Happy Halloween!

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble. ~Shakespeare

For those of you who aren't sure where Halloween comes from here's a little history for you. Halloween first began in Ireland with the Celtic. They believed that there was one day a year where the world of the living and the world of the dead alined. Americans left the tradition behind when they traveled to the New World however, in the 1800s when there was a great famine in England, Ireland, and Scotland, the tradition was reborn and is now one of the most anticipated holidays of the year for kids of all ages.

Suspect Questioned

According to Fox News a California home was raided in order to question persons of interest in the arson case. As you may recall a California fire was set last week that burned 40,000 some acres of land and killed three firefighters leaving the fifth in critical condition. According to Riverside police three people, two young men and a young woman were taken in for further questioning. As of now there have been no arrest. For this and other leading news stories please go to www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com.

Baghdad: Bomb Rocks Market Place

Thirty three people were killed in a blast that went off in Baghdad. The blast hit a Shiite Market. However, the market place was not the only target of interest. Apparently Iraqi educators are on the list too. Several of them have reportedly fled to neighboring countries. The latest academic loss is Essam al-Rawi who was a hard-line Sunni educator according to Fox News. For this and other leading stories please go to www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com.

Stormy Weather

737 Airliner crashes with 104 people aboard in Abuja, Nigeria. It seems that weather is the cause as the Nigerian airliner crashed one minute after taking off. According to news reports one of Niger's important Muslim leaders was aboard. Top picture: Debris from crash site that spread the length of a football field. For more information: www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com

Ring of Fire

The California fire that claimed the lives of four firefighters with the fifth in critical condition, has finally been contained. According to news reports the fire was set just a little after 1am on Thursday morning. In the end the blaze burned over 40,000 acres of land and the arsonist responsible has not yet been caught. The reward is still set at $500,000. People who were evacuated are now beginning to return to their homes, unfortunately many are finding that nothing is left. For this and another leading news stories go to www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com.

Fire Down Below

According to Fox News the reward for the suspect expected of setting the fire that has been raging in California, claiming the lives of 4 firefighters, has been upped from $100,000 to $500,000 reward. A fifth firefight was severely injured with 90 percent of his body burned from battling the blaze. For more information on this story and other breaking news please go to www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com.

Culture Warrior

Wooo hold up! The No Spin Zone entered the Oprah Show today. For those of you who didn't catch the incredible Mr. O (a.k.a. Bill O'Reilly of Fox News fame) go toe-to-toe with the most powerful woman in television Oprah Winfrey it was quite an eye opening take on his latest book titled Culture Warrior. Earlier this month he made an appearance on The View to promote the book which at that point in time was the number one read book in the United States. Today, on the New York Times Bestsellers list O'Reilly's Culture Warrior is currently #3. As for the "No Spin Zone", I think Mr. O better keep spinning this book because middle America can't get enough.



http://www.billoreilly.com/culturewarrior#play
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/index.html

News@theSpeedofLight!

BREAKING NEWS: 4 California firefighters die in blaze. Apparently arson is the cause blacking 10,000 acres of land and stranding nearly 400 people in a nearby RV park. Authorities plan to offer a $100,000 reward according to news reports. For more information about this, and other leading stories, go to www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com.

A True American Classic

October 26, 2006: THIS DAY IN HISTORY
~Rebel Without a Cause opens in 1955 starring James Dean

This Day in History

1929: "Black Thursday". Stock market loses 13million shares creating the beginning of the Great Depression.

WELCOME!!!

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