Archive for February 21st, 2009

Bush goes to hardware store that offered him a job

Written by on Saturday, February 21st, 2009 in Latest News.

Former President George W. Bush has visited a Dallas hardware store that earlier this month made him a lighthearted offer to work as a greeter.

Andrea Bond, a manager at Elliott’s Hardware, says Bush walked into the store Saturday and quipped: “I’m looking for a job.”

The store had…

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Blast in China coal mine kills 44, dozens trapped (Reuters)

Written by on Saturday, February 21st, 2009 in Latest News.

Rescue workers carry a body of a victim of a blast in a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province, February 22, 2009. (Yan Yan/Xinhua/Reuters)Reuters – A blast in a coal mine killed 44 miners in China’s Shanxi province Sunday but hope grew for 96 others still trapped underground after some used mobile phones to contact their relatives, Xinhua news agency reported.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Source: Feds Interviewed Burris About Blagojevich

Written by on Saturday, February 21st, 2009 in Latest News.

Senator Roland Burris was warned by the White House to consider his future now Governor Pat Quinn is putting more pressure on him. CBS station WBBM-TV reports that all of this comes as Burris spent the day talking to federal investigators. And it’s a meeting Burris has said he’s been anticipating for quite some time.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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