BBC News Dec 18
Venezuela has reiterated its opposition to the man likely to become the next US ambassador to the country.
The row over diplomat Larry Palmer dates back to August, when he angered Caracas with critical remarks he made about the government.
The US State Department says...
BBC News Dec 18
Bank of America has stopped handling payments for whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, joining several other major financial institutions.
It said it acted because "Wikileaks may be engaged in activities that are... inconsistent with our internal policies for processing...
BBC News Dec 18
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has rejected a call for UN troops to leave Ivory Coast as tensions escalate after last month's presidential election.
Incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo had earlier demanded that all foreign peacekeepers leave the country.
His...
BBC News Dec 18
Russia says it is seriously concerned that tensions between North and South Korea will escalate further.
Pyongyang is threatening to retaliate if the South goes ahead with planned military exercises on an island near the two countries' disputed sea border.
Last month...
There was a similar case in England a few years back - 2 burglars broke into a farmhouse, the farmer shot one dead and wounded another outside the farmhouse.
(I have to add here that most of the UK was behind the farmer and still support his actions to this day)...
For me it was the run from Tampa FL to Los angeles CA. We were able to stop in Tombstone AZ - absolutely fantastic day.Then on the run out of CA (can't remember where we delivered LOL) but we were able to visit The Alamo - that was indeed a humbling experience.
and the delivery guys says, still pointing the pistol at Bubba, "Look I don't want any trouble - they put anchovies on your pizza"
Bubba took the pizza and ......
LOL my point was in this quote .....
Speaking to reporters in the grounds of the house he said some people appeared to be "engaged in what appears to be, certainly a secret investigation, but appears also to be an illegal investigation".
If it is "certainly a secret investigation" "...that...
Someone mentioned recently that there used to be a "continuous" story here on E.O.
How about another? :D
On a moonless, foggy night, near the swamp, Bubba sat in his favourite chair wide eyed, he had just finished watching ...............
I pulled into the crowded parking lot at the local shopping center
and rolled down the car windows to make sure my
Labrador Retriever Pup had fresh air
She was stretched full-out on the back seat
and I wanted to impress upon her that she must remain there.
I walked to the curb backward...
Sky News Dec 18
The estate of a billionaire investor in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme has agreed to forfeit $7.2bn to victims of the fraud
The estate of a billionaire investor in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme has agreed to forfeit $7.2bn to victims of the fraud.
The money from...
Sky News Dec 17
US talk show host Larry King has signed off from his prime-time show for the last time
Among those saluting the 77-year-old was Barack Obama who sent a pre-recorded message describing King as "one of the giants of broadcasting".
During his 25-year tenure of CNN's 9pm...
BBC News Dec 18
US officials are investigating the crash of a Mexican drone in a residential neighbourhood in the border town of El Paso in Texas.
It crashed on Tuesday and has been returned to Mexico, officials said.
The unmanned aircraft was part of a surveillance test by Mexican...
Agreed - dispatch is AWESOME ..... they pulled something from nothing for us and truly saved our week.
Thursday a.m. still 0 miles, then got a load to Canada, now PA to SC, so ending the week with 1420 miles - Sincerely, Thank You Load 1 Dispatch :D