| Oregon suspends RB LeGarrette Blount for season (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 11:18 AM PDT  AP - A day after Oregon's college football season opened, it ended for running back LeGarrette Blount. Blount was suspended for all remaining games on Friday for punching Boise State defensive end Byron Hout in the jaw following the 16th-ranked Ducks' 19-8 loss to the 14th-ranked Broncos the night before.
|
| AP NewsBreak: Iran says US nuke documents 'forged' (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 10:53 AM PDT ![]() AP - Iran accused the U.S. on Friday of using "forged documents" and relying on subterfuge to make its case that Tehran is trying to build a nuclear weapon, according to a confidential letter obtained by The Associated Press.
|
| Obama's Real Test: Calming the Crazies Posted: 04 Sep 2009 12:18 AM PDT  President Obama wants to use his prime-time address to a joint-session of Congress next Wednesday as a way to jump-start the health-care debate. He would be better off trying to restore civic order that has become dangerously frayed over the last few months. The liberal interest group MoveOn organized a rally Wednesday evenings in Thousand Oaks, California, to show support for Obama's health care reform. Yet, demonstrating how snake-bitten the effort has become, a pro-reform participant bit off the finger of 65-year-old William Rice, a member of a counter-rally. Even though the incident bega
|
| U.S. Rebukes Israel Over Settlement Plan Posted: 04 Sep 2009 05:58 AM PDT ![]() A plan to approve new West Bank construction before a building freeze drew protests from the White House.
|
| Project Runway's Tim Gunn becomes Marvel crimefighter (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:53 AM PDT  AP - Tim Gunn is taking his fight against fashion crimes from the workrooms of "Project Runway" to the pages of a comic book. And, wow, does he get to wear a power suit.
|
| Texas DNA exonerees find prosperity after prison (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 03:47 AM PDT  AP - Thomas McGowan's journey from prison to prosperity is about to culminate in $1.8 million, and he knows just how to spend it: on a house with three bedrooms, stainless steel kitchen appliances and a washer and dryer.
|
| White House Visitor Logs To Be Released Posted: 04 Sep 2009 05:43 AM PDT  The Obama administration, in a significant policy shift, has agreed to release the names of White House visitors. "We will achieve our goal of making this administration the most open and transparent administration in history," President Obama said in a prepared statement. "Americans have a right to know whose voices are being heard." Obama had been following the policy set under President Bush, who argued that visitors to the White House could be kept secret. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued in June for access to the logs. CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan pr
|
| Critics march against Chavez across Latin America (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 03:07 PM PDT  AP - Thousands of opponents of Hugo Chavez marched against the Venezuelan president across Latin America on Friday, accusing him of everything from authoritarianism to international meddling.
|
| Pelosi Pushes Back: No Public Option, No Bill Posted: 04 Sep 2009 06:43 AM PDT  As the White House signals that it is willing to move forward on a health reform plan without a public option, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) sent a strong message Thursday evening: not so fast. In her strongest statement yet, Pelosi said that any bill "without a strong public option will not pass the House":
|
| Senate Chairman Says Health Care Bill Is Coming Posted: 04 Sep 2009 12:27 PM PDT ![]() Senator Max Baucus, who heads a key committee, said that he would soon lay down a proposal for a sweeping overhaul.
|
| U.S. Embassy fires 8 guards in lewdness scandal Posted: 04 Sep 2009 08:35 AM PDT ![]() Eight security guards at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan have been fired following allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct ...
|
| Gates: AP decision 'appalling' (Politico) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 06:58 AM PDT  Politico - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is objecting "in the strongest terms" to an Associated Press decision to transmit a photograph showing a mortally wounded 21-year-old Marine in his final moments of life, calling the decision "appalling" and a breach of "common decency."
|
| Susan Boyle shoots to top of charts - beats Beatles and Whitney Houston! (IrishCentral) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:50 AM PDT ![]() Susan Boyle's album is already a chart-topper - despite the fact that it hasn't even been released! Susan's debut album "I Dreamed a Dream," won't go on sale until November 24 but it's already Number 1 on Amazon.
|
| Outrage over photo of Marine Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:31 AM PDT  Defense chief Robert Gates calls the decision to publish a photo of a dying Marine "appalling."
|
| Wrong-Way Crash Victims' Family Raise Ante Posted: 04 Sep 2009 07:07 AM PDT  Todayshow.com: Their loved ones were among eight killed in a crash in New York. On Friday, their lawyer called on the drunk driver Diane Schuler's husband to provide a sample of his own hair to test it for the presence of drugs. Todayshow.com: Their loved ones were among eight killed in a crash in New York. On Friday, their lawyer called on the drunk driver Diane Schuler's husband to provide a sample of his own hair to test it for the presence of drugs. The demand was made Friday by Irving Anolik during an interview with TODAY's Meredith Vieira. Anolik appeared with his clients, Margaret Nic
|
0 comments:
Post a Comment