Tragedy as student dies on his 19th birthday after too much alcohol causes heart attack

A Pennsylvania college student died on his birthday after suffering a heart attack thought to have been brought on by drinking too much alcohol. 

Everett Glenn, a freshman at Lafayette College, had been celebrating turning 19 with a heavy drinking session over the weekend, his mother said.

Having had too much to drink, Glenn to lie down in his room in the Kirby House dorm, where his lifeless body was found just [...]

May 6th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Leave a comment

Timothy Geithner’s father-in-law ‘brags in restaurant about Treasury Secretary leaving his job’… and that his daughter ‘hates entertaining Republicans’

Food critic Albert Sonnenfeld was overheard discussing his son-in-law’s career at a communal table in trendy New York eatery Bar Boulud
Revealed daughter Carole couldn’t wait to leave Washington, adding: ‘Can you imagine entertaining John Boehner and his wife, with his fake tan?’
Geithner’s spokesman said: ‘Interesting theory about Dartmouth, but to paraphrase Kissinger – it has the disadvantage of being made up’ 

It comes as little surprise that U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may [...]

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“College president defends pepper spray against ‘unlawful’ crowd”

Los Angeles Times

“Santa Monica College officials said Wednesday a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety after a large crowd of students tried to force entry into a meeting of the Board of Trustees.”

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/students-unlawful-pepper-spray-santa-monica-college-president.html

Other than that it is a lovely warm Spring day here in SoCal!

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See Obama’s World Bank nominee rap and do the robot… VIDEO…

On Friday, President Obama announced his highly-anticipated nominee for president of the World Bank.

Dartmouth College president Dr. Jim Yong Kim is now poised to head up the international organization after its current president steps down on June 30. Kim, a McArthur Fellow, is a physician and professor as well as a champion for HIV/AIDS research. He has been president of the Ivy League school since 2009.

While Kim’s expertise on global [...]

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