Parents try to sell baby on eBay

"BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- Authorities in southern Germany said Saturday that they have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro, the equivalent of $1.57. Peter Hieber, a spokesman for police in the Bavarian...

An Ambitious Politician, Hyppocrits, Bad PR and Good Laughs

Some weeks ago, I reported on a scandal within the ultra-conservative CSU, eternally governing party in the German state of Bavaria and probably the most hypocritical organization in Germany.At the time, Gabriele Pauli, a forty-something career politician who had gotten...

Text of Pope's apology

"The following is the text of Pope Benedict XVI's remarks regretting causing offence to Muslims in his 12 September speech in the Bavarian city of Regensburg. Dear Brothers and Sisters, The pastoral visit which I recently made to Bavaria was a deep spiritual experience,...

skull & bones

There's nothing interesting here. It's just a boring list of names.