Globe And Mail: It’s a simple enough question, posed in a note this week from a reader who asked it first in a recent letter to the editor of the Vancouver Sun, which chose not to run it. “It was heartbreaking in the Dec. 6 Sun to see the faces – so young, once so [...]
Chicago Breaking News: Burris battles road blocks to Senate by Mike Dorning and James Oliphant Burris’ court filing. WASHINGTON — As U.S. Senate leadership developed an elaborate set of contingency plans today to keep Roland Burris from taking over President-elect Barack Obama’s seat, the disputed appointee promised not to “create a scene” when the Senate [...]
Braving the bitter cold, thousands of revelers from across the globe flooded Times Square Wednesday to ring in the New Year at the biggest party in the world. The buoyant throng of merrymakers exploded in cheers at the stroke of midnight as the ball touched down and a blizzard of confetti blanketed them from above, [...]
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Ummm … yeah … told ya so. And so it begins. BTW, (Reuters) FAILS to mention he is a … DEMOCRAT! Government aid could save U.S. newspapers, spark debate NEW YORK – Connecticut lawmaker Frank Nicastro sees saving the local newspaper as his duty. But others think he and his colleagues are setting a worrisome [...]
Reports people thought the fire was part of the show brings to mind the deadly nightclub fire several years ago in Boston. The swiftness of the spread of flames and the consuming smoke. And then the crushing stampede to live … FOX: 61 New Year’s Revelers Reported Dead in Bangkok Nightclub Fire BANGKOK, Thailand  [...]
Caption: Raw video:December 31/08:Amateur pictures show revellers moments before midnight in Bangkok and minutes before a blaze broke out killing at least 61 people. Kind of eerie to watch this knowing that minutes later 61 people would lose their lives.
Construction holes. In Iraq they were often known as expensive and elaborate IED emplacement projects, clearly sanctioned by tribal authorities. The Washington Post tells us: Witnesses: Man Drives Into Construction Hole, Flees A driver headed southbound today on 17th Street NE drove his Honda Accord into a construction hole while talking into a cellphone, witnesses [...]
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Hamas says one of its top figures has been killed in an Israeli airstrike. This is the first time aircraft have targeted a senior member of Gaza’s Hamas rulers since Israel launched a bruising offensive on the Palestinian territory on Saturday. Hamas identified the dead man as Nizar Rayyan, [...]
NY Democratic advisers talk up ‘caretaker’ senator By MICHAEL GORMLEY ALBANY, N.Y.  Sen. Bill Clinton? Sen. Mario Cuomo? Don’t completely rule it out. The former president and the former New York governor are among several boldface names being touted as possible “caretakers” for New York’s Senate seat  people who would serve until the [...]