June 16, 2010

President Obama told the nation he'll insist that BP compensates all those who have been damaged by that offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Oval Office address came just after an Associated Press poll reported that the same percentage of Americans are blaming Obama for a slow response in the BP spill as did those who criticized President George W. Bush for his efforts after Hurricane Katrina. Source Link

Leaders of a church just off Interstate 75 north of Cincinnati Ohio say they'll rebuild a six-story tall statue of Jesus that was destroyed by fire when lightning struck it. The wood, foam and steel sculpture of Christ with his arms outstretched upwards was nicknamed "Touchdown Jesus" and became a sightseeing attraction after it was erected six years ago. Ohio Highway Patrol units had to be called in to keep traffic moving along the Interstate because so many drivers stopped to see the ruins of the statue. Source Link

The crush of customers who wanted to pre-order the new iPhone 4 was too much for the web sites of ATT and Apple. On the first day of pre-orders, thousands of would-be buyers got error messages and were unable to complete an order to be among the first to get the new smartphone that debuts next week. Some customers abandoned the online effort and went to ATT stores to stand in line in hopes of securing one of the new iPhones. Source Link