On Tuesday, the press and members of the National Turkey Federation gathered in large numbers at the White House's Rose Garden in the United States to witness an annual Thanksgiving tradition in the U.S., a presidential pardon of two Thanksgiving turkeys.
Every year, a U.S. President gives a pardon to two turkeys, saving them from being put on a dinner table somewhere in America. This year, President George W. Bush pardoned two turkeys named May and Flower, who were both chosen for the pardon by the citizens of the U.S.
"Each of you is taking part in a tradition that goes back to the days of Harry Truman. And to paraphrase Harry today, we have a message for our two feathered friends: You cannot take the heat and you're definitely going to stay out of the kitchen. I thank everybody who voted online to choose the names for our guests of honor. And I'm pleased to announce the winning names [May and Flower]. [These names are] certainly better than the names the vice president ... Go to Complete Coverage
Current Global News-Add your News to free news source (Thursday, November 8, 2007)
Nearly 4,000 people in Britain were surveyed by a television channel, UKTV Gold, showing a legal drama series that determined that state that dying in the House of Parliament is illegal was the most ridiculous law in Britain.
The laws ... Go to Complete Coverage
Current Global News-Add your News to free news source (Wednesday, November 7, 2007)
David Shankbone: How is the tour going?
Caribou: It’s been really good so far. We started with a few festivals in Europe and then did a month around the UK, Germany and France. Over here we just did Canada and this is the start of a ... Go to Complete Coverage
Current Global News-Add your News to free news source (Tuesday, November 6, 2007)
Every year around November 5th, people in Great Britain and some parts of the Commonwealth celebrate Guy Fawkes night to commemorate the dissident from York and his Roman Catholic conspirators who failed to blow up the houses of ... Go to Complete Coverage
Current Global News-Add your News to free news source (Friday, November 2, 2007)
With the website launch of "Doritos Coolpedia" (Coolpedia) on September 28 and Notable Internet Quote Voting started on October 14, Pepsico Taiwan & Doritos announced "Top 10 Internet Cool Quote" on October 31. This 2-week-period ... Go to Complete Coverage
Current Global News Add Your News to Free News Source (Thursday, October 18, 2007)
YouTube announced that Taiwan Traditional Chinese website has been released yesterday in Taipei City, Taiwan, and the unique web address will be shown as " www.youtube.com.tw " or "tw.youtube.com". Users from YouTube Global Sites can ... Go to Complete Coverage
Current Global News-Add your News to free news source (Tuesday, October 30, 2007)
A hunter from Pennsylvania says that he managed to snap photographs supposedly of the legendary Bigfoot, but this one is said to be a juvenile.
Rick Jacobs says that he snapped the pictures in September of 2007 when he set up an ... Go to Complete Coverage
Current Global News Add Your News to Free News Source (Thursday, September 27, 2007)
The long awaited finale in the "Halo" series, "Halo 3", has beaten the previous record of opening day sales held by "Spiderman 3" of US$151 million. In the United States, "Halo 3" got $170 million worth of retail sales in the opening day ... Go to Complete Coverage
General Electric Co.'s media and theme park subsidiary, NBC Universal, this week laid off about 500 employees — about 3 percent of its 15,000-person work force — as part of a plan to trim $500 million next year.
Doctors make tough decisions all the time, but "Grey's Anatomy" doctors often have to make momentous (and truly weird) decisions that have nothing to do with medicine.
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