Midlothian father admits he locked daughters in cage in truck, cops say

"Midlothian father admits he locked daughters in cage in truck, cops say Man arrested at gas station, charged with child...

Canada's Drug Culture: Guilty of Murder in the 1st degree

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a life sentence deserving of the crime.Perhaps a Message that should be applied here by our Justice System here in British Columbia, but won't be, as Drugs and...

Investigator controversy surfaces over Pirate Bay case

"The case against the Pirate Bay in Sweden may be tainted by a scandal involving a police officer that led the investigation. Warner Bros., one of the plaintiffs in the case, has admitted that officer Jim Keyzer was also working for the company while he led an investigation...

Bell Canada-Human Rights Commission-White Supremacist Link

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA Canadian Woman learning from the media that during an abuse investigation against the Canadian Human Rights Commission hearing that her personal internet account was...

NASA plans moon crash

Scientists are priming two spacecraft to slam into the moon's South Pole to see if the lunar double whammy reveals hidden water ice."The Earth-on-moon violence may raise eyebrows, but NASA's history shows that such missions can yield extremely useful scientific...

Mid-air plane collision kills 5 in California

We'll keep an eye out for more information.  If anyone has anything new to report, please post below in a comment."A mid-air crash between two small planes has killed five people in California, including one on the ground as debris crashed on to a town. Witnesses...

Canada :Store owner charged with stealing winning $5.7M lottery ticket

Lets hope this store owner will be spending many Yuletide Dinners in prison. "A former convenience store owner was charged Wednesday with stealing a winning lottery ticket and fraudulently claiming $5.7 million in...

CIA Suspected of Guantanamo Torture

Reuters reports that a UN investigator believes the CIA has tortured suspected terrorists being held at Gitmo. No charges, no trial -- no abuse, right?"A United Nations investigator said on Thursday he strongly...

Scientists find new deep water coral

This is exciting stuff. It amazes me that with so many people on this planet, there's still vast regions left unexplored. Maybe Atlantis does exist?"HONOLULU (AP) — Researchers have discovered what they believe...

In Warm Climates, Pools Breed West Nile

" Swampy swimming pools all over the country — a legacy of the foreclosure crisis — are becoming breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes. The problem is particularly acute in warm climates like Florida and California, where officials are concerned about the...

(AP) Military Probe Focuses on Iraq Contracts

I found this when actually searching for a probe into Iraq oil contract fraud. I have always had suspicions about these types of fraud going on in Iraq and this war, but you don't always know if something is fact or fiction. Well, when the military starts a "probe", there...

Update: Abbotsford Courtroom: Mader Thailand's Child Rapist Wants Bail .

Update: November 07, 2007. OpinionBarry artiste, Now Public ContributorThis is a followup of the story on Orville Mader wanted on a Worldwide Manhunt for Kidnapping and Sex with an 8 year old Thai Boy. ...

Auditor General's Hefty Expenses Bill

"Sir John Bourn, guardian of the public purse. In three years he's run up bills of £365k on travel and £27k on meals. Then there's opera, grand prix, polo ... As England's chief investigator into Whitehall waste and extravagance, Sir John Bourn, the comptroller and auditor...

Mystery at Sea: Survivor gives conflicting account

 "MIAMI - The Hialeah teenager had a harrowing tale to tell a Coast Guard investigator: Mysterious hijackers stormed aboard a boat on the high seas near the Bahamas and shot and killed four crew members,...

Mystery at Sea: Two survivors Arrested

 UPDATE: Hijackers killed crew members, Survivor claims "The story of the missing crew members aboard an abandoned Miami Beach charter boat took a strange turn on Wednesday with talk of mysterious...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from