Saturday, October 11, 2008

Afternoon Headlines

While Barack Obama pounds the campaign trail block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood encouraging citizens to vote November 4, President Bush has taken North Korea off of the US blacklist after nuclear inspections. In sports news, former Olympic track star Tim Montgomery was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for dealing heroin. Montgomery was once considered "the world's fastest man". As the price of oil drops Vivienne Walt of Time Magazine examines if cheaper oil is actually a benefit. If you're headed to the movies this weekend, check out the surprise independent hit "Fireproof" starring childhood star Kirk Cameron. If snuggling up to a good book is more your style pick up, "Whatever It Takes" which examines poverty and education in America through a case study in Harlem.

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