Tag: tuesday
U.S. House and Senate Reject Bush's Oil Policy
The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate voted today to stop increasing America's oil reserves. The decision breaks from the prevailing wisdom, advocated by President Bush, that U.S. oil reserves should be...
Flooding continues in Louisiana
Rain, rain and more rain. Shreveport Louisiana got drenched with rain over the last few days and remains under a flood watch. So far at least 125 have been flooded."A third day of drenching storms loomed...
GOP Stunned By Loss in Mississippi
"In a major blow to national Republicans, a Mississippi congressional seat that once voted for President Bush by a twenty-five point margin elected a Democrat on Tuesday. Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers beat out Republican candidate Greg Davis, the mayor of...
'Shamed' Austrian man kills family with ax
I wish this weren't real. Another father murders his family."(CNN) -- An Austrian man has confessed to killing five members of his family with an ax, Vienna police said Wednesday....
Oklahoma 19-year-old named town's mayor
A 19-year-old freshman Sooner was elected mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Muskogee has a population of just over 38,000. Even though only 19, John Tyler Hammons is not the youngest to ever be elected mayor...
Parents board flight, forget toddler at airport
In a scene reminescent of the first installment of Macaulay Culkin film "Home Alone", a Filipino family leaves behind the youngest brood in haste to catch a flight at a Canadian airport." A family boarded a flight on Monday in westernmost Canada, and forgot their tot at the...
Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors
As if things couldn`t get any worse for the survivors of the cyclone in Myanmar, now heavy rains are pelting the homelss people waiting for aid to arrive that is already delayed due to political matters. It is...
Five serial blasts rock Jaipur,India
Update- Five major blasts rocked different parts of Jaipur on Tuesday evening. All blasts took place in densely populated areas. Four people are reportedly injured in the blasts.
Jaipur, the capital of India's desert state Rajasthan, had three bomb blast in succession....
Georgia says "very close" to war with Russia
This is the kind of story that makes the crazy guy with the bomb shelter in his basement seem like he's not so crazy. Let's hope cooler heads prevail here."BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia's deployment of extra...
Visitors leaving flowers for spider monkeys at Va...
Visitors to the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove are leaving cards and flowers for the two spider monkeys - Jocko who was killed, and Mia who is believed to have been taken. Police have no information on the...
San Diego State SDSU Drug Bust - An in Depth Look
Will Carless of Voiceofsandiego.org provides a more in depth look at the San Diego State Drug Arrests."Wednesday, May 7, 2008 After 96 people, including several fraternity brothers, were arrested Tuesday for...
Jury in New York City convicts fan of stalking Um...
A man has been convicted in New York of stalking Uma Thurman, but he won't face much time behind bars."A former mental patient obsessed with Uma Thurman faces up to a year in jail after a jury convicted him Tuesday...
Sweden ranks world's best place for mothers
Among the many social benefits of living in Sweden are the long maternity leave and care for new mothers."Sweden has once again been rated as "the best place to be a mother in the world" by a U.S.-based charity in a report assessing the well-being for mothers around the...
India Test Fires Agni-III Third Time
"Chandipur (ABC Live): India on Tuesday test fired Agni-III missile, Surface to surface IRBM from Chandipur Indian Army's Integrated Test Rang at Chandipur in Orissa coastal line."
Kobe Bryant named NBA's Most Valuable Player
Kobe Bryant has been named the NBA’s MVP this year. This marks the first time Kobe has been given the award. He is the first Laker to win the MVP award since Shaquille O'Neal. Last years award...
