Here are some developments I followed during the week. Add yours via comments:
- football players in boating accident
- unemployment increases
- possible plea deal in Madoff case
- AIG needing more help
- market hits 12-year low
- efforts to help homeowners in mortgage trouble
- court arguments over California gay marriage ban
- Obama administration and stem cells
Sunday, March 8, 2009
KC News Meeting
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A suicide bomber on a motorcycle in Baghdad plowed into a crowd gathered at the entrance of the police academy Sunday, killing 28 and wounding dozens more.
Sunday, U.S. military officials announced that the American forces in Iraq will be trimmed by 12,000 by September. Four thousand British troops also will depart. The pullback is part of President Obama's plan to remove U.S. combat troops before September 2010 and all troops by the end of 2011.
In what may possibly lead to the next major astrological discovery, NASA is preparing to launch its Kepler telescope Friday, a $600 million project specifically designed to identify Earth-like planets in distant star systems
Five injured in a Maryville, Illinois church during service. Gunman shot Pastor Fred Winters to death, parishioners then tackled the gunman.
Yankee player Alex Rodriguez will undergo hip surgery in Vail, Colorado to repair some of the damage to his right hip. His doctor estimates he'll miss about 6 to 9 weeks of the season, possibly returning in May.
The International Criminal Court ordered the arrest of Sudanese president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on Wednesday for atrocities committed in Darfur.
On Monday Obama announced that he would nominate Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas to be secretary of health and human services.
MIchael Capuano has obtained nomination papers for Kennedy's open Senate seat and will make a formal announcement next week about his decision regarding candidacy.
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