Archives: 2009 July

Corazon Aquino, Former Philippines President, the unassuming widow whose “people power” revolution toppled a dictator, restored Philippine democracy and inspired millions of people around the world, died Saturday morning (Friday afternoon ET) after a battle with colon cancer, her family announced. She was 76.
Widely known as “Cory,” the slight, bespectacled daughter of a wealthy land-owning [...]

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Cash for Clunkers Suspended?, Congressional leaders scrambled today to find a way to keep the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers program up and running after heavy demand threatened to dry up the $1 billion set aside for the initiative. But are they suspending it due to running out of cash?
Money used for government [...]

A baby girl who was cut from her mother’s womb by another woman who passed the child off as her own has been found alive and taken into safe keeping by authorities in New Hampshire.
According to the reports, the baby, whose mother had intended to call her Sheila Marie, was described as in “pretty good [...]

Sporting News Top 50 Coaches, Bowman ranked 7th in Sporting News’ Top 50 coaches Thursday, July 30, 2009, 9:25 AM News NHL.com Chicago Blackhawks Senior Advisor, Hockey Operations Scotty Bowman has been listed at number seven in The Sporting News Magazine’s Top 50 Greatest Coaches of All-Time list, which was released on Wednesday. Bowman is [...]

Zenith Chronograph Strap Watch, having a stainless steel case, black alligator leather strap, triple-folding buckle, grey dial and Arabic numerals. It has also a partial skeleton dial showing the escapement mechanism, power reserve indicator, scratch resistant sapphire crystal, Swiss automatic movement with chronograph and amazingly has a water resistant to 50 meters / 165 feet.

The [...]

Weeds Season 5 Episode 8, an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan, now entitled “A Distinctive Horn” aired Monday July 27th, 2009 at 10:00 pm via Show Time. In this episode Esteban de Nancy and the other woman regarding the threat of Stephen and Nancy arrives to help Andy. Meanwhile, Silas Dean and [...]

Tour de France 2009 Winner, Alberto Contador of Spain, Tour 2007 champ, snatched the Tour de France 2009 title for a second time Wednesday. What happened to Lance? American legend Lance Armstrong finished third.
Mark Cavendish of Britain took his sixth stage win of this year’s Tour in a sprint after the 164-kilometer course ride from [...]

True Blood Season 2 Episode 7 Preview. Now, on its second half of your trip through season two of “The Wire.” Spoilers for episode seven, termed as “Backwash” with the inclusion of some thoughts from the episode’s author, Rafael Alvarez will be coming up just as soon as entering the modern urban crime environment…
Well, the [...]

Alexis Cohen, “Glitter Girl”, who was killed in hit-and-run accident Saturday, was best known for battling with Simon Cowell during audition rounds. Recent police reports revealed that they have arrested a 23-year-old New Jersey man in connection with Saturday morning’s hit-and-run death of two-time “American Idol” contestant Alexis Cohen.
Daniel Bark was arrested at 6 p.m. [...]

Iron Man 2, according to Wiki, an upcoming 2010 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics fictional character Iron Man. This film is directed by Jon Favreau, with Robert Downey Jr. reprising the title role from the 2008 film Iron Man. The film will be released on May 7, 2010.
Jon Favreau, director, during an interview [...]