Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, May 18, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008 in Big News Writers, Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
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Senator Ted Kennedy was rushed to the hospital Saturday morning after suffering a seizure. Doctors realized Kennedy would be fine after he asked that his IV be served on the rocks.
On Monday, Hillary Clinton compared her campaign to John F. Kennedy’s 1960 campaign in West Virginia. Experts corrected the Senator, noting that her campaign was more like John F. Kennedy’s 1963 car ride in Dallas.
Former congressman Bob Barr announced his candidacy for President this week as a Libertarian who would rein in federal spending and foreign wars. He declined to comment on how he would be able to do that without getting any votes.
Senator John McCain warned voters at a Kentucky gun shop Friday that the policies of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama would undermine the rights of gun owners. McCain noted that he knows better than anyone what the Second Amendment means, since he was there when it was passed.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has put together a list of proposed cabinet ministers for new President Dmitry Medvedev to approve. The approval process is expected to be swift as all of the names on the list are Vladimir Putin.
The price of oil surged this week to nearly 128 dollars a barrel. The Bush administration has proposed a solution to the problem: getting bigger barrels.
Following the California ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, Pope Benedict restated the position of the Roman Catholic Church that only unions between a man and a woman are moral. At least that’s what he’s heard.
Angelina Jolie confirmed in an interview with the Today Show that she and Brad Pitt are expecting twins. The twins will be arriving on Air Sudan in six weeks.
CBS has announced that it will add two new comedies to its schedule this fall. The move increases the number of comedies on CBS to two.
Neil Diamond got his first ever number one album this week when his new CD hit the top of the Billboard chart. However, the album only comes in at number 52 once you factor out all sales based on irony
Britney Spears is vacationing in Costa Rica, staying at Mel Gibson’s beach house. Britney plans to incorporate footage from her trip when she appears on the new television show, “How I Met Your Anti-Semite.”
London police say Amy Winehouse will not be facing drug charges. Mostly because she was too wasted to look directly at the drug charges.
A new study found that playing violent video games does not cause kids to act out violence in real life. However, the study did find that playing violent video games causes kids to act out not getting laid.
Federal prosecutors have charged a Missouri couple with training the woman’s 12-year-old daughter to be a dominatrix. The arrest has destroyed the market for Hannah Montana ball gags.
It was reported this week that a Girl Scout in Michigan this year sold a whopping 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. To Michael Moore.
A recent study reports that physically active women are 25% less likely to develop breast cancer. Physically active women are also 100% likely to have their breasts stared at while running.
The anti-bleeding drug Trasylol will stay off the market after a study showed that patients are more likely to die during surgery. On the bright side, the patients did stop bleeding.
More than 60 people have committed suicide in Japan by inhaling a mixture of detergent and other chemicals. Officials blame the popularity of the Japanese program “Go-Go Super Happy Wonderful Chemical Suicide Game For You!”
A new study reveals that people suffering from muscular dystrophy may be able to protect their hearts by taking regular doses of Viagra. In response, the Muscular Dystrophy Association has renamed its telethon “Jerry’s Inappropriately Aroused Kids”.
And finally, Warren Cowan, the last of the old-time Hollywood publicists, whose clients ranged from Frank Sinatra to the Doors, died of cancer Wednesday at age eighty-seven. In heaven, Cowan will tell Jesus that if he wants to make it big, he should change his name to something less Jewish.
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