Find Stacy Peterson.com Blog Taken Down
May 21, 2008
When Stacy Peterson disappeared, the FindStacyPeterson.com blog became a hub for information for concerned family, friends and members of the community. But in the months since, her husband Drew Peterson, a suspect in her disappearance, has complained that the site has done little to find his missing wife, and instead, had become a vehicle to spy on him, discuss plans to harass him, and to reveal his personal comings and goings. Read more
Venezuela Denounces Illegal Incursion of Colombian Troops
May 20, 2008
Venezuelan Information Minister Andrés Izarra, confirmed that the government has proof that sixty Colombian troops made an illegal military incursion into Venezuelan territory last Friday. “We have photos and other materials that demonstrate the military incursion into our territory,” Izarra assured on Sunday after Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos, denied the claims. Read more
Obama’s Victory Lap
May 20, 2008
Last week the Twittersphere in Iowa was lit up with jabber from people I know who live near the former Obama campaign office in Des Moines. Read more
16 Year-Old Sailing Prodigy Zac Sunderland to Attempt Youngest Solo Circumnavigation
May 20, 2008
When 16 year-old Zac Sunderland of Ventura, California steps aboard his 36ft yacht, Intrepid on May 31, he will be the youngest American sailor since 1965 to attempt a solo global circumnavigation. That year, 16 year-old Robin Lee Graham departed Los Angeles, California but Graham did not complete his voyage until 1970, at the age of 20. Read more
Bush’s Glass House on Bailing Out Mortgage Lenders - Political Opinion
May 20, 2008
President Bush indicated yesterday that he’ll veto bipartisan compromise legislation that Congress may embrace this morning because the bill would ostensibly bail out lenders. Problem is, the president’s fuzzy math shows that it is the administration’s alternative plan that in fact bails out lenders. Read more
Public Citizen Sues to Force U.S. Trade Office To Release Details of WTO Internet Gambling Deal
May 20, 2008
The Bush administration is illegally withholding the details of its offer accepted by the European Union to bind more sectors of the U.S. economy to World Trade Organization (WTO) jurisdiction as part of a settlement relating to a WTO ruling against the U.S. ban on Internet gambling, Public Citizen contended today in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Read more
