The New York Times points out today that a sitting U.S. senator has not been elected president since 1960. This could be the year! John McCain (Arizona), Barack Obama (Illinois) and Hillary Clinton (New York) all seem to have a healthy shot.
Actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, according to a report by the New York medical examiner’s office. The Associated Press quotes the examiner’s office as saying Ledger died of “acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine.”
Shades of Tom Brady: Mitt Romney looked exceedingly clumsy as he lost Super Tuesday to John McCain, 9-7.
Tom Brady looked exceedingly clumsy as the New England Patriots lost Super Bowl 42 to the New York Giants, 17-14.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has married the model and singer Carla Bruni in Paris, report the BBC and the IHT.It’s Sarkozy’s third marriage. He and his second wife, Cecilia, were divorced last October, and he reportedly met Bruni shortly afterwards. He’s been president only since May, and already he’s been divorced, courted a new woman, and remarried.
Six more weeks of winter, says Punxsutawney Phil. Dude saw his shadow.We’ve learned to trust Phil. He is, after all, over 100 years old.Punxsutawney loves that groundhog. Even the local paper, The Punxsutawney Spirit, has a (Pilgrim?) groundhog in its logo.
Some truly inventive fun with album covers.(Props to Mr. Hehn for the link.)
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and CEO Eric Schmidt say they have agreed to work together for 20 years. The three told Fortune magazine that they made the agreement before the company went public in 2004. Schmidt will turn 69 in 2024; Page and Brin will both turn 51.
When Rudy Giuliani called it quits On Wednesday afternoon, he also brought a merciful end to 2008’s clumsiest campaign URL: JoinRudy2008.com.No surprise: The four top remaining candidates all are masters of their own domains:MittRomney.comHillaryClinton.comJohnMcCain.com
It’s been 60 years since the 1948 death of Mohandas Gandhi.