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Its time for the pop culture lead. to borrow the final line from "get sorthorty," "endings, man, theyre harder than they look." elmore leonard died this morning. but readers will still be quoting his tough guy dialogue for years to come. be stingy with the exclamation points and never use any word other than "said" to describe people saying. the kinds of characters we know elmore leonard for never followed many rules at all. they were so compelling, they easily jumped to the screen. >> i got to ...

With a million exclamation points. can you explain what is behind the price differences? >> a lot of it has to do with the fact like we reported in our march 4th issue, medicaid operates on the theory that nonprofit is not for profit. they fold in details like overhead whooshtion d overhead, what it costs to keep the lights on and arrive at a reasonable figure. hospitals, when they decide what to charge outside the medicare structure rely on a double secret pricing menu called the charge master,...

Farley-dickinson delivered this nugget, 44% of republicans think that an armed revolution in order to protect liberties might be necessary in the next few years. disbelieving exclamation points? mine. 44%, almost half of one of the two parties that govern the united states of america. they think an armed revolution may be needed to protect our liberties in the next few years. who is fomenting this fear? why do presumably normal rational americans think an armed revolution might be necessary in t...

Tweeted this, captured, three exclamation points, the hunt is over. the search is done, the terror is over. and justice has won. suspect in custody. what followed is not something weve seen since the capture of osama bin laden when people showed up to the white house. residents poured into the streets. they showed immediate relief and emotional appreciation, cheering, saying thank you, waving american flags as they hauled the captured suspect off to the hospital. i think we have footage from bos...

Thought, she posted this on twitter. number 1, yes, thats 13 exclamation points. kind of hard to think in retrospe retrospect, but jimmy carter carried texas, the last governor to pull that off. but now governor rick perry is taking a step that some republicans fear will turn texas blue. well tell you how in the politics lead.

>> im surprised none of you put so far, at least, mike bloomberg on the list. you can start with what hes done in new york city. and i think the story isnt completely written on him either. >> no doubt about it. and you have tina fey on your list as well two exclamation points and a smiley face. >> i love her. thats all i have to say about tina fey. shes amazing. your list, joe. >> my list i think like a lot of us, steve jobs. i think no one person has changed america more than steve jobs. and i...

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Didnt have before. now they have. the office of veterans committee chair patty murray told us in response "its good to see that at least they say the secret hold has been lifted and thats a testament to veterans learning about these back room games and standing up to demand accountability. we wont know for sure until november when we now have to try this over again. my hope is that they have learned their lesson. the vote on this payment, the vote on the veterans payment will now happen in novem...

In the senate refusing to give unanimous consent. but today a top republican senate aide told us that now they have found time to get unanimous consent that they didnt have before. now they have. the office of veterans committee chair patty murray told us in response "its good to see that at least they say the secret hold has been lifted and thats a testament to veterans learning about these back room games and standing up to demand accountability. we wont know for sure until november when we no...

Asked when we checked into the hotel, what was the mass schedule. he needed that every day to make sure god was in charge. >> as special as he was, as crazy as it was with all you guys and all the responsibilities, he still wrote you noetsz so many times. you said almost every day hed write you a note. >> some days id get two or three letters and they were things he read at night. hed slip them under the door when i was in high school or college. when i graduated and got married, hed mail notes ...