From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Declaring “I don’t quit,”‘ an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his topmost priority and urged a divided Congress to boost the still-ailing economy with fresh stimulus spending. Defiant despite stinging setbacks, he said he would not abandon ambitious [...]
Don’t know why, but I actually felt a twang of grief when I read this headline in the Chicago Tribune.
Strange. Feel sorry for the little guy.
Here’s the scoop:
A male baby beluga whale born in a difficult birth Sunday at the Shedd Aquarium died Tuesday after never establishing a bond with his mother or learning to [...]
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
December 10, 2009
Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery
A Just and Lasting Peace
Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Oslo, Norway
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From AllAfrica.com:
Nineteen-year-old Beauty Phillips clutches her emaciated baby tightly to her chest. At seven months, Inga suffers from malnutrition.
On this chaotic Friday morning in the Slipway Clinic registration room, over one hundred mothers, their crying infants wrapped in traditional lappa cloth, wait on narrow wooden benches for hours to be seen.
"She [...]
Golf balls take 1,000 years to decompose, and they release toxic metals into the environment as they break down.
Yet another reason to kick yourself when you lose a ball.
From Green Living Ideas:
Golf balls are often lost by players, in fact there are a few lost in my own meadow and I don’t [...]
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This interview was nothing short of amazing. [...]
A new experiment in Green Technology in Chicago Heights is generating excitement among some, and raising concerns with environmentalists.
According to the Southtown Star, the project entails turning garbage into fuel. The net energy produced, however, comes from burning the carbon-based pellets made from the trash.
First, the company’s perspective:
“This serves an environmental problem,” said Jim Ventura, [...]
President Barack Obama receives an honorary degree from the University of Notre Dame Sunday. (Photo: Tim Spear)
Notre Dame, IN – Text of President Barack Obama’s commencement address Sunday as the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., as prepared for delivery. The Rev. John Jenkins is the school’s president. The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh is [...]
Throw another pork chop on the grill; the swine flu frenzy is just heating up.
The Sun-Times reports in a headline today: “Notre Dame student has swine flu.”
Indiana health officials reported the state’s first confirmed case of swine flu Tuesday in a student at the University of Notre Dame.
Although there have been no confirmed cases in [...]
Remember, the most important thing to fear is what we don’t know. There are things we don’t know about Swine Flu, so you should be very, very afraid.
That’s what I learned this morning watching NBC channel 5 in Chicago.
What else did I learn? This strain of flu is no more dangerous than any other. There [...]
