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Reports at the links below warn that Alaska, the nation's icebox, is getting even icier.
Two resupply ships shown above are stuck in Frobisher Bay by Iqaluit. Coast Guard icebreakers have been struggling to cut a path for the ships, but ice is so thick that it's closing around the icebreakers before the ships are able to pass through. July 11, 2012 CBC
Al Gore was unavailable for comment.
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It is possible that most American’s think Al Jazeera is terrorist network. Some, however, view Al Jazeera’s news coverage as more informative, and less opinion-driven than American journalism.
Al Jazeera on Wednesday announced a deal to take over Current TV, the low-rated cable channel that was founded by Al Gore, a former vice president, and his business partners seven years ago.
Al Jazeera plans to shut Current and start an English-language channel, which will be available in more than 40 million homes, with newscasts emanating from both New York and Doha, Qatar.
So what about distributors of Current content? They can sometimes wiggle out of their carriage deals when channels change hands.
Most consented to the sale, but Time Warner Cable did not and took advantage of the Al Jazeera sale to dump Current.
Time Warner Cable announced tersely, “we are removing the service as quickly as possible.”
Without Time Warner, Current has next to nothing and it may take Al Jazeera a long time to build.
From the New York Times:
Andrew Sullivan (pictured), the prolific writer who has built up his following for his blog “The Dish” first at the The Atlantic.com and then at the Daily Beast, announced on Wednesday he is striking out on his own with a Web site dependent entirely on subscription revenue.
Sullivan will charge readers $19.99 a year or whatever they might want to pay to subscribe to his site.
Sullivan began blogging several years ago as a political conservative but is now viewed by many as politically hard-left even though he claims to be politically “center-right.”
Born in the UK, Sullivan has wanted to become a U.S. citizen, but has been barred from applying for citizenship because he his HIV-positive.
The marriage took place in Massachusetts because same-sex marriage began there on May 17, 2004. They live in New York City.
Sullivan began blogging several years ago as a political conservative but is now viewed by many as politically hard-left.
Patti Page (real name Clara Ann Fowler) was an American singer, one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music.
She was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s, and sold over 100 million records.
Besides Tennessee Waltz she had other huge hits including Doggie in the Window, Mockin' Bird Hill and Allegheny Moon.
Tennessee Waltz scored the rare achievement of reaching No. 1 on the pop, country and rhythm & blues charts simultaneously and was officially adopted as one of two official songs by the state of Tennessee.
The latest drawing by Indianapolis Star editorial cartoonist Gary Varvel illustrates a sobering religious liberty ObamaCare infringement.
Business owners with religious convictions are going to be heavily fined for not complying with the new Health-Care law mandate to provide coverage of contraceptives and abortion causing drugs in their employee insurance plans.
A 1950 Pennsylvania Railroad advertising calendar was sent to James W. Flanagan, general manager of The Scranton Times.
Mr. Flanagan was The Scranton Times' general manager from 1936 to his death in 1949 at the age of 63.
He had a 54-year career at the paper, starting as a salesboy in 1895. The calendar includes a holiday greeting from an executive at the railroad company, dated the same month Mr. Flanagan died.
A new sticker, dated last week from a distribution center in Pittsburgh, accompanied two 4-cent William Howard Taft stamps, which appear to have been canceled decades ago, on the tube.
The Pennsylvania Railroad merged with New York Central Railroad in 1968.
The Post Office gave no explanation for the 63 year delivery delay.
Payroll taxes increase to 6.2%.
Everyone's paycheck is about to take a hit, and it's not the boss' fault. But some business owners say it's a tough talk to have.
The rate of workers' payroll taxes, which fund Social Security, has been 4.2% for the past two years. As of Jan. 1, it's back to 6.2%, on the first $113,700 in wages.
That forced Mike Brey, who owns four Hobby Works shops near Washington, D.C., to notify his store managers about the upcoming change during a conference call Monday. He called the experience uncomfortable. "These are the people who can least afford it."
Some employees will blame Mr. Obama and the Washington Democrats. Some will blame Washington Republicans for caving in to the tax and spend Democrats.
Actually there is enough blame to go around for everyone on Capitol Hill.
The vote has been counted and Vice President Joe Biden is the recipient of the first annual, not-so-coveted Joke of the Year Award.
Conan O'Brien said, “Obama’s campaign donors are promised exclusive access to Joe Biden. And for an extra $10,000, they get absolutely no access to Biden.”
Why did Obama want the Joke of the Year as his VP for another four years? The only possible reason is that Biden is an obedient lapdog who would go along with anything Obama wanted and never challenge the administration.
I am Perry Peterson, a retired auditor and tax accountant. My wife Valeta and I live along the front range of the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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