How ex-Presidents make there dough

The article explains how presidents such as Harry Truman, Bill Clinton, and jimmy Carter have made money after there presidency concluded. Some notables are Clinton's $250,000 he makes after each speech and Jimmy Carter writing over 20 books including poetry and childrens books. Prior to Harry Truman presidents recieved no pension after there presidency and Truman had to rely on only $112 a month from an army retirement fund.

Pregnant Briton to escape death penalty in Laos

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/laos.british.woman.death.penalty/index.html

20 year-old Samantha Orobator was arrested and sentenced to death in Laos on charges of drug trafficking. Orobator had over half a kilogram of heroin on her at the time of the arrest. having this amount of heroin results in an automatic death sentence from the Laotian government. Samantha escaped the punishment when she became pregnant in jail, probably due to rape.

Heisman Trophy winner is honored again

Heisman trophy winner sam bradford was honored again this weekend with the "Sam Cassel" award for being the goofiest and ugliest person in his respective league. Former winners include Sheldon Williams, Chris Kaman, and three time winner Antwan Walker.

Slumdog stars still living in the slums

http://www.justnews.com/entertainment/19314598/detail.html

The suprise hit Slumdog millionaire made ove 300 million dollars in the box office but this has done little for the young stars of the movie who have recently retuned to thier "real life" living in the slums of india. Despite being showered with gifts and attending the oscars the actors families still do not have the money or the will to move out of their native land.

Tyson: Eye opening experiance

The new movie holding the same name as the former "Baddest man on the planet," promises to show you the lighter side to the tattoo-faced brawler.

Officials confront first US death from swine flu

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu

The story that is displacing all other news is the threat being posed by the Swine Flu. The Flu has claimed its first life in the U.S.

Hawks sixth man of the year, Spirit, made a huge impact in game 2 of the playoffs last night while only playing 3:32 seconds in the first quarter. As he flew up and down the court the heat defensive was left scarred and confused and refused to attempt to guard him. In an act of God Spirit had to be immediatly removed from the game due to a stifiling hunger and a uniform infraction.

Boy Finds Long Lost Brother

High school student, John Gorrell, recently became reunited with his long lost brother. After 13 years of seperation Gorrell noticed a striking resemblance between himself and the 2003 Finding Nemo star Crush. "I knew from the moment he came on the screen that we were related," said Gorrell. Stephen Oban, friend of Gorrell, pushed gorrell to find out the truth and he met Crush later that year.

The two had been seperated at birth, Crush's mother said that she couldn't handle two babies, especially one that lives on land. Gorrell said that he was finally relieved to know his true beginnings and meet his family after so many years.

Spokesman: Jackie Chan comments out of context

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/spokesman-jackie-chan-comments-out-context-ap

The action super star jackie chan said that freedom might not be a good idea for china. Chan said that his comment was taken out of context but as you can tell the comment has become quite contraversial.

Medical student to be arraigned in Craigslist slaying

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/21/mass.killing.craigslist/index.html

A second year medical student from Boston University is charged with the murder of a woman who was advertising herself on craiglists offering massages. The man charged of murder is also suspected in a case of robbing a prostitute, the lead detective said that this woman was working in a similiar field. this is interesting to me because it shows that craigslist is being used a tool for prostitution.

burger king takes down racist advertisment after complaint

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090415/od_nm/us_burgerking_odd

you can read about the particulars of the advertisment in the article, but it was basically a poster portraying a rather small mexican man draped in a poncho sporting his nations flag next to a large rough and tough looking american cowboy. Why burger king would find it approriate to make this advertisment is beyond comprehension, even if BK has no personal vendetta's against the nation it is still an insulting image and the BK advertising advisors need to think a little more before making poor choices like this one.

is clean humor the route to success?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/14/brian.regan.comedy.tour/index.html

Comedian Brian Regan is interviewed and reviewed in this aritcle by cnn. In the article they praise Regan's squeaky clean style saying that he doesn't need to use the dirty tactics that other comedians use. In my opinion you can not judge a comedian, musician, or any kind of performer based on their style. You may not like some stlyes, but you can not say that all comedians should take a note on Regans style and clean up their acts. Ones act should not be subject to critizism based on the "cleanliness" of their humor.