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Reeds is sworn in as Atlanta's Mayor

Sens. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, all Democrats, ditched plans to run for re-election in the latest signs of trouble for President Barack Obama's party. Speaking of signs of trouble, In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare won $30 million in the Florida lottery, and now is missing. Authorities think that someone may have killed him, and are investigating as if it is a homicide. It looks like Abraham might have found himself in a case of those around you wanting your fortune, but Abraham isn't the only one in the middle of a financial mishap. Iceland pulled back on a decision to repay $5 billion to the British and Dutch governments, which used that sum to protect domestic depositors in a failed Icelandic bank. President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson refused to sign a bill approving the repayment that was narrowly passed by Parliament last month, saying he would instead put the issue to a national referendum.



EA Sports announced today that it will release a new video game this month titled Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online. As the company's president, Peter Moore, told The Associated Press, the reason EA Sports remains bullish on Woods is that he is "still one of the greatest athletes in history." Woods might have cost himself a ton of other endorsements, but it looks like a few will still support him. I wonder what this next mistake will cost the airport? Cameras that might have shown the man who walked through security Sunday at Newark, New Jersey, Liberty International Airport were not recording during the incident. It looks like airports are making mistakes left and right. Ireland's justice minister ordered an investigation Tuesday after explosives planted in an unsuspecting passenger's luggage by authorities as part of a security test in Slovakia made their way to Dublin.



Your cable bill will begin to cost you more. Customers will see an annual 5% increase in their cable bills. There might be an increase in your cable bill, but Harlem is seeing a decrease in the black population, and is no longer the majority. Someone wants to bring back old memories of the black race but in a controversial way. The new U.S. Census report includes question No. 9 which asks "What is Person 1's race?" The answer choices are "White; Black, African-American, or Negro; American Indian or Alaska Native." That seems like a step back, but this is certainly a step up for Kasim Reed's who was just installed as Mayor of the city of Atlanta.





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