Obama apologizes for saying troops’ lives ‘wasted’
February 14, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
CNN reported that democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is apologizing for saying the lives of the more than 3,000 U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war were “wasted.”
During his first campaign trip this weekend, the Illinois senator told a crowd in Iowa: “We now have spent $400 billion and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted.” (Watch Obama announce his candidacy)
He immediately apologized on Sunday, saying the remark was “a slip of the tongue.” Read more
Barack Obama slams Australian prime minister’s ‘cowboy rhetoric’
February 12, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has blasted as “empty rhetoric” Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s attack on Senator Obama’s plan to bring US troops home from Iraq.
The 45-year-old senator waded into a major foreign policy row just one day after formally announcing his candidacy, telling Mr Howard he should dispatch 20,000 Australians to Iraq if he wanted to back up his comments. Read more
TV journalist Attacked During Story Shoot
February 10, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
You wouldn’t think being a local TV journalist would be hazardous to your health.
But then, you’re not Peter Silverman.
For the past few months, the CityNews ombudsman has been probing the case of a King St. West optician alleged to be selling counterfeit frames bearing the mark of some famous companies.
The Silverman Helps team has received numerous complaints about the product and so Peter went back to the store on Wednesday afternoon to shoot the next segment in this long running series. Read more
Sen. Obama launches White House bid
February 10, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) announced his bid for president Saturday, a black man evoking Abraham Lincoln’s ability to unite a nation and a Democrat portraying himself as a fresh face capable of leading a new generation.
“Let us transform this nation,” he told thousands shivering in the cold at the campaign’s kickoff.
Obama, 45, is the youngest candidate in the Democrats’ 2008 primary field dominated by front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and filled with more experienced lawmakers. In an address from the state capital where he began his elective career 10 years ago, the first-term U.S. senator sought to distinguish himself as a staunch opponent of the Iraq war and a White House hopeful whose lack of political experience is an asset. Read more
Late Playmate Anna Nicole Smith autopsied amid drug claims
February 9, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Late Playmate Anna Nicole Smith autopsied amid drug claims
A medical examiner was conducting an autopsy on late Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith, amid speculation the former model and reality TV star may have been abusing drugs.
Smith, who fought for years for the estate of the wheelchair-bound, 89-year-old oil billionaire she married when she was 26, died Thursday in the town of Hollywood, Florida. She was 39.
Both her sister and mother said they suspected the former model’s death may have been drug-related. Read more
McDonalds creams Starbucks in Coffee survey
February 3, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Belfasttelegraph reported that Consumer testers in the US have declared coffee from McDonald’s better than the brew at Starbucks.
The burger chain’s Premium Roast was chosen as the tastiest by Consumer Reports magazine.
It also beat the offerings at Burger King and Dunkin’ Donuts. Read more
Georgia Mayor Changes Name, Converts to Islam
February 2, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Georgia Mayor Changes Name, Converts to Islam
Mayor C. Jack Ellis, a practicing Christian throughout his life, on Thursday said he’s switched to the Islamic faith.
The mayor said the conversion also means he’ll be going through the legal process of changing his name. His new name will be Hakim Mansour Ellis. The mayor said he kept his last name to maintain family ties.
“It’s a personal decision, a private decision as to how one worships. But I do understand that I’m not a private person,” Ellis said. “But being the mayor of the city, I think people have a right to know what I believe in, that I am a man of faith, and the faith I’m now a part of is the faith of Islam.”
He now calls himself a Sunni Muslim. He made the switch, Ellis said, during his December trip to Africa. Rather than call it a switch, Ellis said it was like returning home.
“I went back to my roots I guess you could say,” Ellis said. “I did convert to Islam in December of this past year in the country of Senegal. When I say, “back to my roots”, Islam was in Senegal prior to the Africans being brought here as slaves.”
Since converting, Ellis said he attends the Islamic Center on Bloomfield Road during Friday worship services. He also said he’s practicing the Islam doctrine of praying five times each day. Read more
Woman Fights Lion To Save Husband
February 2, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO - Wildlife officials on Thursday credited a woman with saving her husband’s life by clubbing a mountain lion that attacked him while the couple were hiking in a California state park.
Jim and Nell Hamm, who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary next month, were hiking in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park when the lion pounced.
“He didn’t scream. It was a different, horrible plea for help, and I turned around, and by then the cat had wrestled Jim to the ground,” Nell Hamm said in an interview from the hospital where her husband was recovering from a torn scalp, puncture wounds and other injuries. Read more
Dancing video game helps kids keep weight off
February 2, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
West Virginia, which has the worst childhood obesity problem in the United States, is stepping up plans to use Konami’s “Dance Dance Revolution” to battle the bulge in its schools.
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Man bets wife in card game, loses
February 1, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
A Russian man lost his wife in a game of cards after putting her up as a stake instead of cash.
Andrei Karpov from Murmansk had run out of money in a game of poker and offered his opponent his wife instead of cash to stay in the game. Read more
