Thursday, August 07 2008 19:14 Eastern Daylight Time
IP Address: 38.103.63.17
Search:       
Local Community
Start Page
Local Sites
 
Online Newsreader
Top Stories
U.S News
Local News
Technology
 
World Wide Web
News
Entertainment
Search Engines
Sports
Technology
 
Go PC, Inc.
Contact Us
Location
Services
Store Hours
Remote Support

Yahoo! News

Detroit mayor thrown in jail after bond violation (AP)

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, left, and Christine Beatty, the mayor's former Chief of Staff attend a hearing in 36th District Court Aug. 7, 2008 in Detroit, Mich.  Kilpatrick has been ordered to the county jail after a judge found the mayor violated the terms of his bond by going to Canada and not informing the court. Kilpatrick and Beatty are charged with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice. They are accused of lying about having an intimate relationship and their roles in the firing of a police official.   (AP Photo/Bryan Mitchell)AP - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment.


Joel Osteen's wife pushed co-worker, flight attendant says (AP)

Victoria Osteen and her husband, evangelist Joel Osteen, wait in court during a break in testimony in her civil trial Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008  in Houston.  Victoria, the co-pastor of Lakewood Church, is being sued by Continental flight attendant Sharon Brown, who says Osteen assaulted her on a plane. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - The wife of evangelical pastor Joel Osteen got physical when her demands that a small spill on her seat be cleaned up were not immediately met, a flight attendant testified Thursday at a civil trial over the incident.


Former child workers describe perilous environment (AP)
AP - Luisa Lopez says no one asked about her age when she started working at the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant. She was 17, and within days she was on a fast-moving poultry production line, wielding a long, sharp pair of scissors.

 
 
BBC News

Bin Laden driver given 66 months
Osama Bin Laden's ex-driver is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison at the first US military trial in Guantanamo Bay.

Anthrax victim's widow speaks out
A US widow demands to know why a "certifiable" scientist now suspected of anthrax attacks was not removed from his post.

Detroit mayor jailed for bail breach
Mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, is jailed for visiting Canada in a violation of the terms of his bail in a perjury case.

Morales calls for Bolivian unity
Bolivia's President Morales urges unity as tension rises ahead of a vote on whether he and governors should stay in office.

 
 
Fernandina Beach Newsleader

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Edition

Peck advocates mobilize support
A petition was circulated in the South Side neighborhood last weekend by an advocacy group asking city commissioners to keep family services in the Peck Community Center just as they are.

County belatedly adopts land use planning report
The Nassau County Commission has adopted a land use planning report. The Evaluation and Appraisal Report, prepared by the Growth Management Department, was due in Tallahassee on Dec. 1 but had been stalled due to staffing limitations and requests for revisions from the Planning and Zoning Board.

Voters may be asked to decide bond issue
Nassau County voters may be asked in November to approve a bond issue to pay for land purchases along the St. Marys River.

 
 
FirstCoast News

Eastside Flooding Problem Gets Help from State

First Coast High Schoolers Get a Look at Aviation Industry

JEA Disconnecting 10,000 Customers Per Month

Board of Governors Approves Money to Stop 'Brain Drain'

 
 

Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all news information displayed above has been retrieved via publicly available RSS news feeds and are displayed to our clients free of charge in the form of this web-based news reader.

Word of the Day

Article of the Day

This Day in History

Today's Birthday

In the News

Quotation of the Day

Online Reference
Dictionary, Encyclopedia & more
Word:
Look in: Dictionary & thesaurus
Computing Dictionary
Medical Dictionary
Legal Dictionary
Financial Dictionary
Acronyms
Idioms
Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia
by: