Tuesday, August 16, 2011

August 15, 2011

TECHNOLOGY: Google Buys Motorola Google agrees to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 million.  This deal includes lots of patents that Motorola has.  Read More: USA TodayReuters

DOMESTIC: Wife Of Bernie Madoff To Divorse Husband Ruth Madoff will reportedly divorse Bernie Madoff.  Bernie Madoff is sentanced to 150 years in prison for defrauding investors of billions of dollars.  Read More: Los Angeles TimesFox Business

POLITICS: President On Bus Tour President Obama is on a bus tour to explain how he plans to boost the economy, create jobs, and reduce the deficit.  His campaign is claiming this is not a campaign tour.  Read More: Los Angeles Times | Des Moines Register 

WORLD: Mubarak Trial Not To Be Televised Hosni Mubarak's trial in Egypt will no longer be televised as he laid in bed for the last time in front of cameras.  Read More: The New York TimesThe Christian Science Monitor

Highlight of the Day: President Obama gets in a heated debate with the Director of Iowa's Tea Party about Vice President Joe Biden calling Tea Party members terrorists.  Watch: YouTube

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