Archive for September, 2008
Slaughter-Sentenced
Working in a slaughterhouse can get you hard time. Well, if your caught red-handed on undercover video abusing sick and injured cows. Consequently leading up to the largest beef recall in U.S. history. Daniel Ugarte Navarro was sentenced to two felony counts of animal cruelty and two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to downed animals.
The video was [...]
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Tags: beef recall, cow abuse, sentenced
The head of the FDIC says Washington Mutual customers will be fine despite the bank’s failure yesterday. The federal government sized WaMu on Thursday and sold its assets for $1.9 billion to JPMorgan Chase. WaMu is the largest bank to fail in U.S. History.
KNBC.com reports that FDIC Chairman Sheila Blair is reassuring customers that everything will be ”business as usual” for [...]
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Boil-water Order in Downey
If your in Downey make sure to drink bottled water and throw out ice cubes. Residents were warned Friday about coliform bacteria detected in city water. Officials urged residents to boil tap water for at least a minute before drinking it or cooking with it. The order to boil will stand for at least [...]
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Palin Heads to LA
VP Candidate Sarah Palin will be in Carson one week and a day after tonight’s debate. The rally will be at the tennis stadium at the Home Depot Center.
The Alaska Governor’s nomination whipped up a media frenzy, and KNBC.com reports that she has been attracting huge crowds. The Orange County Republican Party originally wanted Palin to speak in Orange County, but Palin couldn’t [...]
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Tags: election 2008, Palin, presidential election
McCain rejoins Tonight’s Debate
McCain “optimistic” about bailout negotiations in Congress, is scheduled to debate Obama tonight at the University of Mississippi. McCain’s participation reverses his earlier position to delay the event.
McCain gambled with that decision. Some say strategically timed to appear above politics and as a leader on an issue that had overshadowed the presidential campaign. Obama held steadfast and [...]
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Tags: bailout, debate, mccain, obama
OJ Simpson Trial: Day 2
Judge gets strict with attorneys on both sides as day two of testimony gets underway in the armed robbery, kidnapping trial of OJ Simpson. Simpson is charged with 12 counts and could face up to life in prison.
Watch live, uninterrupted coverage on here at knbc.com/newsraw or on Digital Channel 4.4, Time Warner Digital [...]
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Raw Links from the Weekend
Partial List of Metrolink Victims- Laist.com offers a partial list of victims.
Metrolink Blames Their Engineer - Metrolink officials explain that the engineer’s failure to heed a red light caused the deadly crash that has claimed at least 25 lives. Metrolink officials though refute those claims.
Lawmakers Agree on Buget Deal - State legislative leaders breakthrough in California’s budget drama. [...]
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Tags: california budget, latest, metrolink list of victims
GOP’s beef with the Media
The media, as lucky full-time practitioners of the role of citizen that the 1st Amendment protects, have a duty to explore the life and activities and attitudes of a person in Palin’s position and make the results public in responsible fashion. The question is whether they did so in this instance.
In the case of the [...]
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Biden in PA
Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden talks about the economy, the Iraq War, and the Republican ticket at a townhall in Langhorn, PA.
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