Could Sarah Palin become the next Oprah? How did one desperate woman react to her foreclosed home? Why are experts predicting a mismatch in the upcoming Oscar de la Hoya fight? Find out the answers in the top stories making news right now.
Digital Journal — The hot news stories right now are unsurprisingly focused on U.S. politics: newspapers are endorsing candidates left, right (but never centre); Sarah Palin has been feted as the “next Oprah”, Barack Obama takes over the airwaves with a 30-minute ad, and John McCain is barely making a presence on GOP.com.
But anyone hungry for non-presidential news can take a peek at other excellent articles: Windows 7 may actually be functional instead of flashy; a man puts his wife up for sale; Oscar de la Hoya is ready for his next boxing match in December; and foreclosures have taken desperation to a new and upsetting level.
These are the top stories making news right now:
• McCain Aides: Palin’s a ‘Renegade Diva’: The infighting in the McCain-Palin campaign erupted when word leaked about Republican aides saying Sarah Palin is a “diva.” It’s nothing new when a VP clashes with her running mate or party, but is this statement going to come back to haunt the GOP?
• Palin Attacks Obama On Another ‘Radical Connection’: Living up to her criticism, Palin attacked Barack Obama for linking him to another alleged “radical,” this time associating the Democrat with a former PLO spokesman. Rashid Khalidi, a professor at Columbia University, denied the charge and Obama replied with a joke, saying the Republicans will accuse “me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten.”
• Sarah Palin: The Next Oprah?: Like a pop song you can’t stop whistling, the Palin news keeps coming, with word from Hollywood that the VP candidate could go all Kathie Lee Gifford and court offers from TV producers. Frankly, we can picture Palin as a guest-host on The View.
• McCain, Palin Missing on GOP.com: As much as Obama and Biden populate the Democrat website, McCain and Palin are barely represented visually on GOP.com. You could blame the webmaster or perhaps the Republicans care more about textual gestures than graphical ones.
• The Financial Times Endorses Barack Obama For U.S. President: Another week, another media endorsement. Obama won over the editors at a prominent business publication, mainly because McCain’s health care policies provide less coverage than Obama’s equivalent. Ouch.
• Obama’s New 30-Minute Ad a Political ‘Kamehameha Wave’: Not taking anything for granted, Obama ruled the network airwaves with a 30-minute ad attracting more than 26 million viewers. As Chris V. Thangham commented: “Impressive for an infomercial.”
• Attempting To Stop A Foreclosure? See What One California Homeowner Did: A California woman was so committed to her foreclosed home she chained herself to her porch, a simple sign beside her reading: Bail Out People Not Banks. Now that’s uniting yourself to a cause!
• Man Puts Wife up For Sale at Used Car Website: In the department of WTF?!, a Romanian man wanted to sell his wife on a car website, asking first for $8,000 US and then lowering the spousal price to $6,000. Even though the man admitted the ad was partly a joke, he should expect to get comfortable on the couch for the remainder of his marriage.
• Windows 7 – No gimmicks, some good moves, and suspicion: A Citizen Journalist offered some insightful input on Window’s 7 benefits and faults, even throwing in a point or two about cloud computing. If you want to learn about this operating system in-depth, definitely check out this article.
• Money, Manny and Oscar de la Hoya: For everything you ever wanted to know about de la Hoya’s upcoming boxing match against Manny Pacquiao, go through this piece to get intriguing facts and opinion about what fighting fans can expect in this blockbuster battle. Do you think it’s as much of a mismatch as everyone says it is?
• Forget Windex, There’s a Better One-Stop Cure For Every Ailment: We won’t spoil the surprise, but can you guess which oh-so-fun activity lowers the risk of prostate cancer, can boost the immune system by 30 per cent, decreases anxiety levels, and well, makes you feel better come morning? Let your salacious commentary run wild on this one, folks.
And the latest episode of Digital Journal TV went inside (very literally) Elmo Live, the hottest toy to hit the holiday season. Find out how morbid Digital Journal can be as we skin Elmo Live to reveal the robotics behind the dancing singing toy.
TopFinds Awards
The winners of this week’s TopFinds Awards attracted the most attention and widest readership. Digital Journal honours the following Citizen Journalists with Awards for their ardent reportage and passion for covering the top issues of the day: Jason Li, Carolyn E. Price, Can Tran, Chris V. Thangham, Nikki Weingartner, M Dee Dubroff, Paul Wallis, and newcomer Leo Reyes. Congrats to Leo for debuting on DigitalJournal.com with a fine selection of articles about his native Phillipines.
Finally, the Top Blog Post of the Week goes to Cynthia Trowbridge for her cute story on faith, pastors, kittens and a little girl’s dream. It was a worthy entry in the Give a Smile a Day group, and it works as an inspirational story to anyone who might have the autumn blues.
