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February 07
Time for the Super Bowl!
related link: Are the Colts likely to win?


posted by CalGal at 12:12pm
January 24
Saints beat Vikings in OT, head to 1st Super Bowl
related link: Saints vs. Colts in Miami


posted by CalGal at 10:39pm
January 18
December 30
Eight Americans Are Killed in Afghan Blast
related link: WSJ

Attack occurred at a facility associated with the U.S. Embassy.


posted by theDiva at 02:47pm
December 27
Police Arrest 'Disruptive' Passenger Aboard Plane at Detroit Airport
related link: Fox

Police have arrested a Nigerian airline passenger following a disruption on the same Detroit-bound flight that was attacked Christmas Day by another Nigerian man who attempted to blow up the aircraft while in flight.


posted by theDiva at 03:27pm
December 25
Al-Qaeda Operative Tries, Fails to Blow Up Airliner on Christmas Day
related link: Nigerian muslim was stopped by passengers.

The suspect suffered third degree burns and was taken into custody. The passengers, two of whom suffered minor injuries, left the Delta Air Lines plane, which had departed from Amsterdam.

"We believe this was an attempted act of terrorism," a White House official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. President Barack Obama is on vacation in Hawaii and was monitoring the situation.

Representative Peter King, who sits on the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, said the explosive device was "fairly sophisticated," and the suspect was a 23-year-old Nigerian.


Continue reading Al-Qaeda Operative Tries, Fails to Blow Up Airliner on Christmas Day

posted by GregD at 08:52pm
Attempted terrorist attack on flight from the Netherlands to Detroit

White House classifies incident as attempted terrorist attack


posted by javajeanelaine at 08:50pm
December 21
Snow storm buries the U.S. East Coast
related link: Source: NASA

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this view of the Chesapeake Bay region as the clouds were clearing on December 20.

Al Gore reportedly commented, "Snow? Never heard of it."


posted by theDiva at 11:19pm
December 19
GM to close down SAAB
related link: http://www.thelocal.se/23928/20091218/

US car maker General Motors is to shut down Saab as talks collapse with Dutch sportscar manufacturer Spyker over the acquisition of GM's Swedish unit, Reuters reports

GM said in a statement it failed to reach an agreement with Dutch sports car maker Spyker on a sale of the division, following the withdrawal of a bid from Sweden's Koenigsegg Group AB.

posted by Ase at 02:14am
December 12
Woods Puts Golf on Hold Indefinitely
related link: Tiger Woods Foundation Will Continue


posted by javajeanelaine at 11:09am
December 07
Single mom wins Nobel prize
related link: A day in the 'normal' life of a Nobel Prize winner

Something more uplifting than climate change and sex scandals.


posted by CurbSide at 03:38pm
November 27
Tiger Woods injured in car crash
related link: Link.

Golfing superstar Tiger Woods has been seriously injured in a car accident near East Lake, Fla., according to Florida media reports.

Citing a report from Florida Highway Patrol, local media outlets said that Woods pulled out of his driveway at around 2:25 a.m. ET, struck a fire hydrant, and then a tree at his neighbour's property.

He was transported to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee in serious condition.


posted by Patience at 03:02pm
November 20
Hackers target leading climate research unit
related link: BBC

E-mails reportedly from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU), including personal exchanges, appeared on the internet on Thursday.

Among the excerpts:

I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline.

posted by theDiva at 07:34pm
November 10
John Allen Muhammad executed for sniper killing
related link: Decision to try in Virginia, with speedy appeals process, pays off.

Greensville Correctional Center, where Muhammed was executed.

(beats a picture of the killer)


posted by CalGal at 11:19pm
November 05
Yanks win #27
related link: Yahoo

It had been nearly a half-century since players had won five titles with one team. The last to do it? Of course a bunch of Yankees: Yogi Berra (10 titles), Mickey Mantle (seven) and Whitey Ford (six) in 1962....


posted by Nicholas Kronos at 12:14am
October 29
October 25
Twin car bombs in Baghdad kill 132, injure more than 500
related link: BBC

The blasts hit the ministry of justice and a provincial government office near the heavily fortified Green Zone.

They came in quick succession at 1030 (0730 GMT) as people headed to work during the morning rush hour.

This is the deadliest attack in Iraq since August 2007 and comes three months after the US handed security control of cities to local forces.


posted by theDiva at 11:38pm
October 20
Judge revokes Bernard Kerik bail, sends ex-NYPD top cop to jail for trying to taint jury pool


posted by Carene Lydia at 04:40pm
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