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    COLUMN: Disgust with Rod could unite entire Prairie State  Dec 15, 2008
    BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Dec 14, 2008 11:36 AM:" (Are you sure you want to got into corruption by either party)Oh- so you agree that the Democrats are just as dirty as the Republicans, eh Hairball?And that the Democrat "Culture Of Corruption" meme was the height of hypocrisy- right Slow-Drip?Oh and, let's not forget about the Democrats latest global disaster: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.And of course- all those Obama backtracking-campaign lies, not to mention his Blago involvement."Hope and... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    Docs Pull Huge Hairball From Girl's Stomach  Nov 27, 2008
    ABC News: 10-Pound Hairball Pulled From Girl's Stomach ... 10-Pound Hairball Pulled From Girl's Stomach ... What they found was a foot-long hairball. (ABC News)

    Docs Remove 12-Inch Hairball From Girl, 11  Nov 25, 2008
    Foot-Long, Stomach-Shaped Hairball Removed From Girl, 11 ... An 11-year-old Indian girl suffering from a psychosomatic condition in which she ate her own hair had a foot-long hairball removed from her stomach, the Times of India reported ... In this recent case, the hairball had become so large it filled and took the shape of the 11-year-old s stomach. (Fox News)

    Woolly mammoth task: Critter's DNA mapped  Nov 20, 2008
    Crucial to the mammoth mapping are about 20 hairballs ... S.C. SchusterThis hairball contains the dark upper-cover hairs and the brown-reddish under wool from a woolly mammoth. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    Pastor profile  Nov 15, 2008
    One of my favorite books of all time is "Orbiting the Giant Hairball" by Gordon MacKenzie. Q: What is your favorite TV show and movie. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)

    So She Thought: At last -- a reprieve from 'election insanity'  Nov 11, 2008
    First, I hope they realize that when my phone rings and it's a "robo-call" on the other end of the line -- a recorded message which distracts my attention while I'm trying to cook dinner, fold laundry, or stop the cat from vomiting a hairball on the sofa, that it does not favorably dispose me to whichever candidate or proposition that call represents. At my house, we are Real Americans, which means family time is all about dinner, laundry and cat vomit. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    This Week’s Highlights  Oct 20, 2008
    to see Hairball at 9 p.m. This Twin Cities band re-creates the 80s rock scene, complete with about 20 costume changes by two lead singers. Among characters you might see are Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, Joe Elliott of Def Leppard or Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Preventing Hairballs in Cats  Oct 8, 2008
    Hairballs, or trichobezoars, result when cats swallow loose fur while grooming ... Most cats suffer from hairballs, particularly during shedding season, and although cats tend to vomit them up as an oblong mass, they re usually quite harmless ... However, in severe cases, hairballs can cause constipation or even block the digestive tract, necessitating surgery. (Suite101.com)

    Fannie, Freddie, Obama, McCain  Sep 9, 2008
    My cat barfed up a big nasty hairball on the rug this morning ... Dear if @ 3:02, My cat barfed up a big nasty hairball on the rug this morning. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    About A-backs and uni complaints  Aug 22, 2008
    The world is mental enough without some fat hairball encouraging him on the radio. What ever happen to being a gentleman with some class. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    A supercomputer takes on a killer  Jun 28, 2008
    One project is analyzing the complicated ways in which proteins interact - a tangle of connections Dr. Jurisica describes as "a hairball" - trying to determine how, for example, the same type of cancer can act aggressively in one patient and slowly in another. One of the computer's tasks is analyzing the vastly complex ways in which proteins interact, in an effort to determine how a type of cancer can act aggressively in one patient and slowly in another. (Globe and Mail)

    McCain's superfuture  May 20, 2008
    The farm bill is one big hairball of accommodations and trade-offs, apparently invulnerable to the forces of reform, presidential vetoes or even the reality of record commodity prices. Cheers to McCain for taking a principled stand against it. (International Herald Tribune)

    Pet hair, poop and other cleaning challenges  May 10, 2008
    Cobb: If you've got a hairball, or spaghetti didn't agree with the dog, accident on the carpet, the first thing you do is scream and run to get the paper towels and start trying to pick it up, which drives it down into the carpet fibers. Instead, reach for your baking soda. (CNN -- US)

    Our areas dirty jobsPosted 7 hours, 34 minutes ago.  Jan 23, 2008
    The worst part about cleaning the tanks is removing hairballs, Boerger said. Hairballs are solid masses of waste that accumulate around the air nozzles at the bottom of the sludge tank ... A hairball s composition can include actual human hair, razor blades, shards of metal, feminine hygiene products and condoms, among other things. (Lima News, OH)

    Wooten: A big, big win for Romney  Jan 17, 2008
    Not so the barren Dusty, who simply hacks up a hairball and declares herself clever. No Dusty, the only scabs around here can be found on your pudenda. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Editorial: New Leb attempts to herd cats  Jan 12, 2008
    Imagine the evidence needed to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt: hair (hairball. samples, paw print analysis, scratch marks on the crime-scene tape. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)

    Vets know: Dogs will eat anything  Jan 2, 2008
    Cats also often have hairball problems. One particular patient Brown remembered was a Lhasa Apso that came in on an emergency and was vomiting, weak and anemic. (Elizabethtown News Enterprise, KY)

    Strange Stories That Stunned Us In 2007 The past year has been full of strange stories - and Sky News Online has shown off some of the best. More...  Dec 31, 2007
    After suffering with tummy ache, the girl complained to doctors who scanned her and were stunned to see the monster hairball blocking her innards. Perhaps she should have consulted a certain 66-year-old man in China. (Sky News)

    The online list of all lists  Dec 31, 2007
    From the Web site, a compilation of a dozen of the oddest medical stories from 2007, including the girl with the 10-pound hairball in her stomach, the tree man who sprouted roots, the man with no brain living a functional life, the man who oozed green blood and the person who suffered from "the mother of all hangovers.". (Keith Darnay is the webmaster and designer for. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)

    Top 12 Strangest Health Stories of 2007  Dec 28, 2007
    Surgeons in Chicago removed a 10-pound hairball from the stomach of an 18-year-old girl suffering from a psychological condition in which she ate her own hair, according to a report in the Thanksgiving edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The hairball measured 15 inches by 7 inches by 7 inches when it was removed. (Fox News)

    Sit, someone, please sit  Dec 14, 2007
    " This is one of the many deterrents I have experienced in trying to find pet care during the holidays, a process so arduous I am surprised the pet industry is largely caught up in the manufacturing of dog socks and cat singlets, instead of cornering this urgent niche market. I have lived alone, or with various roommates, for six years now, and have only now begun to try to rectify the problem of regular, not-terrifying pet care, a concern that always spikes during the holiday season. That is,... (Globe and Mail)

    Safeway, UFCW Reach Accord During Eleventh-Hour Negotiations  Dec 3, 2007
    Monday, December 3, 2007, 4:52 am. You've heard from us, now we want to hear from you. (NBC 11, CA)

    Teen Gets 10-Pound Hairball Removed  Nov 27, 2007
    Hair-Eating Woman Gets 10-Pound Hairball - Health News Story - KPRC Houston ... Courtesy NEJM.orgDoctors removed a 10-pound hairball -- technically called a trichobezoar -- was removed from an 18-year-old woman who admitted to eating her own hair ... Hair-Eating Woman Gets 10-Pound Hairball. (Click2Houston, TX)

    U.S. girl with psychosis eats hair  Nov 26, 2007
    BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- An 18-year-old girl suffering from a psychological condition ate her own hair and formed a massive hairball in her stomach, U.S. media reported Monday ... Doctors at Rush Medical Center in Chicago carried out a scan and were amazed to find the huge mass of hair blocking her entire stomach and removed the massive hairball from the stomach by surgery ... The hairball measured 15 inches (38cm) by 7 inches(18cm) by 7 inches(18cm) when it was removed. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Ten-Pound Hairball From Teen Girl's Stomach  Nov 24, 2007
    Surgeons removed a massive 10-pound hairball from the stomach of an 18-year-old girl suffering from a psychological condition in which she ate her own hair, according to a report in this week's edition of the New England Journal of Medicine ... The hairball measured 15 inches by 7 inches by 7 inches when it was removed ... Once the hairball was removed, the patient was discharged and given psychiatric help. (Fox News)

    Doctors untangle the strange case of...  Nov 24, 2007
    Doctors untangle the strange case of the giant hairball - CNN.com ... (CNN) -- It may not be the most appetizing reading before a hearty holiday meal, but the New England Journal of Medicine is devoting part of its Thanksgiving issue to a giant hairball -- and not the feline kind ... Doctors say this hairball removed from a woman's stomach weighed 10 pounds. (CNN -- Law)

    Doctors remove 4.5kg hairball from girl's stomach  Nov 24, 2007
    5kg hairball from girl's stomach ... 5kg hairball from girl's stomach ... 5kg hairball from the stomach of a US teen who was suffering from a psychological condition which caused her to snack on her own hair, a medical journal reports. (Ninemsn)

    10-pound hairball in woman's stomach  Nov 23, 2007
    10-pound hairball in woman's stomach : US World. 10-pound hairball in woman's stomach ... CHICAGO, Nov. 22 Doctors at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago said they have removed a 10-pound hairball from an 18-year-old woman's stomach. (Earthtimes)

    4.5kg hairball in teen's stomach  Nov 23, 2007
    5kg hairball in teen's stomach ... 5kg hairball from a young woman's stomach ... Doctors Ronald Levy and Srinadh Komanduri from Rush University Medical Centre said a scope lowered through her esophagus revealed "a large bezoar (hairball) occluding nearly the entire stomach". (NEWS.com.au)

    Giant Hairball Removed From Teen's Stomach  Nov 22, 2007
    5kg hairball from the stomach of a teenager in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine" class="main" height="180" /> The hairball: Pic from the New England Journal of Medicine The 18-year-old went to her doctor after complaining of stomach pains and vomiting.Doctors carried out a scan and were amazed to find the huge mass of hair blocking her entire stomach. Advertisement The woman admitted she had been eating her locks for five years, the New England Journal of Medicine reported.The... (Sky News)

    Space Station Is Repaired in Spacewalk  Nov 4, 2007
    Dr. Parazynski, riding on an extension of the stations robotic arm to reach the damaged array, said his view of the repair site revealed a hairball of wire, with guide wire for the array caught in another wire running through the hinge connecting the panels. Looking at a close-up view available from Dr. Parazynskis helmet camera, Pamela A. Melroy, the commander of the space shuttle Discoverys current mission, said, Sounds like you have some surgery to do, Dr. Parazynski. (New York Times)

    Risky spacewalk repairs damage  Nov 4, 2007
    The spacewalker, Scott Parazynski, riding on an extension of the station's robotic arm, said his close-up view of the repair site revealed a "hairball" of wire with guide wire for the array caught up in the wire running through the connecting the panels. Mission managers knew that wires had become snagged and had torn the array in its deployment, but did not know the nature of the snag and had hoped that it would be as simple as moving a wire off of a hinge. (International Herald Tribune)

    What Your Cat Wants You to Know  Nov 4, 2007
    The Cat Bible: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know is an excellent place to start (Time.com)

    Joe Klein: Why Drudge is a Disgrace...  Sep 19, 2007
    " Those things mean that someone's ideas have to get shot down to make room for better ones. If that sounds mean to some of you softies, then consider that attacking ideas, as Drudge does, is harmless and completely justifiable. On the other hand, attacking a person because of his ideas, as Mr. Klein has done, is completely juvenile and un-American. Mr. Klein, the Chinese government would love to have you and your MoveOn friends do some character assassinations for them. Posted by... (The Drudge Report)

    Pet Corner: Diligence pays off when one feline’s problem won’t go away  Sep 1, 2007
    She must have hacked up a hairball and it got caught behind her soft palate on the way up. Her owner was very happy and I carried that hairball around all day showing people. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

    ON RELIGION: Movie gets tagged as 'Christian' and loses out  Aug 30, 2007
    "Reeking of self-righteousness and moral reprimand," spat Jeanette Catsoulis of The New York Times, a movie titled "The Ultimate Gift" could be considered "a hairball of good-for-you filmmaking coughed up by 20th Century Fox's new faith-based label, Fox Faith.". Wait, there's more, because this "cinematic sermon" makes sure that its "messages -- pro-poverty, anti-abortion -- are methodically hammered home.". (Harrisburg Daily Register, IL)

    HAYWIRE Hogwarts  Jul 11, 2007
    This being a magical setting, the dishware emit purrs, meows and, for all I know, the occasional hairball. Umbridge takes umbrage with Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) for talking openly about the return of Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), an evil wizard who killed Harry's parents when he was a baby and has been trying to finish the job for years now. (National Post)

    Fear of fireworks  Jun 26, 2007
    That means not showing various colors of stray hairs; must be impervious to little, sharp cat claws; must recover well from hairball experiences and dog drooling. Impossible, you say. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Condors making a comeback  Jun 22, 2007
    There, veterinarian Kathy Orr operated to remove a hairball trapped by two sticks Junior had swallowed. Such saves underscore the difficulty of returning condors to the territory. (AZCentral)

    Demand Woes At HD Supply Biz  May 22, 2007
    "It's a hairball," said Sanford Bernstein analyst Colin McGranahan, "a roll up of a roll up.". All of that rolling up makes it more difficult for potential buyers to know exactly what they are getting. (New York Post -- Business)

    Reasons for Cats Coughing  May 11, 2007
    Of course if you have a longhaired cat, her coughing could simply be caused by hairballs ... There are lots of cat foods on the market that now have hairball prevention added in so you can avoid this problem ... You can also easily find over-the-counter hairball remedies that are effective or give your kitty papaya supplements if you wish to use something natural. (Suite101.com)

    American Nutrition, Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall  Apr 29, 2007
    Blue Buffalo Spa Select Hairball Control Oven Roasted Chicken 3oz AUG 21 09 APR 15 10 Blue Buffalo Spa Select Kitten Recipe Oven Roasted Chicken 3oz AUG 21 09 APR 15 10 Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul Kitten Formula 5. 5oz 15 AUG 08 15 APR 09 Harmony Farms Country Chicken Entr;e 3oz AUG 21 09 APR 15 10 Natural Balance Ocean Fish Formula 3oz and 6 oz AUG 21 09 APR 15 10. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- Alerts)

    Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, helped bring demise of Soviet Union, dead at 76  Apr 24, 2007
    Then he inherited a large hairball of a job that he wasn't well suited to do on a day-to-day basis. . (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)

    Reader's Alley  Apr 16, 2007
    One of my cats deposited a very large hairball on the charger. After a valiant effort trying to clean it up, it refused to work. (Helena Independent Record)

    Blog: The Ice Man  Apr 13, 2007
    Oh, and by the way, evidently you didn t watch the third period of that game last night, because Vancouver had the freaking game put away and Luongo absolutely coughed it up like a hairball. Yes, they eventually won in overtime, but if Lehtonen had done the same thing, why is it that I have the feeling you wouldn t praise him for his mental toughness and would instead blast him for the two meatballs he let in to tie the game up. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    Pet project: a stroll down memory lane  Apr 10, 2007
    "Nikka: "Watch that sandpapery tongue of yours, hairball spewer. I'm full-figured. (Boston Globe -- Living)

    Obama raises $25 million from 100,000 donors  Apr 5, 2007
    " Maybe! wrote on April 04, 2007 1:23 PM:"He could donate all that dough to bail out his buddy the hairball governor. Then small businesses won't get burnt with the new tax he wants. (The Pantagraph newspaper)

    DeKalb cat sickened by recalled pet food  Mar 29, 2007
    just thought it was a hairball, so I cleaned it up and didn't think much about it, Cunz said. hen you use the same food for five years, you don't expect it to have poison in it. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)

    Home Depot names site  Mar 2, 2007
    Thomas Dewing wrote on March 01, 2007 4:41 AM:"The only people that this concerns are the people involved. Raising this much hell about it just adds more fuel to the fire and makes it more difficult for the victims to move on with things. Who can say what was or wasn't? I dont know. I wasnt there. Im pretty sure most of the people who have posted in this forum werent either. What's this about "BRINGING" mousetraps to the basketball game? Like I said they could've got them at the store when they... (Montana Standard, MT)

    Shear lunacy: $1.27m for Brit's offcuts  Feb 19, 2007
    Esther Tognozzi of Esther's Haircutting Studio in Tarzana, California, is hawking the high-priced hairball - along with the pop princess' leftover Red Bull energy drink and her blue Bic lighter. "We still don't know why Britney chose our shop. We'll probably never know," said the shop owner's husband, JT Tognozzi. (Sydney Morning Herald)

    Del Monte's Animal House  Feb 6, 2007
    In a time when indulgent pet lovers dish up meals flecked with yellowfin tuna and salmon for their pets, hard-core cat lovers consider 33-year-old Meow Mix as appealing as a hairball. "It's almost seen as unhealthy--as the McDonald's (nyse: - - ) of cat food," Joseph Tuza, head of Meow Mix, tells the group. (Forbes)

    Move Over, Rover  Jan 23, 2007
    Investors dumped shares of PetMed Express () on Monday after the company coughed up an earnings hairball. The Pompano Beach, Fla. (SmartMoney)

    Will ACLU Shake It's Money Maker?  Jan 20, 2007
    Another slam on the ACLU s shareholder activism: BellSouth actively lobbied Congress and the FCC to eliminate Network Neutrality equal-access protections meant to prevent your internet provider from privileging paid web content over cat lovers blogs and the rest of the hairball topics you ll find in an open net. The FCC imposed Net Neutrality conditions on the AT&T/BellSouth merger that expire in two years, leaving it up to Congress to extend any further internet protections (Maine s Senator... (San Antonio Current, TX)


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