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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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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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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D.J. Wright, 14, the grandson of the Rev. Timothy Wright, died Saturday evening, a nursing supervisor at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville said

The car accident that caused Timothy Wright to be critically injured, has also killed her wife, Betty Wright, and the driver, John Pick, drove the wrong-way on eastbound Interstate 80 and struck the Wrights’ vehicle head-on.

Pastor Timothy Wright remains in critical condition.

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Timothy Wright, 61 year old Gospel singer and pastor, was critically injured in a crash on Friday in central Pennsylvania.

Betty Wright, his 58 year old wife, was killed in the crash. His grandson D.J. Wright was critically injured as well.

The driver of the wrong-way car, John Pick, 44, of Lewisburg, also died, police said.

Updated: Grandson D.J Wright has also died

Timothy Wright is the pastor at Grace Tabernacle Christian Center in New York City.

He has released more than a dozen gospel recordings, and his latest album, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,” came out last year.

Here is the music video of the song “Jesus Jesus Jesus” sing by Timothy Wright:
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Former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died on 4th July at 1:15 a.m.

Helms’ former chief of staff, Jimmy Broughton says the former senator, age 86, died of natural causes in Raleigh. “He was very comfortable,” Broughton said.

“America lost a great public servant and true patriot today,” White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.

President Bush said at the time the Senate was “losing an institution. Sen. Helms has been a tireless defender of our nation’s freedom and a champion of democracy abroad.”

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4th of July or Independence Day in the United States is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, baseball games, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States.

In 1996, Independence Day, a science fiction film about a hostile alien invasion of Earth, was directed by Roland Emmerich, who co-wrote the script with producer Dean Devlin.

Here is the Independence Day Trailer:

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