links for 2008-09-30

U.S. bailout rejected; fear seizes markets
(tags: stocks bailout)

MS 70-229 exam prep – Daniel Wilson's list
(tags: 70-229 learning sql mcdba)

70-229 Study Guide, Practice Exams, Resources – CertYourself
(tags: 70-229 mcdba sql learning)

Woman wakes up, should have smelled the coffee
(tags: bat coffee)

House votes down massive bailout measure
Oh, Noes!! – Kristmas Kancelled – Krap Klaim Kiddies!
(tags: bailout)

Woman wakes up, should have smelled the coffee

clipped from www.wtopnews.com

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – It wasn’t just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter.

The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in her house but wasn’t too [...]

House votes down massive bailout measure

Oh, Noes!! – Kristmas Kancelled – Krap Klaim Kiddies!

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com

Debate prior to balloting showed deep reservations about $700 billion plan

WASHINGTON – The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue package, ignoring urgent pleas from President Bush and bipartisan congressional leaders to quickly bail out the staggering financial industry.

Stocks plummeted on [...]

links for 2008-09-29

Citigroup Buys Banking Operations of Wachovia
(tags: wachovia citigroup)

Citigroup Buys Banking Operations of Wachovia

Yikes! It’s like a real life game of PacMan.

clipped from www.nytimes.com

Citigroup will acquire the banking operations of the Wachovia Corporation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said Monday morning, the latest bank to fall victim to the mortgage market.

The F.D.I.C. said that the agency would absorb losses from Wachovia above $42 billion and [...]

links for 2008-09-28

Paul Newman, Screen Legend, Dies at 83
(tags: paul newman obits)

Paul Newman, Screen Legend, Dies at 83

clipped from community.tvguide.com

Paul Newman, the screen legend whose rebellious roles, steely delivery, and radiant blue eyes made him a star across seven decades, has died. He was 83.

Spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic told The Associated Press that Newman died Friday of cancer. Details were not immediately available.

He married his first wife, Jackie, in 1950. [...]

links for 2008-09-25

A show so bad it makes one long for David Hasselhoff.
(tags: knight nbc)

McCain seeks to delay debate to focus on economy
(tags: MCCAIN DELAY DEBATE CRISIS)

Horrific football hazing case shakes NM town
Thank you sir, may I have another? This is just reason # 538 to avoid organized school sports.
(tags: vegas robertson sodomy hazing football)

A show so bad it makes one long for David Hasselhoff.

clipped from www.slate.com

Though engineered for the delectation of boys who are too old for Hot Wheels and too young for learner’s permits, Knight Rider (NBC, Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET) arrives tricked out with just enough eccentricity to avoid utterly craven stupidity. That level of near-competence is perhaps all we can expect from [...]

Horrific football hazing case shakes NM town

Thank you sir, may I have another? This is just reason # 538 to avoid organized school sports.

clipped from www.wtopnews.com

LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – It was shocking enough when six high school football players were accused of sodomizing six younger teammates with a broomstick during training camp. But the scandal was raised [...]