Earthquakes Rattle Iran Iran has been rattled by earthquakes both today and Friday. The first, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake, struck northeastern Iran yesterday, injuring over ...[more]
Obama, GOP Deliver Weekly Radio Talks The nation's automotive industry was the focus of President Obama's weekly radio address today. Just yesterday, the President was in Michigan for a visit to a Chrysler and a General Motors plant. Obama said last year's federal auto bailouts of GM ...[more]
Death Toll At Least 800 From Floods In Pakistan At least 800 people have died as a result of monsoon floods in northwest Pakistan. The BBC cites the UN as saying at least a million have been impacted by the deluge. The region's largest city, Peshawar, had been cut off due to floods. Officials ...[more]
Chelsea Clinton To Marry Tonight Chelsea Clinton To Marry Tonight
(New York, NY) -- Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton will marry investment banker Marc Mezvinsky this evening in what's expected to be a lavish ceremony in Rhinebeck, New York. The event is reportedly is ...[more]
"Hee Haw" Co-Creator Dies One of the creators of the long-running country TV comedy "Hee Haw" has died. John Aylesworth died Wednesday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. The 82-year-old Canadian-born resident of Palm Desert had just published his ...[more]
Wildfire North Of L.A. Now 62-Percent Contained Los Angeles County fire crews say they're gaining ground on the Crown Fire in the desert west of Palmdale, which grew to more than 13-thousand-nine-hundred acres overnight, but is now 62-percent contained. Fire Captain Roland Sprewell says while ...[more]
Millions Of Frozen Mice Recalled MiceDirect has announced that it is recalling millions of frozen mice, rats and chicks due to fears of salmonella. The frozen animals were sold to be food for snakes and other pet reptiles. The company said salmonella can affect the animals and ...[more]
Christie Brinkley Pulls Home From Market Model Christie Brinkley is pulling her Long Island, New York home from the market. The asking price for the eleven-bedroom, nine-bath Tower Hill estate was at 30-million-dollars in 2007, but Brinkley received few offers. Instead, she put the ...[more]
Texas Rangers Deal Rejected By Judge A new deal that would have allowed a group that includes Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan to buy the Texas Rangers has reportedly been rejected. On his Twitter site, Daniel Kaplan of the "Sports Business Journal" says Judge Michael Lynn turned down ...[more]
BP CEO Says Company Not Leaving Gulf BP's newly tapped CEO Robert Dudley says the company is not about to leave the Gulf Coast because the flow of oil from the Deepwater Horizon site has stopped. Meantime, National Incident Commander Thad Allen says BP plans to begin a so-called ...[more]
Second Quarter Growth Slows The U.S. economy's growth lost steam in the second quarter with less consumer spending and investments in overseas equipment. New data from the Commerce Department finds the gross domestic product grew at a two-point-four-percent rate. That figure ...[more]
President Bill Clinton To Attend Wedding It appears the speculation is over about where Chelsea Clinton will tie the knot this weekend, now that the father of the bride has been spotted in the Dutchess County town of Rhinebeck. Former President Bill Clinton was greeted by a media frenzy ...[more]
Ethics Panel Will Recommend Reprimand For Rangel An ethics panel will reportedly recommend a full House reprimand of longtime New York Democrat Charles Rangel. CBS News is reporting the recommendation, attributed to Texas Democrat Gene Green who chairs the ethics subcommittee investigating ...[more]
Taliban Examining Leaked Documents For Info On Spies The Taliban is scrutinizing classified documents leaked on WikiLeaks to find out who's informing to coalition troops. A Taliban spokesman told British public TV station Channel 4 that the militant group's "secret service" will conduct its own ...[more]
Support Growing: Border Fence More Americans would like to see a fence built along the U.S.-Mexico border. A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows that support for the structure has grown nearly ten-percent over the past four months. Now 68-percent are saying they favor ...[more]
Boca Chica Beach Clear! It is safe again to go into the water at Boca Chica beach. State and county health officials say dangerously high bacteria levels have fallen back to a safe level, and the warning signs posted along the beach have been removed. They'd been put up ...[more]
Seaman's Body Returns To Valley The body of a Navy seaman from San Benito has arrived in the Valley. 20-year-old Belinda Annette Puga died last week at the San Diego Naval Station where she was based. The Defense Department is not saying how Puga died, and her family has asked ...[more]
Earthquakes Rattle Iran
