Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Sorry I have been delinquent in the news folks, my job has been rather hectic for the last week. Rather than just ignore you all, I thought a quickly abbreviated roundup of today’s top news. Hopefully I will soon be able to return to putting the news into a little bit of context.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Today’s main story is that Alaska’s Republican Senator Ted Stevens was found guilty by a jury of violating federal ethics laws. He was convicted on seven felony counts he faced in connection with charges that he knowingly failed to list 250,000 in gifts and services on Senate disclosure forms. Stevens is up for reelection this year and Democrats are now seeing what was once a safe Republican seat as a likely pickup. Those hardest hit by the investigation might be bloggers, Stevens leaving the Senate and going to jail takes what little humor there was left out of the “series of tubes” meme.
Game 5 of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays is still going on — sorta. The game was suspended last night after 6 innings because of weather and will resume tonight at 8 pm (if the weather is still bad, tomorrow at 8 pm). The Rays had checked out of their hotel before the game in anticipation of flying home after — and they couldn’t get back in because the hotel was sold out. They had hoped to stay with area fans, but haven’t yet found enough to house all 9 players.
The US is considering talks with elements of the Taliban, the group that once ruled Afghanistan and has been resurgent in recent months. There is a hope that these talks could drive a wedge between the extremist elements of the Afghan insurgency and the more moderate groups.
Led Zepplin is reuniting and planning to go on tour again minus lead singer Robert Plant, who has decided he has quite enough money, thank you very much.
