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[Editor’s Note] A Long, Long RoadWednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 5:00PM“Donna, you know what? I run Jackson,” declared Mayor Frank Melton, scrunching his face up into one of his trademark snickers that are cute and creepy at the same time. “I do it in a weird way, but I run Jackson.”
Melton TimelineWednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 3:16PM2005 July 4, 2005 — New Mayor Frank Melton was sworn in at City Hall. In his speech, he promised that any young person who wanted one could have a job with the city, as long as they attended church regularly.
Around the NationWednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 1:58AM
An erosion of principlesTuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 12:00AMANYBODY, who believes that Red Bull team manager Tony Chua has continued to trade his star players until the team has been almost totally decimated of truly competitive talent in exchange for mere draft picks in the years ahead must be, to put it bluntly, naive.
Cabinet man, politician maul golfer, dadSunday, December 28, 2008 @ 5:13AMMANILA, Philippines—Harbour Centre’s Mikee Romero should be at the Araneta Coliseum tonight to watch the game between Purefoods and Air21.
Mexican beauty queen jailed held in drug probeFriday, December 26, 2008 @ 11:39AMA Mexican beauty queen arrested in a truck filled with weapons was ordered jailed pending an investigation into possible drug trafficking and gun charges, authorities said Friday.
Pope urges global solidarity in facing financial crisisFriday, December 26, 2008 @ 12:17AMVATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI urged a world confronting a financial crisis, conflict and increasing poverty not to lose hope at Christmas, but to join in "authentic solidarity" to prevent global ruin.
Latest UpdatesThursday, December 25, 2008 @ 10:27PM“I have to make sure that none of my siblings come into the path of potential conflict of interest, and that they are where they are because they deserve to be there. In any case, none of them are in government.