A Roundup of New Year’s Eve Dinners Around the World

In honor of New Year’s Eve and the start of 2009, here's a roundup of some of the best food bloggers reminiscing about the meals and the memories they shared on New Year’s Eve 2008. You can enjoy this...

A Glimpse Of News From Pakistani Newspapers (Sunday, 4 Jan, 2009)

A Glimpse Of News From Pakistani Newspapers From Sunday, 4th January 2009 Issue.Daily Dawn ( English ) And Jang ( Urdu ) Are The Widely Circulated And Well Known Newspapers Of Pakistan. Today, I Thought Just To Share With The World A Glimpse Of News Published In Today’s...

Detroit police say homicides dropped in 2008

"DETROIT — Detroit is on pace to have its lowest number of homicides in more than 40 years. As of Monday, the Detroit Police Department unofficially recorded 340 homicides, about 14% less then last year's total of 396. The number is the lowest homicide total since 1967,...

Banned words and phrases for 2009

Here's a bit of wishful thinking from a brave state school in Michigan -- words and phrases that should be banned from the English language because of their (over) use or general lack of usefulness. I'm not sure...

Christmas google searches more spiritual this year

This holiday season more people went online to look for terms like “spirit” and “letter,” rather than “shopping.” This is in contrast to 2007, when top keyword searches all had to do with gift-buying and...

Top 10 "People who died 2008"

One of the things that you can be certain of when you are alive is that someday it is time for you to go. In 2008, the world lost many fabulous and interesting souls. Like my previous Top 10, the deaths are listed in...

Review of 2008 - Scottish News

I've read a few reviews of 2008 on Now Public so I thought I would give a Scottish review. This is my quick personal review of news stories from Scotland that were important to me:On 3 May police found two children...

Cuban National Assembly holds last session of 2008

Cuba held their last National Assembly of 2008 today, and the government projected a number of changes that will take place in 2009. They stated that their economy will grow by 6 percent, after a disappointing 2008,...

Make Last Week of 2008 an Orgy of Giving, Menu for Hope extended

With the wobbly economy, Menu for Hope 5 has taken a little more time to pick up steam. What is Menu for Hope if you wondered?It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme. In the past couple of days many people...

Epicurean Delights worth Trip to Australia for Menu for Hope 5

What is Menu for Hope if you wondered? It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme. After stops in Paris and on the West Coast, I continue my Menu for Hope 5 exploration. After seeing the embarrassment of...

2 Artisan Grab Bags, West Coast Prizes for Menu for Hope 5

What is Menu for Hope if you wondered?It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme.I mentioned France yesterday so let me jump to the other side of the country where Matt Bites who coordinates Menu for Hope 5...

Popular health trends of 2008

They say, "discipline weighs ounces, but regret weighs tons." Healthy lifestyle is always in fashion whether we actually achieve it or not, so let’s have a look at what were some of the popular and sometimes...

Pakistani named best hockey player of Asia for 2008

The Asian Hockey Federation has named a Pakistani as the best hockey player of Asia for the year 2008."Pakistan Hockey star Rehan Butt has been named the Best Player of Asia for the year 2008 by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) at its congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on...

Person of the Year 2008, Mr. Barack H. Obama

The news shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone when the Time magazine announces its Person of the Year 2008 this morning, and the person is, Mr. Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States. ...

2008: the Coldest Year or the Warmest Year?

Reports today suggest that 2008 could be the tenth coldest year since 1997, but still the warmest year in the last 150 years. Information out of Oslo suggest that this is the 10th warmest since records began in...

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