Video: Sonia Sotomayor sworn in - WIVB
The first Hispanic woman appointed to the Supreme Court, was sworn in today. Sonia Sotomayor, took her oath of office, administered by Supreme Court Justice Jon Roberts (It's a wonder he didn't flub it like he did Obama's swearing in).
President Barack Obama
Article originally ran on August 8. 2009 on the Judiciary Report website
Video: Eunice Shriver Remains in Critical Condition - WWLP.com
Eunice Shriver, the sister of the late U.S. President, John F. Kennedy, is in critical condition tonight, after suffering a series of strokes. She is widely known for her charity work and being the founder of the Special Olympics.
Update: she has died. Rest in peace.
Special Olympians salute founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver
A U.S. Airways flight attempting to ditch in the Hudson River in January 2009
A few months ago, a U.S. Airways plane crashlanded in the Hudson River in New York with no fatalities. Today, the situation was different, when a small plane and a helicopter collided, carrying Italian tourists.
It is believed eight people died in the accident. Search crews are still attempting to find survivors, while authorities are working to figure out what transpired that caused the collision.
New York mayor: Aircraft collision over Hudson not 'survivable'
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The search for nine people aboard a small plane and a helicopter that collided Saturday over the Hudson River has become a recovery mission, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
First responders gather on a pier after a plane and helicopter collided Saturday over the Hudson River.
Two passengers, including a child, and a pilot were believed to have been aboard the single-engine Piper PA-32 when it collided with the copter around noon between New York and Hoboken, New Jersey, Bloomberg said.
Five Italian tourists and a pilot were believed to be aboard the helicopter, an American Eurocopter AS350 operated by Liberty Helicopter Sightseeing Tours, Bloomberg said.
Chris Dodd
U.S. Senators, Chris Dodd and Kent
Kent Conrad
Regardless of the complaint dismissal, the appearance of impropriety is there. The mere fact they accepted favors of a financial nature, from a corrupt banking CEO that helped to bring the worst mortgage crisis in history on America and by default, Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland and Iceland, who invested in Wall Street, on which he trades, was highly inappropriate.
Senators Dodd, Conrad Cleared on Ethics Complaints
Friday, August 7, 2009; 6:17 PM - The Senate Ethics Committee on Friday dismissed complaints against Sens. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) that they used their positions of power to obtain special deals on home loans from lender Countrywide Financial.
After a year-long investigation, the committee told Dodd and Conrad that it found "no substantial credible evidence" that they violated the Senate's ethics rules. The committee found that the senators' loans were processed through the special program, but that they didn't appear to profit financially from it.
But the committee also admonished the senators, saying they "should have exercised more vigilance in your dealings with Countrywide in order to avoid the appearance that you were receiving preferential treatment based on your status as Senator."
The allegations about Dodd and Conrad are part of a politically explosive controversy about whether high-profile politicians and businessmen received special deals on home loans from an exclusive Countrywide program created by former chief executive Angelo Mozilo.
The ethics committee investigation found that participants in the Countrywide program "were often offered quicker, more efficient loan processing and some discounts."
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green at LAX in Los Angeles yesterday
For a woman that claims she is bisexual, doesn't like men and is not dating actor, Brian Austin Green anymore, actress Megan Fox is certainly with him a lot.
In fact, she is always getting caught out in public with Green or photographed going into his house at all hours. Some writers do not believe her claims about being bisexual or broken up with the actor.