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August 14, 2005
A Summer Summery (courtesy of CNN)
So, I am cleaning out the V1ag.ra CIalIss emails from my Inbox and noticed I haven't been deleting my CNN updates..
Here is our summer, so far:
-- One of three young suspects detained in Aruba confesses to killing Alabama teenager, senior police official says. :(
-- Michael Jackson found innocent on all 10 counts in his child molestation trial. ;|
-- Former Klansman Edgar Ray Killen found guilty of three counts of manslaughter in 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers. :)
-- U.S. agriculture officials say tests on cow in the United States have come back positive for mad cow disease. :(
-- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on U.S. Supreme Court, is retiring. :(
-- Judge orders New York Times reporter Judith Miller jailed for refusing to divulge source who revealed CIA operative. :( Shame on you, judge!
-- Police say a fuel tanker hit by a car bomber exploded, killing at least 58 people south of Baghdad. :(
-- President Bush will nominate U.S. Circuit Judge John Roberts Jr. to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, CNN has learned.
-- Scotland Yard responding to reports of "incidents" at three London Underground subway stations.
-- Fatal shooting in subway station linked to ongoing anti-terror probe, London police say. Images released of four men wanted in connection with failed bombings.
-- Space shuttle Discovery lifts off, marking first shuttle flight since Columbia disaster in February 2003.
-- Saudi Arabia's King Fahd has died at age 82.
-- President Bush today to name John Bolton to be nation's U.N. ambassador through recess appointment, senior Bush administration official says.
-- All passengers survive after an Air France jet overruns a Toronto, Canada, runway and bursts into flames, officials said. :)
-- Italian media: Passenger jet carrying 35 people goes down off Sicily. :(
-- Russian sub trapped in deep waters is raised and all crew members are alive, says spokesman for U.S. Pacific Fleet. :)
-- Peter Jennings, the longtime anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight," died Sunday, the news network reports. He was 67. :(
-- Tennessee officials: Escaped prisoner George Hyatte and his wife captured at Columbus, Ohio, hotel. Jennifer Hyatte was injured. :|
-- U.N. nuclear watchdog agency adopts resolution calling on Iran to halt nuclear fuel development. (here we go, again)
-- British Airways cancels all flights in and out of London's Heathrow Airport until 1 p.m. ET (1700 GMT) Friday. <-- this was due to a strike, not a terrorist attack, so :)
Posted by lysa at August 14, 2005 8:24 PM
Comments
Can't you get your news from a more reputable source... like The Enquirer?!
Posted by: Karen at August 15, 2005 10:02 PM