[UPDATE: SHOE SCULPTURE REMOVED ON ORDERS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES] Saddam’s hometown unveils statue dedicated to man who threw shoe at President Bush nydailynews BY DAVE GOLDINER – DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER A statue dedicated to the man who threw his shoes at President Bush has been erected in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s hometown. Many Iraqis considered…
By Kari Lydersen and Peter Slevin, Washington Post, SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Jan. 29 — The state senators stood up one by one in a hushed chamber on Thursday to call Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) a liar and a hypocrite who put his ego and his pocketbook ahead of the interests of Illinois. One called him “devious,…
Congressional Quarterly Conyers’ Inquiries May Put Obama in a Bind By Keith Perine, CQ Staff House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers Jr. is plowing ahead with aggressive inquiries into Bush administration people and policies, possibly setting up confrontations with the more cautious Obama administration. Conyers, D-Mich., has made several moves, with the blessing of House Democratic…
International Herald Tribune — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will leave Chicago as a governor Thursday morning. He may come home just an average citizen. Blagojevich plans to fly to Springfield and address the Senate before the final vote in his impeachment trial. Even Blagojevich predicts he’ll be convicted, costing him his job and all the…
