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steve slater / steven slater, jetblue flight attendant, jet blue flight attendant, flight attendant, jet blue


Steven Slater is our hero.

The irritated JetBlue Flight Attendant quit his job in hilarious, dramatic, illegal fashion yesterday, cursing off a passenger, grabbing two beers and exiting from a parked plane via its emergency slide.

He's since been arrested on charges of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment and might actually spend time in jail. As you might expect, Slater's mother isn't happy with this possibility.

TMZ spoke to Slater's ex-wife, Cynthia Susanne, who relayed his mom's take on the situation. She confirms her son's story that Steven "politely" asked a woman to return to her seat until the plane taxied to a full stop.
In response, this individual cursed the flight attendant off and pulled down her bag from the overhead bin. Slater's mom says her son described this action as "malicious."

The Slater family is also upset because a different passenger on the flight is making the media around today, trying to earn money off the incident, despite not even sitting anywhere close to the awful woman in question.

Overall, it's one of our favorite stories of the year.

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JetBlue Flight Attendant Hailed By Many For Dramatic Exit

Best "take this job and shove it" moment ever?


Slater, on MySpace.
Or an out-of-proportion response that needs to be punished?

Those seem to be the two extremes when it comes to summing up how folks feel about the story of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater.

If you've somehow missed hearing about what happened at Kennedy Airport in New York yesterday, here's how the AP sums it up:

"A flight attendant looked pleased and relieved after cursing out a passenger on an airplane public-address system, grabbing some beer from the galley and using an emergency slide to hop off, another passenger said Tuesday. Steven Slater lost his temper after a passenger accidentally hit him on the head with luggage on the ground at Kennedy Airport on Monday, police said. After the plane parked, he made his triumphant getaway, authorities said.

"Slater was awaiting arraignment Tuesday in Queens on criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing charges."

On NBC's Today Show this morning, passenger Phil Catelinet said the profanity-laced announcement on the public address system caught passengers by surprise. Catelinet saw Slater shortly after the incident, and says the flight attendant "was smiling ... he was happy that he'd done this." And, Catelinet said, Slater was happy to be done with his job at JetBlue — apparently knowing that this would likely be the end of his employment with the airline:

Slater's story has, not surprisingly, inspired fans on Facebook, and the inevitable "Free Steven Slater" t-shirts.

And there are many tweets like this (fair warning: there's a common abbreviation for a profanity).

molly the owl / Molly the owl becomes a proud mother again

molly the owl / Molly the owl becomes a proud mother again

Molly the owl became an internet sensation when Carlos Royal, a retired real estate agent, set up an owl box with a camera inside streaming a live video feed to the internet.

Now the first owlets of the second clutch of eggs have hatched in front of many curious and delighted onlookers around the world.

The site has had 15 million views since going live in January – viewers are fascinated by the real-time activities of the barn owl.

After the first clutch of eggs hatched,  Molly and her partner, McGee, flew from the box with their owlets. It caused a brief period of darkness in June until they returned in July and laid another set of eggs, according to Mr Royal.

Hopefully Molly and her family will continue to make inquisitive onlookers a little bit wiser with each frame.

Teen Choice Awards 2010 / Best & Worst: Teen Choice Awards 2010

Teen Choice Awards 2010 /  Best & Worst: Teen Choice Awards 2010

Katy Perry unsteadily kicked things off with her off-key performance of her new single, "Teenage Dream." To Perry's credit, she seemed to be having some trouble with her earpiece, but that still doesn't explain the awful backup dancers meant to depict classic teenage archtypes: the cheerleaders, football players -- and the nerd in the cardigan and bow tie? Heads up, teens. You're looking at your generation's Cher.

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splendor in the grass / Monday TV: 'Teen Choice' Awards, 'Bachelor Pad'

Katy Perry has unavoidable this summer, with her single "California Gurls" and award show appearances here and there. At the Nickelodian Kids Choice Award, she was memorably knocked down by a torrent of slime.

She returns this week to host a different ceremony (not usually involving slime, the Teen Choice Awards (Fox, 8 p.m.).

Teen icons in film, TV, music, sports and fashion will be honored at the 12th annual event, where other performers include Jason DeRulo and Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars.

Among the celebrities on hand will be Taylor Lautner, Kristen Bell, David Archuleta, Zac Efron, three Kardashian sisters, Cat Keeley and most cast members of "Glee."

Perry, for her part, will move on to promote another single from her album, "Teenage Dream."

Now that Ali has done her choosing (of Roberto), and an engagement has been made, time to look at the dozens of contestants on "The Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" who may have better luck mixing and matching with one another. "Bachelor Pad" (ABC, 8 p.m.) is a series that grew out of reunions of old cast members, from which real romance did bloom.

It may be fun to see memorable past contestants in action once again, but before long there must be a sense of desperation to the whole affair. Still, there's more than just love on athe line. They're competing for cash while playing old school games like Twiter. Chris Harrison, refusing to take a Monday off, hosts, along with the most famous jilted contestant, Melissa Rycroft.

Getting much less attention for its return is the reality series  "Dating in the Dark" (ABC, 10 p.m.) in which romance is sought among a group of three men and three women with the lights off, so as not to allow looks to be the sole determining factor.  The best thing about the show is that they reach a conclusion within the confines of a single episode.

"Too Fat for Fifteen" (Style, 8 p.m.) is the self-explanatory title of a new weight-loss series following young women who are not interested in entering high school obese. It involves going to a weight-loss boarding school, a variation on the scripted "Huge" (ABC Family, 9 p.m.).

A winner is named on "Last Comic Standing" (NBC, Monday, 9 p.m.) in a big two hour episode.

The joyous documentary "El Espiritu de la Salsa" (HBO, 9 p.m.) shows the importance of dance and music in the lives of ordinary people, taking a challenging and exhilarating salsa class in New York City. The film by Jon Alpert, Francisco Bello, Matthew O'Neill and Tim Sternberg follows the 10 participants preparing for their first performance. It's not only a bright view of the lure of music, it's also one of the most positive depictions of New York City in documentaries in a long time.

Warren Beatty is the star all day on Turner Classic Movies with classics like "Bonnie and Clyde" (6 p.m.), "Splendor in the Grass" (8 p.m.), "Reds" (10:30 p.m.) and "The Parallax View" (2 a.m.).

"Wild Nights with Mireya Mayor" (National Geographic Wild, 9 p.m.) begins in Miami, where the focus is not the visitors from "Jersey Shore" (MTV, 8 p.m.)  but the nocturnal wildlife there, from the beaches to South Beach. That includes alligators, sea turtles, chickens, and the ever-possible Burmese python.

It's Red Sox at Yankees (YES, NESN, 2 p.m.) one more time. In other baseball, it's Cardinals at Reds (ESPN, 7 p.m.).

Daytime Talk

Regis and Kelly: Julia Roberts, Buddy Valastro, Anderson Cooper. The View: Vice President Joe Biden, Fred Hammond (rerun). Ellen DeGeneres: Scarlett Johansson, Melissa Etheridge. Wendy Williams: Snooki (rerun).

Late Talk

David Letterman: Adam Sandler, Bettye LaVette (rerun). Jay Leno: Mike Posner. Jimmy Kimmel: Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Harrison, Luke Bryan. Jimmy Fallon: Jason Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, China Chow, Menomena. Craig Ferguson: Lindsay Sloane, Vampire Weekend. Carson Daly: Victor Rasuk, Amy Purdy, Mishka (rerun). George Lopez: Eva Mendes, Josh Hutcherson, Dolph Zigler, Har Mar Superstar.

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Jodie Fisher Mark Hurd story…new developments

A few days back, we had heard about HP’s CEO, Mark Hurd’s resignation who did so under huge pressure after the charge of sexual harassment done by him to Jodi Fisher. Now the latest development on this matter is that Jodi Fisher has expressed her apologies to Mark Hurd after she heard that he had lost his job.

Issuing her apologies, she said, “I was surprised and saddened that Mark Hurd lost his job over this,” Fisher stated in a statement. “That was never my intention.”

Mark Hurd was forced to resign on Friday. The latest reports say that the company is looking for a suitable candidate to fill this vacant post. Actress Jodi Fisher is 50 years old and she worked as a contractor for HP. And due to this, her contact developed with Mark Hurd. In the beginning, Mark was not found violating company’s terms during the investigations. But his false statement to hide his relationship with the woman, Jodie Fisher led the company to decide his faith. And he was then forced to resign from the seat.

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patricia neal / Patricia Neal, Tony- and Oscar-winning actress, dies at 84

patricia neal /   Patricia Neal, Tony- and Oscar-winning actress, dies at 84
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 Actress Patricia Neal, who won an Oscar for her turn in "Hud" with Paul Newman, died Sunday at home in Edgartown, Mass.

Neal, who was famously involved with a married Gary Cooper, and married to and divorced from writer Roald Dahl, succumbed to lung cancer. She'd also dealt for decades with the effects of three strokes that hit her in 1965.

Her career started in New York theater in the 1940s, when she won a handful of awards, including a Tony, for her turn in Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest." She signed with Warner Bros. and moved to Hollywood, but the hot period of her film career lasted only a few years. Two of her nine films at that time were with Cooper, of whom Neal wrote in her 1988 autobiography, "He is one of the most beautiful things that ever happened to me in my life. I love him even now."

Neal also made one film with a pre-presidential Ronald Reagan, in 1949. "He was a pleasant fellow," she said later. "We had adjoining suites and dined together each evening, but he never made a pass at me, dash it all."

For more on Neal's life, including her 1952 marriage to Dahl, the tragedies that struck two of her five children with him, and her journey back to acting after her strokes

plutonomy / Why the U.S. Needs the Rich

plutonomy / Why the U.S. Needs the Rich
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Who cares how the rich spend their money?

Perhaps everyone should. Consumer spending accounts for two-thirds of U.S. gross domestic product, or all goods and services produced in the nation. And spending by the rich now accounts for the largest share of consumer outlays in at least 20 years.

According to research from Moody's Analytics, the top 5% of Americans by income account for 37% of all consumer outlays, which includes consumer spending, interest payments on installment debt and transfer payments. The bottom 80% account for 39.5%.

It is no surprise the rich spend so much, since they earn a disproportionate share of income. According to economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty, the top 10% of earners captured about half of all income as of 2007.

What is surprising is just how much of the economy is now dependent on the rich, and how that share has increased. In the third quarter of 1990, the top 5% accounted for 25% of consumer outlays. That held relatively steady until the mid-1990s, when it inched past 30%. It dipped in 2003 and again in 2008, but surged in 2009 amid the strongest bull market rally in history, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising nearly 60% in the last nine months of the year.

Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics, cites two main reasons for this. First, the wealthy panicked in the financial crisis and stopped spending. When markets rebounded, they came out of their shells and started spending again. "I think that pent-up demand was unleashed," he said. "It was an unusually high rate of spending."

The second is that people in the middle- and lower-income groups are struggling to pay off debt and stay afloat amid rising unemployment, which has crimped their spending.

The data may be a further sign that the U.S. is becoming a plutonomy—an economy dependent on the spending and investing of the wealthy.

And plutonomies are far less stable than economies built on more evenly distributed income and mass consumption. "I don't think it's healthy for the economy to be so dependent on the top 2% of the income distribution," Mr. Zandi said.

The recent spending by the wealthy may be unsustainable. Their savings rate has gone from more than 26% in 2008 to a negative 7% in the first quarter of 2010, according to Moody's Analytics data. They still have lots of savings. But the massive draw on that in the past two years is unlikely to continue at the same pace.

"I think we're already seeing a slowdown in spending by this group," Mr. Zandi says.

That should worry everyone.

chris jenkins / NBC's Dateline covers Chris Jenkins murder mystery

NBC's Dateline covers Chris Jenkins murder mystery

MINNEAPOLIS -- NBC's Dateline, a news magazine television show, devoted a full hour Friday night to the murder mystery of Chris Jenkins.

Jenkins was a student at the University of Minnesota when he went missing on Halloween night, in downtown Minneapolis, in 2002.

The show revisited the case in depth, from the night Chris went missing in 2002 until the present day.

Chris' parents, Steve and Jan Jenkins flew to New York on Thursday to promote the story on Friday's NBC Today Show.

Steve Jenkins said he was approached to do this story nearly two years ago by a Dateline producer but said no.

He later changed his mind when he was told the special would devote an entire hour to telling more about Chris' life.

Jan Jenkins says she did it for the same reason she continues to speak out about what happened to her son.

After Chris went missing in 2002 police told the family it was either a suicide or an accidental drowning. Chris was found in the Mississippi River four months after he disappeared.

But, Chris' parents, and friends knew he didn't take his own life.

In that vain Chris' parents fought for four years to find his killer.

In 2006 Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan ordered the case be looked into again, and, in that same year he declared it murder and publicly apologized to the Jenkins family.

Since then, the family has tried to stay out of the limelight but with a chance to tell the entire story, to a national audience, from beginning to end it was nearly impossible to pass up.

"If we save one life, if we keep one family from the hell this causes, it will be worth it," Jan Jenkins said.

As of today the Chris Jenkins murder case remains open in the Minneapolis Police Homicide unit, and, has investigators assigned to it.

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Mark Hurd: A look back at his HP tenure
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HP chief Mark Hurd is resigning following a sexual harassment claim. Effective immediately, Hurd is vacating his role as HP chairman, CEO and president.

HP's Mark Hurd resigns amid sexual harassment investigation

Hurd joined HP as CEO and president in early 2005, in the wake of a different scandal. His top priority then was to stabilize HP after taking over the CEO reins from Carly Fiorina, who architected HP���s 2002 acquisition of Compaq.

A little more than a year later, Hurd added the title of chairman after Patricia Dunn stepped down. Dunn had ordered an investigation into leaks of company information to the media, and HP admitted investigators had used "pretexting" to obtain the telephone records of nine reporters as part of its internal probe

During Hurd���s time with HP, the company has more than stabilized. Between the company���s 2006 and 2009 fiscal years, HP grew revenue from $91.6 billion to $114.6 billion and more than doubled its earnings per share.

Even during a challenging 2009 fiscal year, Hurd minimized HP���s financial slide. For the year ended Oct. 31, 2009, HP's revenue came in at $114.6 billion, a decline of 3% compared to $118.4 billion reported a year earlier. Net income fell 8% to $7.7 billion from $8.3 billion in 2008.

Hurd's own compensation took a much sharper dive. His total 2009 compensation package totaled $24.2 million, a 29% decline compared to $34 million in 2008. (Read how much tech's other top execs made in '09)��

To improve HP���s operating efficiency, he has made staff cuts and ordered a companywide pay cuts. Hurd has also shown a willingness to play the big spender. There has been no shortage of billion-dollar deals during his time as CEO.

In April, HP announced plans to buy Palm in a deal valued at $1.2 billion. Less than six months earlier, HP laid down $2.7 billion to acquire 3Com, adding the company���s Ethernet network switches, routers and security products to its ProCurve business.

In August 2008, HP closed its acquisition of technology services giant EDS. The $13.9 billion deal helped HP leapfrog over its services provider competitors to land behind IBM as the second largest global outsourcing company worldwide.

In 2007, HP paid $1.6 billion for Opsware, gaining automation technology that could be applied to configuring and provisioning physical and virtual data center components. A year earlier, HP acquired Mercury Interactive for $4.9 billion, seeding a new division for business technology optimization.

Details are scarce about the nature of the sexual harassment claim lodged against Hurd, but the company has said an investigation determined there was no violation of HPs sexual harassment policy, but did find violations of HP���s standards of business conduct.

���As the investigation progressed, I realized there were instances in which I did not live up to the standards and principles of trust, respect and integrity that I have espoused at HP and which have guided me throughout my career,��� Hurd said in a statement. ���After a number of discussions with members of the board, I will move aside and the board will search for new leadership.���

HP���s board appointed CFO Cathie Lesjak, 51, as interim CEO. Lesjak is a 24-year veteran of the company.

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tax free weekend nc 2010 / tax free weekend, nc tax free weekend 2010, tax free weekend 2010 texas



Today starts Tax Free weekend on NC! This is your chance to save some money in purchasing goods, and many of you can take advantage to buy back to school supplies. I know it may not be much but it’s something at least and if you have multiple children this could be a substantial saving in school supplies!





But you can also buy sports equipment, computer and computer equipment.

The limitations are the following: for sports equipment $50, for computers $3500 and for computer equipment $250.

Local retailers and office supplies stores will surely have a busy weekend. As they state, this weekend can be even busier than Black Friday!

The tax free weekend will end on Sunday at 11:59 pm.

ufc 117 / UFC 117: Has Chael Sonnen Turned The Fans Against Him

 ufc 117  / UFC 117: Has Chael Sonnen Turned The Fans Against Him

For many fans, a lasting image from UFC 112 is Anderson Silva dancing around and avoiding the fight.  This led to the fans booing Silva and cheering for Damien Maia.

Dana White made the statement after the fight that he was embarrassed by Silva antics and vowed to cut Silva from the UFC if anything like this ever happened again.

Silva's actions at UFC 112 also led to Internet message boards filled with hate for Silva and gave Chael Sonnen more ammo for his trash-talking arsenal.  Chael Sonnen came to the UFC from the WEC and instantly began saying that he was a better fighter than Silva.

Sonnen was submitted in the first round by Maia, however, in his first UFC fight.  Sonnen then went on a three-fight win streak, taking all three fights by unanimous decision.

After the debacle of a fight at UFC 112, it was revealed that Sonnen would be the next challenger for the Silva's middleweight belt.  This led to Sonnen increasing the amount of trash talking.

At first, it seemed that Sonnen was trying to sell a fight to the fans, and many fans probably hoped Sonnen would win due to Silva's antics at UFC 112.  As the fight grew closer, the more Sonnen talked.

In an interview with Larry Pepe, Sonnen did not only rip Silva, but also Lance Armstrong.
Sonnen went as far as to say that Armstrong gave himself cancer by using performance enhancing drugs, and then instead of coming clean, used it to make a profit.  Sonnen has since, in an interview with Ariel Helwani, denied making those remarks or even talking to Larry Pepe, despite video and photographic evidence.

Now, fans are left to ponder who to root for this Saturday at UFC 117: A man who was unwilling to engage and danced around the octagon infuriating fans and UFC head Dana White, or a man who seems to be willing to say anything to get fans to pay attention to him, including making wild accusations about a man many Americans respect, and then denying making them despite clear evidence.

operation beautiful / ‘Operation Beautiful’: Just say no to Fat Talk!

operation beautiful / ‘Operation Beautiful’: Just say no to Fat Talk!

Tired of watching women pick themselves apart in front of the mirror, 24-year-old blogger Caitlin Boyle scribbled a note on a Post-it — “YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!” — and slapped it on the mirror of a public bathroom. With this one small act, a movement was born. Women of different ages, races, lifestyles and geographic locations began posting encouraging notes of their own. The messages are chronicled in Boyle’s new book, “Operation Beautiful: Transforming the Way You See Yourself One Post-it Note at a Time.”

This excerpt from “Operation Beautiful” highlights the damaging effects of “Fat Talk” and explains how to break free from it.

The real deal with Fat Talk 

Fat Talk isn’t about being overweight. In fact, Fat Talk has nothing to do with your size at all.

Women engage in Fat Talk for a variety of reasons, as it allows them to “express emotions, seek social reassurance, create an in-group with friends, excuse certain eating behaviors, and manage impressions,” according to Dr. Denise Martz, a clinical psychologist who has spent more than 20 years studying body image, eating disorders and Fat Talk.

Fat Talk is habitual, meaning that women often don’t realize they’re doing it. Fat Talk has become a knee-jerk reaction to eating an overindulgent meal, trying on bathing suits, or even getting dressed in the morning.

Fat Talk triggers unhealthy behaviors, whether the comments are consciously processed or not, putting yourself down verbally creates reverse inertia in all aspects of your life. Instead of inspiring you to get healthier, Fat Talk will motivate you to overeat, skip your workouts and stay involved in toxic relationships. Additionally, even if you don’t hear your own Fat Talk, your friends and family will, and it harms them emotionally, spiritually and physically as well.

Women use Fat Talk to bond socially. Women Fat Talk with their friends, and mothers Fat Talk with their daughters. Fat Talk is contagious, and if one woman does it, the next may feel compelled to engage in their behavior, too. “Fat Talk has become a form of chitchat,” says Dr. Susan Albers, a psychologist who specializes in relationship and weight issues. Dr. Albers has observed that women will often mirror a friend’s Fat Talk. “We tend to follow other people’s leads, particularly those who are close to us.”

taskrabbit / Taskrabbit what is it?

taskrabbit  / Taskrabbit what is it?

Many of Diane Fitzpatrick friends and family take her for granted because she works from home in taskrabbit fulltime as a blogger and writer. When anyone needs any favor, they turn to her because they think she’s got nothing to do with her time. Many organizations such as churches, NGOs, etc are always targeting people like her whenever they need volunteers because she doesn’t have a typical 9-5 job. She complained that whenever people are busy, they want to use her services without any form of payment because she’s always at home but at task rabbit she is getting paid in advanced by the website payment system. She’s had to babysit the kids of other parents for so many years and says she feels like a dog in her neighborhood sometimes.


There is an increasing number of stay-at-home workers everyday as a result of retiring, unemployment, etc. Reports by The Telework Coalition indicate there are 35 million people working most of their time from home, which is an increment of 15 million people from the number 10 years ago with about seven million US residents out of jobs in just the first part of the year.

Many people are calling on people who work from home to do various jobs such as errands, pooling of cars, volunteering with NGOs, churches, etc.

However many people who work from home say they are tired of being taken advantage of as a result of their availability at home most of the time. They have taken their grievances online and starring in campaigns to avoid their exploitation by other neighbors, family and friends through chartrooms, etc. they have been discussing ways to prevent their exploitation on a couple of websites with some people being readily available for chores at the right price.

You can prevent your exploitation by people always asking you for favors by learning to say no. if you are busy, just tell them you are unavailable in a short sentence without any explanations.
Many people who work at taskrabbit are not entirely opposed to the idea of helping others out, they just want to be appreciated and not taken advantage of. Other stay-at-homers have joined websites that pay you hourly rates for running errands.

Many stay-at-homers believe that corporate workers should try to understand what they do and how their schedules are like before asking for burdening favors. You could also ask for a few dollars for errands run for the typical 9-5 workers who might need your services when they are away.

Edgar Cayce

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The CEO of Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. is Kevin Todeschi and he said in an interview in June 2009 that the year 2012 would actually bring with itself a new age era that would cause changes in the world and the people, but many of us would not be able to see or feel those changes because of the lack of belief or the lack of sensitivity, nonetheless the change would happen and the people who would actually prepare for that change would be the ones who would know what is going on around them, during tat new age.

All these things and a lot more was said by Kevin Todeschi in his interview that is still present on YouTube. Edgar Cayce was a great psychic who got very famous in the start of the 20th century and people started o believe him and come to him for healing purposes. Edgar Cayce used to induce a trance on himself to answer questions that no one has answered for sure before him. At that time there were people who thought that this psychic stuff is not real, but Edgar Cayce’s answers satisfied most intellectuals and that is why he became a full fledge celebrity in his time.

Even now his sayings and his teachings are respected and considered as the words of a man who knew things that average intellectuals don’t know. Edgar Cayce knew things that are not just thought up by a brilliant mind, but is information that is “received” from an unexplainable source.

Zimbabwe plane incident was drill

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An incident originally reported as a plane accident Thursday at the Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe was a drill, British and Zimbabwean officials said.

Officials in Zimbabwe originally said the incident involved a Boeing 767 out of London.

"This was a usual drill for the period. We do this once every three years. This was for the benefit of our police personnel, security, aviation, medics, hospital -- everyone was involved," said David Chawata, chief executive of the Zimbabwe Aviation Authority. "This exercise helps the general preparedness of our facilities here."

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State Sen. Hansen Clarke beat Michigan Democratic Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick yesterday in the primary election results in Michigan with a total of 47% – 41%. The result ends the dynasty of the Kilpatrick family, and Carolyn Cheeks loses her chance for a re-election.




“The baggage we’re getting rid of is the old political culture in Detroit which is about the politician being entitled to the perks of the office rather than being committed to serving the people,” Clarke said ““They continued a political culture that had hurt Detroit for decades”

Hansen Clarke, 53,  is clearly referring to the previous scandals by the Kilpatrick family, who were a respected political family in Detroit. First we have Kwame Kilpatrick, former Detroit Mayor and son of Carolyn Cheeks who was jailed for violating his parole and faces federal corruption charges. And then we have Cheeks ex-husband Bernard Kilpatrick ho is also being investigated for corruption.

With this results the face of Detroit politics will shift.  What do you think?

beaver county times / Bradys Run Lake drained for dredging

beaver county times  / Bradys Run Lake drained for dredging
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Bradys Run Lake is being drained as part of a $2.1 million dredging project to remove silt.

Beaver County Public Works Director James Camp said workers are waiting for silt in the lake bottom to drain before starting the dredging. Meanwhile, they are cleaning out upstream sedimentation basins and preparing several park areas to receive material dredged from the lake.

Camp said it would be several weeks before dredging commences. The project is scheduled for completion in May.

34 billionaires / 34 Billionaires Pledged to Give Half of Wealth to Charities

34 billionaires / 34 Billionaires Pledged to Give Half of Wealth to Charities
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The wealthiest men of the world are coming together in a charitable way. Over 30 billionaires have decided to give at least 50 percent of their fortune to charities.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffet joined forces to promote an altruistic campaign titled, 'The Giving Pledge' in June. The goal of the campaign is to have hundreds of U.S. billionaires give away most of their riches throughout their lifetime or at their death. Billionaires would have to publicly state their intention in a letter of explanation.


To date, a few of the dedicated well-off men include New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, entertainment executive Barry Diller, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens, media mogul Ted Turner, David Rockefeller and investor Ronald Perelman.

obama birthday / Barack Obama / Obama's Birthday: Politics and Fundraising, but no Family

obama birthday  / Obama's Birthday: Politics and Fundraising, but no Family
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President Obama turned 49 without his family today, his wife and daughter traveling abroad and his other daughter at summer camp. But while the president will celebrate his big day without Michelle, Sasha and Malia, he's got plenty of Americans wishing him well (and both parties using the moment to score political points).

Democrats are rallying their supporters across the country by hosting hundreds of birthday parties in the president's honor. Democrats are also hosting more traditional, big-ticket fundraisers pegged to the president's birthday. Meanwhile, Republicans are sending out "birthday cards" that take jabs at the president's party.

Mr. Obama will go home to Chicago tonight to spend his birthday night in his house in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood. With his family out of town, the president will spend the evening with friends.


Meanwhile, Mr. Obama's supporters will be celebrating his birthday across the country at events coordinated through Organizing for America, the grassroots arm of the Democratic National Committee. Volunteers are being asked to make cakes and submit them to the OFA website. The organization also sent out an e-mail from Michelle Obama asking supporters to sign a "birthday card" for the president.


Tomorrow, the DNC hosts some pricey parties in the president's honor. A party hosted by real estate mogul Neil Bluhm costs $30,400 to attend. Mr. Obama is expected to attend the Chicago event. Tickets for another Obama birthday DNC fundraiser cost $250.


Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee has created the website www.baracksbirthdaycards.com, which features of series of e-cards with all of the Democrats conservatives love to hate, such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and scandal-ridden Rep. Charlie Rangel.


The cards feature critical (if predictable) messages; a card with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's picture, for instance, reads, "Sorry no gift this year. I'm going to need every dime to defend our failed economic policies."