WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday said it would step up airport security measures in response to renewed threats from Al-Qaeda in Yemen, in the wake of a failed Christmas Day bombing. Passengers traveling to the United States will see more airport security screening and more armed air marshals on flights, Homeland Secretary Secretary [...]
January 15, 2010 | Posted in
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On Friday, November 6, 2009, United Commercial Bank, San Francisco, CA was closed by the California Department of Financial Institutions. Subsequently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. No advance notice is given to the public when a financial institution is closed. All deposit accounts, excluding certain brokered deposits, have been transferred to [...]
November 7, 2009 | Posted in
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Leo Max Frank was an American man who became the only known Jew to be lynched on American soil. He was lynched by Ku Klux Klan (KKK), informally known as The Klan, is the name of several past and present hate group organizations in the United States whose avowed purpose was to protect the rights [...]
November 2, 2009 | Posted in
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Leo Max Frank was an American man who became the only known Jew to be lynched on American soil. Leo Frank was born in Paris, Texas on April 17, 1884, to Rudolf and Rae Frank. His family moved to Brooklyn, New York, shortly after his birth. He was a student at Brooklyn Public Schools and [...]
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For the first time since 1982, an American Meb Keflezighi won the ING New York City Marathon. Nearly 44,000 runners from almost 100 countries participated in the 40th ING New York City Marathon. Temperatures were near 50 with light winds, and the light drizzle which greeted runners before the start time had ended.
November 1, 2009 | Posted in
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First of Jaycee People Photos are released in People magazine on Wednesday. Jaycee Dugard, the California girl who was kidnapped before 18 years on her way to school. Jaycee Dugard now 29, is seen smiling broadly on the magazine’s cover. In the photo she closely similar to her childhood photos that have been shown around [...]
October 14, 2009 | Posted in
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According to the Hamilton County Coroner’s office, The wife of Cincinnati Bengals Defensive Coordinator Mike Zimmer Vikki Zimmer died of natural causes. The coroner’s office released results of an autopsy on Vikki Zimmer Monday afternoon. She died suddenly on Thursday. No specific cause of death could be determined until results from toxicology tests come back.
October 13, 2009 | Posted in
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Yoanna House, a 23-year-old babysitter from Jacksonville, FL, was proclaimed the winner in the final installment of the second cycle of UPN’s America’s Next Top Model Competition last evening. She beat other two finalists, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, a 21-year-old waitress from Valencia, CA, and Shandi Sullivan, a 21-year-old Walgreen’s clerk from Kansas City, MO.
Today, October 11, 2009 is National Coming Out Day. National Coming Out Day is an international day of celebration, visibility and education for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgenders. The HRC (Human Rights Campaign) is asking people to donate their status on Facebook for NCOD and to be a vocal advocate for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, [...]
October 12, 2009 | Posted in
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Vikki Zimmer or Vicki Zimmer wife of The Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer died suddenly and unexpectedly on Thursday. Vikki and Mike Zimmer had been married 27 years, and have three children. Mike Zimmer made an emergency call to 911 after arriving home on Thursday night and discovering the lifeless body of his 50-year-old [...]
October 11, 2009 | Posted in
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