Two Australian police officers used pepper spray to fight off a rogue kangaroo that attacked an elderly woman in her backyard. The 94-year-old victim, Phyllis Johnson, was taken to a hospital for treatment for cuts and bruises. (July 26)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner is back defending a GOP plan to raise the national debt ceiling this year and revisit the issue in the spring. (July 26)
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enlarge In Maine, it’s a burgeoning industry. I’m beginning to understand the whole private jet/private plane protection racket a little better now. You see, we can’t have the little darlings take a bus to camp, or drive, now can we? Gov. Paul LePage of Maine happened to be waiting for his flight at Augusta State Airport on a recent Saturday when the weekend crush began. A turboprop Pilatus PC-12 carrying Melissa Thomas, her daughter, her daughter’s friend and a pile of lacrosse equipment took off for their home in Connecticut, following the girls’ three-week stay at Camp All-Star in nearby Kents Hill, Me. Shortly after, a Cessna Citation Excel arrived, and a mother, a father and their 13-year-old daughter emerged carrying a pink sleeping bag and two large duffel bags, all headed to Camp Vega in Fayette. “Love it, love it, love it,” Mr. LePage said of the private-plane traffic generated by summer camps. “I wish they’d stay a week while they’re here. This is a big business.” For decades, parents in the Northeast who sent their children to summer camp faced the same arduous logistics of traveling long distances to remote towns in Maine, New Hampshire and upstate New York to pick up their children or to attend parents’ visiting day. Awww, but fear not. Now those same parents can send little Janie and Johnny off to camp on a private plane, while nattering with each other about how bourgeois those who drive are. But some parents have already tired of this private-plane status infiltrating the simpler world of summer camp. Nancy Chemtob, a divorce lawyer, made several summer trips to Maine in the past decade, where her children attended camp. She once managed to get on a charter plane from the airport in East Hampton, N.Y., for $750 (her husband had hung a sign in the airport seeking a ride). After listening to enough banter among parents about “who is flying, who is flying private, who they can get a lift home with,” she decided she “was done with Maine and the planes and all of the people.” “It’s a crazy world out there,” she added. She now sends her children to camp in Europe. Welcome to the lives of the anonymous, nouveau riche living in banal-land. God forbid they’d have to fork over any more taxes. What would happen to little Janie and Johnny?
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Type: Book Title: Homefires See all customer reviews Product Description: Emily Sue Harvey’s first novel, Song of Renewal , was praised by New York Times bestselling author Jill Marie Landis as “an uplifting, heartwarming story,” by bestselling author Kay Allenbaugh as a work that will “linger in the memory long after readers put it aside,” and by Coffee Time Romance as “a must-read book for anyone doing a little soul searching.” New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry said, “It captures your attention, and whets your appetite for more,” while Peeking between the Pages called it “quite simply a beautiful book.” Her second novel, Homefires is set in the Deep South’s Bible-belt on the eve of unprecedented moral changes. It is the story of Janeece and Kirk Crenshaw, a couple married just after their high school graduation who set out to make a life for themselves. It is a life marked by surprises, none more dramatic than when Kirk receives his “high-calling” and becomes a pastor. It is a life marked by tragedy, the most heart-rending of which is the death of one of their children. And it is a life marked by challenges: to their church, to their community, and most decidedly to their marriage. And as the fullness of time makes its impact on their union, Kirk and Janeece must face the question of whether they have gone as far as they can together. Filled with the rich emotions and evocative characters that readers have come to expect from Emily Sue Harvey, and reminiscent of the work of Jan Karon and Anne Rivers Siddons Homefires is a poignant and compelling novel that will steal readers’ hearts. See the details
Continue reading …Jon Stewart has a message for Congress : If you can’t deal with the budget, “Get the F out.” Thanks, guys, we’re edging “ever closer to self-inflicted economic collapse,” says the frustrated comedian. “The 112th Congress has been completely unable to muster a debt ceiling agreement to avoid a wholly unnecessary…
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‘The Undefeated’ Trailer.mp4 Matt Damon Reacts to Lousy Opening Week for Palin Documentary The Undefeated (Sarah Palin Defeated By Joan Rivers) Hye287 says: dvd film Sarah Palin documentary The Undefeated expands to pay-per-view, DVD and even more theaters http://t.co/vvipKCN
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Dost our eyes deceive us, or are genuine, bona fide Gingerbread updates for the T-Mobile G2x taking to the airwaves? We’re inclined to believe the latter, since the T-Mobile support site announced that the OTA download is now underway. The rollout begins less than a day after the refresh became available as a manual install via the LG Updater Tool. As if this isn’t enough proof already, our inboxes have been flooded by G2x users who’ve personally witnessed Hades freeze over on their handset. Haven’t seen it show up on yours yet? Fret not, getting these updates out to everyone takes time. But if you were an eager beaver who managed to beef your phone up with Android 2.3.3 manually, go ahead and relax; grab a lemonade, dust off the ol’ hammock, and enjoy the rest of the summer afternoon free of (virtual) bugs. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Gingerbread comes to T-Mobile G2x, users feel loved again originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The lawyer for Anders Behring Breivik, the man who has confessed to carrying out attacks in Norway’s capital and a nearby island, says his client told him it was “necessary to start a war here in Europe and throughout the western world.” (July 26)
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Friends and family said goodbye to Amy Winehouse Tuesday with prayers, tears, laughter and song at a funeral ceremony in London. (July 26)
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