State & Lake

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin sits down for her first national television interview as a Republican vice presidential candidate with ABC News' Charlie Gibson in Fairbanks, Alaska on Sept. 11, 2008.(Donna Svennevik/ABC News)[/caption]
Okay, saw Palin tonight.  Underwhelmed to say the least.  I listened to her talk and she needs more of the Karl Rove Repub Charm [...]

I meant to do this earlier in the week but just could not get myself together enough to do it.  Trailblazing reporter Edie Huggins, one of Philadelphia’s most beloved broadcasters, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008, after a lengthy battle with cancer.  She was 72.
Huggins was the first African-America woman to report on television in Philadelphia. [...]

NOTE, THIS IS A RANT — I recorded the entire show yesterday and before I could get into one hour I was done.  The show would have been better called “Some Blacks In America.“  Personally, I am tired of hearing the question “how many children do you have?”  It is always assumed that as a [...]

Today I received an email with a link to a video on YouTube. The video shows a young, 25-year-old Isiah Carey, then reporter for Channel 4 News in Arkansas, cursing and carrying on after a bug flew into his mouth. The video was referenced on Jimmy Kimmel’s show and has made appearances practically [...]

Until the age of 15, Ted Turner considered himself a devout Christian.  He attended Christian school, studied the Bible — even admits reading his Bible from cover to cover twice — prayed for one hour every day, and had plans on becoming a missionary.  That all changed after his 12-year-old sister was diagnosed with terminal [...]

On Sunday, August 31, 1997, Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed were killed in an automobile accident. Many blamed the paparazzi for their deaths and noted a few were seen taking photos of the car shortly after the accident causing a few bystanders to brutally beat one or two of them. The jury is [...]