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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 4, 2008 8:34:56 GMT -5
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Friday urged consumers to follow package cooking instructions after 32 people in 12 states got Salmonella poisoning after eating frozen stuffed chicken entrees that were raw but breaded. Although many of the chicken dishes had instructions identifying the product as uncooked, people who got sick did not follow those instructions and reportedly used microwaves to prepare the entrees, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a statement. In a public health alert, the agency said all poultry products should be cooked to a safe minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit (74 degrees Celsius) and the best way to do that was with a food thermometer. It said frozen, raw stuffed chicken products labeled "chicken cordon bleu" or "chicken Kiev," as well as chicken breasts stuffed with cheese or vegetables, often appeared to be cooked because they were breaded or pre-browned. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081004/ts_nm/us_food_salmonella;_ylt=Al5f9ToFIffz18CEH_.D4sQDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 4, 2008 8:34:24 GMT -5
NEW YORK – A battle broke out Friday for control of Wachovia, as Wells Fargo agreed to pay $14.8 billion for the struggling bank, while Citigroup and federal regulators insisted that Citi's earlier and lower-priced takeover offer go forward. The surprise announcement that Wachovia Corp. agreed to be acquired by San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. in the all-stock deal — without government assistance — upended what had appeared to be a carefully examined arrangement and caught regulators off guard. Wells' original offer totaled about $15.1 billion, but since the value of its shares closed down 60 cents Friday, the deal is now valued at about $14.8 billion. Only four days earlier, Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay $2.1 billion for Wachovia's banking operations in a deal that would have the help of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081004/ap_on_bi_ge/wells_fargo_wachovia;_ylt=AiBtnu_C3fFphX5uhn38XuQDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 4, 2008 8:33:37 GMT -5
It's wait and see after Bush signs rescue planWASHINGTON – After two weeks of anguishing debate, Congress has passed and President Bush signed a massive plan to save the financial industry and the economy at large from an unthinkable free fall. Now, the world holds its breath, seeing if it will work. Passage of the $700 billion financial rescue package came after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson at a meeting last month shocked congressional leaders into action by warning of pending economic collapse without immediate congressional intervention. Paulson said after the climactic House vote Friday that he already had staff working out details and was lining up advisers from outside the government to get the money flowing. The immediate response to the 263-171 vote was not promising. Wall Street, which plunged a record 778 points after the House initially rejected the bill last Monday, fell 157 points on Friday as more economic bad news, such as a jump in job losses, outweighed news that Congress was finally coming to the rescue. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081004/ap_on_go_co/financial_meltdown;_ylt=Aiy5bdCiZ2tQic98.Ml.UyYDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 4, 2008 8:32:47 GMT -5
Imagine standing safely on one side of the window as a big, toothy sand tiger shark eases past your face. You know you're in the clear, and yet you feel your pulse picking up at the sight. There's also something about the way the alligators in the Delta Swamp stare at you without blinking, as if you are their lunch, which brings a tingle to the back of your neck. Or maybe it's getting inches away from a rattlesnake, anaconda or boa constrictor that gives you the heebie-jeebies. Relax and embrace the critter jitters. That's what the Aquarium's month-long celebration – Thrills, Gills and Chills – is all about. Throughout October, enjoy special keeper talks, dive shows and animal encounters at the Tennessee Aquarium designed to bring you up close to nature's most feared and often most misunderstood animals. Learn creepy and cool facts about the Aquarium's giant Pacific octopus, poison dart frogs, eyes of newts and the sting of jellyfish. You'll also discover why one type of seal petrifies penguins, what piranhas really choose to chomp on and what's up with the moray eels' ferocious appearance. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136177.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 4, 2008 8:31:16 GMT -5
A Chattanooga crime study shows the violent crime rate here dropped 6.7 percent since 2001, but nationally it was down 30.8 percent since that peak year. The study by the Ochs Center For Metropolitan Studies also said, while property crime rates have declined by 27.4 percent since 2001, they have stayed the same in Chattanooga. David Eichenthal, center president, presented the report Friday at a crime workshop hosted by state Sen. Andy Berke at the County Courthouse. The study puts Chattanooga below Detroit, Memphis, Atlanta, Nashville and Birmingham in violent crime, but ahead of Knoxville, Huntsville, Los Angeles, New York, Raleigh and Providence. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136427.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 2, 2008 10:24:33 GMT -5
Another dream. Darkness was contrasted by lightning all around. It tugged on the large, cheap plastic shingles on the storefront’s false roof, the modern equivalent of an Old West block-style façade, which was blowing off in sections. I was viewing everything from above my car. As I stood by the open driver’s-side door, I gripped the upper edge of the frame at the roof and gritted my teeth. The storm was here. It was all wind and lightning and no rain, and the lack of rain was maddening, as if a lack of closure was pervading what I knew should be blistering rainfall, making windshield wipers useless, and thoughts of crawling into the attic seem sensible. My hair was longer, and this time a streak of gray showed half an inch above my ears, but I was not many years older than I am now. The collars of my coat were whipping against my neck. My embroidered badge was frayed but still visible. Time was short, as was my patience. Only a few options left…then the dream ends, leaving me with a memory of irrational fury and frustration. Weird. Same dream as always, and as such, background noise to me, so I quickly forgot about it as I put miles on my Crown Vic. Earlier, I’d left a nice subdivision for a bad reason, and though it was completely behind me, I couldn’t quite get the feeling of being clean again just yet. I’d walked into a well-decorated, well-lit home to find a middle-aged woman sitting on the edge of a bed looking down and wringing her hands ceaselessly, quietly mumbling something to herself and ignoring my cautious greeting. This was likely because she was sitting opposite the body of her husband, who was slumped between a wall and the mattress with the better part of his head’s contents spread across the wall, a revolver lying next to him. He was the suspect in his own shooting, and there was nothing left to be done. Cops and medics made their rounds. Pictures were snapped, measurements were taken, and eventually his body had been removed as tastefully as the circumstances would allow…then as it was in the beginning, it was just the woman and I. www.chattanoogapulse.com/columns/on-the-beat/44-on-the-beat/224-a-day-in-the-life-of-death
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 2, 2008 6:19:55 GMT -5
Defense attorneys for Rejon Taylor have asked four TV stations and WGOW Talk Radio to supply tapes and video of comments prosecutors made about Taylor allegedly calling the jurors in his case "racist rednecks." Station managers for Channels 3, 9, 12 and Fox61 were asked to turn over video or transcripts of broadcasts regarding "statements that Taylor had said that the jurors were redneck racists." WGOW was asked to turn over tapes regarding on-air discussion of that topic. Judge Curtis Collier recently individually interviewed the jurors on whether they had heard or read about the alleged comments. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136286.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 2, 2008 6:17:34 GMT -5
CARTA employees should have all the more expensive parking meters in place by the end of next week, CARTA Executive Director Tom Dugan said. Some of the 1,200 new meters have already been installed, and users are finding their money is not going as far as before. A quarter formerly bought you an hour of downtown parking. Now it will get you 20 minutes. Also, five-hour meters are being eliminated. The old rate was just 50 cents for five hours. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136263.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 2, 2008 6:16:56 GMT -5
WASHINGTON - With a new cold season coming, the government is trying once more to decide what to do about over-the-counter medicines for kids' coughs and sniffles. Doctors question the drugs' benefits and worry about their risks. Pediatricians are urging the Food and Drug Administration, which scheduled a public hearing Thursday on the issue, to demand a recall of the medicines for children younger than 6. "Parents should know that there is less evidence than ever to support the use of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for young children," said Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Baltimore's health commissioner. "There is nothing that is holding the FDA back from asking for a voluntary recall now of products marketed to kids under 6." news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_go_ot/med_cold_medicines;_ylt=Akkl66zULcnUC2tD_cjSUZ0DW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 2, 2008 6:16:17 GMT -5
SYDNEY (AFP) - An offbeat suggestion that Australians should eat kangaroos instead of cattle and sheep has been given a scientific stamp of approval by the government's top climate change adviser. The belching and farting of millions of farm animals is a major contributor to Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, Professor Ross Garnaut noted in a major report to the government on global warming. Kangaroos, on the other hand, emit negligible amounts of methane gas. If farmers were included in a system requiring industry to buy permits for the gas they produce, the cost of meat would rise and could lead to a change in eating habits, Garnaut said in the 600 page report released Wednesday. news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081001/wl_asia_afp/australiaclimatefoodkangaroosoffbeat;_ylt=AsV26GDSyoX0og3pzQhs3KADW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 2, 2008 6:15:33 GMT -5
Corker, Alexander Vote In Favor Of Bailout BillSen. Bob Corker (R-TN), on Wednesday voted in favor of the over $700 billion bailout bill after he "emphasized that the bill is about Main Street, not Wall Street." The bill was approved in the Senate 74-25 with Sen. Lamar Alexander also voting in favor. The bill now goes back to the House. Sen. Corker said, “If this were about Wall Street it would be a very different debate, but this is about trying to prevent a catastrophe on Main Street." Sen. Corker, who said he has been heavily involved in discussions over the past two weeks, said, “I’m supporting this rescue plan to try to avoid an economic calamity that would affect every Tennessean’s and every American’s ability to get a car loan, a home loan, a student loan, use a credit card or even cash a paycheck. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136275.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 2, 2008 5:43:30 GMT -5
The Hamilton County Medical Examiner's office has found that blunt force trauma caused the death of a 22-month-old East Brainerd girl. The case has now been ruled a homicide. The child was brought to a hospital on Wednesday suffering from seizures. Officers who found the child lying on a couch were told by a man at the residence she was having trouble breathing. She died on Friday. The case is being investigated by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136224.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 1, 2008 7:17:34 GMT -5
The City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved setting up a pharmacy for city employees, though two council members said they had concerns about competing with private firms. Dan Johnson, the mayor's chief of staff, said the in-house pharmacy is projected to save the city $8.6 million over five years. And he said two private firms are involved in the operation. The city pharmacy, hailed as one of the first for a city government in the country, will be operated by Benefit Advocate, of Gainesville, Ga. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136192.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 1, 2008 7:17:03 GMT -5
City Councilwoman Sally Robinson said the issue needs to be revived on allowing alcoholic beverages at the city's Tivoli Theatre and Memorial Auditorium. "Chattanooga today is a lot different than it was 50 years ago," Councilwoman Robinson said. She said both venues are losing money, and having alcohol would help defray taxpayer costs. The topic came up when the City Council was discussing amending the city code to allow the sale of beer and other beverages at the Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park and at Eastgate Plaza. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136201.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 1, 2008 7:14:30 GMT -5
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks reiterated their demands for a $20 million ransom on Tuesday and denied three of their number had died in a shootout. A maritime group monitoring the situation had earlier said three pirates were killed in a shootout between rival gunmen on the MV Faina, seized six days ago in the most high-profile of a wave of hijackings off lawless Somalia this year. "We want $20 million ransom from the ship and we are 53 Somalis," said Sugule, the spokesman of the pirates onboard the Ukrainian ship, which is being shadowed by U.S. navy vessels. "I will not talk about mediators or negotiation because we are at risk. I will not name where we are particularly but we are on the coast of Somalia," he told Reuters, adding the pirates would stay on board until their demands were met. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080930/wl_nm/us_somalia_piracy;_ylt=AisTqYBsDoPRNDacp9.NY6EDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 1, 2008 7:13:53 GMT -5
The city of Chattanooga has been having much success with goats chewing away at unwanted kudzu. But there's no telling what they might devour when they get on the loose. Lee Norris, city public works assistant administrator, said a St. Elmo man bought some goats "and did not have a happy experience with them." He said the St. Elmo goat owner did not go through the city's "goat browsing" training and become permitted for hiring out his goats. Mr. Norris said the St. Elmo goats last week "took off running past the man's electric fence." www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136191.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 1, 2008 7:13:16 GMT -5
City Public Works officials said Tuesday they are not giving up on chip seal paving despite a barrage of complaints about initial use of the method that finally caused Mayor Ron Littlefield to call a halt. Lee Norris, public works deputy administrator, said the program will resume next spring after crews go through a "learning crew" on how best to handle the money-saving process. Mr. Norris said the firm that was contracted to do paving on Pineville Road, Mountain Creek Road, Norcross Road and other roads initially was putting out too much oil and gravel. He also said loose gravel was being pushed to the sides of the road. Now city crews are working to keep the gravel on the road and vacuuming it up. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136190.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 30, 2008 7:20:18 GMT -5
Defense attorneys for Rejon Taylor are asking for a mistrial in his death penalty case or for a hearing on "juror bias". Attorneys Bill and Lee Ortwein, Leslie Cory and Howell Clements said prosecutors on Sept. 11 "recklessly and in open court accused the defendant of having used a racial epithet to describe the jury." The defense attorneys said, "This accusation, which was inaccurate, was widely reported in the media." They noted they had asked for a sequestered jury, but that was not allowed. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136129.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 30, 2008 7:16:14 GMT -5
ATLANTA - Motorists are rising before dawn so they can be at the filling station when the delivery truck arrives. Some are skipping work or telecommuting. Others are taking the extreme step — for Atlanta — of switching to public transportation. Across a section of the South, a hurricane-induced gasoline shortage that was expected to last only a few days is dragging into its third week, and experts say it could persist into mid-October. The Atlanta area has been hit particularly hard, along with Nashville and western North Carolina. Those lucky enough to find gas are paying more than drivers elsewhere around the country. "I've used up gas just looking for gas," said Larry Jenkins, a construction worker who pulled his red pickup truck into a Citgo station in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday. The sign said $3.99 a gallon, but the pumps were closed. Many filling stations in the area have not had gas for days. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/gas_shortage;_ylt=AspW_M4nGMqaNo8njwFmhmIDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 30, 2008 7:15:27 GMT -5
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Grandparents play a critical role in their grandchildren's lives, helping boost their development even through simple activities such as reading to them or going shopping together, an Australian study said. The four-year government-funded study, released on Tuesday, measured children's physical, learning and cognitive development, in addition to social and emotional functioning. It showed that children aged from 3 to 19 months had higher learning scores if they were cared for by family and friends -- including grandparents -- as well as their parents. "This new study demonstrates just what a critical role grandparents play in the development of children," Federal Families, Housing and Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin was quoted by Australian media as saying. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080930/lf_nm_life/us_grandparents;_ylt=ArK815swnM.FI0Eb9kHb0VsDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 30, 2008 7:14:59 GMT -5
The Greater Chattanooga Area American Red Cross announced a campaign today "to help save the local chapter." The initiative, called "Meet the Need", is targeting a fundraising goal of $1.2 million. This amount will support the annual budget for operating the local Red Cross Chapter which serves Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Grundy and Rhea counties in Tennessee and Catoosa, Dade and Walker counties in Georgia, officials said. Barbara Alexander, executive director of the Greater Chattanooga Area American Red Cross, said, "After six years of dipping into our reserves to operate the Chattanooga Area Chapter we find ourselves in a very serious cash crisis. The increased cost of providing services due to an expanded service area and rising number of home fires and disasters is compounded by a reduction of funding for key programs the Chapter provides. In fact, this weekend alone we provided just under $1,000 in direct financial assistance to two families burned out of their home." The local Red Cross does not receive government funding or direct financial support from the national Red Cross to cover the chapter's operating budget. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136088.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 30, 2008 7:14:26 GMT -5
Woman Says She Was Tricked Into Signing Steele Ouster PetitionAn East Ridge woman said she believes she was tricked into signing a petition seeking the ouster of East Ridge Mayor Mike Steele. Pat Wooten said she was presented a copy of the petition while she and her husband were eating at an East Ridge restaurant. She said it had no heading, and she was told it had to do with updating the city charter. "Mike Steele's name was not mentioned," she said. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136072.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 30, 2008 7:13:19 GMT -5
Without a Bailout Plan, What Will the Cost Be? By voting down the proposed $700 billion financial bailout package - and causing a spectacular stock market rout - a majority of members in the House of Representatives made a clear statement that they didn't want to put taxpayers on the hook for the failures of financial institutions. But there's a catch: taxpayers are already on the hook for the failures of financial institutions, and it's possible that the bill will actually be larger without bailout legislation than with it. That's because the regulators who mind the financial industry - the Federal Reserve, Treasury and FDIC - will keep doing what they've been doing: stepping in to prevent the chaotic failure of banks and other large financial institutions. This means continuing to put hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars at risk, but in a way that adheres to no clear plan of action and doesn't require members of Congress to explicitly approve their actions. On Monday afternoon, Wall Street basically stopped trading to watch TV - mainly CNBC - to see how the House of Representatives would vote on the $700 billion bailout package. When it first started looking like the bill would fail, the Dow plummeted 389 points, or 3.6%, in just seven minutes. If it had continued at that pace for much longer, this would have been perhaps the most harrowing day in stock market history. It didn't, but things were still really, really bad. The Dow ended the day down 778 points, or 7%, and the S&P 500 - a better measure of the overall market - was down 107 points, or 8.8%, its worst performance since the 1987 market crash. And markets for bonds and short-term loans were, for the most part, nonexistent. news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080930/us_time/withoutabailoutplanwhatwillthecostbe;_ylt=ApcOd4U_8JWwwzBNpDa9BbsDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 30, 2008 7:12:44 GMT -5
Wamp Opposes Bailout Bill, Favors "Sweeping" Financial Reforms The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday declined to approve the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Congressman Zach Wamp was among those opposing the $700 billion financial bailout bill. There were 228 opposed and 205 in favor in the House. In the Senate, Sen. Lamar Alexander pleaded for passage of the bill, saying if it does not there is "a real risk that credit will freeze and Americans will not be able to get car, student, auto, mortgage, or farm credit loans – or even to cash their paychecks.” He said, “Inaction in this case is not an option. The Senate will stay here and keep working in a bipartisan way to address the national credit crunch. Without decisive Congressional action there is a real risk that credit will freeze and Americans will not be able to get car loans, student loans, auto loans, mortgage loans, and farm credit loans – or even cash their paychecks. Next week we can fix the blame. This week we need to fix the problem.” www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136071.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 30, 2008 7:12:01 GMT -5
Since there are so many news stories floating around about the "bailout bill" and other financial repercussions, we've decided to combine them in one thread for the time being.
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 29, 2008 7:16:07 GMT -5
SUNDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Older problem gamblers who ask to be barred from casinos are three to four times more likely than younger gambling addicts to do so because they're afraid they'll commit suicide if they don't stop betting, according to a new study. The study included 1,601 compulsive gamblers who, between 2001 and 2003, asked to be banned from Missouri casinos. On average, those age 55 and older had gambled for 17 years before "self-exclusion," more than twice the length of time reported by younger gamblers. Gamblers of all ages cited gaining control, needing help, and hitting rock bottom as their primary reasons for seeking self-exclusion. But 14 percent of older gamblers said they sought help because they wanted to prevent themselves from committing suicide. That's a far higher rate than in any other age group, the study found. "This is particularly troubling because, irrespective of age, problem gamblers have reported rates of suicidal ideation and/or attempts as high as six times those found in the general population," researcher Lia Nower, of the Rutgers University Center for Gambling Studies, said in an American Psychological Association news release. news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080929/hl_hsn/olderproblemgamblersfaceincreasedsuiciderisk;_ylt=AiS2l_gJpHI7J7_omM00jlMDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 29, 2008 7:14:20 GMT -5
WASHINGTON - President Bush urged Congress Monday morning to pass the compromise financial system bailout bill that leading lawmakers fashioned in marathon weekend bargaining, saying it is needed to "keep the crisis in our financial industry from spreading" across the economy. Bush made the statement at the White House, and he also sought to assure Americans that approving his administration's $700 billion rescue plan is the right thing to do. Bush spoke amid continued nervousness in financial markets at home and overseas. Bush argued that jittery U.S. taxpayers will benefit from a number of safeguards that lawmakers wrote into the pending legislation during weekend negotiations on Capitol Hill, including checks and balances on the operation of the program. The president spoke shortly after two leading players in the Hill bargaining went on television news shows to urge passage, even as both acknowledged the necessity of this action represents a sad day for the nation. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080929/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown;_ylt=Aq6j44aN.BlUhJqRx1LBWmoDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 29, 2008 7:13:50 GMT -5
TOKYO - World stock markets tumbled Monday as investors reacted coolly to Washington's $700 billion bank bailout deal, recognizing that cleaning up the bad debt mess will take a long time and likely drag on global economic growth for the foreseeable future. Anxiety about spreading fallout from the U.S. financial meltdown grew on news that Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg pledged more than 11 billion euros ($16 billion) to Dutch-Belgian bank and insurance giant Fortis NV to keep it from insolvency. As trading opened in Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 sank 2.2 percent, France's CAC-40 and Germany's DAX both fell 2.6 percent. "There's an increasing realization that the cleanup and the mending of all that's gone wrong is going to take an extended period to work through, and we're going to see an extended recovery period," said Jamie Spiteri, senior dealer at Shaw Stockbroking in Sydney news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080929/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets;_ylt=AkgOY.m4wBPmIsCS7SImkoKs0NUE
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 29, 2008 7:13:01 GMT -5
California native Joey Chestnut holds on to the title of World Hamburger Eating Champion. The 24-year-old downed 93 Krystal Hamburgers in 8 minutes. Chestnut beat out Japan's speed eater Takeru Kobayashi. Kobayashi came in third, eating 84 Krystals. He sat out last year's square off due to a jaw injury. wdef.com/news/joey_chestnut_remains_krystal_square_off_champion/09/2008
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Post by CMF Newsman on Sept 27, 2008 9:35:46 GMT -5
A Janet Wilson restaurant review Wayne and I decided to visit Taco Mamacita, located in the old Durty Nelly’s building at 109 N. Market Street for a Saturday lunch. Since we were going to be in the downtown area, we thought we’d make it a day and combine a few places while we were there. The place looks very nice. You won’t even recognize it as having been Durty Nelly’s. The name versus the menu has me confused. The name makes me think it is a Mexican restaurant, but the menu has Mexican, Greek and Peruvian. And, most of the Mexican items aren’t what you think of when you go to a Mexican restaurant. I suppose that’s OK; they are carving their niche and using originality and imagination. It’s a very limited menu, as well as a bit pricey in my opinion. Others may not think so – maybe it’s just me. The first notable after being seated – no chips! If you want chips they must be ordered from the “First Bites” menu - $4.99 for what is called the “Salsa Sampler”. The menu describes it as “A veritable plethora of house-made fresh salsas. Mango jalapeno, salsa verde and roasted tomato salsa. Served with fresh tortilla chips.” Our chips were not fresh; they were on the stale side and we left a good bit of them. I usually don’t care for the fruity salsas, but I found the mango jalapeno quite good and I also enjoyed the salsa verde. Wayne’s favorite was the roasted tomato salsa, which appeared to be what we usually refer to as tomatillo salsa. Complete review at scenic-city.com/review.htm
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