Posted on 02 July 2009
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Gov. Sarah Palin last week as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that pokes fun at “the crème de la crème of the most ridiculed newsmakers in America.” Palin beat out runner-up Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was notable for his “vigorous [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 02 July 2009
By the time a criminal reaches his 50’s he or she would generally like to emulate Michael Corleone and get out of the crime business and then there is 92-year-old Frank Colacurcio, Sr. Frank has been a thorn in the side of law enforcement since the FDR administration and the prosecutors that are about to try [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 02 July 2009
If you steal 75 million dollars and get caught, how much should you have to give back? Former MBNA Bank executives have agreed to pay $25 million to settle a shareholder suit accusing them of lying about the bank’s financial health so that they could sell their stock at an inflated price in 2005. The [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 02 July 2009
A rebound parent in New Mexico goes ballistic with his kids. A 71-year-old Albuquerque, N.M. father says he fired a gun at his two adult sons after they refused to do their chores. Sammy Shannon calls it a form of discipline. A police report says the sons, ages 22 and 29, jumped Shannon Monday night after [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 02 July 2009
The bear must have been channeling Yogi when it approached a northwestern New Jersey man. Henry Rouwendal says the black bear knocked him to the ground and made off with his Italians sub. The bruin made off with the bread, salami and other meats but must not have been a vegetarian, leaving [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 02 July 2009
There you sit on the runway and now maybe they’ll get that heavy sucker up into the air and it will stay until it is suppose to come down. It is time for another basic air safety video and demonstration that will NOT keep you on the edge of your seat, unless you are [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 02 July 2009
Authorities in Rumford, Maine are wondering if anyone is missing a snake. A really big snake, around 17 feet long. It has been seen twice slithering into a canal behind a local store and is thought to be a boa constrictor. This is where we get to the good news and bad news [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 02 July 2009
When the Iowa Supreme Court legalized same sex marriage two months ago you had to wonder how it was going to work out. The number of applications for licenses is climbing in parts of eastern Iowa. In two counties 171 same sex marriage applications have been issued. Almost three-quarters of the applicants are women and partners [...] Continue Reading...
The news came out of a German zoo recently…but before I get to that I would like you to hold your hands out in front of you, rotate your hands so that your thumb is upper most, raise those thumbs up and start wiggling them around. Amazing aren’t they, opposable, how clever of us. [...] [...more]
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