An untimely sneeze nearly cost Andrew Hanson his life. The 42-year-old Weymouth man told authorities that a sneeze caused him to lose control of his pickup on Soldiers Field Road and plunge into Boston’s Charles River on Tuesday.
Prosecutors say a Massachusetts man crashed his car into a utility pole while drunk, then dragged the body of a passenger away from the accident scene.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Detroit’s Big Three automakers pleaded with a reluctant Congress Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans of U.S. industry, pointedly warning of a national economic catastrophe should they collapse….
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn’t survive a conviction on federal corruption charges. His defeat by Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich moves Senate Democrats within two seats of a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority….
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama’s top choice for attorney general is Eric Holder, a former No. 2 Justice Department official in the Clinton administration and Obama campaign aide who would become the first African American to serve as the nation’s chief lawyer….
Dynamoo writes “The good news is that Microsoft have announced free anti-virus software for consumers, dubbed Morro, available late next year. The bad news is… well, exactly the same. Although Microsoft’s anti-malware products are pretty good, this move could drive many competitors out of business and create a dangerous security monoculture; major rivals will be lawyering up already. On the other hand, many malware infections could be prevented even by basic software. So is this going to be a good or bad thing overall?”
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The last thing Barack Obama needs is a secretary of state carving out an independently based foreign policy. He needs an agent, not an author. Hillary Clinton is the wrong person for that job.
There are parallels between the leadership of Abraham Lincoln and the potential of Barack Obama, so much so that it is worth studying the past of one to gauge the future of the other.
The pending exit date from Iraq is 2011, but nothing preludes the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama from leaving sooner. The United Nations resolution that first authorized U.S. forces in Iraq expires at the end of December.
The winning numbers drawn Tuesday night in the "Massachusetts Daily Lottery" were: 8-6-1-7
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