Archive for December, 2009

Christmas Day Terrorist Attack

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano aimed to reassure the traveling public when she said Sunday that “the system worked” in an aborted Christmas Day terrorist attack on Northwest Flight 253. Instead, she set off alarms on Capitol Hill.
The comments were the first salvo in what’s likely to be an intense period of oversight of post-9/11 [...]

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Blackberry Outage December 22

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Blackberry Messenger outage and Microsoft i4i are the major technology news today. The BBM outage and i4i have everyone talking. Let’s check out the Blackberry Messenger outage then see what’s happening with i41.
The BBM outage was all across North America this afternoon. Erictric reports the Blackberry Messenger outage affecting users throughout the [...]

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Pakistan Coup

Friday, December 18th, 2009

A military coup is unfolding in Pakistan, but, this time, there is no rumbling of tanks on the streets of Islamabad. Instead, it seems the military is using a new strategy for regime change in Pakistan, one that will have adverse consequences for Western troops deployed in Afghanistan.
A year after rogue elements of Pakistan’s intelligence [...]

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Athlete of the decade

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Lauren Centrowitz Broadneck
The 2004 Broadneck graduate and two-time Maryland 4A state champion owns two of the five fastest times ever run at the state meet on the storied Hereford course. A five-time all-American at Stanford, she helped the Cardinal capture NCAA titles from 2005 to ‘07. Centrowitz is currently training for the 2012 Olympics.

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Man Wins Lottery Leaves Wife

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

A South Florida woman whose husband won the lottery and then left her was set to be evicted from her home Tuesday evening.
But Local 10’s camera was rolling when Donna Campbell received an early Christmas present.
Campbell was given until Tuesday to pack up and leave the Miramar home she once shared with her husband, Arnim [...]

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