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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Gerald R. Ford is dead (1913 – 2006)

Gerald R. Ford 1913 – 2006
Former President Gerald R. Ford has passed away at the age of 93. Wife Betty Ford release the following statement:
My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age. His life was [...]


Monday, September 11th, 2006

9/11 five years later

Today marks the 5th anniversary of September 11, the day when terrorist attacked the United States and bought down the Twin Towers.


Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

$365 Million Powerball Winners

$365 Million Powerball Winners© AP Photo/Bill Wolf

Clockwise from top left: Robert Stewart, Alain Maboussou, Dung Tran, Eric Zornes, David Gehle, Michael Terpstra, Quang Dao and Chasity Rutjens.
I bet they all retired from working at the ConAgra meat processing plant. It would suck to be the one working there and didn’t join in on the lottery [...]


Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Stanley “Tookie” Williams III

Executed on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at 12:35 AM (PST).


Monday, December 12th, 2005

Schwarzenegger Denies Stanley Williams Clemency Plea

Stanley “Tookie” Williams
The plea for clemency has been denied by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Stanley “Tookie” Williams is scheduled to be given a lethal injection shortly after midnight local time at San Quentin State Prison in California.
Stanley was a co-founder of the deadly street gang call Crips and was convicted of murdering four people [...]


Sunday, November 13th, 2005

The Unknown Cell Phone Bank Robber

No one noticed her when she was robbing banks. Now, millions have seen her on surveillance videotape, calmly talking on her cell phone during one of the holdups.
Still, no one can say who she is.
The young woman who calmly held up four Northern Virginia banks in recent weeks — without ever putting down her phone [...]


Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

Coming To America

Prince Charles and Camilla are coming to America. The Royal trip kicks off in New York City, follow by visits to Washington, New Orleans and San Francisco.
What is the feeling in America, who cares. According to a USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll the American public can care less about the visit.
59 percent of respondents saying they [...]


Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

Remembering Heros

[Jossip]


Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

In Memory: Rosa Parks Civil Rights Icon

Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
[Reuters]


Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

Tom DeLay Arrest Warrant

The Taxes Court has issue an arrest warrant for former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. This arrest warrant is for his conspiracy and money laundering charges. The courts in Texas must be having fun with poor Tom DeLay.
The warrant says:
To any sheriff or peace officer of the state of Texas, greetings, you are hereby [...]


Sunday, October 16th, 2005

Abstinence Goes Ivy League

There’s a new club in town and that club is an abstinence club. You got to blame the success of the movie The 40 Year Old Virgin for causing all this talk about not having sex. I guess this is a good thing on college campus given that so many students get drunk and wake [...]


Monday, October 10th, 2005

New Orleans Officer Beats Old Man

The Justice Department has opened up an investigation three New Orleans police officer in the videotaped beating of a 64-year-old man. The victim who received the beat was black and the three officer that are being investigated are white. Can this beating be related to racial motives? This isn’t the only time New Orleans finest [...]


Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

White House Spy

A former Marine who had worked for the Vice President has been arrested for suspicion of spying. More troubling news for President Bush, at least this spy wasn’t directly working for, but instead worked for Vice President Dick Cheney recently. Its still unknown how he got the job at the White House in 1999, so [...]




Avian Flu Pandemic Comes Ashore

After a weak governmental response to Hurricane Katrina and news of the deadly flu in other countries and before it reach the United States, President Bush wants to impose a quarantine in the event of an outbreak by using the military. The rate of death cause by avian flu is at 50% which is [...]


Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

American Suicide Bomber

An American suicide bomber at the University of Oklahoma at yesterday’s football game.
A University of Oklahoma student with “emotional difficulties” was identified Sunday as the person who was killed when an explosive attached to his body detonated near a packed football stadium, authorities said.
The body is believed to be that of Joel Henry Hinrichs III, [...]


 
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