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Republican Martinez to Resign U.S. Senate Seat
Sen. Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican, announced Friday that he will resign his seat as soon as a replacement can be named by the governor.
“My priorities have always been my faith, my family and my country, and, at this stage of my life and after nearly 12 years of public service in Florida and [...]
Cocaine A Factor in Billy Mays’ Death
An autopsy report issued Friday by Hillsborough County, Florida, cites cocaine as a contributing factor in the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays, who died in June at age 50.
“Mays died from a lethal arrhythmia of the heart caused by hypertensive and arteriosclerotic heart disease,” the county said in a statement attributed to Dr. [...]
Sotomayor Confirmed for Supreme Court, First Hispanic Justice
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination by a 68-31 vote, making her the first Hispanic on the high court.
Sotomayor’s confirmation also makes the 55-year-old federal appeals court judge the 111th person to sit on the Supreme Court, and the third female justice. Nine Republicans joined a unanimous Democratic caucus in [...]
Adam Yauch, MCA, of the Beastie Boys Recovering from Surgery
Adam Yauch, aka MCA, recently sent an e-mail with the subject line “What I did over my summer vacation” after having revealed in July that he had a cancerous tumor in a salivary gland.
“So I’m about a week and a half out of surgery now and rapidly recovering from it,” the e-mail said. “I [...]
Former Democratic Rep Jefferson of Louisiana Convicted of Corruption
Jefferson, a 62-year-old Democrat, was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 4, 2007, on corruption charges, about two years after federal agents said they found $90,000 in his freezer. Authorities said the cash was part of a payment in marked bills from an FBI informant in a transaction captured on video.
Jefferson had [...]
Democrats say Republicans Are Staging Town Hall Protests
Democrats are accusing Republicans of organizing “angry mobs” to disrupt town hall meetings across the country, but conservatives say the protests are a sign of the opposition to President Obama’s health care plans.
The Democratic National Committee released a Web video Wednesday charging that Republican operatives “have no plan for moving our country forward, so [...]
Paula Abdul is Leaving American Idol
Abdul announced late Monday night on her official Twitter page that she will not be returning the highly popular show.
“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all all being a part of a show that I helped from day1become an [...]
100 Year Sentence for Former Executive After Committing $126 Million in Fraud
Okun, a former Miami, Florida, businessman, was sentenced to 100 years in prison by a federal judge in Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday for defrauding several hundred clients out of an estimated $126 million.
Madoff, by comparison, was sentenced five weeks ago to 150 years in prison for defrauding his clients of more than $50 billion.
In Okun’s [...]
Senate Democrats Are Optimistic About Health Insurance Reform
After a “pep talk” from President Obama, Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they think Congress will pass a bipartisan health care bill this year. “We’re going to do, if there’s any way humanly possible, a bipartisan bill,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said after a luncheon meeting of all the chamber’s Democrats with [...]
Bill Clinton meets with N. Korea leader
Former President Clinton met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in North Korea on Tuesday, North Korea’s state-run news agency reported. Clinton arrived in Pyongyang earlier in the day on a mission to negotiate the release of two American journalists who have been held in the reclusive communist nation since March, the White House confirmed.
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