ATLANTA -- Skip Caray, a voice of the Atlanta Braves for 33 years and part of a family line of baseball broadcasters that included Hall of Famer Harry Caray, died at home on Sunday, the team said. He was 68.
I used to listen to him calling Braves games all the time when I was in high school. RIP, man.
119 fungus-carrying, foreign frogs seized
African clawed frogs invade native ecosystems, could wipe out other frogs
RENO, Nev. - State wildlife officials raided three residences in the Reno area where they seized more than 100 African clawed frogs, which they say are prohibited because they can pose a serious danger to native frogs and entire ecosystems.
No charges have been filed against the people who illegally possessed a total of 119 frogs because they are cooperating fully with law enforcement to "get any and all prohibited frogs off the streets," the Nevada Department of Wildlife said in a statement on Wednesday.
Hail, Funnel Cloud Hits Western Mass.
"I could see the clouds forming, I could see the sky was different than anything I had seen before," says Sunderland restaurant owner, Deeac Tiley.
Tiley may have been the only person in Sunderland to capture Thursday's funnel cloud. The cloud is one of the things responsible for triggering a tornado warning
earlier Thursday afternoon. "I filmed some of it, then thought nothing of it," Tiley says.
Despite demons, Ivins stayed on at biolab
Privacy concerns, bureaucracy, demands of case allowed Ivins to keep job
Co-workers suspected. One complained he was a "manic basket case." Another recalled him openly weeping at his desk inside one of the military's top biological warfare facilities.
The Justice Department, too, had long focused on Ivins. Investigators discovered years ago that he worked late nights just before the 2001 anthrax attacks. And by 2005, government scientists had genetically linked anthrax in his lab to the toxin that killed five people.
Yet Ivins stayed on the job at the military lab at Fort Detrick.
As the FBI closed in on its top suspect, Ivins grew more unstable. He killed himself last week, more than a year after the FBI had gathered the primary evidence held up Wednesday as proof of his guilt.
A hollow victory
An Alberta human rights commission has acquitted Ezra Levant of illegal 'discrimination' for publishing controversial cartoons. But that doesn't mean Canada enjoys a free press
Let me translate: You'd better be "reasonable" in how you use your freedoms, or you won't be allowed to keep them. You'd better not run political cartoons "simply stuck in the middle" of a magazine. You'd better have a "purpose" for being "negative" that is approved by a bureaucrat, when he finally gets around to it three years later.
That is not acceptable to me. I am not interested in Gundara's views about the cartoons. I'm not interested in learning his personal rules of thumb for when I can or can't express myself. This is Canada, not Saudi Arabia.
My dismissal is not a victory for freedom of the press: Alberta's press is not free--it is now subject to the approval of the government.
Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate
In an ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE Interview, Edwards Reveals He Cheated, But Didn't Father Child
John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.
Former vice presidential nominee says "egotism" and "narcissism" played a role.
In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he loved only his wife, Elizabeth.
Uh-huh.
No end in sight to tight global credit
A YEAR after the world's central banks started to pump trillions of dollars into the financial system to end a seizure in credit markets caused by subprime mortgages, cash is about as tight as it has ever been.
The US market for commercial paper, or short-term IOUs, backed by assets such as mortgages has shrunk 40 per cent from its peak in July 2007. The amount borrowed in pounds between banks in Britain fell by 70 per cent in June from a record in February last year. The European Central Bank received $US100 billion ($110 billion) of bids for the $US25 billion it offered to financial institutions on July 29, the most since the sales began in December.
Fannie Mae Loses $2.3B in Quarter as Defaults Rise
Fannie Mae announces quarterly loss and cutbacks that will reverberate through the market
Fannie Mae is making bold cutbacks that will send shock waves through the mortgage market, after posting a quarterly loss Friday that was three times larger than Wall Street expected.
To slow its financial decline, the mortgage finance giant slashed its dividend to 5 cents a share from 35 cents a share and said it will eliminate loans for borrowers with solid credit scores, but little proof of income or small or no down payments.
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British Businessman Decapitates Himself in Sports Car Suicide
In a grim attempt at revenge against his estranged wife, a British businessman committed suicide by decapitation in his Aston Martin sports car, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reported Friday.
Well, goodness. I guess some people really can't keep their heads when things go bad.
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