With key battleground Ohio in hand, I hereby predict Obama will become the winner of the 2008 US Presidential Election.

Congratulation Obama.

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Bernie Mac death has been confirmed by Chicago Sun Times. Columnist Stella Foster received calls early Saturday morning from a close friend of the Mac family, confirming the reports of Mac’s death.

Bernie Mac, the well known actor and comedian, Bernie Mac, died at Northwestern Memorial hospital early Saturday morning. Though the cause of death has not been confirmed, Mac had been hospitalized recently for pneumonia.

Bernie Mac, 50, was known for movie star roles in Bad Santa, Ocean’s Eleven and Transformers as well as a long running TV show.

Bernie Mac started performing comedy at the tender young age of 8 at a local church and later switched to comedy when he was 20 years old. His mother, Mary passed away from cancer when Bernie Mac was 16.

Rest in peace, Bernie Mac.

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Curtis Sliwa, born on 26th Mar 1954 in Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York, is an anti-crime activist, founder of the Guardian Angels, and conservative radio talk show host.

Curtis Sliwa criticized John A. Junior Gotti’s father on his radio show and was shot three times.

He recovered and testified against John A. Junior Gotti who was accused of ordering the attacks on Curtis Sliwa.

John A. Junior Gotti was tried twice for the 1992 attempted murder of talk show host Curtis Sliwa, but got off both times.

On the 5th Aug 2008, John A. Junior Gotti is again arrested on Racketeering and Murder Charges.

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John A. ‘Junior’ Gotti, 61, New York City mafia crime boss, was arrested at his home in Oyster Bay Cove.

According to John A. Gotti Junior’s attorney, the ‘mobster’ was arrested on charges for complicity in three murders and racketeering.

An FBI press conference is scheduled to take place later this morning in Tampa Bay.

Gotti has been tried three times in the past for racketeering and conspiracy for an alleged plot to kidnap Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa but the trials ended in mistrials and hung juries.

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Paris Hilton’s mother, Kathy Hilton, is angry over John McCain’s Celeb Ad.

“It is a complete waste of the country’s time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs,” Kathy Hilton said. “And it is a completely frivolous way to choose the next president of the United States.”

John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, said last week that his campaign ad mocking Democrat Barack Obama with images of Paris Hilton and singer Britney Spears was part of an attempt to inject humor into the presidential race.

The ad plays on Barack Obama’s popularity by dismissing him as a mere celebrity, like Hilton and Spears. John McCain on Friday denied that his campaign had taken a negative turn, saying, “We think it’s got a lot of humor in it, we’re having fun and enjoying it.”

The John McCain Celeb Ad in question:

The Barack Obama campaign has said the ad is proof that John McCain would rather launch negative attacks than debate important issues.

Kathy Hilton, however called the ad “a complete waste of the money John McCain’s contributors have donated to his campaign.” She and her husband donated a total of $4,600 to McCain’s campaign earlier this year.

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Update: Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad

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Eric Cantor, House Chief Deputy Minority Whip, has been asked to provide “personal documents” to John McCain steps up his search for a running mate.

John McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said the campaign would have “no comment on anything related to the vice presidential issue.”

Virginia Rep Eric Cantor, 45, has been a forceful critic of Democrat Barack Obama’s resistance to lifting the federal ban on oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Eric Cantor not only provides youth to the ticket but also provide John McCain with an important asset in Virginia, a state that last backed a Democrat for president in 1964 but which both parties are now targeting as a battleground.

If John McCain wins, Eric Cantor would become the first Jewish vice president.

Among others believed to be getting close looks from McCain: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Ohio Rep. Rob Portman for McCain.

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A F-15D Eagle, a two-seater, crashed on the Nevada Test and Training Range approximately 50 miles east of Goldfield, Nev., at approximately 11:30 a.m. July 30, killing a Nellia Air Force pilot assigned to the 65th Aggressor Squadron.

The other pilot, also assigned to the 65th AS, from the same aircraft was transported to the hospital on base at approximately 1:30 p.m. and is under observation and in stable condition.

The F-15D was participating in a combat training mission as part of Exercise Red Flag 08-03 and both pilots were assigned a mission is to simulate opposing enemy air forces.

The names of the pilots involved are being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.

A board of officials is being convened to investigate.

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Anna Patterson, a former Google employee, launched her new search engine Cuil, pronounced “cool.” Backed by $33 million in venture capital, the search engine plans to begin processing requests for the first time Monday.

Anna Patterson’s last Internet search engine was so impressive that Google bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.

Anna Patterson believes her latest invention is even more valuable and this time it’s not for sale. She intends to upstage Google, which she quit in 2006 to develop a more comprehensive and efficient way to scour the Internet.

Anna Patterson, husband Tom Costello and two other former Google engineers, Russell Power and Louis Monier (best known as the former chief technology officer of AltaVista), searched for better ways to search.

Cuil claims to be the world’s biggest search engine.

Cuil searches more pages on the Web than anyone else—three times as many as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft.

According to Cuil’s privacy policy, it does not retain information about its users’ search histories or surfing patterns.
Cuil’s Privacy Policy:

Privacy is a hot topic these days, and we want you to feel totally comfortable using our service, so our privacy policy is very simple: when you search with Cuil, we do not collect any personally identifiable information, period. We have no idea who sends queries: not by name, not by IP address, and not by cookies (more on this later). Your search history is your business, not ours.

Cuil’s search results are shown in 3 columns by default and can be set to 2 columns.

Google welcomed Cuil to the long line of Google challengers which includes swaggering startups like Teoma (whose technology became the backbone of Ask.com), Vivisimo, Snap, Mahalo and, most recently, Powerset, which was acquired by Microsoft Corp. this month.

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Timothy Wright, 61 year old Gospel singer and pastor, remains in critical but stable condition at a Pennsylvania hospital and will undergo surgery, to repair a fractured jaw, on 17th July 2008, according to his spokesman. He also suffered a fractured ankle, leg, neck and ribs.

Pastor Timothy Wright was severely injured in a horrific car crash on July 4 that killed his wife Betty Wright, 58, and 14-year-old grandson, D.J. Wright.

Pastor Timothy Wright has still not been told that both his wife Betty Wright and grandson D.J. Wright have died.

All his five sons are said to be waiting till the pastor’s condition improves before breaking the tragic news about his beloved wife and grandson.

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Tony Snow, President George W. Bush’s former press secretary, has died of colon cancer, the White House confirmed on Saturday.

In May 2006, Tony Snow was a Fox News Channel and Fox News Radio broadcaster when he replaced Scott McClellan as President Bush’s press secretary.

Tony Snow served just 17 months as press secretary, a tenure interrupted by his second bout with cancer.

In Sep 2007, Tony Snow resigned as President Bush’s chief spokesman, citing a need to earn more money. He then joined CNN as a commentator.

Tony Snow, 53, is survived by his wife , a son and two daughters.

Rest in peace, Tony Snow.

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