Coastguards go on strike in Northern Ireland

Coastguards in Northern Ireland have gone on strike for the bank holiday weekend, and beachgoers are being warned to take caution as there will not be anyone to rescue them if they get into trouble. The strike is being called over a pay dispute. "People have been warned to...

Car Bomb Kills 12 in Algeria

12 Algerian employees of Canadian construction and engineering company, SNC-Lavalin Group, were killed Wednesday after a car bomb exploded near a water treatment facility in Algeria.  The explosion is being investigated by local authorities and the company. "A car...

The Communist State of WalMart, What's Next?

" Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday it has held meetings with U.S. store managers warning them of issues that could arise if Democrats win power"

Workers Get Graded on Fitness

" LINCOLN, Nebraska (CNN) -- Lincoln Industries looks like a typical blue-collar plant -- workers cutting, bending, plating and polishing steel for products such as motorcycle tailpipes and truck exhausts amid the din of machinery. Howard Tegtmeier, right, leads...

Savings windfall for firm that moved from Microsoft Outlook to Gmail

"Taylor Woodrow, a UK-based construction company, has switched its 1,800 employees' e-mail from Microsoft Outlook to enterprise Gmail. The company is also beginning to use other components of Google Apps, the suite of Web-based applications that includes, in addition to...

Glitch hampers iPhone launch

"NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers worldwide, but there were problems getting the phones to work. ...

Cops Make Major Drug Bust When FedEx Delivers Pot Package to Wrong Address

And here I thought that Big Brown and FedEx trucks mostly brought goodies from shopping or expedited business materials. But one drug pusher decided that his business would do best by FedEx--which luckily then took a shipment to the wrong address."When it absolutely,...