Articles Archive for 22 October 2010
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Vivian Schiller, the president and chief executive officer of NPR – National Public Radio justified her decision to fire news analyst Juan Williams which has created a stir in the political world. Earlier it was believed Juan was fired because of his comments on “The O’Reilly Factor” in which he said he got nervous and worried when he saw Muslims in airplanes. Some others believed, his frequent appearances on Fox News were the reason why NPR was looking for an excuse to fire him.
However, according to the NPR CEO, Juan …
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LeBryan Nash is the No. 10 ranked player in the country. He committed to Coach Travis Ford and Oklahoma State, as reports confirmed it on Thursday. Nash has formerly played for Dallas and Texas / Lincoln and seemed to be fond of the university ever since he put his foot on Stillwater. Nash expressed his awe at the beautiful campus and really appreciated the fan support that he was getting. LeBryan chose the Cowboys instead of going to Kansas and Baylor.
The 6 foot 7, 230 pounder shooter is said to …
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After the recent news of so many recalls, its time for car giants Toyota to recall its cars. This time, around 1.53 million cars are being recalled worldwide after problems had been detected in the braking mechanism of these cars.
Different regions had the recall divided among them like from Japan over 600,000 models were being recalled. The list of cars being recalled, include Mark X, Toyota Crown, Lexus IS, Highlander, Avalon and Lexus RX. A Japan based company, Toyota City have also recalled close to 5.4 million autos this year. …
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NPR : National Public Radio has been heavily criticised for their decision to fire news analyst Juan Williams after his comments on “The O’Reilly Factor”. Juan Williams had been fired after he had reportedly told Bill O’Reilly that he becomes “nervous” whenever he sees people wearing Muslim clothes or attire on airplanes.
Juan in his statement had said he was not a bigot and everyone knows the kind of books he had written about the civil movements of his country. But whenever he gets on an airplane and sees anyone identifying …
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A SWAT situation arose on Thursday afternoon after a fire was ignited inside the Westfield Galleria Mall in Roseville. The dense black smoke of the fire was visible from as far as Sacramento on Highway 50. The aerial shots from the news channels of Sacramento also confirm a partial root collapse of the Galleria Mall.
Reports say a man set fire to the merchandise after entering a video retail store. This seems to be the reason that led to this wild fire. The man is all set to face arson charges.
On …
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The Netflix.com website is currently down and is not reachable. The Netflix problem has concerned many people but as there have been no official updates or statements regarding the problems, everyone is suggested to be patient and wait for the problems to solve.
There could be various reasons for this fall out. These could be network issues or something could even be wrong with the Netflix server. A third party service can also create problems. A DDos attack cannot be ruled out which can be the reason for the crashing of …
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Glenn Beck has gone ahead and seen mischief on the whole story of evolution that man could never have been a monkey. The well-known Fox News anchor Wednesday termed the theory of evolution crazy. While making a mockery of the whole story of evolution, the devoted Christian wondered what happened to evolution as no more primates were being transformed.
Researchers have proved that human beings and the chimpanzee family had about 96% similar DNA. Chimps fall in the class of apes and not monkeys. To his aid, Mr. Beck is only …
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A report has been released indicating that the defense department did invite radical American Muslim cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki months after the 9/11 attacks. This was revealed by a defense official and the cleric has links with the terror group Al Qaeda.
The very cleric had his name allover for being linked with the failed bomb attacks on a Detroit bound aircraft on the Christmas day and the Fort Hood shootings. To add to this galore of attacks he is also linked to have inspired and encouraged Faisal Shahzad who failed in …
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Tyler Perry, struggled from unfair and cruel treatment to become one of the most prosperous persons in the film industry, the actor cum director revealed in the Oprah Winfrey Show.
While describing his childhood as “a living hell” he released details of his early life in graphic and scandalizing images leaving a mosaic that will never be forgotten by many.
Oprah and Perry, who have been friends for a very long time, said the molestation began when she was five years. The first instance was back when he was five constructing a …
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Issa, R-Calif, President Barack Obama’s chief antagonist, will soon be taking charge of investigations of the White House and federal bureaucracy under the main House investigating committee depending on whether Republicans win back the House.
This has elicited comments from Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota that Issa will conduct a “witch hunt” with the aim of tearing down the Obama administration, using power as chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
In July alone, Issa was hard at work giving 11 television appearances and 14 written statements over a 10 day …