Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich ignores President-elect Obama’s call to reassign. News from CHICAGO – His career in shreds, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich clung defiantly to power Wednesday, ignoring a call to step down from President-elect Barack Obama and a warning that Senate Democrats will not let him appoint a new senator from the state.
“Everyone is [...]
Obama’s replacement should be black, but when the white president will return. Although Barack Obama’s historic election will place an African-American in the White House, it will reduce the number of African-Americans in the Senate to zero.
That’s an even lonelier number than one, and it is not a number that this nation should be proud [...]
Jesse Jackson Jr. entangled in Illinois government scandal. Rep. Jackson: I am not target of investigation News from CHICAGO – Four days before the election, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich claimed someone came to him with a deal about filling Barack Obama’s soon-to-be open U.S. Senate seat.
“We were approached `pay to play,’” Blagojevich said as FBI [...]
Job Loss: Lost: 1.9 million jobs. November: Most jobs lost since 1974. The 2008 tally soars after payrolls shrink by 533,000 in November, biggest one-month decline in nearly 34 years. Unemployment soars to 6.7%. Wall Street weakens on jobs report: Stocks retreat as economy sheds 533,000 jobs in November – the worst monthly decline in [...]
President Bush, addressing recession and dismal jobs report, says he’s ‘concerned about viability’ of Big Three Auto. News from NEW YORK — On the heels of the worst job-loss report in more than 30 years, President Bush on Friday urged Congress to act next week to help the ailing Big Three automakers, but stressed they [...]
Bush and Hill leaders: Job losses argue for auto help; differ on how to pay. President Bush and congressional leaders seized on grim new unemployment data on Friday to rally support for a rescue of U.S. automakers, although they clashed over the terms for aid and where the money would come from.
General Motors Chief Executive [...]
Residents of Mumbai, India, march in the streets on Dec. 3, 2008, to protest against the recent attacks on their city. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice landed in Islamabad on Thursday walking on a diplomatic tight-rope. She had just been through India and knew that New Delhi wanted Washington’s help in getting Pakistan to [...]
US mulls unusual tactic as Blackwater charges loom. News from WASHINGTON – Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences under an aggressive anti-drug law being considered as the Justice Department readies indictments, people close to the case said.
Charges could be announced as early [...]
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Relax Elisha Cuthbert, The NHL Doesn’t Think You’re A Slag. Jack Bauer’s booby daughter and Paris Hilton’s alleged tonguey faux-lesbian pal she may be, but don’t you ever say anything mean about Elisha Cuthbert.
Actually, let’s be a little clearer. Don’t you ever say anything mean about Elisha Cuthbert if you’re a professional ice [...]
Elisha Cuthbert, NHL and the Dalls Stars Hockey Players: Sean Avery Gets Suspended for Calling Ex Elisha Sloppy Seconds. Surely.
Dallas Stars hockey player Sean Avery has been suspended indefinitely for referring to his ex, 24’s Elisha Cuthbert, as “sloppy seconds.”
Speaking to reporters Tuesday morning after a practice in Calgary, Avery made a public dig at [...]