Like a Jet, Edmonton baby plummets to safety from third floor

Not really like a jet, however his name is Jet, Jet Nguyen.  Although on Wednesday, this young boy probably felt like a bit like a plane after getting to experience what raw wind really feels like against the...

Plane engine catches fire in Paris, 8 injured

"Plane engine catches fire in Paris, 8 injured By SAMANTHA BORDES (AP) – 2 days ago PARIS — Panicked passengers scrambled and pushed to the emergency exits of an Airbus 320 preparing to carry 165 passengers...

Child porn investigation catches California lawyer

" A lawyer who served in the Clinton administration and more recently was an adviser to California's lieutenant governor pleaded guilty to a child porn charge in a San Diego federal court Monday. Wade Rowland...

Live Updates, Week 15: Cowboys 20, Giants 8, Final

This was a big win for the Cowboys.  It should almost assure them of a playoff slot.  With the seasonnearly over, this was a big one." Well, will the end of one panic (Owens vs. Romo) in Dallas lead to...

Shell-shocked: Carp fisherman catches Mississippi snapping turtle in British ...

A Mississippi snapping turtle caught in a British lake might at first seem just a strange story worth no further comment but the introduction of such alien species into the environment can have disasterous...

Crowd to blame for dropped catches: Dhoni

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed crowd, clad in different hues, for distractions, which resulted in a forgettable and sloppy show by his fielders during the third one-dayer against Sri Lanka here on Sunday.Read full story

BC Gas thief tries to avoid rising prices

It's no secret that high gas prices are hurting everyone - I pretty much cry everytime I have to put gas in my car - but some people are tackling the problem in a different way.A 38-year-old man from Victoria...

Salmon Fishing Closed on West Coast of U.S.

Although the Alaskan and B.C. salmon stocks are faring slightly better than those further south, consumers in the United States and Canada should expect to be paying a lot more for salmon.So, if salmon is no...

Action Movies Are Milla Jovovich's Favourite

"Best known for her bandaged costume in The Fifth Element, apart from her adrenaline-pumping action sequences in the Resident Evil series, Milla Jovovich is back once again. This time she reprises her role as Alice in the third series of Resident Evil: Extinction. An actress,...

China Airlines plane catches fire at Okinawa Airport

Tokyo/Taipei (ANTARA News) - A China Airlines plane caught fire Monday at Naha airport in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, injuring two crew members, local media reported. The left engine of the China...

Peek Squad: Computer Techs Stealing Porn, Personal Files

This is something that I always wondered about. I used to work at a computer service center, though I preferred not to know what was on my customers' machines. For some, though, the temptation proved too great,...

AMD's quad-core "Phenom" Desktop Chip Catches Up With Intel

"Intel regained a technological edge last year when it released the first four-core processors by combining two dual-core ones. However, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) introduced a quad-core microprocessor for the desktop, replacing its venerable Athlon processor with the new...

WPD catches first suspect with helicopter

The Wilmington Police Department (Delaware) has a new shiny helicopter. I'm of mixed minds about it - yes the cops need to have new tools but I'm a little nervous about the total surveillance society that we seem...

Japan whaling ship catches fire

Japanese whaling ship has caught fire near Antarctica, leaving one crew member missing and raising fears of environmental damage. The blaze on board the Nisshin Maru prompted the evacuation of its crew onto other ships. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but New...

Better Screening for Breast Cancer

"A new device that screens for breast cancer by measuring electrical resistance in tissue could soon become a painless, radiation-free, and less costly alternative to mammography for women at high risk for the disease. The company developing the technology, Z-Tech, based in...

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