Arctic 'warmest in 2,000 years'

" Arctic temperatures are now higher than at any time in the last 2,000 years, research reveals. Changes to the Earth's orbit drove centuries of cooling, but temperatures rose fast in the last 100 years as human...

Historic Precedent - Youngest Boy to Ride the River...in a Truck!

     I imagine most parents have a pretty good idea about how to watch out for their children, and some states tend to have some pretty strong ideas about how parents ought to be doing so,...

Jassy Pleads Not Guilty In Road Rage Pedestrian Death

As you all know, I love writing news about celebrities and car accidents.  This may be because I am a personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles, or just becuase I like reading about the big guy getting knocked down.  Anyways, here is another one you wont see on the...

Saudi women drive down memory lane

"Riyadh: In an ornate living room, a group of women gathered around coffee and date cakes to celebrate the afternoon 18 years ago when they got into cars and drove the streets of Riyadh, a stunning defiance of Saudi Arabia's ban on female driving. They have only one regret:...

Jackson Browne sues John McCain/ Picking the perfect song for your campaign

Akin to Oil and Water, Art and Politics do not mix" Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne sued Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain and the Ohio and national Republican ...

50 years for family of burglars who stole £35million from stately home

A notorious English criminal family has broken up, and four of its members sentenced to 50 years behind bars. The Johnson family gang was responsible for a huge number of heists and lived a luxurious lifestyle."A GANG of gypsy burglars have been jailed for Britain's biggest...

CItizen Bus-Driver: Theft Meets Public Service

This story is a few days old, but I just heard about it now. According to Miami-Dade police, an 18-year-old guy stole a few county buses. He didn't keep them, however: he drove them on their normal routes, picking...

Attack injures 5 near Obama's Jerusalem hotel

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- The driver of a backhoe was shot and killed after he drove the construction machine over a number of vehicles near the Jerusalem hotel where Barack Obama is scheduled to stay Tuesday night,...

Missing canoeist's wife 'coerced' to stay quiet

The trial of the wife of a British man who faked his death in order to reap life insurance payments is really getting fascinating. The woman lied to her sons and told them their father was dead, and then tried to go to South America to join her husband. Now the wife is...

Palestinian runs amok with bulldozer in street, Three killed, 44 hurt

This  terrorist attack will further escalate tension between two feuding sides and can also affect the peace talks."A Palestinian construction worker killed three people when he drove a large bulldozer into oncoming traffic on a busy Jerusalem street yesterday, crushing...

UPDATE: Israel: Bulldozer Attack Kills 3 In Jerusalem

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Certainly Police gave the man every opportunity to stop his rampage with a 5 ton bulldozer, ending his spree with a bullet from an off duty soldier, after the crazed...

End of ceasefire 'imminent' as more rockets fired from Gaza

The cease-fire in Gaza appears to be all but over as more rocket attacks have been launched into Israel. It wasn't even able to last mroe than a week." Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two mortar shells into southern Israel today, as the week-long ceasefire deal...

Web 'terrorists' killed Emo boy, says vicar

"A vicar launched a scathing attack today on "terrorist" cyberbullies who drove a 13-year-old boy to hang himself because of his alternative music and fashion tastes. Canon John Evans, conducting the funeral of Sam Leeson, 13, said online tormentors who attacked his dark...

Drunk driver takes traffic cop for a ride

" Russian drunk driver knocked over a traffic policeman then drove for about 1 km (0.6 miles) with the officer clinging to the roof of his car, local police said on Friday. The motorist only came to a halt after the policeman on the roof fired eight rounds from his...

"Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"

""Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" (June 9, HBO) explores the implausible events that took place between these dates, along with details, before and after, that forever altered the life and career of acclaimed...

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