Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! I have posted today some pictures from our weekend trip to New Orleans with Senators Landrieu and Clinton. Click on the text icon to the right to see them. Note: Senator Hillary Clinton has a photo …
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Charleston Mayor Danny Jones had a problem as he tried to get through the security gate at a California airport: He had misplaced his driver’s license, and the expired one in his wallet wouldn’t do. The guards at John Wayne Airport in Orange County searched his bag, …
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DETROIT – As Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick returns to City Hall after publicly apologizing to his wife, children and Detroit residents for events surfacing from a text messaging sex scandal, a criminal investigation into whether or not he and his top aide lied under oath during a whistle-blower’s lawsuit still hangs …
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LAS VEGAS – The Federal Communications Commission will investigate complaints that Comcast Corp. actively interferes with Internet traffic as its subscribers try to share files online, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday. A coalition of consumer groups and legal scholars asked the agency in November to stop Comcast from discriminating …
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ATLANTA, Georgia – Martin Luther King Jr. is used to the puzzled looks he gets from people when they learn his name. The white, long-haired graphics designer and children’s book author goes by “Marty” to maintain his anonymity in the suburbs of Atlanta, where the black civil rights leader who …
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LOS ANGELES – “Simple Life” star Nicole Richie and her boyfriend welcomed a baby girl on Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, People Magazine reported, while singer Christina Aguilera and her husband had their baby just doors down the hall. Click here to read the full story. A representative for Richie …
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BAGHDAD – A shaky cease-fire appeared to take hold Tuesday in Baghdad’s Sadr City, after a Shiite leader said allied forces would respect the deal even after clashes left at least 11 men dead and 19 wounded. The pact was intended to stop seven weeks of fighting between U.S.-supported Iraqi …
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Almost three-quarters of U.S. drivers engage in distracting activities such as talking on their cell phone, mostly because they feel the pressure to always stay in touch, a poll conducted last month by the Nationwide insurance company revealed. The telephone survey showed that 80 percent of mobile phone owners reported …
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Columbia police say a 25-year-old pedestrian was injured after he was run over twice Monday night. The first car hit Troy Boerner of Foxfield, Colo., about 11:30 p.m., injuring his arm. Police say the woman driving the dark-colored four-door sedan left the scene. Boerner was struck a …
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Pfizer Inc.’s once promising anti-smoking drug Chantix received another blow Wednesday after a nonprofit group’s report about serious physical side effects prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ban the drug’s use by pilots and air traffic controllers. The report, from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, points out hundreds of …
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