Leo and Sue Boule of Dracut are among the first families in Massachusetts to receive “Gold Star Family” license plates from the Registry of Motor Vehicles. Their son Matthew Boule was the first Massachusetts resident to die in the Iraq conflict. He was killed in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter in April 2003. [...]
Applying for a subprime mortgage loan online with poor credit can seem intimidating at first. With so many lenders to choose from, it can appear difficult to find the best mortgage loan. However, online subprime lenders allow you to search for rates, compare financing options, and avoid falling prey to predatory lenders. What To Expect [...]
Wisconsin’s lemon law If the motor vehicle you buy or lease in Wisconsin turns out to be a “lemon,” the manufacturer has to replace it free or refund the price (minus a reasonable amount for mileage). What is a “lemon”? A new vehicle–no more than a year old and still under warranty–is a “lemon” if [...]
The US space agency has called off the launch of space shuttle Discovery, because of a faulty fuel-tank sensor. The orbiter was set to make the first flight since the loss of Columbia and its crew of seven in February 2003. Discovery’s astronauts had all been strapped into the shuttle and were preparing for blast-off [...]
The US space shuttle is set to launch July 13 for the first time in nearly two and a half years, after being grounded following the 2003 Columbia disaster, NASA said today. NASA experts held a final ‘flight readiness review’ meeting on Wednesday and Thursday to make a final decision. Fingers crossed.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the near-collision earlier this month of two passenger jets mistakenly cleared to take off at the same time on intersecting runways at Logan International Airport. Federal Aviation Administration and airline officials said yesterday that the June 9 incident involved an Aer Lingus Airbus A330 with 328 passengers bound [...]
America’s Department of Agriculture has confirmed that an animal has tested positive for BSE or mad cow disease. Addititional tests will be done at a British laboratory to confirm the results. The location of the animal – described as a beef breed – hasn’t been revealed. The only confirmed case in the US of mad [...]
The federal government is hoping that dead men can tell tales. Investigators unearthed the body of Emmett Till Wednesday in suburban Chicago hoping to find some information that will help them in the reopened murder case. Till, 14, was lynched in 1955 in Mississippi in a case that galvanized the civil rights movement. Frank Bochte, [...]
On May 9th Michael Isikoff and John Barry reported in Newsweek that an unnamed source had told them of “Koran desecration” which had occurred at Guantanamo Bay. It turns out that despite having been “reported very carefully, with great sensitivity and concern,” they were wrong. Newsweek admits they didn’t know what they were talking about, [...]
Does anyone else see the hypocrisy in this… “The White House said on Monday that a Newsweek report based on an anonymous source had damaged the U.S. image overseas by alleging that U.S. interrogators desecrated the Koran at Guantanamo Bay.” I think if Newsweek got this wrong someone should be fired. But let’s see, what [...]
In 1972, Jane Fonda was at the height of her fame, a movie star and icon in her own right, out of the shadow of her famous father. That’s when she decided to use her fame to oppose the war in Vietnam. Jane Fonda took to the streets here at home to let her views [...]
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was elected the 265th pontiff today by the College of Cardinals. He was announced as tens of thousands of people cheered in St. Peter’s Square. Ratzinger has chosen the name Benedict XVI, the Vatican announced. The announcement came shortly after white smoke rose from the Vatican chimney and bells rang [...]
The US man accused of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic bombing, Eric Rudolph, has pleaded guilty to all charges against him, the justice department says. The bomb killed one person and injured more than 100. Mr Rudolph, 38, is also accused in connection with three other bomb attacks in the late 1990s. He pleaded guilty to [...]
Electing a New Pope: Pope John Paul II has made specific rules that are to be used when electing a new Pope. The Interregnum is the period of time when there isn’t a Pope until a new one is elected. This Latin term means between the reign (of one Pope and another). The day of [...]
The GIs were dirty, mosquito-bitten, fatigued, homesick. They had been on the road almost constantly for two weeks. Many had not slept in days. At dawn on April 4, they arrived at Saddam International Airport to the sound of sporadic gunfire and the acrid smell of distant explosions. Breakfast was a mushy, prepackaged concoction the [...]
A large earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale struck Monday off the Indonesian island of Sumatra — the same region where a 9.0 undersea earthquake triggered tsunamis that killed approximately 280,000 people in late December. While it’s unclear whether this latest seismic movement could cause a tsunami, the U.S. Geological Survey has advised officials [...]
Former Republican Sam Kimery and business partner Joshua Montgomery are hocking a TV device that blocks access to the Fox News channel. The gadget, called the Fox Blocker, costs $8.95 and essentially filters out Fox News from your cable line up. The device can likely block out any channel–we weren’t able to confirm, as neither [...]
Noel says: “Cork City (pop. 240,000) may be far smaller than Dublin, but to a Corkman there isn’t even the remotest possibility for comparison; Cork is simply superior. Any native corkonian will tell you that his beloved Cork provides all the conveniences of a big city but retains its small-town, leisurely pace of life. There’s [...]
Senator John F. Kerry has called President George W. Bush conceding Ohio and the presidency, according to the Associated Press. Kerry is expected to make a speech at 1 p.m. at Faneuil Hall and the president is scheduled to make a statement at 3 p.m. Although the White House claimed that Bush’s margin in Ohio [...]
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