Runrig guitarist seriously ill in hospital

A guitarist from the Scottish band Runrig is in hospital after collapsing in a train station after returning from a gig on the Black Isle north of Inverness . Malcolm Jones is seriously ill in hospital after the...

How to protect yourself in a recession

"Here are some things you can do to protect yourself in a recession:Debt: The government, and Americans as a whole are carrying large sums of debt. The fact is that you can't get to prosperity by borrowing. However, that has not stopped the federal government from increasing...

AUSTRALIA: Single workers miss a place on the PM's lifeboat

Karl Fitzgerald and Alice Bleby present the sizzling Renegade Economists radio show on Wednesday afternoons, in Melbourne, Australia. The show features important interviews with the best renegade economists from...

Traders Rue the Worst Week in Years in World Economy - "Set To Last Until 2010"

The chief of Halifax Bank of Scotland Group, HBOS, Andy Hornby, in a broadcasted interview, has today announced that the so-called "credit crunch" is set to last "until at least 2010" with continuing crashing...

England thump South Africa in 2nd ODI

"Stuart Broad returned a career-best five for 23 to help England thrash South Africa by 10 wickets in the second ODI at Nottingham on Tuesday. The visitors thus went 2-0 down in the five-match series after collapsing to 83 all out in 23 overs, their second lowest total in a...

Update: Stabbing in Tufnell Park: MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER

COLIN Welsh, 40, of no fixed address, has been charged with the murder of Elliot Guy, 27, who had his throat slashed in the early hours after a party in July, police have announced.  Mr. Guy died in the...

Top intelligence official falls into coma

The top spy in the UK, Alex Allan, mysteriously fell into a coma earlier this week and is still at hospital. So far, there is no evidence of foul play. "Britain's top intelligence official is in a coma in a London hospital after collapsing at home, police and his office said...

N. Korea destroys nuclear tower

" YONGBYON, North Korea - North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday, blasting apart the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor in a sign of its commitment to stop...

Zimbabwe strike flops, concern in South Africa

A day after the justice system in Zimbabwe refused to disclose the results of the March 29 general election, the opposition party attempted to stage mass strikes across the entire nation.Unfortunately, fear of...

Rescuers at NY crane crash site

"Rescuers in New York have been searching for survivors in the rubble of the apartment blocks crushed when a construction crane toppled into them. At least four people were killed in the accident and 10 injured, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said. He told reporters that three...

Hillary's growing scandal

"Beleaguered Democrat frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton, reeling from multiple allegations of campaign finance irregularities faces yet another skeleton from the past this week. Oral arguments will be heard in the case of Paul v Clinton, a historic civil case involving a...

Club Inferno: Gatecrasher Burns Down in Sheffield

One of the largest nightclubs in the UK has burnt down, though nobody was reported injured in the incident."Sheffield super-club Gatecrasher has been destroyed in a huge fire which engulfed the building on...

Peace at last for Sleeping Beauty

It was a tough day on May 17, 1999. After 17 years of dreaming and two months of grueling effort on the Mount Everest, I was finally on my first summit bid. It was the culmination of years of climbing, success...

At USF, iPods are portable classrooms

"Technology is revolutionizing education - computers in the classroom, distance learning collapsing geographical boundaries, teachers sharing information and resources - and the launch of the University of South Florida’s iTunesU last Monday rests USF on the cutting...

Baltimore Fire Cadet Dies After Collapsing During Training

" February 9, 2007 Maryland - A fire cadet died Friday after collapsing during a training exercise, a fire official said. Rachael Wilson, 29, was rushed about noon from the training site in West Baltimore to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland...

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