There is candid frustration Thursday coming from rank and file congressional Democrats about the influence of Maine’s Republican senator in the health care reform debate. The way Republican Sen.
Democrats chastise Snowe over health care ‘influence’
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Balloon family was featured on ‘Wife Swap’
The family at the center of a dramatic flight of a hot air balloon that floated free appeared on a reality show that highlighted concerns about the children’s safety. Richard and Mayumi Heene and their three sons were featured on the ABC show “Wife Swap,” in which the mothers of two often opposite families switch places for two weeks.
6-year-old missing after balloon lands in Colorado
A balloon that was set adrift by a 6-year-old boy from his parents’ Colorado home was found empty, CNN affiliate KMGH said, citing a police report.
Tom Joyner gets justice for electrocuted kin, 94 years later
Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner raised his hand in victory. Nearly 100 years had passed since his great-uncles, Thomas Griffin and Meeks Griffin, were wrongfully executed in South Carolina.
Garth Brooks coming out of retirement
Garth Brooks, one of the biggest country stars of all time, said Thursday he was coming out of retirement after nine years away from the music business. Brooks made the announcement at a press conference at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee
Scientists hope work with poison gas can be a lifesaver
A wiry, slightly hunched man presses in a few numbers, the electronic lock gives way with a beep and the group presses into the crowded laboratory, plastered with ominous warnings about toxins and biohazards.
Massive African lake could dry up, U.N. agency says
Up to 30 million people are facing “a humanitarian disaster” as one of Africa’s biggest lakes shrinks, a United Nations agency warned Thursday.
The hot new musical instrument: Your smartphone
Often in the middle of the night, while his wife sleeps beside him, John Sheridan picks up his iPhone from the nightstand and shakes the device like it was a conductor’s wand on fire. Sometimes he goes on like this for more than an hour at a time
Massa risks row with new teammate Alonso
Felipe Massa has been forced to backtrack on comments he made claiming that new Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso was aware of Renault’s plans to deliberately crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Alonso won that race after the safety car was brought out when Renault’s No.
Divorce, Gosselin style, for ‘Jon & Kate’
They say that breaking up is hard to do, especially when millions of eyes are there to witness every caustic comment and verbal volley. No one knows that better than Jon and Kate Gosselin, whose divorce is playing out on a world stage, complete with tabloid covers, he-said-she-said television appearances and court orders