News Archive for July 2008
07/01
Starbucks To Close 600 U.S. StoresSEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. has announced it's closing 600 underperforming stores in the United States. The Seattle-based premium coffee company also announced Tuesday it expects to open fewer than 200 new company-operated stores in the United States in fiscal 2009. The company says it will try to place workers from closed stores in remaining Starbucks.
07/02
Colombia Rescues Ingrid Betancourt, Americans From FARCColombia - Colombia said its military rescued former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 other hostages from leftist rebels on Wednesday. Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos says no one was hurt in the operation in eastern Colombia. He said army commandos captured rebels manning a security ring around the [...]
07/03
Bush to attend China Olympics opening ceremoniesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China next month, the White House said on Thursday.
07/04
Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86 (Reuters)Reuters - Jesse Helms, a die-hard anti-communist firebrand who championed a wide range of conservative causes as a U.S. senator from North Carolina for 30 years, died early on Friday, aged 86, his foundation said.
07/05
Tropical Storm Bertha approaches warmer watersTropical Storm Bertha is approaching warmer waters and is likely to strengthen during the next couple of days.
07/06
91-year-old woman gets stuck under car for 2 daysGREENDALE, Wis.---- A 91-year-old woman who had crawled under her car to look for her keys ended up stuck beneath an axle for two days until her mail carrier noticed letters piling up, police said.
07/07
Woman found dead after Adelaide house partySouth Australian police are investigating the death of a 22-year-old Keswick woman whose body was found at a house in the Adelaide suburb of Golden Grove.
07/08
Prostate Cancer Vaccines More Effective With Hormone TherapyAmong patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, the addition of hormone therapy following vaccine treatment improved overall survival compared with either treatment alone or when the vaccine followed hormone treatment, according to recent data published in the July 15 Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Philip M. Arlen, M.D.
07/09
Al-Qaida link sought in US consulate attackISTANBUL, Turkey---- Turkish investigators are trying to determine whether of one of the gunmen in a deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul was linked to al-Qaida terrorists, an official said Thursday.
07/10
Burn Notice Season One - DVD ReviewFiled under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free, Burn NoticeI'd like to think that I'm the kind of person that gets in on cool things at the start, you know? There's just something about jumping on the bandwagon that's less attractive than being able to say, "Oh, yes. I was into that from day one." So, while I can proudly declare that I was a charter member of [...]
07/11
Bert and Ernie Try Gangsta RapWhile the Swedish Chef and Beaker of The Muppet Show have been singing Habanera, the aria from the opera Carmen, Bert and Ernie of Sesame Street have been trying something decidedly different … like gangsta rap from M.O.P.’s "Ante Up": Hit play or go to Link
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Former Bush spokesman Tony Snow dies of cancerFox News is reporting that conservative commentator and former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has died of cancer.
07/13
New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving, Fist-Bumping ObamaWho knows if they'll get this in Dubuque, but they sure aren't going to like it in Chicago: This week's New Yorker cover features an image of Michelle and Barack Obama that combines every smeary right-wing stereotype imaginable: An image of Obama in a turban and robes fist-bumping his be-afro'd wife, dressed in the military fatigues of a revolutionary [...]
07/14
'Project Runway' is back for fifth season'Project Runway' has revealed a whole new cast of characters for its fifth season and two contestants hail from the New York area!
07/15
Khloe Kardashian sentenced to jail, not too worried about itKhloe Kardashian (Swamp Thing above who should avoid being photographed next to Kourtney) apparently was picked up for DUI last year but managed to keep it out of the press. That is until she decided not to do any of her community service or enroll in alcohol education classes. Wow, that plan had everything. Khloe's stupidity has landed her three days [...]
07/16
Doctor gives warning about cell phones' possible cancer riskPITTSBURGH - The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.
07/17
Paul McCartney Joins Billy Joel at Shea StadiumIn concert at the soon-to-be-demolished Shea Stadium, Billy Joel got a little help from his friends Paul McCartney, Roger Daltrey, Garth Brooks and Steven Tyler.
07/18
US, Iraq seek 'general time horizon' on troop cuts (AP)AP - The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek "a general time horizon" for deeper reductions in American combat troops in Iraq.
07/19
British hostage 'commits suicide'The group that kidnapped five Britons in Iraq in May 2007 claims one of their captives has committed suicide, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper is reporting.
07/20
Rapper DMX Arrested at Phoenix MallRapper DMX was arrested at a Phoenix mall Saturday on suspicion that he gave a gave a false name and Social Security number to a hospital to get out of paying for medical expenses.
07/21
Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrested in SerbiaRadovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted war crimes suspects, has been captured in Serbia.
07/22
Golden Girl Estelle Getty dies at 84Estelle Getty, who won both Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for her role on The Golden Girls, has died at the age of 84.
07/23
50 Cent sues Taco Bell in NY over ad campaignRapper 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.
07/24
Federal minimum wage rises to $6.55About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food ...
07/25
'Last Lecture' professor, Randy Pausch, dies at 47Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet ...
07/26
Haskell Invitational | Big Brown makes bounceback victoryAfter a too-close-for-comfort victory in Sunday's $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, there could be more questions than answers about Big Brown's future.
07/27
Comic-Con: You've been warned -- 'Terminator Salvation' is 'not for pansies'!The familiar guh-guh-guh guhguh music filled the air at this afternoon’s Terminator Salvation panel, where a giant T-600 loomed over stage right, its red eyes boring a hole through everyone in Hall H, as McG and most of the principal...
07/28
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell expecting twins (AP)AP - It's twins for Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell, Romijn's publicist Lewis Kay said Monday.
07/29
Blake Lively and the Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsBlake Lively is returning from Gossip Girl and slipping back into her role as Bridget Vreeland in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 this week in theaters. I for one am unimpressed at this attempt to cash in one more time. … More here: Blake Lively and the Sisterhood of the Traveling [...]
07/30
Kate Hudson And Lance Armstrong Split?Alleged couple Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong have split, according to online reports.[...] Read more!
07/31
Ken Griffey Jr. is immediate hit for White SoxKen Griffey Jr. hadn't eaten in about a day. He was jittery a couple of hours before the game. Even in the seventh inning, when new teammate...