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Amongst events happening around the world this past week...
*Although the problems in Libya are as yet unresolved, Syria is fast becoming the new hotbed of citizen unrest over government corruption that has occurred under years of hereditary dictatorship.
*The Southern/Gulf Coast of the United States is in the midst of tornado season. Bad storms have already caused serve damage and lost of life in some areas. Disaster relief will hopefully be forthcoming.
*Although happy that they made an attempt, US President Barack Obama calls the House of Representatives Republican Party member's proposed budget cuts "wrong for America" because, besides repealing the Health Care Reform Act, it also "ends Medicare as we know it, and makes cuts to Medicaid that would leave millions of seniors, poor children, and American citizens with disabilities without the care they need."
*Gas prices in most areas of the continental United States have risen above $4 a gallon for regular unleaded.
*Investigations have revealed that British Petroleum tried to alter the course of research they funded into not only just how bad the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was in 2010, but the long term risks as well. Meanwhile a lot of claimants are still saying that BP has yet to pay them for damages resulting from the Deepwater Horizon spill, despite public relation commercials produced by the oil company that state otherwise.
*NASA celebrated the 30th anniversary of the space shuttle program that they are in the middle of phasing out to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin being the first human in outer space.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS...
*ABC has canceled the long running soaps All My Children and One Life To Live. Their reality show replacements: The Chew, about eating healthier, and The Revolution (working title), about living healthier, will not be ready until this fall and next January respectively, so which soap bows out first remains to be seen.
*Tolkien fans rejoice that filming has finally begun on Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit.
IN SPORTS...
*A jury has found former baseball player Barry Bonds GUILTY of obstructing justice during investigations into the use of illegal drugs in that sport, although could not reach an unanimous decision on the three counts of perjury he also faced in regards to the possibility that he lied about using or having been administered steroids and/or other performance enhancing drugs.. It is unknown at this time if that part of the case will be retried, hence Bonds has yet to be formally sentenced.
The Free Choice E-zine still stands by its opinion that Bonds, and any other convicted drug user, should be stripped of whatever awards and honors they "won" while using the illegal substances!
*On a more positive note, Major League Baseball celebrated the legacy of Jackie Robinson Friday as all players wore the number 42, which Robinson was assigned when he started playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Otherwise, that number has been retired by every team in his honor.
For more news at any time, either scroll down to the IN OTHER NEWS feature at the bottom of your screen, or visit any reputable news source.
Amongst events happening around the world this past week...
*Although the problems in Libya are as yet unresolved, Syria is fast becoming the new hotbed of citizen unrest over government corruption that has occurred under years of hereditary dictatorship.
*The Southern/Gulf Coast of the United States is in the midst of tornado season. Bad storms have already caused serve damage and lost of life in some areas. Disaster relief will hopefully be forthcoming.
*Although happy that they made an attempt, US President Barack Obama calls the House of Representatives Republican Party member's proposed budget cuts "wrong for America" because, besides repealing the Health Care Reform Act, it also "ends Medicare as we know it, and makes cuts to Medicaid that would leave millions of seniors, poor children, and American citizens with disabilities without the care they need."
*Gas prices in most areas of the continental United States have risen above $4 a gallon for regular unleaded.
*Investigations have revealed that British Petroleum tried to alter the course of research they funded into not only just how bad the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was in 2010, but the long term risks as well. Meanwhile a lot of claimants are still saying that BP has yet to pay them for damages resulting from the Deepwater Horizon spill, despite public relation commercials produced by the oil company that state otherwise.
*NASA celebrated the 30th anniversary of the space shuttle program that they are in the middle of phasing out to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin being the first human in outer space.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS...
*ABC has canceled the long running soaps All My Children and One Life To Live. Their reality show replacements: The Chew, about eating healthier, and The Revolution (working title), about living healthier, will not be ready until this fall and next January respectively, so which soap bows out first remains to be seen.
*Tolkien fans rejoice that filming has finally begun on Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit.
IN SPORTS...
*A jury has found former baseball player Barry Bonds GUILTY of obstructing justice during investigations into the use of illegal drugs in that sport, although could not reach an unanimous decision on the three counts of perjury he also faced in regards to the possibility that he lied about using or having been administered steroids and/or other performance enhancing drugs.. It is unknown at this time if that part of the case will be retried, hence Bonds has yet to be formally sentenced.
The Free Choice E-zine still stands by its opinion that Bonds, and any other convicted drug user, should be stripped of whatever awards and honors they "won" while using the illegal substances!
*On a more positive note, Major League Baseball celebrated the legacy of Jackie Robinson Friday as all players wore the number 42, which Robinson was assigned when he started playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Otherwise, that number has been retired by every team in his honor.
For more news at any time, either scroll down to the IN OTHER NEWS feature at the bottom of your screen, or visit any reputable news source.
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