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38-year-old with Down Syndrome who has been bowling for 30 years, said the president needs to practice more if he wants to bring his recent score of 129 anywhere close to his average of 165.…</p> </div> <div class="meta"> <abbr class="updated" title="2009-03-20T14:25:57-07:00"> 132 days ago</abbr> in <a href="/web/20090731145147/http://technorati.com/publications/www.foxnews.com%2F">FOX News</a> </div> <div class="discussion"> <h4>Attention [1]:</h4> <ul> <li class="first-child"><a href="/web/20090731145147/http://technorati.com/articles/vDaoNKd_gZE7r_RLUMW4FZz7RwYeNmKtDnEvP3froVs%3D?sub=0D_xrx2VAnv8DIa0RfCuNiIIPgdr35WTO8sVV4_y6pA%3D">Bossip.com</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ad inline"> <div id="adsense-text" class="module"> <script language="javascript"> zoneIdentifier="CB041998F5ED4C06"; var varCheckURL = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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He's obviously never met Kolan McConiughey, a mentally disabled man considered one of the nation's top Special Olympics bowlers, with five perfect games to his credit. …</p> </div> <div class="meta"> <abbr class="updated" title="2009-03-20T18:13:43-07:00"> 132 days ago</abbr> by <a href="/web/20090731145147/http://technorati.com/people/technorati/arianna">arianna</a> in <a href="/web/20090731145147/http://technorati.com/blogs/www.huffingtonpost.com">Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20090731145147/http://technorati.com/blogs/www.huffingtonpost.com?reactions" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 28,841</a> </div> </li> <li> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="/web/20090731145147/http://technorati.com/posts/NVZZ7ut07lzQWr59vQDGM66RMBtk6woEKurNXllyXTs%3D"> NYTimes' Cooper Somehow Misses Obama 'Special Olympics' Jab </a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p>All day Friday the newspapers, TV stations, radio, and the Internet were abuzz with Barack Obama's failed joke about the Special Olympics Thursday night on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. 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