Friday, January 30, 2009
Please keep the people of Illinois in your prayers during this time of change. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Kay Yow, longtime N.C. State coach, dies
RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Kay Yow, who coached women's basketball at North Carolina State for 38 years and a Gold Medal Olympic team in 1988, died Saturday of breast cancer. Yow, 66, was first diagnosed with cancer in 1987, The (Raleigh,N.C.) News & Observer reported. The disease recurred in... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Obama tackles Mideast, economy on day one
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama spent part of his first full day in office Wednesday wading into the crises in the Middle East and in the economy, aides said. Obama wasted no time in placing calls to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sen. Kennedy takes ill at Capitol lunch
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., collapsed and was taken from the luncheon at the Capitol marking the inauguration of Barack Obama as president. Obama called Kennedy a "warrior for justice" and said he would be in his prayers. "I would be lying to you if I did not say that... Sign in to see full entry.
Obama in great inaugural warns of tough times ahead
By MARTIN SIEFF Published: Jan. 20, 2009 at 1:58 PM WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Barack Obama took office Tuesday as the 44th president of the United States with the greatest inaugural speech in a generation in which he warned the American people to "put away childish things." Obama's inaugural was... Sign in to see full entry.