Dan Rather To Appeal Court’s Decision On Lawsuit Against CBS
September 29, 2009
US (ChattahBox) – As reported, Dan Rather has lost his lawsuit against CBS. However, he has said he will be appealing the decision.
Jon and Kate Gosselin show becomes Just Kate Plus 8
September 29, 2009
(ChattahBox) — After months of embarrassing tabloid coverage and messy talk show finger-pointing from reality TV couple Jon and Kate Gosselin, whose show chronicled the challenges of raising eight children, something had to give. TLC is now retooling its hit show Jon and Kate Plus 8 to reflect the change: the next season will simply be Kate Plus 8 as of November 2nd. “Given Jon’s recent antics, there was no way the show could continue to portray him as a doting Dad,“ an insider told People. ”Not while all this other crap was going on.” The dramatic split had initially been ratings gold for the network, but since then the ratings have quite simply imploded: After six-weeks of re-runs, only 4.2-million watched on August 7. And well less than 2-million tuned in last week.
Dan Rather Lawsuit Tossed Out By Judge
September 29, 2009
US (ChattahBox) – A lawsuit filed by Dan Rather against his former employers, CBS, has been thrown out by a judge after ten months.
Earthquake Hits South Pacific, Causing Tsunami Warnings Along The Way
September 29, 2009
Samoan Islands (ChattahBox) – An earthquake has hit the region of the Samoan Islands, and caused a 10-foot tsunami to be generated in the area.
Senate Committee Votes Against Public Option Proposal in Health Care Bill
September 29, 2009
(ChattahBox) — The Senate Finance Committee has voted to kill a public insurance plan amendment sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.,that would compete with private insurers. The 15-to-8 vote after a half-day of animated debate, bodes badly for the public option’s chances when the whole Senate debates it. Not surprisingly all Republicans on the panel voted against Rockefeller’s amendment, but in addition five Dems also did, including Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., along with Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and Thomas Carper, D-Del. Republicans saw the amendment as an attempt to expand the federal government’s reach and eliminate private insurers. Aides to Senate majority leader, Senator Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, say that he will not include a provision for the public option when he combines the measures coming out of the finance and health committees. Members of the Senate Finance Committee will now debate an alternative plan put on the table by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. His public insurance plan proposal modifies Rockefeller’s by mandating that the government negotiate rates with health care providers, like a private insurer does, instead of simply mandating them.
Guinea Death Toll Raises Over 150, Reports Of Rape And Looting
September 29, 2009
Guinea (ChattahBox) – A human rights group has claimed that the death toll of the Guinea protesters killed by the country’s military has reached 157. But other disturbing information has been released, with confirmation from various sources.
Weak El Niño Means U.S. Northeast Could Have Coldest Winter in a Decade
September 29, 2009
(ChattahBox) — Hedge-fund managers and other speculators increased their net-long positions, or bets prices will rise, in New York heating oil futures, after predictions emerged that the U.S. Northeast may have the coldest winter in a decade. This years El Niño, which developed in June, has been weak thus far, and that’s more favorable to winter cold and snow. Read more
U.S. Prepares For Possible Economic Isolation Plan Against Iran
September 29, 2009
U.S. (ChattahBox) – The Obama administration is creating a plan that would isolate Iran economically if they refuse to negotiate on their nuclear program.
Four Teens Charged In Taped Beating Death
September 29, 2009
Illinois (ChattahBox) – Four teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a brutal beating that killed 16-year-old honors student, Derrion Albert, was caught on a cell phone video.
Man Sentenced To Three Years For Killing Sexually Abusive Father
September 29, 2009
U.S. (ChattahBox) – Jeremiah Raymond Berry, the 22-year-old who was charged with shooting his sexually abusive father in the back of the head, decapitating him, and then dismembering him, has been sentenced to three years in prison.