Oliver VanDervoort
Digital Journalist based in Lincoln, NE, United States.
Joined on May 8, 2007
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The 1972 Miami Dolphins can rest easy after the Green Bay Packers were handed their first loss of the season. Meanwhile New England put a bit of a hitch in Tebow mania.
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Over its short life, the Fox television series, Glee has had some well-known guest star appearances. None of those guest stars have stood out quite as much as a certain Wookee will.
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Rumors have been flying for over a year now that the hit '24' television series was headed to the big screen. It appears that the movie is finally set to begin production.
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Trying to predict who will win this Insight bowl match-up might be as hard as predicting any bowl this season. At first glance, it appears that Oklahoma will simply roll over Iowa to the tune of a 50-10 type score.
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One has to wonder just how excited Steve Spurrier is to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers again. When the Ole Ball Coach was starting to build his legacy at Florida, his Gators team ran into the buzz-saw that was Tommie Frazier and the Huskers.
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Every year, iPad users go out in search of the best Christmas apps to help them use their tablet to get into the mood. The Charlie Brown Christmas App might be the best yet.
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Looking at what has taken place at some of the premiere college football programs in the country, one thing has become crystal clear. NCAA Football is at a crossroads.
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Perhaps it was getting swept out of Milwaukee and being on a team that managed four runs in a three game series. Maybe it was the trading of Kosuke Fukudome.
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While Jim Hendry has made numerous comments that have had several Chicago Cubs fans a bit nervous that the team might stand pat, it appears that they have finally begun dealing.
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Following the announcement of President Obama that there will a significant troop draw-down in Afghanistan, the country's president, Hamid Karzai has issued a very favorable response.
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Despite not having won a playoff game since 1994 the Texas Rangers find themselves just one victory away from advancing to the ALCS for the first time in franchise history.
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Years after he left the Oval Office, former President Bill Clinton is enjoying huge popularity numbers, according to a new poll.
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It seems odd that after weeks spent wondering what Texas, Nebraska and Missouri were going to do regarding the Big 12 that it was Colorado that fired the first shot in the realignment wars.
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NASA and GM will build a new humanoid robot that is expected to benefit both the space agency and the automaker's financial bottom line.
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Overall approval of Congress has fallen to a low that hasn't been matched in over a year, and that drop can be largely attributed to a lack of support by Democrats.
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South Carolina has enacted a law that charges a five-dollar registration fee for persons planning to overthrow the US government.
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Another usually strong Democratic seat in the Senate appears to be up for grabs. This time it's Barbara Boxer's seat from California that could be changing hands, with Boxer only holding a four point lead over her closest rival in the latest polls.
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No sooner had USC Trojans head coach Lane Kiffin locked down his 2010 recruiting class than he began planning for the future. About five years into the future.
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GOP candidate Mark Kirk holds a small but respectable 46% to 40% lead over Democratic challenger Alexi Giannoulias now that the Primary battles' smoke has cleared.
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Senator-elect Scott Brown (R), will be sworn in to office Thursday afternoon, giving Republicans 41 seats in the United States Senate, and ending the Democrats' filibuster proof majority.
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