Space shuttle lands in California

" The space shuttle Atlantis has landed in California, where it was diverted after continuing stormy weather prevented a Florida touchdown. Atlantis landed at 1539 GMT at Edwards Air Force Base. Officials had...

Vintage UFO on eBay's Auction Table

Right out of the Jetsons !!" Are you an ultra-rich tech enthusiast with a hankering to own a piece of aero-automobile history? Moller International is now offering its M200X, the first flying car of its kind, up...

Lawyer Accepts Lap Dances As Payment

An Illinois lawyer has been suspended for offering a stripper client reduced legal fees in exchange for nude dances. Scott Erwin of DeKalb acted as legal representation for the dancer and her family on several...

U.S. government workers in oil industry sex and drug scandal

It appears there were some 'crude' goings-on at the US Interior Department, which oversees oil drilling on federal land. Three reports delivered to Congress today, accuse the department of  “a culture of ethical failure." The reports say that over a dozen current and...

Obama Lands in Afghanistan, Will Visit Iraq

3:15 AM et Obama Lands, Security High " Journalists were asked by the Obama campaign to hold off from reporting that Obama would visit Afghanistan and Iraq prior to his trip abroad next week until he landed safely in the region — which his campaign informed us early this...

Fugitive Thief Flees Uganda Cops for Canada Cops

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorScamming Rat Bastard, David Reiner 61 who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Toronto Daycare centres as a trusted accountant, fled to Uganda to escape...

Gaza Ceasefire shaken by Qassams

What many feared in Sderot and the kibbutzim of Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council happens: is the ceasefire shattered? " Ceasefire seems shakier than ever as Palestinians launch three Qassam rockets from...

Passing the torch to Bombardier

The Canadian aerospace corporation Bombardier has been given a contract to make the torches for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. What happened to the days when Olympic torches were lovingly hand-crafted by family...

Viva Coldplay

"Viva Coldplay Published: 14 Jun 2008 CHRIS MARTIN compared the Coldplay live comeback to a pre-season friendly last night. The singer told the crowd of friends and family at London’s Wembley Arena that getting back on stage was like a trip to the...

Blogs are new battleground for civil rights

"Half a century after Little Rock, the Montgomery bus boycott and the tumultuous dawn of the modern civil rights era, the new face of the movement is Facebook, MySpace and some 150 black blogs united in an Internet alliance they call the AfroSpear."

Ken Livingstone lands radio show

Recently ousted London mayor Ken Livingstone won't be sitting on his laurels for long. The eight-year mayor, the first London had after the position was created in 2000, will be hosting a radio call-in show on...

To bring peace to the Afghans, talk to the Taleban

"Adam Holloway says that Britain’s strategy in Afghanistan is misconceived. Nato’s military presence should be reduced and the battle for hearts and minds fought more imaginatively They do not like the F-word in Whitehall, but failure stares us in the face in...

Dispute over coins lands ex-boyfriend in jail

"An ex-boyfriend was arrested on misdemeanor battery charges following an argument that started over 50 cents. "

Boeing 777 Crash Lands at Heathrow

A British Airways 777 passenger jet from Beijing crash-landed at Heathrow airport; all 136 passengers and 16 crew have been evacuated. Though six people were reportedly injured and taken to hospital, only one...

Ulema council slams government decision on Ahmadiyah

""Ulema in the world have already declared Ahmadiyah to be a faith outside Islam meaning they cannot enter Mecca," Kholil said at a meeting with the Moslem Community Forum (FUI).The Bakor Pakem`s ruling on...

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