To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. A short Talking Points Memo, then we’ll get right to the military situation, which is bad news for Saddam. Talking Points has told you many reputations are on …
Read More »6 Philadelphia narcotics officers acquitted in racketeering case
PHILADELPHIA – A federal jury has cleared six former Philadelphia drug squad officers in a corruption case that prompted scores of convictions to be overturned amid charges that the officers stole more than $400,000 in drug money, beat suspects and lied to win convictions. The verdict on Thursday follows more …
Read More »Coming Out of the Closet
To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Walter Cronkite comes clean. That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. After years of news reading and speech making, Mr. Cronkite has finally defined himself. Speaking to The Washington Post, he said, quote, “I would …
Read More »Al Qaeda Strikes Again
Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. Al Qaeda strikes again. That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. Here’s how it shakes down. Some of us believe we’re right in the middle of World War III, and that we have to confrontAl Qaeda (search)and …
Read More »Controversy Over Saddam Interview
And now the most telling two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it! Soft on Saddam CBS News tonight is airing the interview with Saddam Hussein broadcast in Britain last night. The interview was done by 77-year-old Tony Benn, a leftist British politician …
Read More »Indiana HIV outbreak tops 100 cases, state health officials say
An HIV outbreak in southeastern Indiana related to intravenous prescription drug abuse has reached 106 confirmed and preliminary cases, state public health officials said on Friday. As of Thursday there were 95 confirmed HIV cases and 11 preliminary cases from the outbreak in rural Scott County, some 30 miles north …
Read More »Survey: Cost of running jails extends far beyond corrections budgets, can be more expensive
NEW YORK – Running a jail can be even more expensive than previously thought. A study released Thursday by the New York-based nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice examined all costs associated with operating local lockups beyond budget line items. The authors found services such as providing inmate health care, programming …
Read More »Dodgers shoot for series win over Padres
(SportsNetwork.com) – The Los Angeles Dodgers are still struggling to score runs, but will shoot for a series win Saturday against the San Diego Padres in the second installment of a three-game set. The Dodgers took Friday’s opener 2-1 thanks to Joc Pederson’s solo home run in the bottom of …
Read More »Grave of assassinated Burkina Faso leader exhumed nearly 30 years after his death
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Authorities have exhumed human remains from the grave of an assassinated president of Burkina Faso, nearly three decades after he was killed. A family lawyer confirmed Tuesday that they also found bits of fabric inside the purported grave of former leader Thomas Sankara. Sankara, a Marxist …
Read More »Husband, wife golfers hit back-to-back holes in one
A wife and husband from Michigan say they both got a hole-in-one in consecutive shots at the same hole. Tony and Janet Blundy tell the Lansing State Journal that their aces came while golfing Sunday at Ledge Meadows Golf Course in Grand Ledge. The couple says Tony hit a hole-in-one …
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