News Source: Rocky Mount Telegram
| 11 months ago
President-elect Barack Obama has won another contest: He's been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2008. The magazine has named Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Gov. Sarah Palin and Chinese director...
News Source: Orlando Sentinel Online
| 11 months ago
The magazine's managing editor, Richard Stengel, called the president-elect a transformational figure. "He has made some promises that he's actually kept already," Stengel said. "He is the quintessential Person of the Year."...Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin...
News Source: BBC
| 11 months ago
Mr Obama was awarded the title "for having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour," said the US-based magazine. It said he showed "the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off". Recent winners have included...
News Source: United Press International
| 11 months ago
The White House is providing contingency plans to help U.S. President-elect Barack Obama navigate a global crisis if one erupts in his first days in office...The contingency planning is beyond what other administrations have done to ensure a smooth...
News Source: The Washington Times
| 11 months ago
The year's not over yet, but I think my first annual Basket Crab Award can safely be awarded to the we-hope-soon-to-be-former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich . The prize, which I just made up, is awarded to the public figure who best exemplifies the...
News Source: Uinta County News
| 11 months ago
Zions Bank's free online holiday gift planner, myholidaygiftplanner.com , has received the Online Banking Report's Best of the Web 2008 award. The Zions site allows shoppers to create gift planners that they can save and edit throughout the holiday...