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Declaration of Independence text

Simon Ian — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:32:56 +0000

Declaration of Independence text. Library of Congress officials say Thomas Jefferson made a Freudian slip while penning a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence.

In an early draft of the document Jefferson referred to the American population as “subjects,” replacing that term with the word “citizens,” which he then used frequently throughout the final draft.

The document is normally kept under lock and key in one of the Library’s vaults. On Friday morning, the first time officials revealed the wording glitch, it traveled under police escort for a demonstration of the high-tech imaging. It was the first time in 15 years that the document was unveiled outside of its oxygen-free safe.

Healthcare.gov launched

Simon Ian — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:28:00 +0000

Healthcare.gov. Here is your health care explained via the new website. healthcare.gov . The United States government introduced a new Web site, HealthCare.gov, conveniently located at the Web address HealthCare.gov. (The July 1 launch of the site was actually written into the health-care reform bill.) HealthCare.gov allows users to input their personal information—for instance, New York residency, under-26 age bracket—and browse and compare available coverage plans.

Russian Spy

Manuel Tamaras — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:41:51 +0000

Russian spy. Atramentous money man for a Russian spy arena whose associates were assigned a decade or added ago to access American association has been captured overseas, authorities said Tuesday.

He was the aftermost of 11 suspects alleged in a huge apprehension that threatens to breach afresh acclimation relations amid the U.S. and Russia.

The 11th suspect, application the name Christopher Metsos and purporting to be a Canadian citizen, was arrested at the Larnaca airport in Cyprus while aggravating to fly to Budapest, Hungary, badge in the Mediterranean island nation said. He was after appear on bail.

Metsos, 54, was amid those alleged in complaints apparent Monday in federal cloister in Manhattan.

Authorities in Cyprus said he will abide there for one ages until displacement affairs begin.Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Farbiarz on Monday alleged the allegations adjoin the added 10 bodies active in the Northeast “the tip of the iceberg” of a cabal of Russia’s intelligence service, the SVR, to aggregate central U.S. information.

Helen Thomas

Joyce — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:41:21 +0000

She retires immediately. Helen Thomas, the 89-year-old adept White House correspondent, will retire able anon in the deathwatch of her abhorrent comments on Israel. Helen Thomas’s comments that Jews should leave Israel and go aback to Poland and Germany were abnormally beefy for me, as I’ve spent the aftermost brace of weeks account and watching documentaries about WWII and the Holocaust.

“Helen Thomas appear Monday that she is retiring, able immediately,” a Hearst Newspapers account said. “Her accommodation came afterwards her arguable comments about Israel and the Palestinians were captured on cine and broadly broadcast on the Internet.”

Al Gore Separation

Michael Rosales — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:40:33 +0000

Al Gore Separation. Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, are telling friends they “grew apart” after 40 years of marriage and there was no affair involved. According to two long-time close associates and family friends, the Gores say they are separating amicably. Their decision came after a “long process of careful consideration,” said one of the associates.

They both spoke on condition of anonymity.

Sarah Ferguson drinking

Miguel Bontia — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:58:31 +0000

Sarah Ferguson tells Winfrey she had been drinking. Sarah Ferguson says she had been drinking and was “not in my right place” when she was caught on video offering access to her former husband, Prince Andrew, for $724,000.

The Duchess of York made the comments to talk show host Oprah Winfrey in an interview to air Tuesday. The interview was taped Friday in Los Angeles, and excerpts were released Monday by Winfrey’s Harpo Productions.

Ferguson tells Winfrey that she’d seen snippets of the video in airports but had not “faced the devil in the face” by watching it in its entirety. But she says she could tell she’d been drinking and was “in the gutter at that moment.”

Ferguson has apologized for her lapse of judgment and has said she had financial problems. Via AP

Colombia elections

Miguel Bontia — Sun, 30 May 2010 23:15:29 +0000

According to Bloomberg. Former Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos leads in presidential elections over Antanas Mockus, the former mayor of Bogota.

With 1.3 percent of the ballots counted, Santos had 46 percent of the vote to 29 percent for Mockus, according to the national registry. Gustavo Petro was in third place with 8.6 percent. Six other candidates trailed.

A candidate needs a majority in the first round to win outright and avoid a June 20 runoff.