In Vegas
Former playboy playmate-turned television star, Anna Nicole Smith, was found unconscious in her hotel room and has been pronounced dead, according to CNN. This comes just five months after the sudden death of her son, Daniel Wayne Smith.
This just in from CNN:
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down, sources tell CNN.
No doubt pressured by yesterday’s dramatic swing in the balance of power, sources have told CNN that embattled Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, will resign. Fox News also confirmed the report but said Rumsfeld gave no prior indication or reason [...]
All of a sudden, there is a real chance for the Democrats to takeover the senate.
As of 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Democrats need three more seats for a majority control.
In Missouri, Claire McCaskill came back from the (almost) dead to take the lead over incumbent Republican Jim Talent. CNN has the Democrat up 49 percent to [...]
Aided by at least party switches in two seats in Florida, all three in Indiana, two in New Hampshire, two in New York and more, Democrats will take over majority control of the United States House of Representatives.
With key victories in blue-base states as well as in the south and Republican strongholds, CNN projects the [...]
From News Channel 8 (New Haven, Conn.)
Representative Nancy Johnson has taken the podium at her campaign headquarters, thanking her family and her staff for their support through the years.
CNN has projected State Senator Chris Murphy will win in the 5th Conn. Congressional district, part of a projected Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives.
This just in from CNN:
The National Transportation Safety Board blames a stiff wind for the plane crash in New York last month that killed Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, The Associated Press reports.
This just in from CNN:
– Murder and arson charges have been recommended against 36-year-old Raymond Lee Oyler in the fire that killed five U.S. Forest Service
firefighters in Southern California, Sheriff Neil Lingle said.
My heart isn’t exactly bleeding for this guy. But here is yet another example of a group of people, in this case Forest [...]
As predicted in my article, The Data War, one of the big two has made a major move for the amazingly popular video site, YouTube. In a $1.65 billion deal, Google has purchased the public video sharing service, making its founders (who are in their 20s) very, very rich.
This deal also gives Google a [...]
E. coli, the deadly bacteria usually found in raw, processed meats, has appeared in, of all things, bagged spinach. At press time, 10 states had reported E. coli cases already, with more outbreaks possible.
Stores have begun to systematically purge their shelves of the leafy green vegetable after federal health officials said simply: “don’t eat bagged [...]

