Posts Tagged “Thursday”
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn addresses the media, at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. The 17-nation eurozone economy will suffer a modest recession this year despite recent signs of stabilization, particularly in financial markets, the European Union’s executive branch said Thursday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe) European Commissioner [...]
SEATTLE/PORTLAND (Reuters) ? A deadly ice storm and heavy rains swept across the Pacific Northwest on Thursday, leading to flooding and evacuations in Oregon and heightening the misery of residents in Washington state struggling with power outages and treacherous roads since an earlier record snowfall. The governors of Washington and Oregon declared emergencies in their [...]
MILWAUKEE ? An unusually mild winter finally gave way to the Midwest’s first big snowstorm of the season Thursday, blanketing a region unfazed by a white Thanksgiving in a layer of powder and pack that forced all-too-happy snow plow drivers off their couches and into the streets. The storm dumped several inches of snow on [...]
This image made on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 from undated video posted on the Internet on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 by a YouTube user who identified themself as “semperfiLoneVoice” shows men in U.S. Marine combat gear, standing in a semi-circle over three bodies. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is branding as “utterly despicable” the video [...]
X Factor’s Paula Abdul: I Didn’t Encourage Nicole Scherzinger to Eliminate Rachel Crow (omg!)
By | December 14, 2011
Is there a scandal brewing on The X Factor set? Thirteen-year-old Rachel Crow was given the boot on Thursday’s shocking results show, and as the teen standout reels from her early exit, judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul are feeling the heat from outraged fans. PHOTOS: Most shocking reality TV eliminations ever! “[Rachel's elimination] was [...]
Chinese women walk past a billboard showing a box full of gold coins and jewelry, outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. Chinese leaders are scrambling to shore up flagging economic growth as exports weaken, abruptly reversing course after they spent two years struggling to cool an overheated expansion and surging [...]