By The Admin on June 28, 2010
A secretly made FBI tape shows that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich weighed the possibility of naming Oprah Winfrey to the U.S. Senate seat being left by President Barack Obama.
Blagojevich was heard on the tape played Monday at his corruption trial saying Winfrey’s name carried so much prestige that no one could criticize him if [...]
Posted in Congress, Illinois, State & Local News | Tagged Oprah Winfrey, Rod Blagojevich
By The Admin on June 28, 2010
The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division is trying to determine how U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene got the money to pay his filing fee in the Democratic primary.
The State newspaper reported Monday that SLED and local prosecutors are trying to determine if any laws have been broken by the way Greene presented his financial [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, South Carolina, State & Local News | Tagged Alvin Greene
By The Admin on June 28, 2010
The Supreme Court held Monday that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live, advancing a recent trend by the John Roberts-led bench to embrace gun rights.
By a 5-4 vote, the justices cast doubt on handgun bans in the Chicago area, but signaled that some limitations on the Constitution’s “right [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues | Tagged gun rights, Supreme Court
By The Admin on June 28, 2010
President Barack Obama says the country has lost a voice of principle and reason with the passing of Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
In a statement, Obama says Byrd had a profound passion for the Senate, and held the deepest respect for members of both parties. Obama says that as a young senator, he appreciated Byrd’s generosity [...]
Posted in Congress, White House | Tagged Barack Obama, Robert Byrd
By The Admin on June 28, 2010
Patrick Healy, New York Times
- They thought it was about Elvis.
That’s what a focus group of a dozen African-American women concluded about the musical “Memphis” last summer when they were asked to assess the show’s tagline, “The Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll.”
But after seeing artwork featuring Felicia, the black R&B singer in the show, [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm | Tagged Broadway, diversity, entertainment
