. NBC will be in New York with its 'Today' crew there.

DEC 11-17 Dave Matthews Band Movie theaters from New York to Los Angeles will present the 3D release of 'Larger Than LifeIn 3D" Featuring Dave Matthews Band , Ben Harper and Relentless7 and Gogol Bordello for a limited-run engagement - one week only from December 11-17. Filmed by inconcert3d utilizing digital technology that can only be viewed in ...

The report shows $18.6 million was spent from Oct. 20 through Thursday, including millions on last-minute television advertising.

Artist: Jones, Norah On her just-released fourth album, The Fall, Norah Jones not only has switched to a more contemporary rock sound but, judging from the lyrics, a broken heart too.

Members of one of America's oldest Protestant churches officially apologized Friday - for the first time - for massacring and displacing Native Americans 400 years ago.

US stores threw their doors open before dawn on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, but how wide recession-hit consumers would open their wallets was another question.

With the holiday travel season gearing up, authorities are cracking down on the swarms of unlicensed taxi drivers who hustle passengers at New York City airports.

THEY STARTED the day with bagels, coffee, and a boring commute. Then a plane crashed into the World Trade Center .

Film Review: New York, I Love You The problem that plagues New York, I Love You is the same as that bedeviling the five boroughs - inconsistency.

New York State is running out of cash. Without a budget deal, New York will be left with just $36 million in the bank by the end of December, according to current projections.

"The Beatles On Record" on the History channel follows the evolution of the group as performers and songwriters.

The Riverside Theatre and ArtMattan Productions have teamed up to present an eclectic slate of award winning, thought provoking and entertaining films from Africa and the African Diaspora during the African Diaspora Film Festival , taking place from Thursday, December 3 to Saturday, December 5 at The Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Ave.

Share + Nov 26, 2009 7:43 am US/Central NEW YORK 1 of 1 Parade-goers await the commencement of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov.

NEW YORK - An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept.

A car carrying four Syracuse University architecture students to New York City for the Thanksgiving break spun off a country road in central New York, killing two 19-year-olds and injuring two others.

A young woman from Mexico was smuggled over the border and forced to work as a prostitute for years in New York City, and the remains of an infant were found in concrete at the home where she was held prisoner, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

This image provided by Christie's shows an oil painting by N.C. Wyeth titled ""For a mile, or thereabouts, my raft went very well," that illustrated an edition of "Robinson Crusoe." It is part of three generations of Wyeth artworks that will be auctioned next month, including 14 original oil canvases by N.C. Wyeth that lavishly illustrated the ...

With more Americans going hungry than ever before, the Agriculture Department is concerned that dozens of states aren't adequately administering food stamp programs designed to provide food to low-income Americans.

Voters in Maine adopted a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage on Nov. 3. Since then, legislatures in New York and New Jersey have failed to schedule long-expected votes on bills to recognize the unions in those big states.

Permits Governor to Administratively Reduce Payments Across-the-Board by an Amount Needed to Bring the 2009-10 Budget Back into Balance Legislation Provides Critical Tool to Protect State's Finances during Unprecedented Fiscal Crisis Governor David A. Paterson today submitted emergency legislation - the Executive Authority Option - that would grant ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Fashion Options boy's warm-up sets due to a strangulation hazard.

A Rasmussen telephone survey found that 55% of New Yorkers oppose closing Gitmo, the terrorist prison camp in Cuba.

You'll need to be 21 to take a bite out of this Thanksgiving turkey. 100-PROOF TURKEY NEW YORK - You'll need to be 21 to take a bite out of this Thanksgiving turkey.

Monday to fight a rate hike proposed by the private water company that serves 45,000 customers in Nassau County - residents who he says pay as much as five times the rate of neighbors served by public water districts.

A Philadelphia jury has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $75 million in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug.

U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe instructed jurors late Monday on the eight fraud counts, saying they must determine whether or not Bruno schemed to defraud New Yorkers and misrepresented or concealed his sideline business dealings.

As soon as the Limelight opened its doors in New York's Chelsea neighborhood in 1983, the club became immediately notorious.

If you want to royally tick off New Yorkers, try telling us what to do. That's probably why the police stopped trying to enforce the jaywalking laws here years ago .

WASHINGTON - How New York state would fare under proposed health care reform remains an open question, but there's no doubt that state government and, to some extent, county governments would share in the cost of expanding health coverage to more Americans.

An internal report warned the Canadian Border Services Agency of potential violence resulting from plans to arm border guards with handguns at a controversial crossing on Mohawk land outside the eastern Ontario community of Cornwall.

Governor David A. Paterson today sent an open letter to every legislator in New York State calling for immediate action to address the State's budget deficit.

Today is Sunday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2009. There are 39 days left in the year.

In this Nov. 22, 2006 file photo, travelers arrive for their flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

With the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed 9/11 mastermind and his four alleged co-conspirators in New York, the city gets the dubious title of Terror Trial Capital of America.

There are already three terror-related trials currently going through the courts in either Manhattan or Brooklyn. In the past, the city has seen seven major terror-trials, including such high-profile cases as Ramzi Yousef convicted in 1996 of the first World Trade Center bombing, and Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, a blind cleric convicted in 1995 of plotting to bomb buildings.

A Daily News/Marist poll found that 77% of New Yorkers believe that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed would be found guilty of the 9/11 attacks in a Manhattan federal courtroom.

New York City wasn't born a grand metropolis and world financial center. In 1664, the year in which Rutherfurd begins his latest sweeping historical novel, New York is New Amsterdam, a modest Dutch trading post of about 1,500 residents on an island the Native Americans called Manna Hata.

Doug Hoffman's campaign site on Nov. 19, 2009. Updated 7:14 p.m. By Garance Franke-Ruta For the second time this week, Conservative Party congressional candidate Douglas L. Hoffman sought to rescind his concession in the special election in New York's 23rd district, telling supporters that new information showing the results of the election closer ...

After a year-long investigation into a Central New York business that advertises performing massages, Onondaga County sheriff's deputies arrested six people on prostitution-related charges Friday, deputies said.

The glove and other Jackson items are part of a music memorabilia auction being held by Julien's Auctions at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York's Times Square on Saturday.

The first policy was a 2006 decision by the Westchester County executive to extend benefits to same-sex spouses of county employees.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:10 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:10 p.m. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King 2. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown 3. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham 4. "The Gathering Storm " by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson 5. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett 6. "True Blue" ...

A New York jury which has been considering racketeering charges against John "Junior" Gotti for more than a week has told a judge it's unable to agree on a verdict.

Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" - It's post-Katrina New Orleans and there are snakes in the water - none bigger than Terence McDonagh , an exceptionally corrupt detective, who slinks through town snorting coke, smoking heroin, harassing women and brandishing a .44 Magnum stuffed in the front of ...

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani , who lost a bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, is considering running for the U.S. Senate next year against freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand , current and former Republican officials said.

Poor women seeking free cancer screenings are being turned away in some parts of New York state because this year's budget crunch has forced a $3.5 million cut to a program providing them.

In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept.

Sex. Drugs. Prostitution. Pedophilia. Rape. Pedro Almodovar has been able to translate some of the most delicate subjects to the big screen with grace and humor.

New York's top court on Thursday rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government benefits provided to same-sex couples legally married elsewhere and now living in New York.

Delays 'going to ripple through the entire system' Updated: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009, 10:47 AM EST Published : Thursday, 19 Nov 2009, 8:51 AM EST HARRY R. WEBER,AP Airlines Writer ATLANTA - A problem with the FAA system that collects airline flight plans caused widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide Thursday, the second time in 15 ...

Helena Christensen's photographs from a trip to Peru, which document the impact of global warming, have gone on display in London.

Colum McCann's "Let the Great World Spin," a novel about daring, luck and mortality in 1970s New York, won the fiction prize Wednesday night at the 60th annual National Book Awards.

A close-up shot of the Statue of Liberty, which has stood on the former Bedloe's Island since 1886.

New to "The Twilight Saga" fan experience, actor Jamie Campbell Bower has discovered that being the Volturi vampire, Caius, in "New Moon" is hardly a pain in the neck.

President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted, as Attorney General Eric Holder defended putting him the U.S. civilian legal system.

A northern New York man is recovering after being attacked by a 10-point buck while he was loading firewood.

Zacarias Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.

Oil prices pushed higher for a second straight day on Tuesday even though the dollar strengthened and fresh economic data gave mixed signals on whether demand for oil will increase.

Investigators in New York City have raided circulation offices at some of the nation's largest newspapers as part of a union corruption probe, a law enforcement official said.

Share + Nov 17, 2009 12:00 pm US/Central NEW YORK 1 of 3 New York Gov. David Paterson openly criticized the White House on Monday, saying he thought it was a terrible idea to move alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists to New York for trial.

It was not a typical night at the Met. The audience, younger than usual, did not a ' could not a ' applaud any hit tunes.

Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican, said in an interview that New Yorkers are being forced by the Obama administration to host the trials for terrorists suspected of planning the Sept.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has said the Obama administration should not allow five accused plotters of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on New York to be tried in a civilian court.

The crowded airspace over the Hudson River, where nine people died in the collision of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter, will be split into a low-altitude zone for local traffic and a higher one for longer-distance flights, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.

NEW YORK - New York City's famed Algonquin Hotel is celebrating the 90th anniversary of its legendary Round Table.

Director Paul Wendkos, whose career spanned 50 years and covered some 100 films and television shows including the 1959 surf movie "Gidget," has died due to a lung infection that followed a stroke.

The rallying cry of "no new plates" has apparently reached the ears of New York's top elected officials.

Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate their ideology, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday.

Not long after he was rousted from his bed and seized in a predawn raid in Pakistan in March 2003, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed gave his captors two demands: He wanted a lawyer, and he wanted to be taken to New York.

The Obama administration announced Friday that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others would be transferred from the prison at Guantanamo Bay to New York to face prosecution.

An organization that feeds New York City's hungry says rising unemployment is contributing to more people visiting its food pantries and soup kitchens.

To many, it felt exquisitely right: This is where it began. This is where it must end.

Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Today is Saturday, Nov.

American shoppers are splitting again: The affluent are finally starting to buy, picking up designer clothes at places like Nordstrom, while those on the lower economic rungs are still scrimping by, heading to Wal-Mart for the basics.

Although conservative Doug Hoffman conceded and Democrat Bill Owens was sworn into Congress last week, the routine recanvassing of votes shows Owens' lead has narrowed to 3,000 votes.

Former New York state Sen. Joseph Bruno arrives at the federal courthouse in Albany.

Some New Yorkers are angry that accused plotters of the September 11, 2001 attacks will be tried in a court near where the World Trade Center once stood, while others are relieved that justice may soon be served.

Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said Friday.

In what could be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, federal prosecutors sought to seize four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim organization suspected of being controlled by the Iranian government.

Openly gay New York State Sen. Tom Duane [D-Manhattan] was quick to brush off the National Organization for Marriage's threats to fund primary challenges against any Republican who supports his bill that would allow gays and lesbians to marry in the Empire State.

The teen was released after his Facebook joke about pancakes helped prove his alibi.

It's a touching moment, increasingly familiar to fans watching the E Street Band make its entrance: As the audience howls in anticipation and the rest of the band stands at the ready, Bruce Springsteen gently and lovingly helps Clarence Clemons walk to his saxophone at the front of the stage.

After weeks of uncertainty and pleas for action by Gov. David Paterson, New York's Senate wasn't expected to vote on a bill legalizing same-sex marriage during Tuesday's special session.

Oil prices rose to near $80 a barrel Wednesday as the effects of a weaker dollar trumped a report pointing to a rise in U.S. oil inventories.

Aerosmith's guitarist Joe Perry says the future of the band is still uncertain. Perry said Wednesday that he thinks front man Steven Tyler wants to take some time off from the band - even though the two appeared together on a New York stage.

The state Department of Motor Vehicles' new design for license plates will take many drivers down memory lane.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki argued Tuesday that Republicans can avoid dissent within the party by focusing on pocketbook issues that appeal to the middle-class voters he says are crucial to the party's success.

The defeat of pro-equality NJ Gov. Jon Corzine probably means that marriage equality in that state has to be approved swiftly--or delayed for years A Nov.

With New York drowning in deepening deficit spending and running out of cash to pay huge bills due next month, the Legislature met in special session Tuesday and put off what Gov.

Jeffry Picower, 67, a prominent philanthropist, drowned after suffering a heart attack in the swimming pool of his Palm Beach, Fla., mansion on Oct.

PABLO GORONDI Oil falls below $79 in European trade as Ida weakens to tropical storm ahead of Gulf Coast Oil prices swung around $79 a barrel Tuesday, as a storm threatening oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico weakened and investors eyed a volatile dollar.

" The State Department of Motor Vehicles Tuesday unveiled the new "Empire Gold" license plate which will be issued to most vehicles registered in the state beginning in April.

Get ready for another big name on Broadway. Denzel Washington plans to return to the New York stage next spring in a revival of August Wilson's "Fences." Producers Carole Shorenstein Hays and Scott Rudin say the play will open in April at a theater to be announced.

A Republican state assemblywoman who endorsed a Democrat after pulling out of a special congressional election in upstate New York earlier this month has resigned from her position as Assembly minority whip.

Another set of eyes. That is what the federal Environmental Protection Agency has been told it should provide in reviewing the hotly debated natural gas drilling technique called hydro-fracturing. It's a good move.

Doug Hoffman's narrow defeat in New York's 23rd Congressional District special election was one of few blemishes in a nearly flawless Election Day for Republicans.

Advocates for same-sex marriage are hitting New York's state capital hard, trying to sway the few votes needed for final legislative approval of the bill in a special session Tuesday.

Oil and gasoline futures rose today as a tropical storm heading into the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. dollar both weakened.

The NYT's take on marriage equality's chances this week: unclear . "Advocates on both sides of the issue lobbied senators over the weekend, but it was still unclear on Sunday whether the measure could attract the 32 votes needed in the State Senate for approval.

As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially troubling discovery about the wastewater created by the process: It's radioactive.

LONDON: Mumbai and Delhi are likely to witness a significant jump in economic growth along with other emerging markets and make it to the league of the world's wealthiest cities by 2025, according to a report.

The unemployment claims website for the New York State Department of Labor is having some technical problems today.

Those living in the country's biggest cities who hope to catch a glimpse of Sarah Palin while she is on her much-anticipated book tour may be disappointed: the former Alaska governor will instead hit a string of mid-size cities, many of which voted for her and John McCain last November.

Sentencing has been delayed for a 29-year-old Central New York man convicted of murdering his 11-year-old stepsister, who lived in filth and was starved by her parents.

"I'm trying to be ahead of the curve because things are changing in music," 50 told the audience at the AMC Loews Kips Bay 15 theater in Manhattan on Thursday.

A GUATEMMALAN man said by the US Government to have been one of the world's biggest cocaine dealers has been found guilty of conspiracy to import and sell the narcotic, prosecutors in New York say.

New Yorkers: Act now to support same sex marriage!!!! Category: GLBTA Posted on: November 6, 2009 5:35 PM, by Greg Laden New yorkers, call your state reps NOW.

A police detective shot a New York teen in the face Friday night after he pulled a realistic-looking pellet gun during an argument in the Bronx.

NOVEMBER 07: The USS New York is seen during its commissioning on November 7, 2009 at Piers 86 and 88 in New York City.

A New York archaeological team began work Friday on a state-owned campground at an 18th-century military site where a temporary ferry service is being considered to replace the closed Champlain Bridge, officials said.

As the H1N1 swine flu sweeps through the region, the shortage of vaccine becomes more obvious.

GOVERNOR PATERSON URGES NEW YORKERS TO TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE SPREAD OF H1N1 FLU IN NEW YORK STATE As cases of H1N1 flu increase in New York State, Governor David A. Paterson today urged New Yorkers to stay home if sick, avoid going to a hospital emergency room unless flu symptoms are severe and follow additional preventive measures to ...

New York governor David Paterson, a longtime supporter of same-sex marriage, is putting his money where his mouth is - by placing a marriage equality bill on the state senate's November 10 agenda.

Ghouls and goblins are so over! It's time to move on to the very important task of coping with -- by snarking at - the wholesome delights of the family-intensive holiday season.

The Tea Party wing of the Republican Party had the perfect strategy for upstate New York's 23rd congressional district: 1. Support a candidate who doesn't live in the district - in this case, Conservative Douglas Hoffman.

Bill Owens pulled out an extraordinary victory in New Yorka s 23rd Congressional District against the extreme right wing of a Republican Party in disarray, making him the first Democrat to hold that seat since the Civil War.

From a New York political observer: The biggest defeat for RINOs in New York wasn't the pre-election collapse of Dede Scozzafava in the 23rd CD.

Remember that "I Love Lucy" episode when the always star-struck Lucy eats at Hollywood's Brown Derby and finds William Holden sitting in the next booth? Hilarity, of course, ensues, with Lucy making a fool of herself trying to get Holden's attention -- not the first fan to try interacting with a celebrity trying to have a quiet dinner at a ...

The Democratic governor of New York, David Paterson, has issued a proclamation calling for an extraordinary session of both houses of the New York State Legislature to tackle a handful of issues.

Authorities say a state transportation department employee has been struck and killed while directing traffic at a work zone in central New York.

In New York, "Leonardo Da Vinci's Workshop: Inventor + Artist + Dreamer," opens Nov.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 3:44 pm US/Eastern GALEN, N.Y. Authorities say a central New York man has been charged with trying to set fire to a car where his estranged wife sought refuge during a domestic dispute.

ALBANY -- Voters on Tuesday rejected some Democratic county leaders across New York in what appears to be widespread displeasure with the state's high taxes and an anti-incumbent movement, particularly in the suburbs.

Palestinians may have to abandon the goal of an independent state if Israel continues to expand Jewish settlements and the United States does not stop it, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday.

The Swiss government on Wednesday suspended a deal to repair its damaged relations with Libya until two Swiss citizens held in the Arab country are allowed to return home.

Stephen Wiltshire was diagnosed as autistic at aged three, did not speak until five but as an adult sells his art for thousands of British pounds.

Share + Nov 3, 2009 3:00 pm US/Central NEW YORK 1 of 1 President Barack Obama speaks as New Jersey Gov.

Republican Chris Christie, a 47-year-old former federal prosecutor, became the first member of his party in a dozen years to win a statewide contest in heavily Democratic New Jersey.

Obama's political clout was on the line Tuesday as Virginia and New Jersey chose governors in contests that could serve as warning signs for Democrats about the public's mood heading into an important midterm election year.

Share + Nov 3, 2009 10:15 am US/Central By ROB MORRISON, WCBS-TV NEW YORK 1 of 1 The USS New York, an amphibious transport dock ship, arrives in New York November 2, 2009.

Alex Anfanger, left, and Kevin Thomas Collins are shown in a scene from Jay Bernzweig's comedy "Made in Heaven," now playing at off-Broadway's SoHo Playhouse in New York.

The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes the Statue of Liberty as it arrives Monday, Nov.

The warship USS New York, named to honor the thousands who died in the World Trade Center eight years ago, is being welcomed by the people of New York.

A burst of star power Monday brought the vice president, a former presidential candidate, a country singer and the man who used to be "America's mayor" to a largely rural patch of upstate New York as a Democrat tried to fend off a late-campaign surge from a maverick conservative.

Najibullah Zazi, 24, arrives at the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in downtown with his attorney Art Folsom September 17, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.

What's at stake in Tuesday's election: GOVERNORS: Voters in two states, New Jersey and Virginia, are electing governors.

A Navy assault ship built with steel from the fallen World Trade Center and named in honor of the city and state that were home to the twin towers is making its inaugural visit there.

NEW YORK a ' David Tarloff lives in a deeply troubled inner world. He was diagnosed as schizophrenic and hospitalized more than a dozen times before hacking a Manhattan psychologist to death with a meat cleaver.

Top Obama administration officials say they will work with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, despite continuing doubts about his credibility.

After-hours are for vampires. After-hours in New York are where it's always Halloween-and never more debauched than on Halloween night at Purgatorio, rechristened PostPurgatorio by the Saint at Large for their All Saints priapic bacchanal.

A New York meat company has recalled almost 546,000 pounds of ground beef because of links to a death and illnesses in New Hampshire, in addition to illnesses from E. coli bacteria in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts.

New York City has an election next week and, however cynical many of the city's voters may have become about politicians, one candidate should shock them.

In this Jan. 30, 2009 file photo, rapper Lil Wayne arrives on the red carpet for the ESPN Next Big Weekend Super Bowl XLIII party in Tampa, Fla.

SILVAN JOHNSON has not been this fired up since Sarah Palin joined John McCain's presidential ticket.