Pakistani cricketer Asif handed 1 year Indian Premier League ban

An Indian Premier League (IPL) drugs tribunal has handed Pakistan seam bowler Mohammad Asif a one-year ban. Asif was tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone during the inaugural IPL competition in May last year. " The bowler, who is currently suspended from...

Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years

"Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years Dec 5, 2008 Economy Dec 5, 3:22 PM (ET) By JEANNINE AVERSA WASHINGTON (AP) - Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years,...

British Airways stewardess stole charity cash

A British Airways stewardess has been accused of stealing the donations made to the airline's charity. Ahe is alleged to have somehow amassed £100,000 in just 13 months. "A British Airways stewardess who stole £100,000 in donations made by passengers to a children’s...

No Political Buttons Allowed for Teachers if DOE desire

"The Department of Education has the right to bar teachers from wearing political campaign buttons in school, a Manhattan federal judge ruled yesterday. The ruling by Justice Lewis Kaplan came in response to a...

Formula 1 Drivers Call For Steward System Overhaul

The lobby for change comes from drivers. This action is a little reminiscent of how CART got started ... a move giving drivers and teams a greater voice in race management."Leading Formula One drivers have...

US Warns Syria: "Don't Invade North Lebanon!"

Could this be game-changer' McCain needs to get Americas attention off the economy? "Stern US warning to Syria not to invade Northern LebanonDEBKAfile Exclusive Report2 Oct.: Washington accompanied this warning to Damascus, DEBKAfile has learned, with its first...

Dhoni backs Kumble to lead

"Indian one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come out in support of Test skipper Anil Kumble amid talks of the Test captaincy be also handed over to him. In Vadodara for the Irani Cup tie between Ranji champions Delhi and Rest of India, Dhoni revealed that he...

U.S. releases 12-year old detainee in Afghanistan

After two months in detention the U.S. military has released a 12-year old boy who was arrested with his mother after she allegedly shot at U.S. troops at a checkpoint in Afghanistan.  The woman has since...

Olympic probe over gymnasts' ages

Under developmentThere seems to be little doubt the world over, but facts and proof may prove hard to come by"Gymnastics chiefs will be asked to check that none of the winning Chinese women's team were under-age. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants the gymnastics...

Life terms for US rail-crash man

"Judges have handed down 11 life terms to a man who parked his car on a Los Angeles railway line and watched as a packed commuter train smashed into it. Eleven people died in the January 2005 crash, and Juan Manuel Alvarez, 29, was convicted of their murders. Judge William...

Big Brother Britain

Local authorities in the UK have now been given the power to access all the details of every citizen's personal text messages, e-mails, phone calls, and internet use.These are under the new Home Office proposals....

100,000 condoms for Olympic sex sessions

Under editingFrom the website...."It Barely Qualifies As News""Sex looks like it has become the unofficial sport of the Beijing 2008 Olympics after 100,000 condoms were handed out to athletes.The condoms are being...

Emigrating British family turned away from Canada because their daughter, 7, ...

Why the rules in Canada is so complicated?? No family expected to have their children disabled. Disabled doesn't mean not perfect! "Paul Chapman, his wife Barbara-Anne and their children Jack, 16, and Lucy, seven,...

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...

Man held over London nightclub gun death

After a 35-year old man was shot dead at a London nightclub Saturday night, police have arrested a man who turned himself in over the crime. The incident at "Club Red" in Limehouse, wast London, is the 90th murder in teh city this year."Detectives have arrested a man after a...

Top Members Today

  • Top Rookies

  • Top Veterans

 

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from