WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. House accepted Rep. Eric Massa's resignation Tuesday as fellow Democrats dismissed his claim he was forced out over opposition to a healthcare bill.
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/08/2010) - There has been a lot of talk about the possibility that former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (R-WI) might be joining the race against U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) during this election round. Republican spokespeople are saying that Thompson has the right people in Washington D.C. wanting him to be the next senator from Wisconsin. The Feingold side says those Washington people are lobbyists who want the former Health and Human Services Secretary in the George W. Bush administration to do their bidding. Read more about this story at WisconsinReport.com.
HTC mobile device running Android was distributed by Vodafone with a botnet program on it, as well as Conficker and a password-stealing Trojan, Panda Labs says.
NEW YORK — It sounds fishy but a New York City pet shop owner says it's true. Buttkiss, the black pacu he owns, is 43 and weighs 20 pounds. A pacu is a breed that's related to the piranha. Steve Gruebel owns Cameo Pet Shop in Queens. He got Buttkiss in 1967 when he was just a wee thing. He sold him a year later when Buttkiss was two inches long. But in 1970, Buttkiss was returned when he outgrew the buyer's tank. Buttkiss lives in only a four-foot-long, 75-gallon tank. Gruebel said he's afraid to move him because he may not survive the changing environment. Buttkiss is beginning to show his age. He has arthritic gills and glaucoma in his right eye.
Twins reliever Joe Nathan has been diagnosed with a torn ligament in his right elbow, leaving the team without a proven closer less than a month from Opening Day, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
Top draft pick Stephen Strasburg has made his spring training debut for the Washington Nationals, pitching two scoreless innings against the Detroit Tigers.
NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) -- Television news producer Robert "Joe" Halderman pleaded guilty in a New York court Tuesday to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million.