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Via: CNN.Com The child of one of President Barack Obama’s golf partners suffered a cut chin during the president’s Hawaiian vacation Monday, prompting a stir when Obama quickly left the course so his partner could attend to the child. The president and his entourage quickly left the Luana Hills golf course outside Honolulu and an […]
Via: Cnn.Com Part of an explosive device that failed to take down a plane last week was sewn into the underwear of the Nigerian man accused of igniting. Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is being held for allegedly trying to blow up a flight carrying 300 passengers on Christmas Day. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed […]
Via: WRAL.com New security restrictions swiftly implemented following a botched attempt to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day will make air travel more burdensome and could discourage some business fliers, key customers for the airlines. Passengers will likely face longer lines at checkpoints and less freedom to move around the airplane during flight. Leisure […]
Via: BOSSIP.com The 16-year-old girl suspected of fatally stabbing an ex-con lashed out after he and a bevy of men chased her onto a Queens subway train and tried to fondle her, her mother said Friday. Thomas Winston, 29, and a pack of thugs tried to pull Cyan Brown out of a subway car at […]
Virgin Unite named in ’25 Best Givers’ list Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite have been named in ‘The 25 Best Givers’ list published by Barron’s and consulting firm Global Philanthropy Group. The list recognises top philanthropists who insist on ‘more bang for the buck’ in tight economic times. Richard and Virgin Unite were recognised […]
Via: Cnn.com Government officials say that a passenger ignited a small explosive device on a Northwest flight Friday from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan, according to a federal government bulletin. At this hour the White House is considering the incident an attempted terrorist attack. That passenger was immediately subdued after he/she ignited several small firecrackers. […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama offered Christmas wishes to the nation on Thursday, including a special thanks for the U.S. military. They urged Americans to help support military families this holiday season. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said serving as commander in chief has been his greatest […]
Michael Vick’s peers appreciate his tough journey back to the NFL. Vick won the Ed Block Courage Award, voted on by his teammates on the Philadelphia Eagles, after the once-disgraced star quarterback returned to the league after spending 18 months in a federal prison for his role in a dogfighting ring. The Ed Block Award […]
President Barack Obama says the only Christmas presents he needs from his daughters are hugs. During an interview on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, Obama said he and first lady Michelle Obama decided several years ago not to buy each other presents. Obama says that doesn’t always save him money because he makes up for […]
The FBI has just released its files on Michael Jackson. Apparently they were contacted by the LAPD Sexually Exploited Child Unit to help investigate Michael Jackson after his case in 1993. Here is what TMZ found in the files. The FBI was secretly involved in the child molestation case against Michael Jackson, according to documents […]
This decade has been one for the history books: there were plenty of revelations, from America getting its first black President to communist China hosting the Olympic games (2008) in Beijing. 2000-2009 has been even more memorable, as far as financial scandals and murders on a massive scale are concerned. There were also those people […]
Via: Cnn.Com BlackBerry customers throughout North America were without e-mail and Internet services for more than eight hours after a widespread outage that lasted until early Wednesday. Customers began receiving e-mails again around 2:45 a.m. ET. Initial reports of outages came from BlackBerry around 6:30 p.m. BlackBerry did not give a reason for the outage. […]
