2008 Woodie Awards
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Issue date: 10/6/08 Section: News
World
Blasts targeting Shiite worshippers kill at least 20 in Iraq on
Muslim holiday
BAGHDAD – Suicide bombers targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 20 people and injured dozens more at Baghdad mosques Thursday morning, officials said.
Both attacks took place around 8 a.m. in southeast Baghdad, about four miles apart. They came as Shiites marked the first day of Eid, a three-day celebration that follows Ramadan, Islam’s holy month.
Death tolls in both attacks will probably rise, officials said.
A suicide bomber strapped with explosives killed at least 12 worshippers and injured 25 as they left al-Rasoul mosque in Jadida, a largely Shiite district, police said. Officials described the bomber as a teenage male who detonated himself as guards were searching him near the gates of the mosque.
Somali pirates release hijacked Malaysian ship
MOSCOW – Somali pirates have released Bunga Melati 2, a Malaysian oil tanker hijacked in August, the Asian country’s Bernama news agency said Tuesday, citing defense ministry sources.
The vessel and its crew of 29 Malaysian and 10 Philippine nationals was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden Aug. 19.
Another vessel, Bunga Melati 5, seized 10 days later in the same area, was released Saturday.
According to reports, the vessels, owned by the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation, were released after a ransom of $2 million was paid for each ship. However, official sources refused to confirm the information.
Somali pirates are currently holding a Ukrainian ship, its crew and its cargo of 33 tanks off the coast of the east African state.
National
Biden, Palin compete for role of middle-class
champion
ST. LOUIS – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin painted herself as a plain-spoken middle-class champion, while Joe Biden blended a common touch with deep experience, as the two vice presidential nominees clashed over Iraq, the economy and other key issues in Thursday’s debate.
Palin peppered her responses with “darn right” and “I’ll betcha,” and at one point a wink to the audience, while Biden debated along more traditional lines, offering point-by-point descriptions of where he and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama stood.
Nowhere was the disagreement sharper than over Iraq. Both Palin and Biden have sons in, or headed to, Iraq, but they offered vividly different views of the conflict.
“We cannot afford to lose there or we’re going to be no better off in the war in Afghanistan, either. We have got to win in Iraq,” Palin said.
Biden fought back, saying that “Barack Obama’s offered a clear plan [to] shift responsibility to the Iraqis over the next 16 months.” Obama would withdraw one to two brigades a month.
Palin called that plan a “white flag of surrender,” and recalled that Biden originally was for the war in Iraq. Biden voted to give President Bush broad authority to wage war in 2002, but has since been a leading critic of the way the administration has conducted the war.
“Oh, man,” Palin said, “it’s so obvious that I’m a Washington outsider and someone just not used to the way you guys operate ... you’re one who says, you know, as so many politicians do, ‘I was for it before I was against it,’ or vice versa.”
House approves historic financial-system bailout
WASHINGTON – Besieged by pleas from its constituents, from corporate executives to struggling wage earners, the House of Representatives reversed itself Friday and approved the controversial $700 billion financial-system rescue plan, designed to keep the nation from falling into an economic abyss.
The 263-171 vote reversed the House’s rejection of the bill Monday and came two days after the Senate passed a revised version of the plan, including $110 billion in unrelated tax breaks and other incentives aimed at converting House members to back the bill. In the end, 172 Democrats and 91 Republicans joined forces to pass the measure and send it to President Bush to sign into law. House members who changed their votes from no to yes said they were torn by the choice of accepting an imperfect solution or facing a deepening financial crisis if they failed to act. Several Democrats said they responded to personal appeals from Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, who, along with his Republican opponent, John McCain, voted for the bill in the Senate.
Local/BSU
Boise State receives 2008 EnviroGuard award
Boise State University was one of three organizations presented with the EnviroGuard Award by City of Boise Mayor David Bieter Oct. 1 for its commitment to the environment, joining Barger-Mattson Auto Supply and St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center.
“It’s important to recognize businesses taking unique and creative approaches to ensuring the sustainability and livability of this community,” Bieter said. “We can reduce our environmental footprint at work, home and play. These businesses set the example for others to follow in the workplace.”
An independent committee made up of small and large business owners, city and state agencies, and business assistance organizations review the applications based on established criteria. The criteria include significant environmental benefits, waste reduction, economic benefit to the company and efficient use of raw materials.
Talkin’ Broncos start season with team win
The Boise State University speech and debate team kicked off its season with familiar aplomb by taking the top team prize the weekend of Sept. 26 and 27 at the College of Southern Idaho’s Golden Eagle Classic in Twin Falls.
In addition to placing first in the overall team sweepstakes, the Talkin’ Broncos scooped up six first place medals in debate and individual speech categories, as well as six second place medals.
“This was our season opener and we are very pleased with the results and the work the team did to earn them,” David Bailey, the team’s coach, director of forensics and an assistant professor of communication at Boise State, said. “We look forward to the challenges that await us as we work our way through the year’s rigorous competition schedule.”
What The?
He was here a minute ago, officer
Despite the fact that his driver’s license was suspended, a 20-year-old man drove from his home in Pungarehu to New Plymouth, New Zealand to answer drug charges. After he was pulled over by police on the way there, he slid over into the passenger seat and told the cop that he was not the driver.
Here, fishy, fishy
Two drunks walking along the ocean in Folkestone, England spotted a bottlenose dolphin just off shore and tried to climb on his back for a ride. They were charged with interfering with a dolphin.
Blasts targeting Shiite worshippers kill at least 20 in Iraq on
Muslim holiday
BAGHDAD – Suicide bombers targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 20 people and injured dozens more at Baghdad mosques Thursday morning, officials said.
Both attacks took place around 8 a.m. in southeast Baghdad, about four miles apart. They came as Shiites marked the first day of Eid, a three-day celebration that follows Ramadan, Islam’s holy month.
Death tolls in both attacks will probably rise, officials said.
A suicide bomber strapped with explosives killed at least 12 worshippers and injured 25 as they left al-Rasoul mosque in Jadida, a largely Shiite district, police said. Officials described the bomber as a teenage male who detonated himself as guards were searching him near the gates of the mosque.
Somali pirates release hijacked Malaysian ship
MOSCOW – Somali pirates have released Bunga Melati 2, a Malaysian oil tanker hijacked in August, the Asian country’s Bernama news agency said Tuesday, citing defense ministry sources.
The vessel and its crew of 29 Malaysian and 10 Philippine nationals was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden Aug. 19.
Another vessel, Bunga Melati 5, seized 10 days later in the same area, was released Saturday.
According to reports, the vessels, owned by the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation, were released after a ransom of $2 million was paid for each ship. However, official sources refused to confirm the information.
Somali pirates are currently holding a Ukrainian ship, its crew and its cargo of 33 tanks off the coast of the east African state.
National
Biden, Palin compete for role of middle-class
champion
ST. LOUIS – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin painted herself as a plain-spoken middle-class champion, while Joe Biden blended a common touch with deep experience, as the two vice presidential nominees clashed over Iraq, the economy and other key issues in Thursday’s debate.
Palin peppered her responses with “darn right” and “I’ll betcha,” and at one point a wink to the audience, while Biden debated along more traditional lines, offering point-by-point descriptions of where he and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama stood.
Nowhere was the disagreement sharper than over Iraq. Both Palin and Biden have sons in, or headed to, Iraq, but they offered vividly different views of the conflict.
“We cannot afford to lose there or we’re going to be no better off in the war in Afghanistan, either. We have got to win in Iraq,” Palin said.
Biden fought back, saying that “Barack Obama’s offered a clear plan [to] shift responsibility to the Iraqis over the next 16 months.” Obama would withdraw one to two brigades a month.
Palin called that plan a “white flag of surrender,” and recalled that Biden originally was for the war in Iraq. Biden voted to give President Bush broad authority to wage war in 2002, but has since been a leading critic of the way the administration has conducted the war.
“Oh, man,” Palin said, “it’s so obvious that I’m a Washington outsider and someone just not used to the way you guys operate ... you’re one who says, you know, as so many politicians do, ‘I was for it before I was against it,’ or vice versa.”
House approves historic financial-system bailout
WASHINGTON – Besieged by pleas from its constituents, from corporate executives to struggling wage earners, the House of Representatives reversed itself Friday and approved the controversial $700 billion financial-system rescue plan, designed to keep the nation from falling into an economic abyss.
The 263-171 vote reversed the House’s rejection of the bill Monday and came two days after the Senate passed a revised version of the plan, including $110 billion in unrelated tax breaks and other incentives aimed at converting House members to back the bill. In the end, 172 Democrats and 91 Republicans joined forces to pass the measure and send it to President Bush to sign into law. House members who changed their votes from no to yes said they were torn by the choice of accepting an imperfect solution or facing a deepening financial crisis if they failed to act. Several Democrats said they responded to personal appeals from Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, who, along with his Republican opponent, John McCain, voted for the bill in the Senate.
Local/BSU
Boise State receives 2008 EnviroGuard award
Boise State University was one of three organizations presented with the EnviroGuard Award by City of Boise Mayor David Bieter Oct. 1 for its commitment to the environment, joining Barger-Mattson Auto Supply and St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center.
“It’s important to recognize businesses taking unique and creative approaches to ensuring the sustainability and livability of this community,” Bieter said. “We can reduce our environmental footprint at work, home and play. These businesses set the example for others to follow in the workplace.”
An independent committee made up of small and large business owners, city and state agencies, and business assistance organizations review the applications based on established criteria. The criteria include significant environmental benefits, waste reduction, economic benefit to the company and efficient use of raw materials.
Talkin’ Broncos start season with team win
The Boise State University speech and debate team kicked off its season with familiar aplomb by taking the top team prize the weekend of Sept. 26 and 27 at the College of Southern Idaho’s Golden Eagle Classic in Twin Falls.
In addition to placing first in the overall team sweepstakes, the Talkin’ Broncos scooped up six first place medals in debate and individual speech categories, as well as six second place medals.
“This was our season opener and we are very pleased with the results and the work the team did to earn them,” David Bailey, the team’s coach, director of forensics and an assistant professor of communication at Boise State, said. “We look forward to the challenges that await us as we work our way through the year’s rigorous competition schedule.”
What The?
He was here a minute ago, officer
Despite the fact that his driver’s license was suspended, a 20-year-old man drove from his home in Pungarehu to New Plymouth, New Zealand to answer drug charges. After he was pulled over by police on the way there, he slid over into the passenger seat and told the cop that he was not the driver.
Here, fishy, fishy
Two drunks walking along the ocean in Folkestone, England spotted a bottlenose dolphin just off shore and tried to climb on his back for a ride. They were charged with interfering with a dolphin.
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Don Q
posted 10/08/08 @ 10:32 PM MST
So, where is the headline from the email...the one about the "art" professor that was "missing". I thought one had to be gone for 24 hours to be considered "missing". (Continued…)
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