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(New York, NY) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick regrets his part in an illegal dogfighting ring. Appearing on CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday, Vick said jail wasn’t part of his plan and lays some blame on the way he was raised. Vick, who served 18 months at the federal penitentiary in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, […]
Via New York Times: Les Paul, the virtuoso guitarist and inventor whose solid-body electric guitar and recording studio innovations changed the course of 20th-century popular music, died Thursday in White Plains, N.Y. . He was 94. The cause was complications of pneumonia, the Gibson Guitar Corporation and his family announced. . Mr. Paul was a […]
VIA CNN: The Philadelphia Eagles welcomed Michael Vick back into the National Football League on Friday after the quarterback spent almost two years in federal prison on a felony dogfighting conviction. Vick, formerly with the Atlanta Falcons, has signed a two-year deal with the Eagles. “I think everybody deserves a second chance,” Vick said at […]
(Mexico City) — Authorities in Mexico say they’ve foiled an apparent plot to kill President Felipe Calderon. A mid-level member of the Sinaloa drug cartel has reportedly been arrested along with four suspected drug traffickers in connection with the plot. President Calderon has angered drug cartels in his country with his ongoing effort to wipe […]
(New York, NY) — Two air traffic controllers on duty during last Saturday’s mid-air collision over the Hudson River in New York have been suspended by the FAA. The agency says the controller in charge of the plane that hit a helicopter was on the phone when the collision occurred. The FAA is also suspending […]
(Washington, DC) — President Obama is taking his campaign for health care reform on the road again. He has town halls scheduled in Montana today and Colorado on Saturday. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the President will continue efforts to “address misperceptions and misconceptions” about health care reform. Citing one example, Gibbs cited well-circulated […]
The world’s population is on its way to reach seven billion people in 2011. Population Reference Bureau numbers show the growth of the global youth population is shifting into the poorest nations. Nearly 90% of young people live in nations known as developing countries. Eight in ten of those youth live in Africa and Asia. […]
VIA CBS NEWS: (CBS/ AP) The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes rose 7 percent from June to July, as the escalating foreclosure crisis continued to outpace government efforts to limit the damage. Foreclosure filings were up 32 percent from the same month last year, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday. More […]
(Abuja) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is wrapping up her 11-day, seven-nation Africa trip on what’s being seen as a mostly goodwill and listening tour. Clinton leaves Abuja today for a brief stopover in Liberia’s capital of Monrovia before overnighting in Cape Verde. She returns to Washington on Friday. The trip was Clinton’s longest […]
VIA NEW YORK TIMES: Our story so far: Chapter 1: Apple creates the iPhone. Chapter 2: Apple opens the App Store, an online catalog of cheap or free programs that you can download straight to the phone. Programmers all over the world write 70,000 apps for it that perform every amazing feat you can name. […]