Acevedo Vila narrowly wins Puerto Rico governor recount
In San Juan Anibal Acevedo Vila, backed by the commonwealth view, edged Rossello by 0.2 points after a recount. About 2000 votes remain to be counted from three boxes in Caguas but officials say the tally will not change the result. The Nov 2 results showed Acevedo Vila at 48.38 percent to Rossello's 48.18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Anibal Acevedo Vila
U.S
Caribbean
Caguas
Acevedo Vila
Rossello
New Progressive Party
West Bank Votes Test Local Elections and Alliances
Thousands in the West Bank flocked to polls across 26 towns for the first local elections in nearly three decades. Voters weighed local issues over party labels as Hamas and Fatah clashed, while Prime Minister Qureia hailed the vote as a step toward statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jericho
West Bank
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian Authority
Fatah
Hamas
Ahmed Qureia
Jerusalem
Abu Dis
Heavy fighting erupts in Fallujah
U S Marines clashed with insurgents in Fallujah as war planes and tanks bombarded positions in the heaviest fighting in weeks. About 1,000 residents returned to the devastated city ahead of national elections on January 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fallujah
Iraq
U.S
United States
Mosul
Anbar
Zarqawi
Abu Musab al- Zarqawi
Rumsfeld makes surprise visit to Mosul base attack site
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew to Mosul Iraq on Christmas Eve to meet troops at the 1st Brigade HQ and visit the wounded after Tuesday lunch tent bombing. He praised the soldiers and noted the path to victory despite doubt, presenting a Purple Heart to Sgt. Chris Scott and thanking hospital staff at 67th Combat Surgical Hospital. Security kept the trip largely secret with limited press accompanies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumsfeld
Mosul
Iraq
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Combat Surgical
Germany
67Th Combat Surgical Hospital
Chris Scott
Mess Hall
Washington, D.C
Bill Murray sports tiny Speedo in film surf pact
Los Angeles AP reports Bill Murray embraces a slim bathing suit in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. He says the look signals not vanity but a chosen, modest belly, resisting a buff image for the Jacques Cousteau–like explorer role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Bill Murray
Steve Zissou
AP Radio
Wes Anderson
Murray
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Statue of Lenin sculpture kept in storeroom after price paid
In Rimovska Sobota Slovakia a Lenin sculpture project from 1988 was never produced and the plaster model sits in a storage room after a court ordered the city to pay the artist 10 830 dollars. The city has now incorporated the amount in its books as the sculpture remains unfinished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bratislava
Slovakia
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Rimovska Sobota
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Tibor Bartlay
Katarina Eliasova
Eliasova
Lenin
eBay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Silwad
Ramallah
Islamic Party
Moscow
International Space Station
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan
Salizhan Sharipov
Leroy Chiao
Star-Tass
Interfax
Sharipov
Chiao
Connecticut
New Haven
Conn
John G. Rowland
Las Vegas
Vermont
Rowland
FBI
Camp Fallujah
U.S. Army
Christina Wynes
Stafford
Marez
Murray Dons Speedo
New York
Jessica Lange
Amanda Wingfield
Tennessee Williams
Glass Menagerie
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Lange
Blanche du
Tolkien
London
J.R.R. Tolkien
British Broadcasting Corp
Jonathan Ross
Kate Winslet
Jim Carrey
Winslet
Mankato, Minn
Juan Rivera
Juarez
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Riverside
Calif
Mankato
Accort
Blue Earth County
Brad Peterson
Rivera
Peterson
Bureau of Immigration and Customs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!