Archive for June 11th, 2009
CBS News
US Retail Sales Gain for First Time in Three MonthsBloombergBy Bob Willis June 11 (Bloomberg) — Retail sales rose in May for the first time in three months as US shoppers returned to showrooms seeking bargains from ailing carmakers, with little sign of an underlying rebound in spending. …Retail Sales Increase on Higher Gas [...]
Times Online
Reformists hope Iran vote will unseat AhmadinejadReutersBy Parisa Hafezi TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's presidential candidates ended a hard-fought and bitter campaign on Thursday, the eve of an election which reformists hope will prevent hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning a second term. …Thousands rally ahead of key Iranian voteCNNIran gears up for tight presidential raceAFPIAEA: Ahmadinejad [...]
MiamiHerald.com
Letterman sort of apologizes about Palin wisecrackThe Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — "Late Show" host David Letterman is apologizing, sort of, for jokes about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her teenage daughters. Letterman made several wisecracks on CBS' "Late Show" on Monday about Palin's visit to a New York …GOP watch: Palins vs. [...]
BBC News
WHO 'declares swine flu pandemic'BBC NewsThe World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting, according to reports. It means the swine flu virus is spreading in at least two regions of the world with rising cases being seen in the UK, …WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun, [...]
Times Online
Holocaust museum closed in tribute to slain guardCNNWASHINGTON (CNN) — The US Holocaust Memorial Museum remained closed Thursday, its flags lowered to half-staff in tribute to a security guard gunned down by a man authorities identified as a rifle-wielding white supremacist. Stephen Tyrone Johns was …Miami Herald reporter's run-in with Holocaust Museum suspectMiamiHerald.comGuard Remembered [...]
BBC News
US sceptical Netanyahu will back down -diplomatsReutersBy Adam Entous JERUSALEM, June 11 (Reuters) - The United States doubts a policy speech Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to deliver next week will satisfy President Barack Obama's peacemaking demands, Western diplomats said on Thursday. …US envoy urges prompt resumption of Middle East peace talksXinhuaUS envoy [...]
Times Online
WHO set to declare first flu pandemic since 1968ReutersBy Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, June 11 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation was poised on Thursday to declare that the new H1N1 virus has caused the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years, health sources said on Thursday. …Swine Flu Set to Garner Pandemic StatusABC [...]
MyFox Washington DC
Off to the (not so) frozen tundraUSA TodayPresident Obama is flying to Green Bay, Wisc., this morning for a town hall meeting on health care reform. It's part of what is now a daily public relations effort by the president to drive home the message that health insurance reform must be enacted …On [...]
ABC News
Guard Remembered as 'Soft-Spoken, Gentle Giant'Washington PostBy Christian Davenport and Paul Duggan Colleagues called Stephen T. Johns "Big John," for he was well over 6 feet tall. But mostly friends recalled the security guard's constant courtesy and friendliness. "A soft-spoken, gentle giant," said Milton …Holocaust museum closed for day to mark shootingThe Associated PressAlleged [...]
Sky News
Sarah Palin thinks David Letterman is a meanie and a creep…Maybe …NewsdayPalin's claiming Dave was talking about her fourteen year old. Or…was he talking about Bristol, who's eighteen? Letterman starts taping in just about an hour. [But…isn't this joke really about A-Rod as opposed to Palin's daughter? …Palin Vs. Letterman: Getting NastyCBS NewsDavid Letterman [...]