Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is facing fire from Republicans in his home state for making critical comments about the Tea Party movement. If you think that’s big..check this out. At 52, the life-long bachelor has been fodder for such rumors for years, but with the resignation of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho — the anti-gay politician [...]
At times both a friend and foe of the United States Olympic team, Stephen Colbert will be traveling to Vancouver as a part of NBC’s coverage of the Olympics. This is excellent news. The LA Times reports that Colbert will serve as ombudsman for the speedskating arena, and the speedskating team has named him their [...]
NEW YORK (AFP) – International scientists nudged back the minute hand of the symbolic Doomsday clock Thursday, as they praised President Barack Obama for helping to pull the world back from nuclear or environmental catastrophe. “It is six minutes to midnight,” the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS), which created the Doomsday clock in 1947 as [...]
From Politico The Rev. Pat Robertson, on his CBN broadcast today, offered his own explanation of the earthquake in Haiti: “Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it,” he said. “They were under the heel of the French … and they got together and swore a [...]
Wow, these crazies are really making a “go” of this tea party thing. God bless their sorry souls…. Ex-AK Gov. Sarah Palin’s keynote speech at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville will now be open to the press at her urging, according to the event organizer. Tea Party Nation, the group hosting the sold-out [...]
Watch the news video clip here Witnesses have described their horror at seeing a tourist being eaten by a “gigantic” shark in South Africa’s most popular holiday destination. Lloyd Skinner was pulled under the surf and dragged out to sea by the shark, believed to be a great white, off Fish Hoek beach in Cape [...]
Emma Dausman and Judy Conner are great-grandmothers. They are state champion bowlers, too. The Grand Rapids pair recently won the Division 2 doubles title at the United States Bowling Congress’ Women’s Bowling Association state tournament near Bay City. “It was such an accomplishment for someone with my average. All I could say was ‘Wow,’” [...]
By: Andy Barr (Politico)The Olive Garden restaurant chain is denying that it canceled all of its scheduled ads on CBS late night comic David Letterman’s “Late Show” in response to a crude joke Letterman told about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter and instead contends that its ad schedule concluded. POLITICO reported Thursday that the company [...]
President John F. Kennedy once quipped that he was merely “the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris.” This week, Barack Obama might find out how he felt. The first couple’s trip to Europe Tuesday takes Michelle Obama to a land that likes her husband but seems positively fascinated by her. The British press in [...]
by Tara Weiss, Forbes.com With competition so fierce for every open position these days, even the smallest edge can make the difference in landing you that interview or even a job. One way to gain an advantage: Start a blog about your profession or industry. The concept is simple. Keep your blog entries short and [...]
