Barack Obama on Monday ridiculed rival Hillary Clinton’s repeated hints she would take him for the number two spot on her presidential ticket, accusing her of playing political games in their hard-fought Democratic nominating race. Obama, campaigning in Mississippi ahead of the state’s contest on Tuesday, said he has won more states than Clinton.
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/ 1 November 2007
Paul Tibbets, the pilot and commander of the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, died on November 1, a spokesperson said. He was 92. Tibbets died at his Columbus home after a two-month decline in his health stemming from a variety of health problems, said Gerry Newhouse, a long-time friend.
Storms slammed the rain-soaked United States Midwest and hundreds of thousands of people in the region were without power after their homes were battered by lashing winds and flooding rains. The National Weather Service confirmed multiple tornadoes touched down on Friday in areas north and west of Detroit.
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/ 3 November 2004
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For weeks, Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell has generated controversy while deciding how voters in this crucial swing state can go about choosing a president. Now the Republican is being called on to usher the presidential election to a conclusion.
Why is it that the arches and open spaces of a cathedral inspire faith, yet so do the comfort and familiarity of a small country chapel? The connection between design and devotion is under study by a group of clerics, neuroscientists and architects who are trying to understand how the mind reacts to the sensations of entering a house of worship.
De Beers pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges in a 10-year-old price-fixing case under an agreement that will clear the way for the diamond giant to resume selling diamonds directly in the lucrative United States market. The South African company agreed to pay a R61-million fine after pleading guilty to conspiring to fix prices.
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/ 25 February 2004
More than a decade after De Beers was indicted on price-fixing charges, representatives from the diamond giant are scheduled to appear in a United States federal court for an arraignment and plea hearing. The indictment was issued on February 17 1994, but no one from De Beers has appeared to answer the charges.