Child's neighbour helped arrest hit-and-run suspect

This is follow up of the news item titled "Car struck three-year-old boy, driver arrested". Lebert St. Bernard, a neibour of the child, saw the car strike the child and leave the scene. " A Mississauga,...

Bernie Madoff pleads guilty: faces up to 150 year sentence

Bernie Madoff has pleaded guilty to 11 counts and will sentenced on June 16th. He could get as much as 150 years in jail. "Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff will be sentenced on June 16th, CNN reports. Madoff...

Bernie Madoff expected to plead guilty on Thursday

Bernie Madoff is expected to enter a plea of guilty on Thursday March 12th that he operated a $50 billion Ponzi scheme worldwide. Madoff's victims have a right to be informed about any court hearing and they have a...

US Government Wants Madoff for $50bn snowball scam in Jail Now

Federal  prosecutors NewYork want Madoff in jail" Federal prosecutors in Manhattan today asked a court to place alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff in jail while they continue...

Madoff Fallout Victims Include Pensions and Charities

The Wall Street Journal has published a comprehensive list of banks, companies, non-profit organizations and individuals that are facing losses in a scheme that's rocking the financial world." The fallout from Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme reverberated around the...

CNN Heroes honored in Hollywood

St. Bernard Project co-founder Liz McCartney has been selected as CNN's "Hero of the Year", on their Thanksgiving special hosted by Anderson Cooper and taped earlier this week.McCartney left a lucrative career in...

Pakistan incurred $34.5 bn losses in war against terror: FM

"NEW YORK: Pakistan suffered huge losses, amounting to US $34.5 billion, since 2001 for its role in the war against terror and wants regional ownership of the crisis in a bid to bring peace and stability to the troubled region, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said...

Medical marijuana: a valuable treatment for autism?

"Medical marijuana: a valuable treatment for autism? Bernard Rimland, Ph.D. Autism Research Institute 4182 Adams Avenue San Diego, CA 92116 I am certainly not an advocate for drugs-either legal or illicit. I have never smoked and I don’t care at all for alcohol. And I...

Five arrested in shooting death of Augusta, GA man

"Authorities arrested five Augusta teenagers tonight in the fatal shooting of a Grovetown man during what police described as a home invasion. According to police, an unnamed 14-year-old boy and the following others now face a charge of murder in the death of 33-year-old...

Contador Wins Cycling's Triple Crown in Record Time

Spain's Alberto Contador won on his home soil, taking the Vuelta a España with a time of 80 hours, 40 minutes, and 8 seconds. The 25-year-old Spaniard is one of a handful of cyclists to have won cycling's three...

EU 2008 AVIGNON, MINISTERS DECIDE TO INVESTIGATE, WHO STARTED WAR GEORGIA OR ...

EU wants to know exactly, who started war in georgia. The Europeans see Chenys quick oil tour, deciding Georgia / Ukraine NATO members, as not very helpfull. A state in a war like situation like Georgia can not be...

EU considers sanctions on Russia

French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said today that the EU is considering sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Georgia. As Russia faces growing isolation from the West, Russian president Dmitri...

First Nation threatens to shut Edmundston school on leased land

"A dispute between the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and the provincial government could disrupt the start of classes at an Edmundston high school in September. The Madawaska First Nation owns about half of the land where the Cité des Jeunes school is located. The First...

Family Expected Bernie Mac to Recover

The family of renowned American comedian Bernie Mac, who died Saturday from pneumonia at the age of 50, had expected that he would recover from the illness that had hospitalized him since the middle of July....

SMOKE IN THE WATER / Fiery final lap gives U.S. gold

Michael Phelps and the American team are off to a promising start in his quest for a record 8 olympic gold medals. At the same time, Jason Lezak this morning had an amazing performance."In one of the greatest anchor legs in swimming history, Lezak reeled in boastful Frenchman...

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