Hillary Clinton has accepted President-elect Obama’s offer to become secretary of state, finally uniting the two most popular democrats after a hard-fought primary season, the New York Times reports.
Before you read this, you should read my article about the scientists who want to resurrect the mammoth. It’s pretty unbelievable.
In the depths of the Egyptian desert, evidence of yet another pyramid has surfaced. Said to be 4,300-years-old, it is believed to have belonged to an ancient Egyptian queen, according to Toronto Star.
Archaeologists have dug up what they believe to be the 12,000-year-old skeleton of a “witch doctor,” according to the Associated Press.
Advisers to both Sen. Hillary Clinton and President-elect Barack Obama say that the two are, in reality, not as far apart on foreign policy as it seemed during the primaries earlier this year, according to the International Herald Tribune.
The Togolese government, in partnership with the network of the Central Supply of Essential and Generic Medicines (CAMEG), recently announced that it will start distributing antiretroviral drugs to HIV/AIDS patients at no cost, according to the International Herald Tribune.
More than one million copies of a forged 14-page New York Times was distributed in New York Wednesday morning, with the headline, “IRAQ WAR ENDS.”
I’ve finally decided to sit down and read Twilight starting this weekend. I like vampires so it wasn’t too tough of a decision. However I was told not to expect anything like Dracula.
Today I had the chance to interview Olivia Ward, a foreign affairs reporter for the Toronto Star. The interview was absolutely enlightening.
More than 90 people were killed when a school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, collapsed last week while students were still inside. Rescue officials say they are going to stop looking for survivors among the rubble, according to CNN.
CBC reporter Mellissa Fung was released from captivity Saturday, after her captors held her in an underground cave for nearly a month, according to the CBC.
While Americans hope President-elect Barack Obama can live up to almost two years of hype, citizens around the world are hoping some of that “change” spills out in their direction.
You offer hope to a generation who had no place to find it before you came along. Thank you.
Fox News calls Virginia for Obama, a traditionally red state. This is a big win.
U.S. media is pretty scared to admit it, but global networks are declaring Obama the winner.
I agree.
A win in Ohio has been projected for Obama by NBC.
This is HUGE. Obama is the most epic battleground state in the U.S. and win a here, along with his win in Pennsylvania puts Obama very VERY close to the White House.
CNN calls Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and New York for Sen. Barack Obama. ABC calls Texas for McCain.
CNN also calls Wyoming and North Dakota for McCain. Fox News calls New Mexico for Obama.
Obama has so far carried predominantly blue states and McCain has taken the red states. Obama, before today, had large leads in all the [...]
According to CBS and Fox News, West Virginia and Arkansas are going McCain’s way. Alabama and Georgia have also been called for McCain by Fox News.
No surprise, McCain headed into tonight with a seven point lead in Arkansas and an 11 point lead in West Virginia. He also had an over 20 point lead in [...]
Pennsylvania and New Hampshire have been called for Sen. Barack Obama, by NBC News and other media outlets.
Losing Pennsylvania is a huge negative for the McCain camp, he hoped to carry that state. He has spent a lot of time there recently and his advisors said he’d made a lot of ground.
He really needed it [...]
Keep informed by checking this post for results from key states as they come in. Updates will come every 10-15 minutes, but big announcements will be updated as soon as they roll in.
If history is any indication, Sen. Barack Obama will be our next president.
The time has come! After almost two years of campaigning and gaffe, Americans finally get to choose the next President of the United States.
It seems like it’ll never end. China’s ongoing melamine investigation has widened to animal feeding supplies, where reports of melamine-contaminated eggs have surfaced.
An Israeli archeologist has discovered what he claims to be the oldest-known Hebrew text carved into a shard of pottery, according to the Associated Press.
In an ad that cost approximately $4 million, Sen. Barack Obama offers a 30-minute preview of what to expect during his four-year term.
If you read this blog semi-regularly you’ll know I’m a dual-citizen living in Canada. I applied for an absentee ballot a few months ago and today I mailed out my vote!
I’m starting to suspect a lot of things in my life are randomly connected.
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