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 [...]
As a massive human tragedy unfolds in Haiti, relief organizations are soliciting credit-card donations through their hotlines and websites. About 97 percent of these donations will actually make it to the designated organizations — but the other 3 percent will be skimmed off by banks and credit card companies to cover their “transaction costs.” Thanks [...]
For 20 years, Clyde Persley of Santa Cruz worked more than 60 hours a week making candy, driving limousines and waiting by the phone to pick up extra hours at a restaurant. He bought lottery tickets and hoped for his big break. And he got it. Persley, 49, turned in his winning SuperLotto Plus ticket [...]
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A jobless Taiwan man released from prison stole a box of cotton swabs just to get arrested again because he “could not forget the police department boxed lunches,” officers and local media said Tuesday. The homeless man in Taipei first stole a pair of shoes on Sunday, was detained and released, the [...]
Attention women: What if you could detoxify your breasts and get rid of cellulite by wearing a special bra and panties? Some clothing manufacturers are suggesting that their products can do just that. The “Brassage” promises to massage away toxins and help prevent breast cancer.The Brassage, billed as a revolutionary “wellness bra,” retails for as [...]
A Washington woman visiting Wisconsin last year was arrested for drunken driving three times in three days, including twice in and around Kohler-Andrae State Park, according to court records released Wednesday. Jo A. Trilling, of Spokane, Wash., who was sentenced on the final two cases last week, was arrested in each case after driving off [...]
PRAGUE (AFP) – The fall of the Czech Republic’s centre-right government cast new doubts Wednesday on the future of the EU’s Lisbon reform treaty and overshadowed the country’s EU presidency. Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek rushed back to Prague from the European parliament after seeking to reassure EU members his political battle would have “no impact” [...]
WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats advanced budget outlines Wednesday that largely mirror President Barack Obama’s tax and spending plans while imposing marginal changes to tame ballooning deficits. “This budget will protect President Obama’s priorities — education, energy, health care, middle class tax relief and cut the deficit in half,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said after [...]
WASHINGTON – Federal safety investigators said Wednesday the flight data recorder from last month’s air crash near Buffalo, N.Y., shows the plane’s stall warning system had activated before the accident and there was some ice accumulation, but no mechanical problems were found with the plane. The National Transportation Safety Board said the data “shows that [...]
Fifteen of the largest 20 bonuses distributed by AIG, totaling about $30 million of their payments, have been returned, according to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Some of the bonus recipients have refused to give back the payments, others have been unable to be contacted, and other holdouts are still deliberating while they consider [...]
