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President Obama: Republicans are blocking critical oil legislation

President Obama: Republicans are blocking critical oil legislation

The Republican’s have been accused by President Obama of blocking critical legislation that would remove a $75 million limit on what oil companies must pay to small businesses and families impacted by the oil disaster.  President Obama also said that the bill is critical to helping the U.S economy recover from the recession. The bill [...]

June 20th, 2010 | Posted in Featured News, Politics | Read More »

“Toy Story 3″: A great summer flick for the family

“Toy Story 3″: A great summer flick for the family

Pixar’s initial success was ignited by the original “Toy Story” 15 years ago. The cast was made up of a cowboy doll and all of his buddies. This included a slinky dog, a piggy bank, and a T Rex. These toys are all waiting to be put out to pasture as their owner Andy grows [...]

June 20th, 2010 | Posted in Entertainment, Featured News | Read More »

Celebration Event Will be Paid for by Lakers, Says Spokesman

Celebration Event Will be Paid for by Lakers, Says Spokesman

With the economy the way it is, many in Los Angeles expressed concern over the cost of the LA Lakers victory celebration.  Even though the team is downsizing the event this year, it is still estimated to cost around $2 million, including the costs of police overtime and other city services.  Spokesman John Black allayed [...]

June 18th, 2010 | Posted in Featured News, NBA | Read More »

Michigan no longer most unemployed state

Michigan no longer most unemployed state

Michigan no longer has the highest unemployment in the country.  That title now belongs to the state of Nevada.  Michigan had the dubious distinction for the last four years. Unemployment in Nevada jumped from 13.7 percent in April to 14 percent in May.  Statistics are from the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. The unemployment [...]

June 18th, 2010 | Posted in Featured News, Money | Read More »

Government making plans to sue Arizona over immigration law

Government making plans to sue Arizona over immigration law

Hillary Clinton spoke to an Ecuadorean television station about the United States governments plan to sue Arizona over it’s new anti-immigration law. Jan Brewer, who is the current Governor of Arizona is said the extremely angry over the story. Per The Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama is against the law because he [...]

June 18th, 2010 | Posted in Featured News, Politics | Read More »

Lakers Win NBA Championship

Lakers Win NBA Championship

Lakers win the NBA Finals in L.A. by the score of 83-79.  Kobe Bryant didn’t have all the answers and needed the rest of his team to help him achieve his fifth NBA Championship. Kobe Bryant took home the NBA Finals MVP trophy.  In the last game of the Finals he had 23 points, but [...]

June 18th, 2010 | Posted in Featured News, NBA | Read More »

Microsoft demos new Kinects controller

Microsoft demos new Kinects controller

Microsoft has just released information concerning it’s hands-free game controller system, which it calls Kinect. Originally called Natal, the new controller was demonstrated prior to the start of the E3 games expo. The expo kicked off in L.A on the 15th of June. It is expected that the device will be available for purchase by [...]

June 17th, 2010 | Posted in Featured News, SciTech, Technology | Read More »

A concept car that is beneficial to the environment

A concept car that is beneficial to the environment

The YeZ is named after the Mandarin word which means ‘leaf’.  It looks like it came from some kind of science fiction movie, but the beautiful automobile is made by the a very real car company. General Motors’ partner from China, Shanghai Automotive Industry (SAIC) is the manufacturer of this new clean car. The car [...]

June 16th, 2010 | Posted in Featured News, Living | Read More »

Possible new cancer cure

Possible new cancer cure

An Australian rainforest plant has been found to be a potential cancer drug.  The drug is ready to begin human trials.  The drug has been found to have the ability to reduce inoperable tumors in animals. QBiotics Ltd has stated its drug EBC-46 has been developed from seeds which come from a shrub in the [...]

June 15th, 2010 | Posted in Featured News, Living | Read More »

Pierce Morgan may get King job

Pierce Morgan may get King job

The rumors are flowing about the possibility of CNN signing Piers Morgan as the man to replace Larry King.  Morgan is currently a judge on the TV show “America’s Got Talent”.  But CNN insiders state they are in no hurry to pick the next Larry King.  King has one more year left on his contract. [...]

June 15th, 2010 | Posted in Entertainment, Featured News | Read More »