Hurricane Irene is continuing to gain steam in the Atlantic and is now predicted to reach Cat-4 status late Thursday, right before it hits the eastern seaboard of Florida. It will continue up the coast and weaken to a still strong Cat 3 as it hits Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. Here is the current […]
Day 4 of being President and the media is already crying foul: A growing media frustration with Barack Obama’s team spilled into the open at Thursday’s briefing, with reporters accusing the White House of stifling access to his oath re-do and giving Obama’s first interview as president to a multi-million dollar inauguration sponsor. Veteran CBS […]
This is great news (via Raw Story): As Taking The Long Way debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 best-selling albums chart this week, with first week’s sales of 525,829, the Dixie Chicks have become the first female group in chart history to have three albums debut at #1, breaking the record the Chicks […]
Roll Call is reporting that former Abramoff partner Michael Scanlon will turn himself in and has reached a deal to plea guilty in exchange for testimony against his former partner. Scanlon will also offer testimony against anyone else named in indictments from this investigation. There are numerous others under the microscope on this probe. They […]