President Kim Dae-jung dies at 85

The longtime dissident, who survived three assassination attempts and spent years in prison, was 85. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for engaging North Korea.

August 18, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: News  No Comments

Eunice Kennedy dies at age 88

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who emerged from a powerful male-dominated political family to found the Special Olympics and become a leading advocate of the mentally disabled, died on Tuesday at the age of 88.

August 11, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: News  No Comments

Watch Tsunami canceled why ?

A tsunami watch issued for five nations after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean was canceled about two hours later.

August 11, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: News, weather  No Comments

Missing People from Typhoons

BEIJING — The toll from two typhoons in the Pacific rose Monday, after reports that a rural village in south-central Taiwan was buried in rubble, leaving as many as 600 people missing, and at least 12 people were killed on Japan’s western coast. Thirty-seven people had already been reported dead in the Philippines, Taiwan and [...]

August 10, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: weather  No Comments

E. Lynn Harris author Basketball Jones Dead

He self-published his first book, Invisible Life, after failing to find a publisher. He sold it himself at black-owned bookstores and beauty salons until Anchor Books published it as a trade paperback in 1994.
Has died, his publicist told The Associated Press. He was 54.
According to his official biography E. Lynn Harris.
Thanks for ERRIN HAINES

July 26, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Sport  One Comment