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By Pat Ryley - July 31st, 2010
Who:
- Maxine Waters, Democratic House of Representatives member since 1991 (from California)
- Office of Congressional Ethics & House Ethics Committee
What: The findings by the Office of Congressional Ethics on an investigation into Waters are expected to be released on Monday. Sources claim Waters is prepared to fight the charges.
When: Monday, August 2, 2010
Why: ...
By Pat Ryley - July 31st, 2010
Who:
- Charles Rangel
- Democratic House of Representatives member since 1971 (from New York).
- Former chairman of the tax-writing ways and means committee.
- Founding member of Congressional Black Caucus.
- House Ethics Committee
What: Rangel was officially charged with 13 counts of violating House ethics rules and federal laws by the House Ethics Committee.
When: Thursday, July 29, 2010
Where: House Ethics hearing
Why: ...
By Cheryl Chong - July 26th, 2010
One of the most violent storms in recent years ripped through Washington, D.C. and Maryland counties on the afternoon of July 25th. The high winds and heavy rain were too much for Pepco Regional Utility, and a widespread power outage left over 280,000 homes in the dark...
By Pat Ryley - July 26th, 2010
On Sunday July 25, TD Jakes, the chief pastor of the The Potter's House, a megachurch with 30,000 members, preached at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston TX, a church that reaches seven million viewers weekly throughout the world. ...
By Nancy Williams - July 23rd, 2010
Tropical Storm Bonnie formed over the Bahamas on Thursday and made a path toward the Gulf oil spill. Work on the oil spill’s two relief wells has been stopped and BP has evacuated both boats and crew. The storm could push back completion of relief wells by as much as two weeks. ...
By Cheryl Chong - July 20th, 2010
Bedbugs are popping up in a growing number of stores, with most recently, in a Victoria’s Secret in Lenox Hill. A SoHo Hollister and an Abercrombie & Fitch at the South Street Seaport are just the tip of the iceberg. Local exterminators predict that the worst is yet to come, with a sporting goods store, a doctor’s office and a mattress warehouse already being affected...
By Cheryl Chong - July 20th, 2010
Outspoken talk show host, Glenn Beck, announced on Saturday that he has been diagnosed with Macular Dystrophy. To a massive crowd in Salt Lake City during a stop on his “American Revival” tour, he got emotional as he struggled to break the news and the consequences of this rare disease. Beck recounts that his doctor made the prognosis that he could potentially go blind within the next year. ...
By John - July 15th, 2010
'What are the odds of ______?' It is often difficult to get a straight answer to this simple question. For quite some time I have been looking to intrade.com to see what an open market predicts. ...
By Thomas Rebard - July 13th, 2010
Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, announced Monday that he is seriously considering a run for the presidency. Gingrich is notable for his Contract with America which was a list of promises made by a group of Republicans to get America Back on the right track in 1994. ...
By Cheryl Chong - July 6th, 2010
A body found in Biscayne Bay in Miami is believed to be that of 22 year old Domingo Vilalta, who went missing over the fourth of July weekend. Last seen around 8:20 p.m. on Sunday night partying on a boat off the Broad Causeway, no trace of Domingo has been sighted until a man's body washed up early Tuesday morning in Pelican Harbor...
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