Wednesday, January 6, 2010
News Morning Newsdome: Drunk flying
Posted by Bobby Feingold @senorbobby on Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:06 PM
>> Democrats Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Gov. Bill Ritter Colorado, and Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut all announced they would not run for reelection just last night! Along with Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith switching to the Republican Party, looks like old crotchety Democrats will be out an night for some new blood. (Politico)
>> The Obama administration announced a $250 million effort this afternoon to improve math and science in our nation's public and private schools. The U.S. will use China's borrowed money to fund education programs to compete with China's students. (the Washington Post)
>> A United Airlines pilot admitted yesterday that he had shown up to fly a plane to Chicago from London three times over the alcohol limit. No one believed me, but I knew those Ryan Air pilots were wasted when the slurred their words over the intercom and barely landed the plane! (Reuters)
>> The only known survivor of not one but both atomic bomb attacks by the U.S. on Japan died yesterday at 93. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was on a business trip in Hiroshima when the first bomb exploded, then the next day was telling his boss about the attack when the second bomb exploded in Nagasaki. Depending on the nuclear radiation he endured, he must be the luckiest man in the world! (the New York Times)
>> And finally: new study shows that the most commonly prescribed antidepressants like Paxil don't do anything for people with less than severe depression, and that Prozac is essentially worthless. So what pills can we take to deal with this dismal news? (the Wall Street Journal)
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