‘The Neuz’ Archives
Obama slams GOP for Economic Obstruction (VIDEO)
JULIE PACE, Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is taking aim at Senate Republicans, accusing them of playing politics with measures that would extend benefits to the unemployed and increase lending to small businesses. Striking a deeply partisan tone in his weekly Saturday radio and online address, Obama said the GOP [...]
California Whooping Cough Epidemic
From the LATimes.com: Five babies have died since January and the number of confirmed cases is four times higher than the same period last year. Health officials urge anyone in contact with infants to be inoculated. By Kate Linthicum and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Whooping cough is now at epidemic levels in California and the state [...]
Recall: More than 3,000 CYBEX 2.GO infant carriers
From Consumer Reports: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Regal Lager Inc., of Kennesaw, Ga., this week announced a voluntary recall of CYBEX 2.GO infant carriers. A shoulder strap slider buckle can break, posing a fall hazard to babies. Regal Lager Inc. has received three reports of broken [...]
Canadian Earthquake 2010
From the Christian Science Monitor: Toronto — A magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck at the Ontario-Quebec border region of Canada on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and homes and businesses were shaken from Canada's capital in Ottawa on south to an arc of U.S. states. There were no immediate reports of injuries or [...]
Tony Hayward Gets Life Back
From The New York Times: A day after Tony Hayward, the chief executive of BP, was pummeled by members of a House committee over the company’s role in the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the chairman of the company said in an interview that Mr. Hayward would step away from daily involvement in BP’s enormous response efforts in [...]
USA draw with Slovenia – Controversial Call
From the Huffington Post: he United States overcame a daunting two-goal deficit to force a draw against Slovenia on Friday, but the Americans may have deserved to win outright. Shortly after tying the game in the 81st minute, the U.S. had a free kick near the Slovenian goal. Landon Donovan, who scored the first U.S. goal of the game, lobbed [...]
Annual Brett Favre Watch – 2010 Edition
The annual 'will-he-retire-or-will-he-play' waiting game has begun - this year, with a new twist: a non-debilitating ankle injury that requires surgery to extend his already storied career. I'm a gigantic Favre fan - I have been since the afternoon in Green Bay that he took over for a broken Don Majkowski on a September afternoon. Favre won [...]
Adobe Flashes Back at Steve Jobs
Thursday Steve Jobs launched a six point attack for anyone who wanted to know why Apple iPhones, iPads and iPods don't support Adobe Flash. Today, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen fights back. From the Inquirer.com: Steve "lets sic the cops on the press" Jobs repeated all that he had said before, namely that Flash is not open, it's buggy, and it [...]
Bret Michaels Condition Update
According to CNN, "Bret Michaels "sounds like Bret" nearly a week after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage, his sister told a radio show Wednesday. "He sounded good -- as good as you can when your brain's throbbing," Michelle Sychak said in a interview with the "Todd N Tyler Radio Empire." "He seems very coherent to me and like he knew what [...]
What Happened to Bret Michaels?
From People.com: As Bret Michaels continues to be watched closely by his doctors, a source reveals the rocker's excruciating moments before he was taken to the emergency room. According to the source, Michaels, 47, said the headache that prompted him to call for an ambulance felt "like hit in the head with a baseball bat over and over [...]
