A1A News: Thursday - January 29, 2009 - That's Not Why They Are Called Crack Pipes, Royal Caribbean Lowers Expectations And Ticket Prices

Must See! "HE'S MAD AS HELL AND HE'S NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!" (WARNING! Foul language ahead)

Former Bush Dept. of Justice Lawyer, John Yoo, says Obama made a rash decision to close Gitmo

Darkness descends on Japanese chipmakers

Music: Kelly Clarkson sets new Hot 100 record, Rihanna and Linda Perry set paid download records for two songs each

Rush Limbaugh in the WSJ: "My Bipartisan Stimulus"

French mob their streets with protests against the handling of the current Economic Crisis

Somali pirates hijack another tanker

3 month strike at Canada's York University finally ends

Hidden Bonuses Enrich Government Contractors at Taxpayer Cost

As housing prices plummet, 45% of housing sales in November 2008 were "stress related"

World's biggest cruise line, Royal Caribbean says 2009 will be worse than analysts predict and they will slash ticket prices to stimulate demand

Former CEO of Citicorp, Sandy Weill, gives up his consulting job to Citicorp which also ends his use of an office, a limo and driver, and private jets

New Home Sales fell to their lowest point ever in December 2008

Ford has its worst year ever but will not ask for bailout money

What Red Ink? Wall Street Paid Hefty Bonuses

Private jet prices dropping as more corporations sell their status symbols to avoid bad PR

British launch the HMS Daring, the most advanced anti-air warfare destroyer in the world (open link for video)

California Home Prices Fell 42%, December over December, as Slump Worsens

Signs of Africa (12 photo slideshow from BBC)

How low can they go? Home sellers are finally capitulating

Distant planet's roasting orbit

Dow Chemical considers cutting its dividend for the first time since 1912

House of Representatives approves Obama's stimulus plan for $819 Billion

Chemicals commonly found in food packaging, upholstery and carpets may be damaging women's fertility, say US scientists

FDIC may run "Bad Bank" which is the Geithner idea of a Super Bank which buys all bad assets from insolvent banks so they can start from scratch again

PETA Super Bowl ad rejected for being too sexy? (Open link to see ad)

Man hides 8 inch glass pipe up his crack . . .needs medical assistance to remove glass shards and splinters

Man run over by train, cut nearly in half, wills himself to stay alive

At Davos, Russia and China rebuke Western Capitalists for dragging the global economy into the sewer

JPMorgan's Exit From Madoff-Linked Funds Last Fall Leaves Them With Almost Zero Losses, But Pisses Off Other Investors

Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog.

Are "gang initiations" behind the arson fires of Coatesville, PA?

Algeria Outrage: CIA Station Chief Accused of Drugging Muslim Women For Videotaped Rapes

Army Orders Recall of More Than 16,000 Sets of Body Armor

GOP's new rally cry: "Back to the Basics!"

Stuntman for Harry Potter film shoot blown out of his flying harness by explosion, falls, can't feel legs

Google lets users search for Internet blockers

Canadian Government Survives, Again

Japan executes four prisoners by hanging

Layoffs: After earnings fall 69%, Starbucks announces 6,700 job cut and 300 stores to close