" Just the ticket ... three men sleep as hundreds of people wait, and lie, in line to buy precious Olympic seats in Beijing last night. The last batch of tickets for the Games goes on sale today at booths for the various Olympic venues. Beijing police have...
"That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want...
" The commemoration of National Children's Day turned sour Wednesday with the government refusing to allow children to read out their demand for the establishment of a special ministry of their own. The request...
"FHA Takes $4.6 BILLION Hit … It’s Just Taxpayer Money"Leave it to the government to come up with a home loan program where, if the buyer does not have the low 3% down payment normally required, the seller can pay that for them. So, from day one, the buyers have zero...
"When identical twin sisters Diane and Darlene Nettemeier met identical twin brothers Craig and Mark Sanders a decade ago, they could never have guessed just how much of their lives would be based around perfect sets...
Estelle Getty, the feisty mother hen to the famous Golden Girls series that ran throughout the 80's (and continues in reruns today) died today at the age of 84. Getty was long a supporter of gay rights and had a...
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I had an article about napping few weeks back and how it is beneficial to combat daytime sleepiness. Between waking up late in the morning, caffeine, and 20 minute afternoon naps, napping is the best choice of...
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"Activist tries to superglue himself to Gordon Brown By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:35 PM on 22nd July 2008 During these turbulent economic times, Gordon Brown is keen for the country to stick by him. However, this probably wasn't quite what he had in mind. ...
It's the second underground fire in Toronto in a week, and the third in Canada this month after last week's power-cutting Vancouver fire. While this one wasn't nearly as serious, hundreds of people were left without...
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Months after Canadians attention was grabbed by images of RCMP officers carting boxes of files out of the Quebec Conservative Headquarters, Elections Canada's lawyer says the party shifted hundreds of thousands of dollars.The accusation comes after months of investigations...
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" PROUD Lorraine Fleming had more reasons than most mums to shed a tear as she saw her son’s bride approaching in all her wedding finery. For bridegroom Reece was just eight years old — and getting “hitched” to his sweetheart Elleanor Pursglove was his last dying...
"Conjoined twin Barn swallows, Hirundo rustica, found July 17, 2008 in Searcy, Arkansas after they fell from their nest. Image: Samuel Peebles (Daily Citizen, AP Photo). Last week, a homeowner discovered a pair of...
"A BBC investigation has found that there are serious question marks over a key drug test just two weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics. The BBC has seen indications that labs are classing positive tests...
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"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...