The U.S. Army said the number of soldiers who committed suicide last year has increased for a fourth straight year. This is the first time since the Vietnam War that the rate of suicide in the Army, about 20 deaths per 100,000 soldiers, has surpassed the civilian suicide rate. As the suicide rates increase what's being done to address the problem?
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Iran says it sent own satellite into orbit - Yahoo! News
Iran has successfully sent its first domestically made satellite into orbit, the country's president announced Tuesday, claiming a significant step in an ambitious space program that has worried many international observers. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News
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Michael Phelps Should Not Apologize for Smoking Pot
Plastered all over the internet right now is a photo of Michael Phelps smoking marijuana out of a bong. Phelps struck another blow to the myth that marijuana smokers are lazy couch potatoes. Here is the guy who has won more gold medals than anyone in history, and obviously his health and accomplishments are not hindered by smoking some pot.
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Daschle withdraws as nominee for HHS secretary
Due to tax problems, Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary. The question is who will replace him?
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HHS Nominee Daschle Faces Tax Questions
ABC News has learned that the nomination of former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., to be President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services has hit a traffic snarl on its way through the Senate Finance Committee. The controversy deals with a car and driver lent to Daschle by a wealthy Democratic friend...
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Zennie Abraham Posts 500th YouTube Video Today: Obama Video is #500
Wow, I never thought it possible, but I posted 500 YouTube Videos at Zennie62 on YouTube, the latest one being today, or really it was after midnight, which makes it early in the morning. It was my video on what the Obama Inauguration meant to me. This one:
Now, the chase is to get to 600 videos! Then 1,000! But seriously, I'm going to embark on a strategy of segmenting the channels into "Playlist shows" with different titles so the whole of the offerings is accessible. Keep watching!
Now, the chase is to get to 600 videos! Then 1,000! But seriously, I'm going to embark on a strategy of segmenting the channels into "Playlist shows" with different titles so the whole of the offerings is accessible. Keep watching!
Obama Inauguration: What The Inauguration Meant To Me
In this video I share what the day of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of The United States means to me, set to music - a piece called "ritual".
Monday, February 02, 2009
Eric Holder Officially Confirmed As Attorney General, 75 to 21
According to Wolf Blitzer on the CNN Situation Room, Eric Holder was just officially confirmed as U.S. Attorney General by the Senate, 75 for to 21 against. Holder becomes the first African American AG.
BART Shooting: Nancy Nadel On Police and People of Color
I talked with Oakland District 3 Councilmember Nancy Nadel at the BART Shooting Community meeting held January 8th 2009. Here, Nadel expresses her concern about the use of police "deadly force" on people of color.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Zennie Abraham's No-Do-Over-Day: Jerry Brown The Super Bowl and The Email
The iReport team at CNN wants to know what my do-over-day would be. Well, the one I was thinking of, when I -- as Chairman -- wrote an email to the board of the Oakland Super Bowl Bidding Committee. It's a day that really I don't want a do-over because it helped me in a lot of ways.
MICHAEL PHELPS SMOKES POT FROM A BONG!
Ok, so he smoked pot from a bong. Frankly, I'd be surprised if he didn't do it. But let's see how this plays out.
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" Superbowl Spot
I have to admit I don't remember G.I. Joe doing all of this stuff, but whatever. It was a cool trailer -- not the best one but cool.
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