Vincent Tabak found guilty of Joanna Yeates murder

The 33-year-old Dutch engineer was convicted following a three-week trial at Bristol Crown Court. The jury of six men and six women returned their verdict after four days of deliberation. Tabak had...

Public letter to Timothy Clifton

i believe Timothy Clifton will become a recognized conventional authority in the theory of gravitation and general relativity. He submitted his doctoral dissertation at King's College, Cambridge University in August '06. The title of his dissertation is Alternative Theories...

New Jersey House Explosion: Clifton House Exploded

Clifton NJ House ExplosionA house in Clifton, New Jersey, was flattened by a gas explosion, injuring two people on Friday, April 9. The explosion took place at 64 Rutgers Place before 2 p.m. It appears that a contractor damaged a gas line and caused a natural gas build up in...

Judge Jails Yawning Man Clifton Williams For 6 Months

Clifton Williams, 33, of Illinois, went to court to support his cousin who was facing drug charges, but instead found himself jailed for contempt of court after yawning in front of the judge. Williams had stretched out his arms and let out a loud yawn, which annoyed the judge...

New Reggae Sensation Ieye On The Rise

Since its creation some five decades ago, the reggae industry has seen many female star lights. From its very first, being Millie Small to its current reigning queen, Marcia Griffiths, the Jamaican soundscape has...

Millionaire spooked from mansion

When the real estate market drops, blame the ghost !"A millionaire businessman from Nottinghamshire has said ghosts forced him to flee his 52-room mansion. Clifton Hall was bought by Anwar Rashid for £3.6m in 2007, but he has now handed it back to the bank. Mr Rashid claimed...

Final season for Annika Sorenstam

After 14 years in the LPGA tour, Annika Sorenstam is retiring at the end of the 2008 season.  Sorenstam won $22 million over her career and competed against men in the PGA."The 37-year-old Swede said she will...

Dublin city hotel back to normal

"The area around Eden Quay in Dublin city centre has reopened following a controlled explosion of a suspect device at a hotel. The explosion was carried out by the army EOD team shortly after 1am. The package has been removed for forensic examination. Up to 2,500 people were...

Afghanistan: Australian Trooper

When you read Tony Clifton credentials you'll see he is well qualified to give his Australian perspective on the futility of the Australian involvement in this Afghan conflict.About the AuthorTony Clifton worked...

Afghanistan: Well Meaning Futility

About the Author"Tony Clifton worked for Newsweek for 30 years and covered the wars in Biafra and Vietnam, the Lebanon civil war, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the 1971 Bangladesh war and subsequent...

Barn Fire Kills All Seven Horses

" March 24, 2007 Kentucky - When you're in the business of raising and selling horses, you try not to get too attached to the horses you're going to sell. But Chat, a chestnut saddlebred with a white star on his face, was a part of the family at Hipp Farm at 1033 Ironworks...

The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 2/27/07

"-Wouldn't that be really easy to fix?-A 77-slide PowerPoint presentation leaked to the press shows GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney prepared for criticism. He knows that he's being called 'Flip-Flop Mitt' and...

Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes

"Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News January 25, 2007 State health regulators have discovered unsafe mercury levels in fish in five more Colorado water bodies, including popular Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort...

Wireless Hotspots in Brighton

Brighton & Hove has wireless internet hotspots popping up all over town mainly due to the Wi-Fi installation company Looseconnection and Pier to Pier but also thanks to a few forward thinking publicans,...

Tornado Alert in Crawford Texas: President Bush in shelter

President Bush and first lady Laura Bush are waiting out a tornado warning near their Crawford, Texas home.  The weather network issued the warning after a severe thunderstorm with a history of producing...

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