Obama takes on Clinton, raising record cash in Democrat primary raceIt was revealed late Sunday night in reports filed with the Federal Election Commission that Illinois Senator Barack Obama raised record cash contributions in the first three months of the Democratic presidential primary, beating NY Senator Hillary Clinton.
| FULL STORYAll deference to Mario Cuomo and all the other Democratic wags who thought, or still think, an Obama/Clinton ticket is a "Dream Team" - but, what the hell is wrong with you people? | FULL STORY
Hundreds of opposition protestors were arrested this weekend in St. Petersburg and Moscow as thousands of anti-Putin demonstrators clashed with police, though the Russian press has ignored the news, even though opposition leader Garry Kasparov was among those arrested. | FULL STORY
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at a meeting of G-7 level members in Washington that the United States was committed to keep the US economy open to trade and foreign investment. | FULL STORY
INSIDE BUSINESS
Canadian cable television and internet service provider, Shaw Commumnications, second-quarter revenue grew 12 percent behind an aggressive acquisition strategy that led to strong growth in Internet and cable customers.
The initial jobless claims report for the week ending April 7 showed an increase in the level of unemployment with initial claims rising 19,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 323,000.
Publishing giant, McClatchy Co. (NYSE: MNI), is facing challenges within the publishing industry, mainly due to the fall off in newspaper circulation that all publishers are feeling and now it's been placed on CreditWatch by rating agency Standard & Poor's.
ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
At first glance, the display is hardly the most shocking in the traveling exhibit of real human bodies preserved with liquid silicone rubber. A man sliced thinly into 92 pieces, fetuses in jars and preserved male genitalia comprise other displays in the exhibition.
Gene Wilder introduces his latest novel "My French Whore" to member of the media at Washington's National Press Club while revealing that he prefers writing to acting.
The film, "Redline", is garbage, but I refuse to accept it had to be this bad. Especially coming from a producer without any obligations to please a studio. I rate this film "F".
World News
Ban Ki-Moon Calls for More Troops in Sudan's Darfur Region Iraq Security Plan Nets 120 Gunmen in Baghdad, Pilgrim Bomb Plot Foiled Slave Trade Getting Out of Hand, UN Official WarnsTechnology News
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Bill Would Trim Snack Options for Students FDA Approves New Blood Preasure Medication Women Can't Catch Enough ZZZsNational News
Garbage Traps Elderly Couple in Home, Man Dead Clinton campaign leads in fundraising Wolfowitz Won't ResignSports News
Will Packer Quarterback Brett Favre Return Next Year? Broncos' Darrent Williams Killed in Drive-by Shooting University of Miami Football Coach Larry Coker Fired
