Archive for August, 2010

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYS: “I’LL MAKE SURE WE GET THE  JOB DONE.” By Alex Johnson
NEW ORLEANS (MSNBC.com) — President Barack Obama rejected criticism of his response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Sunday, saying in an interview airing on “NBC Nightly News” that his administration jumped on the crisis immediately and was determined to hold [...]

EMMY AWARDS: “MODERN FAMILY” AND “MAD MEN” WIN MAJOR AWARDS. By Josh Dickey
LOS ANGELES (The Wrap) – “Mad Men” just landed another big account with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences: a third best-drama Emmy. Perhaps the only show that TV critics were universally upset over missing on Sunday night made a bigger splash [...]

GEORGE BRETT’S PLAYING CAREER IS FOREVER REMEMBERED IN KANSAS CITY, By Charles Rouse
KANSAS CITY – On this date in Kansas City baseball history (August 29, 1967), Kansas City A’s speedy shortstop Bert Campaneris  etched his name into the team record books, striking for three triples in a 9-8 10-inning loss to the Cleveland Indians at [...]

MR. MISTER DELIVERED A SMOOTH, MELODIC SOUND TO ROCK ‘N ROLL, by Wayne Hodges
PHOENIX, AZ – Mr. Mister, a popular American rock band in the 1980s, is nationally known for delivering a smooth, melodic sound to classic rock ‘n roll. Does the popular track “Broken Wings” ring a bell? Ok, I know what you’re thinking. [...]

UFC 118: JAMES TONEY TAUGHT A CRUEL LESSON BY RANDY COUTURE. By Franklin McNeil, ESPN
BOSTON (ESPN.com) – The next time a professional boxer, with no mixed martial arts experience, considers stepping into the Octagon, he should take a look at what happened Saturday to James Toney at UFC 118. Toney received a rude welcoming to [...]

DUELING D.C. RALLIES MARK DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR’S SPEECH ANNIVERSARY, MSN.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King’s message. Civil rights leaders who accused the group [...]

GLENN BECK’S RALLY IN DC: HONORING MLK’S LEGACY OR HIJACKING IT. By Mary C. Curtis
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Politics Daily) – Forty-seven years ago today, hundreds of thousands of Americans joined the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and witnessed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech, which summed [...]

CHIEFS LOOK BAD ON OFFENSE EARLY; SETTING TONE FOR ANOTHER DEFEAT. By Wayne Hodges
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Perhaps the first play from scrimmage was a sign, an omen of more bad things to come. After taking the initial handoff from Matt Cassel, halfback Jamaal Charles reverted back to his old “hot potato” ways by fumbling [...]

ELIN NORDEGREN TELLS HER SIDE, THE HELL OF TIGER WOODS’ AFFAIRS. By Rita Watson
BOSTON – With her divorce final, Elin Nordegren gave an exclusive interview to People Magazine over a 19 hour period.  She essentially said she did not have a clue about the affairs. “Elin Nordegren breaks her nine-month silence in an exclusive interview [...]

CHIEFS HAVEN’T LOOKED PARTICULARLY GOOD, BUT DON’T COUNT THEM OUT, By Charles Rouse
KANSAS CITY, Mo – We’ve seen this picture before, but something tells me this year we’re in for a much different ending. The Chiefs have not looked that good in their first two preseason games against the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay [...]