Carlos Slim Helú (the world’s wealthiest man) saw his fortune jump $20,5 billion last year as he beat a record 1.209 rival billionaires, including Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and British resident Lakshmi Mittal, to the top of the Forbes global rich list. The Mexican telecoms tycoon, topped the list for a second year with an […]
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has been elected mayor Chicago. Mister Emanuel captured over fifty percent of the vote, avoiding a run off election. Unofficial election results have the Chicago Democrat winning, with the Associated Press and Politico projecting him the winner. Mister Emanuel is projected to win the mayorship outright by […]
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his family have arrived in the resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula, Al Arabiya television and the Associated Press reported today, without saying where they got the information. Mubarak left Cairo from a military airbase in the suburbs and was accompanied by Lieutenant General Sami Hafez Enan […]
After some reported delays earlier this morning, ‘Metro North Railroad’s Hudson’ and ‘Harlem Lines’ will be operating on a Saturday schedule on Thursday, Janyary 27. Those needing the new ‘New Haven Line’ are out of luck for the time being as service is currently suspended because of heavy snowall in the area. The MTA warns […]
Insisting the Tea Party is a ‘force for good’ Rep. Michele Bachmann blasted health care reform, called for deep budget cuts and blamed President Obama for failing to find solutions to help the struggling economy. The response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, was on behalf of the tea party movement, and followed […]
Seems it is true! The internet is buzzing about the OCC foreclosure… and seems it is true! According to surroundedme.com, the lender who had financed the Orange County Choppers’ new headquarters located in Newburgh has filed a foreclosure action against the builder of custom motorcycles.. Why? They apparently missed July 2010 mortgage payments. Orange County […]
Broadcast blowhard Keith Olbermann’s countdown has finally come to an end. The liberal lip of MSNBC was unceremoniously dumped by the peacock network last night in a major shakeup that set tongues wagging across the broadcast world. Olbermann, in the middle of a four-year $30 million contract reportedly set to last until 2012, announced that […]
On January 20, 1961 – exactly 50 years ago today – John F. Kennedy gave his one and only Inaugural Address. Widely considered to be the greatest Presidential Inauguration speech, JFK’s address lasted only a little over 13 minutes and in it he coined the line: “Ask not what your country can do for you […]
The mix of snow, freezing rain, sleet and rain forced some big school district north and west of Philadelphia to close for Tuesday, instead of delaying their openings. The big school districts in the Lehigh Valley were all closed by 8 a.m. But other big schools like ‘North Penn’, ‘Pennridge’ and ‘Souderton’ also closed for […]
Auburn University will remain closed Tuesday because of the potential for dangerous road conditions tonight. Classes and normal university operations will resume Wednesday. The closure also will allow students time to return to campus if they were unable to return before the winter storm, said Mike Clardy (an Auburn spokesman). Students who are experiencing travel […]