President
Obama will speak to a joint session of Congress tonight to unveil his
plan to jump-start the lagging economy. It’s expected to include a call
to continue a reduction in Social Security payroll taxes for employees
and a cut in payroll taxes for employers, along with a proposal to pump
hundreds of billions of federal dollars into infrastructure repair
programs. Source Link
On
the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, there’s a new
online collection showing how television covered that fateful day. The
Internet Archive has assembled a timeline of video clips from nearly a
dozen TV networks on September 11, 2001 with the live coverage as it
began that morning and continued during the attacks in New York and
Washington. Source Link
The
pro football season that many feared would not happen just a few months
ago because of labor strife opens tonight with players, owners and fans
all happy to be back in action. The NFL’s 2011 season begins with a
marquee contest between the last two teams to win the Super Bowl -- the
defending champion Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints. Source Link
