Archive for August 8th, 2008
Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate
John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.
In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.
Edwards also denied he was the father of Hunter’s baby girl, Frances Quinn, although the one-time Democratic Presidential candidate said he has not taken a paternity test.
Edwards said he knew he was not the father based on timing of the baby’s birth on February 27, 2008. He said his affair ended too soon for him to have been the father.
A former campaign aide, Andrew Young, has said he was the father of the child.
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August 8th, 2008
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August 8th, 2008
MARATHON, Fla. – Authorities say a grandmother was arrested for driving around the parking lot of a Marathon grocery store with her 3-year-old child sitting on the roof of the car.
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the Publix store Tuesday and arrested a 54-year-old woman after she was driving around with her three-year-old granddaughter on the roof of her car.
The grandmother was released from jail 15 hours later.
The woman said Thursday she would never let anything hurt her granddaughter. She says she was driving at “snail-speed” and holding the child’s leg.
Authorities say the woman told police she was giving the child some air and letting her have fun.
She faces charges of child abuse. The child is back with her mother.
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August 8th, 2008
Sometime in the past few weeks, I was walking with a friend when we spotted a very funny looking car. We both immediately knew what it was and as the car drove closer by, our suspicions were confirmed: it was a Google Streetview car outside London. Feeling naughty, I shouted at the car as it drove by something along the lines of “there are privacy laws” and to my surprise an old man across the streed did the same! It was very funny how both of us knew what a Streetview car looked like!
Then it hit me: the road we were on that the car was driving into was a dead end road. Picture time! So I dropped my stuff and asked my friend to watch them while I set up my phone and found a good spot to take some photos as the car drove back out again. So I watched as the car reached the end, did a U-turn and drove back out again. However, as it got close to me, the car pulled up into an empty parking spot and the driver came out. He shouted at me saying “I know you want to take pictures but I don’t want to be in them.” I obliged.
While taking the photos, I talked to the driver a little bit. Here are some details from the notes I scribbled afterwards:
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August 8th, 2008
God bless this Big Ass fan.
A Kentucky company with a wicked name – Big Ass Fans – is putting one of its industrial-sized machines in an unlikely place: a Brooklyn Catholic church.
The nearly century-old Our Lady of Refuge Church in Flatbush, where the congregation dwindles every summer because of scorching heat, plans to install the 240-pound fan next weekend.
“Oh my gosh!” church business administrator Judy Agard said. “We might have to change the name. It’s a church!”
Parishioners hope the fan will end three decades of 90-degree heat inside the church that sends the congregation to nearby St. Jerome church to cool off.
Worse still, workers have boarded up 30 windows with plywood while the original stained glass is restored – making the stifling church hotter than Hades.
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August 8th, 2008
Welcome to The Hill’s fifth Most Beautiful People list. It is with great pleasure that we unveil the 50 Most Beautiful People of Capitol Hill for 2008.
By far the most anticipated issue of summer, this feature gets Hill aides ramped up a year ahead of its publishing date. The paper receives nominations all year long — this year’s competition was the most heated yet, with nearly 400 nominations submitted to The Hill for review. At one point the 50 Most Beautiful online mailbox crashed from so many nominations.
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Here’ the only Texan in the top ten, a Houston Democrat.
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Smile Shutterâ„¢ technology captures a smile the moment it happens.
A new Anti-blink feature that promised to catch people with their eyes open.
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A 71-year-old Cincinnati preacher has been convicted of aggravated menacing, after another motorist said he waved a gun and cursed at her.
Thomas Howell could get up to six months in jail on the misdemeanor charge when he’s sentenced Sept. 4.
Howell says he was on his way to First Commandment Church of the Living God in the East Walnut Hills neighborhood when April Evans cut him off on June 23. During yesterday’s trial, Howell testified that he has a gun and permit but denied ever removing the weapon from its holster.
But a Hamilton County municipal court judge sided with Evans, who said the preacher threatened to shoot her and called her names as their cars chased each other.
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August 8th, 2008
Iran has suspended the punishment of death by stoning, state media say.
A judiciary spokesman said four people sentenced to die by stoning had had their sentences commuted and that all other cases had been put under review.
Lawyers and human rights campaigners have said at least eight women and a man are awaiting the punishment.
Stoning is the penalty for crimes such as adultery under Iranian law, but it is rarely carried out. The last such execution was reportedly last year.
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August 8th, 2008
#1: Realtor
#2: Nuclear
#3: Jewelry
#4: Supposedly/supposably
#5: Supposed to/suppose to
#6: Used to/use to
#7: Anyway/anyways
#8: February/Febuary
#9: Recur/reoccur
#10: Mischievous/mischievious
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August 8th, 2008
TIME.com has done a survey to see who is charging for what. With the caution that things could change even before your next trip to the airport, here’s a run-down of the current status of passenger fees on nine major carriers, ranked from the friendliest to the stingiest:
1. Southwest
The one major airline that is bucking the trend of increasing fees, Southwest still doesn’t charge for checked bags (up to two), nonalcoholic drinks, blankets or making a change to your flight. The discount airline has even launched an ad campaign to brag about that fact. Its new slogan: “Fees don’t fly with us.”
2. Virgin America
In these straitened times, a pretty good deal: your first checked bag is free (the second is $25), drinks and pillows are free too, and the fee for changing flights is a relatively nominal $75.
3. Delta
Among the major carriers, Delta has done the best job of holding the line on fees: no charge for the first checked bag ($25 to $50 for the second), free drinks and blankets, and a flight-change fee that hasn’t increased from $100.
4. JetBlue
If it doesn’t turn up the air-conditioning and force you to buy that blanket and pillow, the airline is still relatively flyer-friendly: no charge for the first checked bag, free soft drinks and unlimited snacks, and a $100 change fee.
5. Continental
No charge for the first checked bag ($25 for the second), and it’s holding the line on the other freebies, like drinks and blankets, as well as still offering free meals like sandwiches, burgers and pizza. But it recently raised its change fee from $100 to $150.
6. Northwest
Recently increased the fee for making flight changes to $150, to go along with a $15 charge for the first checked bag ($25 for the second). Nonalcoholic drinks and blankets are still free.
7. American
Also hitting you up for $150 to make flight changes, and charging $15 to $25 for the first and second checked bags, with soft drinks and bedding still gratis.
8. United
A similar package: $15 to $25 for checked-bag fees; $150 to make flight changes. Plus an extra wrinkle: if you get to the airport early and want a confirmed seat on an earlier flight, United will charge you $75 — better than the $150 change fee, but higher than the $50 most other airlines charge.
9. USAirways
Broke new ground last week by starting to charge for all beverages: $2 for a soft drink (or even a bottle of water); $1 for coffee or tea. Checked bags cost $15 and $25; flight changes are $150.
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