News Bits May 1-May 3
Welcome to the second half of the first edition of Biweekly News Bits.
In the second half of this week (May 1-May 3)
US News
- Tornadoes kill 7 in Arkansas, strong storms throughout southeast. Link Video of Arkansas tornadoes
- Minnesota bridge collapse lawsuit settled for $38 million. Link
- Living in Pittsburgh still barely living. Link1
- The rich are twice as rich, the poor are even poorer if you consider inflation and gas prices. Link
- Gov’t. cracks down on shady credit card practices. Link
- US Economy not getting any suckier atm. Link
- Sgt. Leonard Trevino acquitted of premeditated murder in the death of an unarmed Iraqi insurgent who was killed in a village overrun by al Qaeda operatives. Link
World Events
- China and Tibet slated to begin talks. Link
- Austrian man kept his daughter and the children he fathered with her locked in a basement for 24 years. He had threatened to gas them if they left. Link
- Raul Castro may not be reforming Cuba as much as we thought. Link
- Dormant Chilean volcano causes hundreds to flee their homes. Link
US Entertainment
- Brooke White kicked off American Idol. Link
- Amy Winehouse still having problems with addiction - delays new Bond theme. Link
- Semi-quoting Groucho Marx there. Mari is from the burgh, so yay for Mari having a higher risk of lung problems! Also, *looks around* *shrugs* GO PENS!! </obligatory sports shoutout> [↩]
Tags: american idol, amy winehouse, arkansas tornadoes, brooke white, government opposes unfair credit card practices, may 1, minnesota bridge collapse settlement, news roundup, pittsburgh smog, rich are richer, second half of week
7 Responses to “News Bits May 1-May 3”
By Zuzsiq on 5 May 2008 at 11:54 am
Nice observations.
I never read American tidings before this and your past post! ;D
I sympathize with your obligatory sports shoutout. It´s needfulness.
By Jonathan on 5 May 2008 at 14:09 pm
What is the word soot ? My primary language isn’t english so I don’t really know that word
Well now I must say good luck to your pens and hope they win, I don’t want to see Philadelphia win because they eliminated Montréal
By FruityOaty on 5 May 2008 at 20:28 pm
Hey Mari,
Google is going through another PR update (updating is not officially over yet)… and yup, you’re back to PR2. Congrats, no more big zero for you. I’m seeing 2 on my toolbar today.
I’m waiting…and I think I’ll probably be b**tchslapped to zero. Coz I should stop linking so much (my blog is like an effing linkfarm populated by the ghosts of dead animals) and start writing some good content. Coz I’ve lost my one reader - myself.
By Mari on 6 May 2008 at 17:51 pm
@Jonathan
Ah! En français, c’est la suie. And don’t feel bad - Mari had to research “suie” in a dictionary.
Mari knew you spoke French. Sadly, Mari has not practiced speaking and reading French since high school, so Mari can’t respond very well in it.
Yeah, the Pens fans don’t like the Flyers either. It would have been interesting to see the Pens vs. the Habs… But perhaps it will be a faster game since it’s the Flyers…
By Mari on 6 May 2008 at 17:55 pm
@FruityOaty
Hithar fruity.
Mari wasn’t really worried about it anymore, ne~. But, Mari does appreciate the heads up!!
They’d better not. Your blog is well-suited to randomness, and you get enough links to be considered at least a 4.
Though, would it kill you to update?! LOL, kidding. Your blog is what you want to do with it, and just that.
Mari is thinking that her new “good content” is pretty sucky. Mari better stupid it up soon. XD
By Mari on 6 May 2008 at 17:58 pm
@Zuzsiq
It’s kind of like a timeline, yeah? They made us make timelines of major world events in our lives when we were younger in school, and Mari thought maybe Mari would do something like that.
By Cory on 6 May 2008 at 19:56 pm
Mari,
Intestesting news you have posted here; it’s neat to hear about things around the world that are new to me, such as these, mostly all of these.
Very much so is that pathetic, rude, and stupid to try, and sabatoge our store (if it was our ex-manager, pretty childish of him), and I don’t even understand why people do this kind of thing. Especially in 2008. I mean; grow up!
Thanks for your comment!