Born As A Sufferer - The Jamaican Novel

  Jamaican author and Iraq war veteran Laura Johnson has recently released her 3 rd book: 'Born As A Sufferer'.  Released in April of this year, 'Born As A Sufferer' depicts the lives of two young people, Shelly and Bobby, who are fighting their own demons in...

Texan town sold on eBay for $3m

"A US town was sold for more than $3m on auction website eBay today. Albert, a 13 acre historic town in the heart of Texas Hill Country, is around 112km from the state capital, Austin, and includes a house, dance hall, tavern and a schoolhouse reportedly attended by former...

The Show Musn't Go On: Broadway Strike Continues in NYC

UPDATE, 11/29/07: The producers and the stagehands unions have come to a tentative agreement after two full days of negotiations. According to several news sources, the only remaining point to be discussed is...

Police Mistake Caucasian Man for African-American Suspect

Great police work. Those guys can’t even tell a black guy from a white guy. You gotta love Florida. See Video"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A bad case of mistaken identity in Orange County should have been as clear as...

Childrens Cough Medicine Lawsuit Filed

Mother Sues Over 4-Month-Old's Cough Medicine Death"CHICAGO — A mother whose 4-month-old son died after taking over-the-counter cough and cold medicines sued two distributors of the drugs, saying they should have known the dangers of a key ingredient and warned...

Daycare Provider 'Lost Her Temper', Baby in Coma

I don't have kids, but I've got friends in the industry who have pretty much told me to never trust a daycare with your kids. I've heard way too many horror stories to ever trust them, but what real alternate do parents have?"A Sioux Falls woman charged with an aggravated...

Johnson & Johnson launches global Diabetes Institute,

""With diabetes reaching epidemic proportions in the United States and in the rest of the world, there is a critical need for diabetes educators and other health care professionals to provide education and care to people with and at risk for diabetes. However, the level of...

Horrific Superbug Kills 345 + Chief's Payoff

You can go into hospital for a minor operation and leave in a coffin. All due to cleanliness or rather a lack of it."The health secretary, Alan Johnson, described the outbreak as "awful" and "a scandal", but...

Seagate Combines Flash Memory, Hard Disk For Notebook Storage

"Seagate Technology on Monday launched its first combination disk storage and flash memory hard drive, joining rival Samsung Electronics in offering hybrid drives that manufacturers say speed the boot-up time of...

Webolution in Progress

Whitney Keyes reports on Merrill Brown's appearance at a forum hosted by the Washington News Council in Seattle this week:"The forum was well moderated by Merrill Brown, former editor in chief and senior VP of MSNBC and chairman of www.nowpublic.com. The panelists were Cory...

Johnsons Controls launches new brand

""We will continue to be a diversified multi-industrial company, dedicated to improving comfort, safety and sustainability with innovative products and services for the places where people live, work and travel," said Mr Roell, who officially becomes the company's CEO...

Johnson chosen as Tory candidate for London mayor

"Boris Johnson was today chosen as the Tory candidate to take on Ken Livingstone for the post of London mayor. The gaffe-prone Henley MP garnered three-quarters of the votes cast as he saw off the challenge of less well-known contenders Victoria Borwick, Andrew Boff and...

The Closer Season 3 Review

It’s been a great series for The Closer with Kyra Sedgwick. The season finale of the summer got great ratings. The show has already been renewed for a fourth 15 episode season next summer. TNT will follow the format that they established with the second season, a 14th and...

Will the Real Al Sharpton Please Stand Up?

I'm not highlighting the article below for a "gotcha" piece, but to point out a funny little instance of the identity crisis of online reportage. Ease of reference shouldn't seduce us into knee-jerk...

NASA to look at shuttle shield damage

"NASA to look at shuttle shield damage Reuters By Irene Klotz Reuters - 1 hour 5 minutes ago HOUSTON (Reuters) - NASA said it will take a close look at a small but worrisome gouge in the heat shield of space shuttle Endeavour, discovered in photographs taken as the orbiter...

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