Week in Politics… hehehe

“This week in Washington, President Obama took time out from his busy day to read a book to a group of second graders. Did you see that on the news? It was a fairy tale about a cabinet nominee who once paid all his taxes.” –Jay Leno

Congress Is Divided Over Competing Stimulus Bills

The Senate agreement on a roughly $827 billion economic stimulus bill sets up tough negotiations with the House, primarily over tens of billions of dollars in aid to states and local governments, tax provisions, and education, health and renewable energy programs.

Pope to address Jews after bishop denies Holocaust

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Israel’s chief Rabbinate is resuming dialogue with the Vatican after freezing ties over a Holocaust-denying bishop and the pope will meet major Jewish groups to try to make amends, a Church source said on Saturday.

Baseball Star Alex Rodriguez Tested Positive for Steroids in 2003

NEW YORK —  Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in his MVP season of 2003, according to a report by Sports Illustrated.

The New York Yankees star tested positive for two anabolic steroids, four sources told Sports Illustrated in a story posted Saturday on its Web site.

1 dead, 134 rescued from Lake Erie

A helicopter flies over fishermen stranded on a slab of ice about 8 miles wide that broke free and floated away from the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie, at Oak Harbor, Ohio, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. The Coast Guard said about 150 people had been trapped on the ice and rescue operations were underway about 1,000 yards off shore.

OAK HARBOR, Ohio—A miles-wide ice floe broke away Saturday from Lake Erie’s shoreline, trapping more than 130 fishermen, some for as long as four hours. One man fell into the water and later died.

Pencil the Horse Rescued from Ice!

A dramatic rescue saves a six-year-old horse that had fallen into an ice-covered pond. The horse, named Pencil, spent hours in the frigid water with its hooves stuck in the pond’s muddy bottom – not able to move. Local 12’s Joe Webb was there.
 
For at least four hours today, Pencil the walking horse was up to his neck in a frozen pond. His owner ran a snow plow all night. When he came home around 10, Pencil didn’t come to the barn with the other horses. He went looking for him.

Amanda Knox Fails to Keep ‘Confession’ From Co-Ed Slay Trial

Amanda Knox’s father William, foreground right, waits for his daughter’s trial to start in court in Perugia, Italy.

PERUGIA, Italy —  Amanda Knox, the American student accused of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy, suffered a setback Friday after a judge ruled that her confession to being at the scene of the crime could stand as evidence.

GOP Senators Risk Political Backlash Over Support of Stimulus Bill

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Sen. Olympia Snow, also of Maine, have broken with other Republicans to support the Democrats' plan for spending and tax cuts to

 Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, and Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter have risked the wrath of their fellow Republicans and constituents to help push the controversial economic spending plan over the finish line