LAST CZAR.........

" Moscow, Oct 04: A Russian Supreme Court appeals panel on Saturday declared the last Czar and his murdered family to be victims of political repression, a decision that helps Russia move toward closing a chapter in its tortured history. The decision ends years of efforts by...

Dow slumps 7% on Black Monday, gold, dollar up « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" But on Black Monday only one section of the stock market showed positive results: precious metal shares which had a leveraged gain on the gold price. In the choppy waters of financial markets this week there may be a chance for late-comers to the precious metals ball to...

Abandoned ashes stack up at funeral homes

"BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- The abandoned ashes are stacked floor to ceiling in the basement of the Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, tucked neatly on wooden shelves and tables and in an unused dumbwaiter. ...

Burglar in boxers steals purse, leaves jeans in washer

" WICHITA, Kansas (AP) -- A Kansas burglar apparently likes to be clean -- but isn't so good about clean getaways. Police in Wichita said it appears a man broke into a house Friday night to wash his clothes but fled in boxers, with his jeans still...

Formula One Chief Stays After Sex Orgy Scandal

What's the auto-racing industry without a lurid sex scandal, rocking it to its very core? Nothing, according to the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, who voted to keep their sex-orgy-loving boss.Max Mosley, overseer of the Grand Prix motor racing, survived a...

UPDATE:Josef Fritzl - transferred yesterday from police custody in Amstetten ...

UPDATE: TUESDAYA 73-year-old Austrian man who has admitted locking up his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children is due to appear before a magistrates court later today.Josef Fritzl was transferred yesterday from police custody in Amstetten to a court in...