Sunday, December 24, 2006
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Schwarzenegger breaks leg while skiing
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger broke his leg while skiing with his family Saturday morning in Sun Valley, Idaho, a spokesman said.
Schwarzenegger, 59, was taken to a hospital for X-rays and was discharged with a fracture to his right femur, said Adam Mendelsohn, the governor's Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications. He will have surgery to repair the bone when he returns to Los Angeles, Mendelsohn said. The governor remained at his Sun Valley home Saturday night and still planned to spend Christmas there. No one else was involved in the accident, Mendelsohn said. The fracture was the second medical problem the governor suffered in a year. He spent several hours at a University of California, Davis, hospital last December with a rapid heartbeat after coming down with a stomach flu. Pelosi denies CSPAN's request for cameras on House floor
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, denied a request Friday by CSPAN to install its own cameras on the House floor.
Under the current arrangement, the House cameras are solely operated under the discretion of the speaker, CSPAN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian Lamb told CNN. The speakers sole control of the cameras "does a disservice to the institution and to the public," Lamb said in a letter to Pelosi requesting a change. In a letter to CSPAN, Pelosi responded, "I believe that the dignity and decorum of the United States House of Representatives are best preserved by maintaining the current system of televised proceedings." CSPAN also was unable to convince the GOP of the same request in 1995. "Every chance you get you have to ask...we want more access," Lamb told CNN. -- CNN's Alexander Mooney and Julie Hofler
Draft Obama ad set to air in Hawaii
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In between football games and holiday programming, Sen. Barack Obama might see a television ad urging him to jump into the 2008 presidential race while he vacations in Hawaii over the holidays. DraftObama.org, a grassroots organization urging the Illinois Democrat to run for president, will begin airing an ad in Obama's birth state of Hawaii, the group announced Friday. The ad is currently airing on local cable in New Hampshire and Washington, D.C. as well as on New Hampshire station WMUR in what a spokeswoman called a "moderate rolling ad buy." Called "Believe Again," the ad scrolls through still photographs of Obama while clips his from past speeches are played. It begins with the words "We can replace fear with hope," and ends with "Believe again." The group says the ad will now run on "several stations in Honolulu" and is timed to coincide with Obama annual trip there. "All I really want for Christmas this year is for Barack Obama to run for president," Ben Stanfield, founder of DraftObama.org, said in a statement. -- CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Webb: White House leaked hostile exchange
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In an upcoming interview with the New York Times, Sen.-elect Jim Webb accuses the White House of leaking his somewhat hostile and widely-publicized exchange with President Bush at a White House gathering last month in an attempt to define the Virginia Democrat before he is sworn in, according to the Editor and Publisher trade journal.
In the now infamous exchange, Webb said he would like to see the troops return from Iraq after the president asked how his son, who is currently on a tour of duty there, was doing. "I didn't ask you that," Bush reportedly snapped back. "This was something that emanated from the White House," Webb told the New York Times Magazine in an interview to be published Sunday. "I did not say anything about this for two weeks. I said nothing publicly at all." When asked why he thought the White House would leak the exchange Webb said, "Probably as an attempt to try to define me between the election and the beginning of the Congress," Webb replied. "And that's all I am going to say." Full story -- CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Poll: Bush not trustworthy, doesn't share values, no longer inspires confidence
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush faces some discouraging poll numbers as the year many have called the most challenging of his presidency comes to an end.
A majority of the American people, 55 percent, no longer believe Bush shares their values. They also are not sure if he is honest and trustworthy or if he understands complex issues, a CNN poll released Thursday reports. The poll was conducted for CNN by the Opinion Research Corporation and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. Nearly 53 percent say he is not honest and trustworthy, and the same number believes he does not understand complex issues. Fifty-one percent also say he is not a strong leader. Only 37 percent believe that the president inspires confidence, compared to 61 percent who say that he does not. In 2005, 46 percent thought the president inspired confidence. Bush fared much better in this category in 2001 following the September 11 terrorist attacks, when 75 percent said that he inspired confidence. Full poll results -- CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Bush touched by 'courage and bravery' at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Saying he was touched by their "courage and bravery," President Bush thanked injured troops Friday in his annual Christmas-time visit to the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
"Every time I come to Walter Reed I am moved by the courage and bravery of the people I meet," Bush told reporters following his visit. "And so on behalf of a grateful nation, I want to thank, thank our military families, thank the folks here who are wrapping gifts for the military families, and ask for God's blessings on our citizens." Bush also said the American people owe the troops "a huge debt of gratitude." "We owe them all we can give them, not only for when they're in harm's way but when they come home," Bush said. "To help them adjust if they have wounds or help them adjust after their time in service. We owe a huge debt of gratitude for incredible men and women." -- CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Kobe urges Sen. Clinton to 'go for it 110 percent'
NEW YORK (AP) -- Call Kobe Bryant an undecided voter. Appearing with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and a dozen fellow NBA players at a holiday food giveaway in Harlem, the Los Angeles Lakers star said he was interested in a potential Clinton presidential candidacy but wasn't ready to commit.
"I'm a firm believer that if you have a dream and if you want to accomplish something, go for it 110 percent," Bryant told reporters. Clinton has said she would disclose her political plans early next year. Asked which candidate he'd support for president in 2008, Bryant said it was too early to decide. "I follow it just like everyone else. I'll see how it comes out in the wash," he said. The event, sponsored by Feed the Children, provided 80,000 pounds of food to 10,000 families. NY comptroller resigns -- accepts plea deal
NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi resigned Friday to avoid a felony indictment by a New York State grand jury charging him with defrauding the government by having staffers drive his wife and assist her in with personal matters from 2003-2006.
Hevesi pleaded guilty to a lesser felony charge of defrauding the government, a Class E felony, and will pay a $5,000 fine. Hevesi admitted the wrongdoing when allegations surfaced in November, and has repaid the state more than $200,000. After accepting the plea deal, Hevesi read a statement in court citing security concerns for having state employees drive his sick wife during those three years, but he admitted that there was a brief period of time where he ordered employees to assist his wife with matters not related to her security. Hevesi was recently re-elected as comptroller despite the growing scandal, and his second term would have begun on January 1. |
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