april maher 17 of highland was killed in a pedestrian accident on october 7 2008 after she was struck by a hitandrun driver who is still at large. according to this abc news report april was walking with friends on del rosa avenue when she was hit from behind by a speeding car. the stretch of del rosa avenue is reportedly one without sidewalks and packed with parked cars forcing pedestrians to w... [Show More]
heres what an economist had to say about investing on abc 7 eyewitness news tonight
third quarter 401k statements are reaching homes now. dont look at your statement.
if you put more money in your 401k put it into treasuries.
if you are thinking about stocks think again. they look cheap now but theyll be cheaper later.
i suppose if you would go insane after seeing your 401k balance it would be a ... [Show More]
last friday night was the commute from hell for anybody trying to get through the lincoln tunnel. it was the third time in a month something suspicious had been found in the tunnel this time two liquidfilled bottles glued to the median. channel 5 news says the incidents appear to be linked
i would say theyre studying whats going on at the tunnel said paul nunziato of the port authority p.b.a. bec... [Show More]
palin speaks to thousands in carson. palin was introduced by shelly mandell president of the los angeles chapter of the national organization for women who described herself as a lifelong democrat.
in rarity for a republican event mandell bragged about her efforts campaigning for the failed equal rights amendment in the 1970s and her support for geraldine ferraro the democratic vice presidentia... [Show More]
governor sarah palin appeared outside los angeles in carson california
yesterday . video of governor palins speech is available in its entirety here part 1 and here
part 2. heres an excerpt from part 1 in which she talks about a
providential moment that preceded her appearance in california
yesterday . she says that she found the quote of the day from madeleine
albright on her starbucks drink ... [Show More]
a resident of 829 astoria boulevard complained of bedbugs but when inspectors arrived they found more amiss and now the department of buildings is shutting the apartment complex down reports wcbs. turns out the place lacks fire escapes sprinklers and smoke alarms and abc adds that all 15 apartments have jerryrigged gas and electric connections. no word as to whether they also found bedbugs....... [Show More]
ack paleontologists often take their lives in their
hands to get to fossils. in this shot theyre looking
at some t. rex fossils on a twofoot ledge thats
hanging over a 100foot drop.
thanks to hurricane ike most of us were still without power when the discovery channel aired their documentary about leonardo the mummified dinosaur.
luckilyaa local abc news crew came along on our recent trip to ma... [Show More]
im putting a new section on my blog. this entry will be updated occasionally as new media in the form of bloggers etc...share stories about the murders that have taken place around the obama campaign.
along the lines of my clinton death count blog postings which are encapsulated in this blog entry i will now be documenting those deaths that have been attributed to silencing those who know the tr... [Show More]
newvideopl ayerdrfran k def.flv 506 423 excuse the brief defamer psa but please do your part on behalf the local medical professionals being cruelly stiffed by medicaid especially dr. richard frankenstein whos featured in todays accompanying news video. he hasnt paid his nurse igor in months. kabc at least until diablo cody pawns her oscar letters to e.t. is handsdown the standout thriftstore ... [Show More]
i just got a short email from one of our loyal readers who spotted a derailment of a muni lrv at church and duboce just 5 minutes ago 1051am. im at home working so i cant see for myself...if any loyal readers have eyewitness accounts or photos send em in and well post them with credit given of course.
another loyal reader brendan posted this photo on twitpic of the accident. brendan posted on twi... [Show More]
if you havent heard mayor daley has been pushing for the bars in wrigleyville to stop serving alcohol during the 7th inning during potential clinch games similar to what is done inside wrigley field. well he got his way and it never even came to a vote. the bar owners are scared to death of what the mayor could do to their business if they dont comply.
take this quote from tribune you say its volu... [Show More]
rga san francisco is moving to some new digs on 35 south
park street in the south of market district. meanwhile lamar advertising is moving back into downtown toledo which is a lovely little city.
just take a second out of your busy day please the top image is a picture of the street view of rgas new office. the bottom is lamars new headquarters. if you watch the video announcing lamars groun... [Show More]
todays award for vaguest news story goes to cnn which presents this report from californias kfsn about a list of offensive words taught to students at tioga middle school that included vulgar descriptions for sex acts and slang derogatory names in a lesson about inappropriate profanity at school.
during the course of the 135 minute report we hear from parents who are outraged and cant believe it e... [Show More]
weve had a lot of stupid shoved in our ears lately but this one leaves us speechless to try to get more money for our state gov. arnold schwarzenegger has proposed selling ads on those caltrans signs that occasionally flash amber alerts and traffic delays.
the reason these alerts work is because theyre usually not on.
as the abc news story says opponents question how effective the message b... [Show More]
kansas lags in energy conservation protecting environment lawrence journal worldkansas lags in energy conservation protecting environmentlawrence journal worldks 9 hours ago31 when it comes to protecting the
environment. environment america in a report on the nations clean energy policies identified kansas as one of 16 ...environment site attempts to block harper using strategic voting nationa... [Show More]
birmingham alabama out of gas Post Source: birminghamalrealestateandcommunitypics.wordpress.com Posted: Sep 22 2008 20:32:56
it started about 2 weeks ago now. i have been calling it gas panic 2008. i havent trade marked that yet so feel free to use it. hurricane ike went to houston and we all said houston we have a problem. gas prices here in birmingham jumped from below 3.50 a gallon to over 4.00 a gallon in just hours. it was crazy and the picture above became common place.
for those of you looking for a way to start ... [Show More]
...ely felt the jolt according to the aaa gas prices
nationwide rose 6 cents a gallon to 3.73 after ike. though the eye of
the storm missed the houstongalveston area the nation is in a fuel
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as a result of rise in gas prices the foreign import of lowgrade
gasoline may increase ... [Show More]
link to video
media obstruction in galveston
press denied access in the wake of hurricane ike
by curtis brainard
and fear of internet gossip should not prohibit responsible journalism. the abc news affiliate in houston carried a video of investigative reporter wayne dolcefino confronting texas governor rick perry about temporary nofly zones for tv helicopters over parts of the bolivar peninsula ... [Show More]
charmaine has been quoted by a number of outlets on googles recent policy decision to accept ads from prolife supporters
abc news google oks religious groups abortion ads
google agrees to place factual abortion ads groups on both sides question what that means
by ki mae heussner
sept. 18 2008
as part of an outofcourt settlement with a british christian organization google agreed wednesday to d... [Show More]
true crime report reader oxfordmom left a comment on a previous post about the disappearance of stem nc mother of two kelly currin morrisjust got the butner creedmoor news and they have a pic if scott morris on the front page and kellys honda appears to be exactly as they found it in the undeveloped subdivision. this report states that the husbands vehicles have been impounded wednesday for inves... [Show More]
thirteen things i miss since moving from philadelphia
1. having holiday gatherings at my sister friend kims house
2. my friends bud stephanie and tammy tam
3. the convenience of everything being within a 30 minute car ride.
4. south street
5. penns landing
6. the philadelphia flyers nhl games
7. philly cheese steaks chocolate malts from chinks steak shop
8. snow storms
9. wpvi action news i miss ... [Show More]
elizabeth duer age 27 vanished 11 days ago. on september 7 the calpoly pomona student told a roommate she was heading out to run an errand. she left her baldwin park ca apartment where shed lived for about a year in her silver honda insight.
then she just dropped off the face of the earth.
elizabeths cousin brent weaver told kabc in los angeles that it wasnt like elizabeth at all to simply w... [Show More]
i flew into houston the evening of wednesday the 10th to attend oca greater houstons gala. i knew ike would strike the texas coast but it appeared headed for matagorda bay not galveston bay houston would be rainy not ruined. by thursday morning i was headed to austin. on the way there i passed 29 ambulances headed the other direction. as i came into greater austin i listened to the governors press... [Show More]
censoring a disaster Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Sep 17 2008 13:43:18
many thanks to loki for the invitation to do some posting on whats happening in texas in the aftermath of ike. truly i am a pinch hitter.a while im more than familiar with hurricanes and the coast of texas i do not presently live there and i was nowhere near the area before during or thus far after the storm.a there is a vital group of progressive bloggers in the houston area.a many of them have b... [Show More]
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