Monday, June 30, 2008

Monday, June 30 in the news.....

  • World champion Tyson Gay ran the fastest 100 meters of all-time to win the American Olympic trials on Sunday, a wind-assisted 9.68 seconds. When asked if he could go faster, the sprinter responded, "Yeah, yeah I can, cause I'm Gay".

  • An ex-Israeli spy has come out and said that Israel has a year to stop an Iran nuclear bomb. Israel condemned Adam Sandler for going out of the normal bounds of marketing to promote his latest film 'You Don't Mess With The Zohan'.

  • France mounted an investigation Monday into why live rounds in a gun, rather than blanks, were used at a weekend visitors day display at a French military base, injuring 17 people. One survivor said he was counting his lucky stars that he attended a French military show that went wrong, as the chances of surviving were very high.