New York ( Brendan McDermid / Reuters / August 23, 2011 ) Workers evacuate a courthouse in Manhattan after an earthquake shakes New York and other East Coast states.

Baltimore (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press / August 23, 2011) Evacuated office workers in Baltimore, with a Baltimore Gas & Electric employee in the foreground, wait for word.

Washington, D.C. ( J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press / August 23, 2011 ) Evacuated workers on a downtown sidewalk in the nation's capital.

Washington, D.C. ( J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press / August 23, 2011 ) Evacuated workers on a downtown sidewalk in the nation's capital.

Communicating (Patrick Semansky, Associated Press / August 23, 2011) People turn to their cellphones outside a Baltimore office building.

Court adjourned (BRENDAN MCDERMID, Reuters / August 23, 2011) Workers leave a state courthouse building in New York.

Relief (Patrick Semansky, Associated Press / August 23, 2011) Susan Sproul, left, and Susan Davidson hug after evacuating from their building in Baltimore,

On foot (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Associated Press / August 23, 2011) Pedestrians crowd a downtown Washington intersection after office buildings were evacuated.

Recess called (BRENDAN MCDERMID, Reuters / August 23, 2011) Court officers stand outside an evacuated New York state courthouse building in Lower Manhattan.

Checking in (Patrick Semansky, Associated Press / August 23, 2011) Peggy Shanks, left, calls her granddaughter while sitting with co-worker Terri DeLibro outside an evacuated Baltimore office building.

Quake mapping (U.S. Geological Survey / August 23, 2011) A map as displayed on the U.S. Geological Survey's website after the quake. The red square, indicating earthquake activity in the preceding hour, shows the earthquake's epicenter in Virginia. The blue symbol indicates a quake activity in the preceding 24 hours.

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Jeff Dunham

Comedian Jeff Dunham, whose concert two years ago was the first major show at what was then known as the Lucas County Arena, is returning to Toledo for a show at the venue Nov. 27.
Tickets for Dunham's show at what is now the Huntington Center go on sale Sept. 30 at 10 a.m. through the Huntington Center box office, Ticketmaster, all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com, and by phone at 800-745-3000.
His show will be on a Sunday at 5 p.m. Ticket prices have not been set.
He features "sidekick" puppets and he has added two new characters to his repertoire — Achmed Junior, the son of Achmed the Dead Terrorist, and Little Jeff, who is a doppelganger for the comedian. It's a new show and if you want a sneak peek there will be a Comedy Central special called Controlled Chaos on Sept. 25.

7 wonders of the world have been ordered in the range from antiquity to present time wonders that describes as world most natural and spectacular manmade structures depicted as the wonders of the world in ancient period.
Seven Wonders of the World, they are in remarkable creation and they look so popular and designated most incredible structure.
The list of remarkable places are to be insisted in the region and the value path on the systematic behavior on showing could be varied and the problematic behavior to chose and everyone gave the fame to know the place and dictating the meaningful information. There were in the figure mostly on the great chance of knowing the value of ancient glory.
The most sighting place were in Ancient period would also connected with another one and related to manmade things were to be created in the sense of effort made in man power and materials in the European region. Ancient places China and India in specifically on India the man made site were high on the above listed out as the world seven wonders at ancient period.

Martin Luther King Jr Statue

ABC News' Jennifer Wlach reports: In the early morning hours Monday, media from across the nation gathered for a first-look at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. National Park Service and memorial organizers welcomed the media to tour the space—some of the first unfettered access to the memorial before it is accessible to the public this afternoon. Upon entrance, visitors will approach the 'Mountain of Despair,' a large rock cut in two, through which they can walk to the main memorial. As the memorial opens in front of you, the 'Stone of Hope' stands at its center—with a statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on its far side, overlooking theWashington, D.C.'s Tidal Basin. Encircling the monument are marble walls on which 14 of King’s most famous quotes from his speeches, sermons and writings are etched.

Washington will be celebrating Dr. King, his legacy and leadership in the Civil Rights movement, and the new memorial all week long. The memorial organization hosts luncheons on Wednesday and Thursday to honor Civil Rights pioneers as well as the Women Leaders of the Civil Rights movement. Thursday evening brings “The Message in the Music,” a concert honoring the music of the Civil Rights Era. Saturday evening is the Dream Gala, followed by the official Memorial dedication Sunday afternoon. President Obama, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Dr. King’s family, and other key figures from the Civil Rights Era are all slated to speak at the dedication ceremony Sunday.

The memorial has been a 15-year endeavor—beginning with a resolution signed in 1996 by President Bill Clinton to establish a memorial “honoring the life, the dream and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” on the National Mall. The ceremonial groundbreaking for the memorial took place on November 13, 2006. This Sunday’s dedication, August 28th, marks the 48th anniversary of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, which he delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.

Terrelle Pryor

Chiefs will see the former Ohio State QB twice a year in the AFC West.
Many Chiefs fans have decided that this is a good thing -- for the Chiefs. I noticed that Nick Wright of 610 Sports doesn't necessarily think this is a good thing for the Chiefs.
Former Ohio State Quarterback Terrelle Pryor will start for the Oakland Raiders by his 3rd year in the NFL. If not sooner. Mark that you saw that in print and on video here, first. You would have to be brain-dead, or not know football, to think that Terrelle Pryor, the most effective quarterback in Ohio State's storied history, would not start for the Silver and Black.
Raiders fans, if you're not jumping up and down, I will do it for all of you. For the Raiders, who have a history of misses in the NFL Draft, to make Terrelle Pryor the only player taken in the 3rd Round of the NFL Supplemental Draft, was nothing short of brilliant.
Why?
Because Mr. Terrelle Pryor is everything you want in a quarterback. He's got the size at almost 6-6. He's got the speed at a 40-yard dash time clocked at 4.39 and at 4.36 at his pro day, and at Ohio State once ran it in 4.33.
How does that compare to Cam Newton? Cam ran it in 4.59 at the NFL Combine, and the fastest guy, Tyrod Taylor of Virginia Tech and now the Baltimore Ravens, was 4.51. You would have to be an idiot, a fool, or a racist, to think that a player who could do that, and throw the football as well as Pryor did in his workout with Chad Ochocinco, could not play at a high level in the NFL.After that, Mr. Ochocinco said "With the right coaching after what I saw today with my own eyes he can be a great QB." And this from a man who was working out with the man he's going to be catching passes from this season, one Tom Brady.
On top of that, Pryor's ready, willing, and able to learn. Plus, he has a burning desire to show that he's worth much more than others, like ESPN's Merill Hoge, said he was. Merill made the same ridiculous statements about Vince Young that he made about Terrelle Pryor on Monday - that he should play wide receiver.
What The Raiders Need To Do With Pryor
What the Oakland Raiders need to do, and Raiders Head Coach Hue Jackson's the right person to do it, is coach and develop Mr. Pryor, and not rush him into the starting lineup.
With a full 2012 training camp and mini-camps before that, my prediction is that Mr. Pryor will be ready to start by mid-season 2012, and fully ready to start and manage a full game effectively by 2013.
All of that depends on the offense Coach Jackson installs. If Hue can resist falling in love with Terrelle's athletic ability and install a Bill Walsh-would-be-proud set of really short, ball control pass plays (of the kind not seen since the Stanford professor roamed the sidelines) - and forget the cute "WildHog" or "WildCat" crap, the Ohio State star could be ready to take snaps later this season.
In fact, the best thing Coach Jackson can do is NOT use Mr. Pryor in that way. It's what defensive coordinators are looking for, and will just get the man killed over time. In fact, falling in love with athleticism was the mistake the Raiders made with Jamarcus Russell, and was one of the dumbest coaching approaches I've ever seen. Say what you will about J-Russ, but he was not well coached with the Raiders under the army of offensive coaches the team rolled in, and out, of the door at 1221 Harbor Bay Parkway in Alameda.
Don't do it a second time. Please.
In Terrelle Pryor, the Raiders have been given a gift by the Lord - a chance to get it right one more time.

Obama tax plan gets addition from Buffett. President Obama's admired billionaire gave a addition today to the White House's alarm to access taxes on affluent Americans.
Warren Buffett, an Obama backer, wrote a Fresh York Times op-ed allurement Congress to "stop allowance the cool rich" with ever acceptable tax policies.

"While the poor and average chic action for us in Afghanistan, and while best Americans attempt to accomplish ends meet, we mega-rich abide to get our amazing tax breaks," Buffett wrote.

Obama has proposed catastrophe loopholes and tax breach for wealthier Americans as allotment of a accord to abate the federal debt. White House agent Jay Carney cited Buffett's cavalcade this morning while conference reporters en avenue to the alpha of the president's bus bout in Minnesota.
Buffett addressed allotment of his cavalcade to the fresh aldermanic cool board assigned to acquisition $1.5 abundance in debt abridgement over the abutting ten years:
I would leave ante for 99.7 percent of taxpayers banausic and abide the accepted 2-percentage-point abridgement in the agent addition to the amount tax. This cut helps the poor and the average class, who charge every breach they can get.

But for those authoritative added than $1 actor -- there were 236,883 such households in 2009 -- I would accession ante anon on taxable assets in balance of $1 million, including, of course, assets and basic gains. And for those who accomplish $10 actor or added -- there were 8,274 in 2009 -- I would advance an added access in rate.
My accompany and I accept been coddled continued abundant by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It's time for our government to get austere about aggregate sacrifice.
Republicans such as Brad Dayspring, a agent for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., aren't actual afflicted with Buffett's proposals.

"If Warren Buffett wants to pay added taxes and accelerate added of his money to Washington, why doesn't he aloof do it?" Dayspring tweeted.

Tara Reid and Michael Lillelund Married In Greece. Quite the weekend for weddings.
After Brooke Burke and David Charvet fabricated it official and two co-hosts on The View did the same, Tara Reid has abutting the chic of newlyweds.
The American Pie brilliant affiliated Michael Lillelund, a Danish businessman, in Greece Saturday, E! confirms. In added annual ... they were engaged?
The 35-year-old Reid absitively to breach the annual herself via her Twitter account, writing, "Just got affiliated in greece I adulation actuality a wife."
That aforementioned night, Reid additionally bankrupt the annual that she was engaged. "I got engaged!!" Tara tweeted, followed up by, "Greece married!"
Hey, sometimes back you know, you know, right? The brace met in Saint-Tropez in November. Congratulations to Tara and Michael!
Tara Reid had one quick engagement!
Just hours afterwards advertisement she was affianced on Twitter, the extra appear that she got married.
“Just got affiliated in greece I adulation actuality a wife,” the “American Pie” extra wrote over the weekend.
According to People, the 35-year-old wed Danish agent Michael Lilleund in Greece on Saturday.
Hours afore her bells advertisement Tweet she additionally wrote, “I aloof got engaged!”
According to the mag, Tara met her benedict in November in Saint-Tropez.
She was ahead affianced to Internet mogul Michael Axtmann, but the brace breach in 2010.