Archive for October, 2008
Friday, October 31st, 2008
“So, where were we?” That was the bit of humor former Vice President Al Gore delivered Friday in Florida, the state that dashed his White House dreams eight years ago after a confusing ballot, dimpled punch cards, hanging chads and a Supreme Court decision that stopped a 36-day recount. In the end, George W. Bush [...]
Tags: 27 electoral votes, economic meltdown, forida, former vice president, gore, obama
Posted in Al Gore, Joe Lieberman, barack obama, bush, democratic nominee, democrats, election, elections, florida, john mccain | No Comments »
Friday, October 31st, 2008
A gunman who had been on the lam for a week held 11 fifth-graders hostage at a school Friday but was tackled outside a classroom without any harm to the children, police said.
Randall Hofland, 55, had released all the students and had turned over a loaded gun to one of the young hostages before he [...]
Tags: dangerous weapon, dozen police officers, emergency plan, fifth grade classroom, fifth graders, hofland, hostage situation, john baldacci, loaded gun, manhunt, safety check, school administrative district, school authorities, school secretary, school superintendent, seat belt safety, security details, state trooper, stockton springs, traffic stop
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
A 61-year-old former University of Washington staff member doused himself with gasoline and set himself ablaze Thursday in the midst of a crowded campus plaza. He died a short time later.
The man, who authorities did not immediately identify, died shortly after he was brought to Harborview Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg-Hanson said.
“We do not [...]
Tags: apparent attempt, ball of fire, big flame, brick plaza, fire extinguishers, flames, hospital spokeswoman, man in the middle, medical center hospital, onlooker, peter chung, police chief, red square, seattle campus, staff member, susan gregg, third degree burns, trevor preston, washington staff, water bottles
Posted in Bizarre, chemicals, college, crime, death, fire, strange | No Comments »
Friday, October 31st, 2008
With the presidential race in its final days, Republican John McCain campaigned across Ohio, struggling to gain ground against Democrat Barack Obama in a state that the Republican must win to have a chance of capturing the White House.
With just five days to go before the election, Obama sought to expand his lead in the [...]
Tags: battleground state, Biden, bush, maverick, mccain, obama, ohio, oil companies, Palin, polls, taxes
Posted in Joseph Biden, Politics, Sarah Palin, United States, barack obama, campaign ad, campaign staff, democracy, democratic nominee, democrats, election, elections, john mccain, news, ohio, polls, presidential campaign, presidential election, presidential race, republican presidential nominee, republicans | No Comments »
Friday, October 31st, 2008
A rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found nesting on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, officials said Friday.
Four leathery, white eggs from an indigenous tuatara were found by staff at the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in the capital, Wellington, during routine maintenance work [...]
Tags: acre wilderness, concrete proof, conservation manager, dinosaur age, empson, incubation, karori wildlife sanctuary, maintenance work, million years, native birds, native species, new zealand mainland, offshore islands, pineal gland, predator proof fence, reptile, routine maintenance, third eye, tuatara, two rows
Posted in biology, dinosaur, discovery, eggs, new zealand, news, reptile, science | No Comments »
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Gen. David Petraeus took the helm at Central Command on Friday, assuming responsibility for U.S. military operations not only in Iraq - where he is widely credited with leading a historic turnaround - but also in Afghanistan, where American fortunes appear darker.
The promotion also puts him at the forefront of U.S. efforts to deal with [...]
Tags: afghanistan, al-Qaida, Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, egypt, General David Petraeus, iraq, Lt Gen Martin Dempsey, militants, Osama Bin Laden, pakistan, taliban
Posted in Army, Marines, Petraeus, Politics, United States, Washington DC, air force, al qaeda, international, iraq, military, news, pakistan, taliban, terrorism, terrorists | No Comments »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
A small cluster of villages in eastern Netherlands has found itself in the midst of a mini-baby boom — nine months after a power outage plunged its residents in darkness for two chilly days.
“It was cold in the houses,” said Anneleas van Eijkeren, spokeswoman for the municipality of Maasdriel. “They went to bed early to [...]
Tags: babies, baby boom, cables, chilly days, CNN, darkness, declining birth rate, electricity, helicopter, holland, inhabitants, joke, low temperature, mini baby, municipality spokeswoman, nine months, power outage
Posted in Netherlands, biology, children, news | No Comments »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
At the premier for the movie, Soul Men, hip hop legend, Ice-T and his über-hot wife, Coco, were in attendance. When asked about Hallowee, Coco told NY Magazine that she loves her day, Halloween, because it means she can finally go naked. Of course, that caught everyone’s attention as she went to say [...]
Tags: attendance, chicks, coco, girls, halloween, hip hop, hot wife, naked, soul men, wild
Posted in Celeb News, hip hop, sexy women | No Comments »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Robert Downey Jr. inked a four-film deal with Marvel Studios. The deal includes the first Iron Man movie as well as reprising his Tony Stark character for Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3. The fourth titles is in addition to The Avengers about a team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain American, Hulk, Wasp, [...]
Tags: avengers, don cheadle, executive producer, film deal, giant man, hawkeye, hulk, iron man movie, jim rhodes, jon favreau, marvel studios, robert downey, robert downey jr, thor, war machine, wasp
Posted in Celeb News, arts/culture, business | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin accused the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday of protecting Barack Obama by withholding a videotape of the Democrat attending a 2003 party for a Palestinian-American professor and critic of Israel.
The paper said it had written about the event in April and would not release the tape because of a [...]
Tags: american professor, barack obama, bill ayers, characterization, columbia university, common ground, critical comments, israeli issues, jamie gold, john mccain, l a times, longtime friend, los angeles times, palestine liberation organization, palestine research, palestinian issue, perpetrator, rashid khalidi, Sarah Palin, videotape
Posted in Los Angeles, Palestinian, Politics, Sarah Palin, barack obama, democratic nominee, election, elections, government, israel, news, newspaper, presidential campaign, presidential election, presidential race, republican presidential nominee, terrorism, terrorists | No Comments »