The recount was completed, the court review was done and the announcement
was made. The court found no major irregularities in the election recount. The ruling was 5-0 against all the challenges that Norm Coleman had made and declared that Al Franken was indeed the winner in the Minnesota Senate race. Mr. Coleman held a press conference where he said in essence that he was going to go fishing, alluding to the fact that the court had given him 10 days to decide what he was going to do, after the announcement. Mr. Coleman conceded and called Mr. Franken. Mr. Franken came out later and said that he was going to work very hard for the people of Minnesota. Franken's victory give the Democrats the 60 votes they needed to stop any filibuster that the Republicans might engage in.
This also should end any excuses the Democrats might want to use to blame the Republicans for any failure to deliver legislation which would move the process forward on health care, energy, education, jobs, and other necessary items.

An article in Vanity Fair magazine, quoted unnamed staff members from Senator John McCain's campaign, who said that Governor Sarah Palin was not ready during the campaign to be Vice-President, and she might never be ready to be President. They called her a "whack job", "a little shop of horrors", and someone with a narcissistic disorder. They said she was casual about the truth. She they said, would not prepare for the debate
and she insisted on making a concession speech, and had even loaded her speech onto a teleprompter.

Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia,was released from the hospital after a six and a half week stay.

Michael Jackson's family will have a public viewing on Friday reportedly at Neverland in California, and a private funeral on Sunday.

Farrah Fawcett was remembered at private funeral held at the Cathedral of
Our Lady of Angels, on Tuesday.

The President of Honduras spoke at the UN, he was ousted in a coup led by the military. When his term ends in January, Manuel Zelaya said he will retire to his farm. The temporary president said that he would not be leaving the post.

A Yemeni airplane carrying 153 passengers crashed into the Indian Ocean, as it tried to land during strong winds. The plane crashed near the Comoros Islands. One child was found alive after the crash, she is said to be in a hospital.

Governor Mark Sanford keeps talking, saying that his mistress is his soul mate, that the affair was not just about sex but was a love story, tragic but a love story. He said that he was going to try to fall back in love with his wife. He also told the press, reportedly that he had crossed the line with other women, but not the line of sex.
Please resign and write a book governor, you are blinded by the light.

Consumer confidence dropped in June.

Federer, Murray and the Williams sisters move on at Wimbledon. Last years champion, Rafael Nadal was taken off the roster for the Davis Cup,
he is suffering from tendinitis in both knees, reportedly he will not be back until August.

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