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Entries from August 2007

Nick Hogan is out of the hospital but a 22-year old man may have brain damage

August 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Nick Hogan is out of the hospital but thanks to his actions a 22-year old man may have brain damage. Witnesses said they saw Bollea, 17, racing against the Viper in his yellow Toyota Supra moments before the crash, which left his passenger, 22-year-old John J. Graziano, in critical condition.
The shameful and dangerous driving […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Deal or no deal staring Pervez Musharraf

August 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Islamabad - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday rejected pressure from former premier Benazir Bhutto to make a snap decision on a power-sharing deal that would see him quit as army chief.
One day after his exiled rival, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, claimed that Gen Musharraf had decided to give up the post, his […]

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Tags: World

Virginia Tech University officials should have been quicker

August 30th, 2007 · No Comments

WASHINGTON – The massacre of students and staff in Blacksburg, the tiny campus town in the Blue Ridge mountains in southern Virginia, was the worst mass shooting in modern US history.
Virginia Tech University officials should have been quicker to notify students and faculty about two killings on campus hours before the deadliest shooting rampage […]

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Tags: U.S.

Countless numbers of people skip sleep to witness a total lunar eclipse

August 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Before dawn Tuesday, in different parts of the world, people either stayed up late or got up early and watched a colorful total eclipse of the moon. They saw the moon’s bright white surface slowly turn to coppery red and brown.
Astronomical Society of Victoria vice-president Terry Vlahos remained upbeat about the event despite the […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

Three of the Korean female captives have been released

August 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Three of the female captives were released after a deal between the Taleban and the Korean Government.
The hostages were released into the care of officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross at two separate locations in central Afghanistan close to the city of Ghazni, according to an Associated Press reporter on the […]

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Tags: World

Senator Larry Craig says he is not gay

August 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Under fire from leaders of his own party, Idaho’s Republican Senator Larry Craig denied that he is not gay, even though he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in a men’s room in June, during a police sex sting at a Minnesota airport.
“I am not gay, and never have been gay,” Craig said, adding that […]

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Tags: U.S.

Britney Spears A Bad Mom?

August 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Los Angeles - The TMZ website is reporting that an unscheduled hearing was held yesterday at the L.A. County Superior Court to investigate Britney Spears for possible child abuse. The accusations do not involve physical mistreatment of the kids, but the pop tart stands accused of giving her babies, Sean Preston, 22 months and Jayden […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Hulk Hogan’s teenage son has crashed his sports car, leaving a friend seriously injured

August 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Hulk Hogan’s teenage son crashed his sports car, leaving a friend seriously injured. Nick Bollea - whose father’s real name is Terry Bollea - crashed his Toyota Supra in Florida on Sunday (26.08.07) after losing control and smashing into a palm tree, injuring himself and putting his passenger in intensive care.
The passenger remains […]

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Tags: Entertainment · Sports

What happened to Owen Wilson?

August 28th, 2007 · No Comments

“I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time,” Wilson said in a statement.
On Monday, the Wedding Crashers actor was in good condition at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after Santa Monica police responded to a medical call Sunday afternoon. Police confirmed that […]

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Tags: Entertainment

A good day for America as General Gonzales resigns

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has announced that he will resign effective September 17. This marks the end of a standoff with congressional critics over his honesty and competence at the helm of the Justice Department.
Gonzales, the former White House counsel who made clear during his two-and-a-half-year tenure as the nation’s top cop that he […]

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Tags: U.S.