Archive for March, 2008
Lehman to raise $3 billion to quash stability fears (Reuters)
Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc ,
an investment bank beset by rumors of not having enough
funding, said it plans to raise $3 billion of capital to quash
questions about its stability.
Married troops can live together in Iraq (AP)
AP - When American soldiers get off duty in Iraq, the men usually return to their quarters, the women to theirs. But Staff Sgt. Marvin Frazier gets to go back to a small trailer with two pushed-together single beds that he shares with his wife.
Brewers edge Cubs 4-3 on Gwynn’s SF (AP)
AP - The start of the Cubs’ 100th season since winning the World Series ended like so many seasons at Wrigley Field ? with a loss. Tony Gwynn hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago 4-3 Monday.
Hud chief resigns amid criminal probe (AP)
AP - HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, his tenure tarnished by allegations of political favoritism and a criminal investigation, announced his resignation Monday amid the wreckage of the national housing crisis.
Clinton says Obama wants to stop votes (AP)
AP - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused rival Sen. Barack Obama and his allies of trying to stop people from voting as some of his backers have called on her to drop out of the presidential race. The Obama campaign rejected the charge, dismissing Clinton’s criticism as “completely laughable.”
Chelsea Clinton criticizes Bush in N.C. (AP)
AP - Chelsea Clinton returned Monday to North Carolina, telling college students that the world will “breathe a sigh of relief” once President Bush leaves office. Clinton spoke Monday during a town hall meeting with students at North Carolina State University. She later moved on to Peace College in Raleigh to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Aid workers free after Chad pardon
All six French aid workers convicted of plotting to kidnap African children for adoption in Europe have been released, according to the French Justice Ministry. The workers, from a charity called Zoe’s Ark, had tried to take 103 children to France, claiming they were evacuating orphans from Sudan’s Darfur region.
Necklace is oldest gold artifact in the Americas (Reuters)
Reuters - A gold necklace found near Lake
Titicaca in Peru dates back more than 4,000 years and is the
oldest gold artifact found in the Americas, researchers said on
Monday.
Thanks Raul: Cubans can stay in hotels (AP)
AP - Raul Castro’s government opened luxury hotels and resorts to all Cubans Monday, ending a ban despised across the island as “tourist apartheid” and taking another step toward the creation of a consumer economy in the socialist state.
Bills linked to DB Cooper up for auction (AP)
AP - A boy who found the lone piece of evidence linked to the world’s only unsolved skyjacking is now a 30-something father of five who has decided to start selling his treasure.