Friday, December 9, 2011

News Snipits for December 9, 2011

 

 --In Brussels the leaders of the 17 countries that use the euro, plus six others, have tentatively agreed to a new treaty that enforces stricter budget rules seen as crucial to solving Europe's debt crisis and holding the currency-bloc together.
 All 17 nations that use the euro will sign a treaty that allows a central European authority closer oversight of their budgets. Nine other EU nations are considering it. Britain is the sole holdout.

-U.S. stock indexes rose in early trading Friday after 26 European nations agreed to consider tying their economies together more closely in hopes of preventing another debt crisis.


 - Saturday night's Republican Presidential debates at Drake University in Iowa is shaping up to be the most lively and heated of them all. Why? Because the stakes are higher than ever for all the candidates. With less than one month to go until primary season begins in Iowa on January 3, 2012, Newt Gingrich has surged to a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney, according to a recent Gallup national poll of likely voters. Gingrich leads Romney 37% to 22%. Ron Paul trails in third with 8% of the vote, followed by Rick Perry with just 7%.

-The calendar may say there's a full moon, but millions of people will be watching for the moon to go dark on Saturday, during the last total lunar eclipse until 2014. And even if you can't see the eclipse in the sky, you can still bring it up on your computer

-Happy Birthday to Kirk Douglas who turned 95 today! 


-Oops..... Charlie Sheen "accidentally" posted his personal phone number on Twitter.

-And the best news of all?  We are going to see our grandson perform in his school's Christmas program.  And over the weekend we are watching the grandkids while their mom and dad do their Christmas shopping.  I hope you all have as good a weekend planned as I do!

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