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Most popular news on 5 November 2007 |
Sinking Currency, Sinking Country
Pat Buchanan - The euro, worth 83 cents in the early George W. Bush years, is at $1.45.
Citigroup CEO resigns; interim named
AP - Citigroup Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Prince, beset by the company's billions of dollars in losses from investing in bad debt, resigned Sunday and is being replaced as chairman by former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin.
Autopsy inconclusive on Olympic runner
AP - An autopsy of elite runner Ryan Shay was inconclusive Sunday after the 28-year-old collapsed and died in Central Park at the U.S. men's marathon Olympic trials a day earlier.
Donors bid millions NOT to rename school
AP - When he became dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business in 2002, Michael Knetter went looking for a big donor, someone who would give $50 million in exchange for putting their name on the school.
King Tut face unveiled for first time
AP - King Tut's buck-toothed face was unveiled Sunday for the first time in public — more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ancient Egypt was shrouded in linen and buried in his golden underground tomb.
PCs being pushed aside in Japan
AP - Masaya Igarashi wants $200 headphones for his new iPod Touch, and he's torn between Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3 game consoles. When he has saved up again, he plans to splurge on a digital camera or flat-screen TV.
Katie Holmes runs NYC marathon
AP - Katie Holmes was among the tens of thousands of runners participating in Sunday's New York City Marathon, finishing the race in 5 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds.
Pakistani police detain 500 activists
AP - Police and soldiers emboldened by state of emergency powers swept up hundreds of activists and opposition members on Sunday, dragged away protesters shouting "Shame on you!", and turned government buildings into barbed-wire compounds.
Specter says he will back AG nominee
AP - The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he is bothered by Michael Mukasey's refusal to say whether waterboarding is torture but will support his nomination for attorney general anyway.
Citigroup CEO quits, bank may face $11 billion writeoff
Reuters - Charles Prince resigned on Sunday as
chairman and chief executive of Citigroup Inc, as the bank said
it may write off $11 billion of subprime mortgage losses, on
top of a $6.5 billion write-down last quarter.
Writers deal could impact other unions
AP - Hollywood writers were back at the bargaining table Sunday in a last-minute push to avoid a strike against TV networks and movie studios over writers' share of profits from DVDs and(AP) — the Internet.
T.O. and Romo lead Dallas past Eagles
AP - Terrell Owens stuck it to the Philadelphia Eagles again.
Pats rally over Colts to stay unbeaten
AP - No running up the score this week. Against the Colts, the New England Patriots had to struggle just to survive.
Airline brings lovers down to earth
Reuters - Singapore Airlines, the first
operator of the new Airbus A380, has dashed the hopes of sexual
thrill-seekers planning to engage in amorous activity aboard
the world's biggest jumbo jet.
Johnson wins again, takes points lead
AP - Jimmie Johnson won a dramatic side-by-side duel with Matt Kenseth, grabbing his third straight victory and, more important, wresting the NASCAR Nextel Cup points lead from Jeff Gordon on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.
Mythical beast in Texas is just a coyote
AP - The results are in: The ugly, big-eared animal found this summer in southern Texas is not the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra. It's just a plain old coyote.
Jovovich has baby girl in Los Angeles
Reuters - Actress Milla Jovovich has
delivered her first child, a baby girl, in Los Angeles, US
Weekly magazine reported on Sunday.
A new speed record, but not a good one
Reuters - Olympique Lyon's Czech forward Milan Baros
was caught speeding at 168 miles per hour in his Ferrari, a
club source confirmed Friday.
`Gangster,' `Bee' put life to box office
AP - A heroin pusher and a honey bee put some sting back into the movie business.
Laughs for Brian Williams hosting 'SNL'
AP - Newsman Brian Williams unleashed his inner comic for all to see. As host of this week's "Saturday Night Live," the NBC News anchor displayed some solid comedy chops — and a readiness to laugh at himself.
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