Without the promise of a buyer to take over these 13 newspa- pers that the Yardley, Pa.-based Journal Register owns in the state, the fates of The Herald and The Bristol Press are in question while Jan. 12, 2009 is fast approaching. The newspapers are expected to close if no one comes forward by this date. The JR blames low advertising reve- nue and the economic recession for the sale of the papers.

News of the JR’s struggles also includes the company’s plans to cut 20 jobs at The New Haven Register, its flagship newspaper, with five di- rectly in the newsroom.
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President-elect Obama’s newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brew- ing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot “red f lags”, according to government re- ports reviewed by ABCNews.com.

The story, which was voted on and popu- larized by the members of online bookmarking site Digg.com, hasn’t quite gotten the reaction it deserves. Thankfully, Digg users (as well as a portion of Obama’s young supporters) have an expression to sum up the outcome of just such a situation: EPIC FAIL.
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The title of her talk was “Running for All Our Lives: Rosa Clemente’s Vice Presidential Campaign as a Black, Puerto Rican, Hip Hop Activist” and it was standing room only in Founders Hall. Last Monday Clemente came to talk in Founders Hall about her experiences running with Green Party candidate, former Democrat Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and expressed her mixed emotions about the first African-American president-elect Barack Obama.
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After being diagnosed with leukemia, on top of his existing HIV diagnosis, he was told he would need a bone marrow transplant to live. His doctors sought a donor with a specific ge- netic mutation that is known to be resistant to the AIDS virus, known as CCR5. This muta- tion causes cells to be produced without CCR5 receptors. The HIV virus binds itself to these receptors in order to spread throughout the blood. In theory, a person with this mutation is unable to contract the HIV virus.

After stopping his HIV medication and going through with the transplant, he has been both cancer and HIV free for over 600 days.
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What happens in most versions of the commercial is a woman is at home alone when she hears someone trying to break in. After a second the door f lies open to reveal a burglar as the security alarm is triggered. The noise of the alarm is enough to send the robber running away from the home. The woman is left safe and soon receives a call from Brinks saying that they are sending help to the house right away.
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