Archive for May 29th, 2008

Comic powerhouse Harvey Korman dies at 81 (AP)

Written by on Thursday, May 29th, 2008 in Latest News.

In this 1975 file photo originally provided by CBS, Harvey Korman, left, and Tim Conway perform a skit on 'The Carol Burnett Show,' in Los Angeles.  Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to 'The Carol Burnett Show' and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in 'Blazing Saddles,' died Thursday, May 29, 2008. He was 81. (AP Photo/CBS, file)AP – Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously amusing contributions to “The Carol Burnett Show” and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in “Blazing Saddles,” died Thursday. He was 81.

Al Qaeda near defeat, on defensive: CIA chief (Reuters)

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Central Intelligence Agency Director Michael Hayden speaks to reporters in Washington December 13, 2007. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters – Al Qaeda is essentially defeated in
Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive throughout much of
the world, CIA Director Michael Hayden said in a Washington
Post interview published on Friday.

Obama distances himself from another clergyman (AP)

Written by on Thursday, May 29th, 2008 in Latest News.

In this June 1, 2007 file photo, Rev. Michael Pfleger, left, of Saint Sabina Catholic Church is seen with Rev. Jesse Jackson during a news conference at Rainbow/Push Coalition headquarters in Chicago. Pfleger apologized Thursday, May 29, 2008, for the sermon given Sunday at Trinity United Church of Christ, during which he said Clinton cried in January because she felt 'entitled' to the Democratic nomination and that a 'black man is stealing my show.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that he was “deeply disappointed” by a supporter’s sermon at his church that mocked Hillary Rodham Clinton.



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