Burbank Motorcycle Accident Injures One and Fatal For One Rider

Just another reminder why we all need to look out for riders and that riders need to be aware of potholes and other things that case solo motorcycle collisions."November 12, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports a motorcycle accident that occurred in the vicinity of the...

No oxygen in the IMF ventilator

"By Mosharraf ZaidiThe News InternationalBeing of Pakistani origin qualifies an IMF employee to be as much of a Pakistani economy expert, as being of Pakistani origin qualifies a child that eats a lot of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to be an expert in Pakistani child nutrition....

A ‘different approach’

"Even though the financial crisis, which he pledged on Friday to tackle ‘head on’, is his first priority, Barack Obama has no choice but to clear the foreign policy mess being left behind by the Republican administration. At his first news conference as president-elect,...

How do Arabs view Barack Obama’s choice for chief of staff

"Written by www.daily.pk    Friday, 07 November 2008 18:30 "There could not be a more provocative appointment than Rahm Emanuel, if he wanted to send a signal that he is going to stick by a quite hard-line pro-Israel policy..." A day after his...

Glasgow flight skids off runway

A plane coming from the UK has skidded off the runway in the Canary Islands. No injuries have been reported so far."Passengers on a Thomas Cook chartered flight from Glasgow have escaped injury after their plane skidded off the runway at Lanzarote airport. The Air Europa...

Families flee river of ice after freak storm hits town

The bizarre fall weather has continued in the UK, with a freak ice storm hitting the British town of Devon."Dozens of people, including a mother in labour, had to be rescued after a freak hailstorm left a Devon town cut off by floodwater.More than a foot of hail fell on...

Flights diverted as snow storms hit Britain

Snow has come bizarely early in the UK this year, with the Southwest of the country getting snowfall yesterday. The Southwest of England usually doesn't see much snow at all for the entire winter."Luton Airport was forced to divert a number of its flights on Tuesday evening ...

Britney Spears court case ends in mistrial

During her 'breakdown,' Brittney Spears got into a fender-bender while driving without a license. However the case against her for that offense has ended in a mistrial."At the height of her long public breakdown, Britney Spears’s life was unanimously agreed to be a car...

McCain raises specter of nuclear war

John McCain's campaign seems to be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the wall in the waning days of the campaign, hoping something will stick. Now McCain has brought up nuclear war."John McCain raised the specter of nuclear war as he struggled to overcome rival...