Video: 'Dick Cheney Hunting Footage! FOX NEWS NEVER BEFORE SEEN!'
(Saturday, February 11, 2006) — U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney today shot Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Riviera, Texas.
Both Cheney and Whittington called the incident an accident.
Video: 'Popular 48th Annual Grammy Awards & Grammy Awards videos' (111 videos)
(Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 8:00-11:30 p.m. EST) — The veteran Irish rock band U2 captured the limelight tonight at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, winning five awards for their album How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, including album of the year, and overshadowing the comeback story of the evening, Mariah Carey, and the producer-turned-rapper Kanye West.
Sly and the Family Stone also reunited for a performance. Stone had not performed live in 19 years.
Video: 'Clips from Coretta Scott King's funeral'
(Tuesday, February 7, 2006) — Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., was laid to rest today, after a funeral where white-gloved ushers welcomed 15,000 people, including four presidents, three governors, three planeloads of Congress members, celebrities, gospel stars and leading figures of the civil rights movement.
The six-hour service, held in the vast two-tiered sanctuary of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church just outside Atlanta, was marked by elegiac moments, standing ovations, and, with the Clintons and Bushes sharing a podium, some overt political gibes about the war in Iraq and the Bush administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina.
(Saturday, February 4, 2006) — “Check on It” by Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for five consecutive weeks (Feb. 4/11/18/25, Mar. 4, 2006).
Video: 'George W. Bush - 2006 State of the Union Address: The American Presidency Project'
(Tuesday, January 31, 2006, 9:12 p.m. EST) — U.S. President George W. Bush offered the nation a modest menu of energy, health and education proposals and warned against the “false comfort of isolationism” tonight in a State of the Union address that sought to reassert his control over the nation’s agenda heading into a pivotal midterm election campaign.
Video: 'IN REMEMBRANCE of Mrs.Coretta Scott King'
(Monday, January 30, 2006, late evening PST) — Coretta Scott King, known first as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., then as his widow, then as an avid proselytizer for his vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change, died today at a hospital in Rosarito Beach, Mexico. She was 78. Continue reading Civil rights icon Coretta Scott King, 78, dies 10 years ago tonight (Jan 30 2006)
(Saturday, January 21, 2006) — “Grillz” by Nelly featuring Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp was the #1 song on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Jan. 21/28, 2006).
(Saturday, January 14, 2006) — “Laffy Taffy “ by D4L was the #1 song on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
(Saturday, December 31, 2005, New Year’s Eve) — “Don’t Forget About Us” by Mariah Carey was the #1 song on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Dec. 31, 2005, Jan. 7, 2006). It was Carey’s 17th of 18 number one hits on the chart (1990-2008).
Video: 'elton john and david furnish Civil Partnership 2005 - Windsor'
(Wednesday, December 21, 2005) — Rock star Elton John and his longtime partner, David Furnish, held a civil union ceremony today in Windsor, England, the first day that same-sex partnerships became legal in Britain.
