Here are the top stories at this time:
- U.S. Consulate in Pakistan Is Attacked by Militants — Six people were killed outside the consulate and at least 20 were wounded at the consulate in Peshawar.
- China Rescues Dozens From Mine — Amazingly, 115 miners trapped in a flooded mine for a week survived.
- Sanford Pays Ethics Fine — The biggest in state history, in point of fact.
- Home Sales Boost Stocks — As the WSJ reports, “The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved closer to 11000 as recent reports on jobs, housing and the services sector boosted enthusiasm about the economic recovery.”
- Strong Quake Aftershocks Hit California, Mexico — The quake that rocked Southern Cal and Baja ranked 7.2 on the scale.
- Return of Tiger Woods — Boy, am I reluctant to put this on my front. But three factors cause me to do so: 1) everybody but me went ape over this, so I’m bowing to the fact that there’s high interest; 2) It’s a big-enough deal to make the BBC Web front; and 3) It’s happening in our backyard.
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“It’s the largest single find that has ever been levied against anyone by the commission.”
I guess they’re doing just FIND over there without their editors.
and the feds shut down the District 2 Election…
That hadn’t happened when my page went up…
Yes, but it does seem awfully newsworthy, and commentable…