Soul legend Isaac Hayes dies (News) 25 discussions Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.. Tags: Religion, Isaac Hayes, Entertainment Awards, Walt Disney Company, Shelby County Sheriff\s Department, Royalty, Music Charts, Pop Rock Music, Culture Lifestyle, Scientology, Steve Shular, Grammy Awards, Soul Music, Memphis, Music, Entertainment, Musi
	go skateboarding day: cop v.s. skaters (Video) 18 discussions Cop flips on kids for skating downtown in Hot Springs Arkansas. Jarad Graham, Drew Irwin, Skylar Nalls, Matt McCormack, Robbie Brindley, & Casey Canterbury get arrested. Tags: skateboarding cops v.s. skaters funbox
	Hostage situation at Clinton campaign office ends (News) 14 discussions Police took into custody a man they say walked into Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire, and took several people hostage Friday. Tags: Elections Voting, New Hampshire, Lettie Tzizik, U.S. Presidential Election, Democratic National Committee, Michael Hambrook, Barack Obama, Washington, John Edwards (Politician), Politics, U.S. Politics, Political Parties, Hillary Clinton, New Hampshire
	Brain-damaged woman at center of Wal-Mart suit (News) 12 discussions Debbie Shank breaks down in tears every time she's told that her 18-year-old son, Jeremy, was killed in Iraq. Tags: Iraq, War Conflict, Jim Shank, Maurice Graham, U.S. Supreme Court, Debbie Shank, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Iraq War, Medicaid, John Simley
	Nearly 10,000 reported killed by China quake (News) 12 discussions Relief troops walked hours over rock, debris and mud in hopes of reaching the worst-hit area of an earthquake that rocked central China on Monday, killing nearly 10,000 people, state-run media reporte.. Tags: Chinese Politics, Sports, Geophysics, Natural Disasters, Accidents Disasters, China, Elementary High School Education, Earth Science, Disaster Relief, Chengdu, Economic Development, Foreign Aid, Education, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquakes, Politics
	Police: Nine killed in shooting at Omaha mall, including gunman (News) 11 discussions A 19-year-old gunman who killed eight people and then himself Wednesday at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, left a suicide note, police said. Tags: Georgia, Law Enforcement, U.S. Government, Debora Maruca Kovac, Omaha, Real Estate Leasing, Von Maur Inc., Police, Salt Lake City, Shootings, Kansas City, Thomas Warren, Douglasville, Real Estate, Robert Hawkins, Business, Suicide, Nebraska, Missouri, Uta
	Sources: Spitzer investigated for link to prostitution ring (News) 11 discussions Federal prosecutors have unsealed an affidavit that details a rendezvous in a Washington hotel room last month between a prostitute and a client who a source tells CNN was New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Tags: London, Florida, U.S. Republican Party Politics, New York Times Company, Penn Station, U.S. Politics, California, Transportation, Temeka Rachelle Lewis, U.S. Government, James Tedisco, Lewis Client, Crime, Jeffrey Toobin, Train Travel, Eliot Spitzer, U.
	U.S. report: Iran stopped nuclear weapons work in 2003 (News) 10 discussions Iran halted work toward a nuclear weapon under international scrutiny in 2003 and is unlikely to be able to produce enough enriched uranium for a bomb until 2010 to 2015, a U.S. intelligence report sa.. Tags: United States, Nuclear Weapons, Military Weapons, Iranian Politics, Nuclear Energy, U.S. Government, Technology, Science Technology, Nuclear Proliferation, Diplomacy, Political Policy, Iran, Elections Voting, Espionage Intelligence, Politics, U.S. P
	Records: Southwest Airlines flew 'unsafe' planes (News) 10 discussions Discount air carrier Southwest Airlines flew thousands of passengers on aircraft that federal inspectors said were "unsafe" as recently as last March, according to detailed congressional doc.. Tags: Jim Oberstar, Burbank, Boeing Company, Federal Aviation Administration, California, Nicholas Sabatini, Wall Street Journal, Aloha Airlines Inc., UAL Corporation, Air Travel, U.S. House Committee Transportation & Infrastructure, Air Disasters, Pittsbur
	Gore: Nobel win a chance 'to change the way people think' (News) 9 discussions Sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize helps underscore the urgency of the climate crisis, said former Vice President Al Gore on Friday. Tags: Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change, Election Campaigns, Science Technology, Earth Science, U.S. Government, Political Policy, Elections Voting, George W. Bush, Sciences, Global Climate Change, Climatology, U.S. Politics, Advertising, Domestic Po
	Times Square bombing caught on tape (News) 9 discussions Security camera footage shows a person approach a Times Square military recruiting office and ride away on a bicycle shortly before a bomb damaged the building Thursday morning. Tags: Times Square, Terrorism, War Conflict, Mexican Ministry Foreign Affairs, British Consulate General, Virginia, Bureau Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Explosives, Bryan Whitman, Charlie Jaquillard, U.S. Army Activities, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Mich
	Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use (News) 9 discussions The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quart.. Tags: Bill Piper, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Health Care Issues, African-American Issues, Medicine, Law Enforcement, William Lacy Clay, Marijuana, National Organization for Reform Marijuana Laws, Illegal Drugs, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, M
	Blue Angels jet crashes during air show, killing aviator (News) 8 discussions The family of the pilot killed Saturday watched as his F/A-18 Hornet crashed in a neighborhood during a U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision-flying team air show, Lt. Commander Anthony Walley said Saturday.. Tags: South Carolina Cable News Network (CNN) Air Transportation U.S. Navy Marine Corps Savannah (Georgia)
	iPhone owner sues Apple for $1 million (News) 8 discussions A New York woman is so angry at Apple Inc. for lopping $200 off the price of the iPhone that she's filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages. Tags: Electronics, Consumer Electronics, Science Technology, New York, Apple Inc., Queens County, Cellular Phones, Trials, Civil Trials, Technology, U.S. District Court for Eastern District New York, Mark Siegel, United States, Susan Lundgren, Dongmei Li,
	Jury awards $6.1 million in McDonald's strip search case (News) 8 discussions A jury awarded $6.1 million Friday to a woman who said she was forced to strip in a McDonald's back office after someone called the restaurant posing as a police officer. Tags: William Whitman, Ann Oldfather, McDonald\s Corporation, David Stewart, Trials, Florida, Donna Summer, Louise Ogborn, Criminal Trials, Walter Nix, Police
	Wilson released after two years behind bars for teen sex conviction (News) 8 discussions Genarlow Wilson was released from prison Friday, after spending more than two years behind bars for a teen sex conviction. Tags: Al Sharpton, Crime, Sexual Offenses, Monroe County Superior Court, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, B.J. Bernstein, Law, Constitutional Law, George Carley, Civil Rights, U.S. Department Justice, Genarlow Wilson, Child Abuse, Prisons, Thurbert Baker, U.
	From $70K to food bank, one family's struggle (News) 8 discussions When she was laid off in February, Patricia Guerrero was making $70,000 a year. Weeks later, with bills piling up and in need of food for her family, this middle-class mother did something she never t.. Tags: Personal Finance, Subprime Lending, Consumer Credit Debt, California, Los Angeles, Real Estate, Joe Baca, Patricia Guerrero, America\s Second Harvest, Business, Daryl Brock, San Bernardino
	Report: U.S. 'preparing the battlefield' in Iran (News) 8 discussions The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy on the country's nuclear facilities and undermine the Islamic repu.. Tags: Political Policy, Seymour Hersh, Armed Forces, U.S. Politics, United States, International Relations, Nuclear Energy, George W. Bush, Iranian Politics, World Politics, Nuclear Weapons, War Conflict, U.S. Government, Politics, Technology, U.S. Army Activ
	Mistake costs dishwasher $59,000 (News) 7 discussions For 11 years, Pedro Zapeta, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, lived his version of the American dream in Stuart, Florida: washing dishes and living frugally to bring money back to his home country. Tags: Technology, Stuart (Florida), U.S. Government, Immigration Naturalization Service, United States, Palm Beach Newspapers Inc., Marisol Zequeira, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Internal Revenue Service, Science Technology, Guatemala, B
	U.S. destroyer pursuing hijacked ship in Somali waters, military says (News) 7 discussions A U.S. destroyer has entered Somali territorial waters in pursuit of a Japanese-owned ship loaded with benzene that was hijacked by pirates over the weekend, military officials said Monday. Tags: Kenya, U.S. Armed Forces, Armed Forces, NATO, Gulf Aden, United States, United Nations, USS Carter Hall, Burke, Mogadishu, Somalia, Yemen, U.S. Maritime Administration, Socotra, Horn Africa, Seafarers Assistance Program, U.S. Navy, USS Arleigh Burke,
	Prescription drugs found in drinking water across U.S. (News) 7 discussions A vast array of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones -- have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Ass.. Tags: United States, Veterinary Medicine, Clean Water Policy, Political Policy, Domestic Policy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Medicine, Benjamin Grumbles, Virginia, Environmental Science, California, Earth Science, Nature Environment, Environmental
	Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States (Video) 7 discussions At a campaign event in Beaverton, OR, Obama claimed to have visited 57 U.S. states during the campaign. Tags: Obama Rooke Gaffe U.S. States Oregon
	Report: Black U.S. AIDS rates rival some African nations (News) 7 discussions The AIDS epidemic among African-Americans in some parts of the United States is as severe as in parts of Africa, according to a report out Tuesday. Tags: Racial Issues, United States, South Africa, iReport.com, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Los Angeles, Medicine, Contagious Infectious Diseases, U.S. Government, HIV AIDS, Phill Wilson, AIDS Institute, Centers for Disease Control Prevention, African-A
	American killed at Games was coach's father-in-law (News) 7 discussions A Chinese man wielding a knife stabbed an American couple in central Beijing on Saturday, killing the man and seriously wounding the woman before jumping to his death from an ancient tower, said U.S. .. Tags: Politics, United States Olympic Committee, Hangzhou, Beijing, Indoor Volleyball, George W. Bush, U.S. Politics, United States, Tourism, Relationships, Sports, Culture Lifestyle, Todd Bachman, Barbara Bachman, U.S. Government, Dale Bachman, China, Olympi
	Dolphins may protect the nation, one fin at a time (News) 6 discussions Dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers could be sent on a mission to patrol a military base in Washington state, the U.S. Navy said Monday. Tags: San Diego (California) Washington Military Bases Animals Animal Science Bioterrorism Acts terror United States Iraq Seattle (Washington) Georgia U.S. Navy California Alaska Crime, Law Justice

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