tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-275981 2009-07-04T01:54:55Z World News' Daily Blog TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef011571b32060970b 2009-07-03T21:54:55-04:00 2009-07-04T01:54:55Z

HAPPY 4TH FOLKS-DON'T HAVE THE VIDEO LINKS TONIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. SARAH PALIN-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said this afternoon that she is stepping down from her office July 26. She didn’t give a reason why she...

Clem Lane tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef011571b02376970b 2009-07-03T18:14:29-04:00 2009-07-03T22:14:29Z

Today, for the first time since he was transported from Iraq to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, Lt. Colonel Tim Karcher woke up. Colonel Franklin Childress, who has been by his bedside since Tuesday, tells me that despite losing...

Lauren Sher tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef011571ae5862970b 2009-07-03T11:34:32-04:00 2009-07-03T15:34:32Z

"I can't pay bills with IOUs. I can't pay salaries with IOUs." - Thomas Bent, medical director, Laguna Beach Community Clinic, telling the Los Angeles Times he expects to receive more than $10,000 in IOUs as payment for services. "U.S....

Lauren Sher tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef011570b94355970c 2009-07-03T11:33:21-04:00 2009-07-03T15:33:21Z

North Korea has aired an advertisement on state television for its locally brewed cool one ….Taedonggang beer. Very unusual as North Korean TV is usually filled with patriotic programming and North Korean movies, not commercials. As a seven time visitor...

Lauren Sher tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef011570b152ef970c 2009-07-02T21:56:42-04:00 2009-07-03T01:56:42Z

Howdy folks-Clem Lane here. Hope you all have a fun, safe holiday weekend. Here's what's going on....... JOBS-We’ve had a wide variety of stories that have supplanted our nation’s economic recession/recovery from the front pages and first blocks recently. Today...

Clem Lane tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef011570b03b9a970c 2009-07-02T15:27:39-04:00 2009-07-02T19:50:16Z

America lost 467,000 jobs in the month of June. The sharp job loss that began during George Bush's presidency continues on Obama's watch. The new administration pushed through a stimulus plan aimed at jump starting hiring. But after fighting for...

Tom Johnson tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef011570aebbe5970c 2009-07-02T13:28:12-04:00 2009-07-02T18:03:31Z

ABC's Kristi Berner from New York: Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant may have won his fourth NBA title last month, along with his first playoff MVP trophy… but today he got dissed by the First Basketball Fan. The Associated...

Tom Johnson tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef011571a231bb970b 2009-07-02T11:25:57-04:00 2009-07-02T15:25:57Z

What did the imprisoned leader of Iraq say while being interviewed by the FBI? The Washington Post reports this morning (read here) that Saddam Hussein said he let the world think he had weapons of mass destruction because he wanted...

Tom Johnson tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef011571a1aeda970b 2009-07-02T09:44:43-04:00 2009-07-02T14:27:10Z

Some quotes of the day...a good read before you head out of the office for the 4th... "There are now 14.7 million people unemployed. Since the start of the recession, the unemployment rate has risen 4.6 percentage points. If you...

Tom Johnson tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0115719ceabd970b 2009-07-01T21:27:44-04:00 2009-07-02T01:27:44Z

Howdy-Clem Lane here with tonight's editorial doings......... MICHAEL JACKSON- --THE WILL-Michael Jackson’s will was filed today in a Los Angeles court. The 2002 document, gives his entire estate to a family trust and names his 79-year-old mother Katherine and his...

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