Its Sat morning February 1, 2014 H 47 L 32, mostly cldy & Mild. Keystone pipeline clears environmental assessment by state Dept.;CDC says Norovirus caused outbreak on Royal Caribbean Cruise ship that struck 700 passengers; Senate Judiciary Committee advances bill to lower sentences for drug crimes; Syrian peace talks end w recriminations & uncertainty if they will resume (Geneva); China adds new cruise missiles, long range bombers & drones to its Navy & Air Force; Gov. Christies ex-aide David Wildstein says evidence exists that shows the governor new about the lane closures during the period the lanes were closed, contrary to what Christie said 2 weeks ago (Trenton, NJ); DOW drops 5% worst since Jan, 2009, S&P 500 drops 3.5% & NASDAQ drops 2% worst since 2010; hackers take user names & passwords of some Yahoo email customers; c bball Duques @ La Salle (Phila). OTD 772 Adrian I becomes Pope; 1587 Queen Elizabeth I signs death warrant for Mary Stuart Queen of Scots;1790 The US Supreme Court 1st convened (NYC); 1860 1st Rabbi to open a session of House of Representatives (Rabbi Morris Raphall of NYC); 1861 Texas secedes from Union; 1884 1st Oxford Dictionary published (London); 1906 1st federal penitentiary building completed (Leavenworth, Kan); 1929 Britain formally recognizes the USSR; 1960 Woolworths lunch counter sit -in , protest at segregated lunch counter by 4 black college students (Greensboro, NC);1979 Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after 15 years in exile; 1994 Tonya Hardings ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, pleaded guilty in the assault on Hardings fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan (Portland, Ore); 2009 Steelers win 6th Super Bowl. BRT Yahoo is the 2nd largest worldwide e-mail service, the 1st is Google. Enjoy the day.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 11:58:08 +0000