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Hostage Situation In Alabama Ends With Child Safe

Gino Geruntino — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:12:52 +0000

The nearly week long hostage situation in Alabama involving a five-year-old boy has finally come to an end. According to officials in Alabama, the boy has been recovered safely by officers. His kidnapper, Jimmy Lee Dykes, was killed, when authorities stormed his underground bunker. The boy was taken from a school bus last week, [...]

Obama's Individual Mandate Upheld – CNN Gets It Wrong, Again

Bryen — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:26:47 +0000

Twitter exploded once the Supreme Court announced their decision that the Affordable Health Care act provision that all citizens are required to have insurance is in fact constitutional. All of the major news outlets had it right, except for CNN who declared that it was struck down. Check out some screen shots of the news after the jump.

CNN Producer Wins Lottery For The Second Time

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:07:16 +0000

Jennifer Hauser is a producer for CNN, and she won the Georgia lottery. In a story from CNN, she didn’t win once, but she won twice. The first time was back n November. She only won $100,000 dollars. This time, she won $1 million on Monday. Both winnings were from scratch off tickets. The million [...]

Is There A Connection Between The Beer You Drink And Who You're Voting For?

Richie Phillips — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:24:37 +0000

Well, CNN set out to prove the theory that there’s a correlation between the beer you drink and who you are going to vote for in the New Hampshire Primary. Check out the video and tell me if you see any trends here! Actually, I think the beer poll is a perfect reflection of what’s [...]

Anderson Cooper Getting the Giggles Will Make You Do The Same [VIDEO]

Scott Blaine — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:35:06 +0000

As a member of the media I know how hard it can be to keep your composure sometimes. I have been on the air at WGNA and someone like Lou Roberts will do something to distract me and I will burst out in laughter while many of you listeners are wondering what is going on. I have worked on shows on our sister stations where things were said and there is what seems like 5 minutes of straight laughter.

Man Jumps White House Fence: STUPID NEWS [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:18:02 +0000

This little video clip will be proof positive that you don’t want to mess with the Secret Service if you look even a little bit suspicious It happened right during a CNN broadcast last nite (I’m sure they’re not too upset about that! During John King Live’s show, somebody decided that it would be a [...]

Nick Charles, CNN's First Sports Anchor, Dead at 64

Shauna Wright — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:14:17 +0000

Sportscaster Nick Charles has died of bladder cancer at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 64.

As CNN’s first sports anchor, his work with Fred Hickman on the nightly-roundup show ‘Sports Tonight’ sometimes drew a larger audience than even that of sports network ESPN.

Royal Wedding Hat Up for Auction

GNA — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:30:58 +0000

. Britain’s Princess Beatrice is auctioning off the hat she wore last month to the royal wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton. You may have seen it, but if you didn’t, just imagine a big pretzel or big, tan bow on someone’s forehead. Can you imagine that? Well if you couldn’t, check out the [...]

How Did You React to Osama bin Laden's Death?

Jake Thomas — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:36:06 +0000

For the United States of America the day of May 2, 2011 will be one we read about in history books until the end of time itself. When I woke up this morning I grabbed the Glens Falls Post Star newspaper, and took the rubber band off of it and opened it up and sat [...]

New Wikileaks Shed Light On Guantanamo Inmates and More

Jake Thomas — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:05:08 +0000

Once again someone has given classified military documents to Wikileaks. The latest incident involves over 700 pages of classified military information. The documents were from Guantanamo Bay where the U.S. holds the most dangerous terrorists in the world. The Wikileaks documents that were stolen are no less than an act of treason in my eyes and if [...]

Mother Kills Self and 3 Children In Newburgh [VIDEO]

Jake Thomas — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:26:06 +0000

This is the kind of news that sends chills up your spine. It is hard to wrap your head around this type of senselessness. Tragedy struck the tiny town of Newburgh, New York in a big way last night. This raw video is provided by Grab Networks. Newburgh is by socioeconomic indicators a poor town, [...]

Japan Nuclear Crisis At Level 7 (Video)

Jake Thomas — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:59:53 +0000

What is "Level 7", on the international scale that is as bad as it gets. The last time a nuclear incident was a "Level 7" was Chernobyl in the Soviet Union.

Steve Jobs Biography Coming Soon

GNA — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:52:37 +0000

Though numerous writers have tried writing unauthorized versions of Steve Jobs’ biography, the first ever authorized rendition of his life will be on store shelves next year. I’m not much of a biography reader myself, but this could be one that crosses my coffee table or on an iPad2 of course (if I ever buy one). [...]

Federal Government Shutdown Looming, Just Hours Remain

Jake Thomas — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:09:16 +0000

The House and Senate keep fighting over cuts. One side says we have to make some real cuts to actually start shrinking the deficit of our country. The other disagrees. The clock is ticking. In the real world when cuts have to be made we make them. We cut back on our groceries, set the [...]

Japan Hit By Another Earthquake

Jake Thomas — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:37:26 +0000

Japan was rocked by another earthquake early today measuring 7.1 on the richter scale. Another tsunami warning was issued as a result. According to CNN: The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 41 miles (66 kilometers) from Sendai — one of the areas worst hit by last month’s 9.0-magnitude quake — and 73 [...]

Federal Budget Deadline Looming- $1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts on The Table

Jake Thomas — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:14:55 +0000

Don't confuse Medicaid with Medicare. Medicare is the senior insurance program that you have to sign up for when you turn 65, that supplements your private plan and still has some co-pays and spend downs.

Afghan Mob Kills 10 United Nations Workers

Jake Thomas — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:31:57 +0000

The actions of one American citizen in the United States has led to chaos in Afghanistan including the death of 6 American Soldiers. UN workers were shot and beheaded, and as I said before 6 American Soldiers were killed. What happened? What could have set them off and made them this crazed and blood thirsty? A [...]

Gadaffi's Back and Winning Again in Libya

Jake Thomas — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:46:12 +0000

The rag tag coalition which is trying to gain ground for the rebels in Libya with no true goal or end game in mind has lost ground again. After another round of recent British airstrikes the rebels looked like they were gaining ground, but as of an hour ago Gadaffi’s army was recapturing ground in [...]

Japanese Reactors Update–Power Restored to Reactors

Jake Thomas — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:39:23 +0000

The Japanese nuclear crisis is a long way from over, but a major turn for the better has occurred. Crews have restored power to the reactors. What this really means is that if all goes according to plan is that the cooling systems to the reactors will start to function properly a huge step in [...]

Japanese Reactor Situation is Critical (Video)

Jake Thomas — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:15:40 +0000

The situation in Japan and the nuclear reactors has gone from bad to insane. The workers that were left trying to keep the rectors cool had to evacuate. MSN has the in-depth story. This is very scary and at last report the radiation levels in the atmosphere near the reactors jumped 300 times normal levels. [...]