Mr. McCain goes to Washington

By Calvin Palmer
In a bold move, John McCain has announced he is suspending his presidential campaign and returning to Washington D.C. to help tackle the U.S. financial crisis.  He has also called for Friday night’s TV debate with rival Barack Obama to be postponed.
 
The move came as several opinion polls showed McCain trailing behind Obama [...]

Fans force cheerleaders to cover up

By Calvin Palmer
One of the great things about American Football is that when your team is not doing too well during a game, you can always look at the cheerleaders in their skimpy uniforms.
 
Many times the tedium of the Dallas Cowboys at the Texas Stadium, I am talking of the days of Drew Bledsoe here, [...]

‘I hate the human race’ — gunman

By Calvin Palmer
Suicide notes left by the gunmen who killed 10 people yesterday at a school in Finland express his hatred for the human race and show he had been planning the massacre for a number of years.
 
Matti Juhani Saari, 22, left two handwritten notes in a dormitory at the Kauhajoki School of Hospitality where [...]

Is GM running out of gas?

By Calvin Palmer
Although attention is now focused on extricating Wall Street from the financial turmoil of the past week, all is not well under the hood of General Motors, the Detroit auto giant.
 
In any economic slowdown, the auto industry is the first to feel the effects and, given that countless smaller companies feed the auto [...]