Think I'll use the drive through

A woman who works at a petrol station in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland rammed her customers car into the front of the petrol station as she helped the disabled person.She didn't notice the car was an automatic...

Barack Obama talk in livingston amongst 8th grade students!

                  Recently there has been a great amount of talk about Barack Obama, but of coarse, that is to be expected. There have been minor arguements amongst my friends about how...

Nurse in boot - Brother: Sister on road to recovery

The bother of a female nurse found alive in the boot [trunk] of her car has said she is doing "fine". Refilwe Makola, 35, flew from his home in South Africa to be with his sister Magdeline, he says they celebrated...

'Nurse in boot' 35-year-old man at court

A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a nurse who was discovered alive in the boot of her car on Boxing Day. South African-born Magdeline Makola, 38, went missing on Monday 15 December,...

Man wanted after nurse found in car boot

Police are wanting to speak to man about a nurse who went missing, who was later found in the boot of her own car.Nurse Magdeline Makola, disappeared at the end of her shift at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh...

Missing nurse found alive in car boot

Police who have been searching for a nurse who went missing over a week ago have found her alive.Magdeline Makola, from Livingston was last seen at the end of her shift in an Edinburgh hospital.Police said she was...

Giants among the Lilliputians

"CAMDEN, S.C. — While the political class was focused on the meaning of pigs wearing lipstick, a few fortunate South Carolinians were riveted by the meaning of valor. The occasion was a celebration of four of the state’s living recipients of the Medal of Honor—Charles...

Tornadoes reported in Will and Livingston counties

A severe weather system that is moving through southern Cook County, has caused several tornadoes that have touched down in Will and Livingston Counties."Structural damages have been reported in Symterton near...

Daily Polaroids Detail Last 18 Years of NYC Man's Life

For 18 years Jamie Livingston kept a record of every day of his life, but this was no ordinary journal.Livingston, a New York City-based cinematographer, amassed thousands of Polaroid photos, taken each day of his...

Federal Disaster Assistance Tops $8.3 Million For Two Illinois Counties

"BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Federal disaster assistance totals for eligible Iroquois and Livingston County residents topped $8.3 million last night with just a few days left until the May 6 registration deadline.This total includes Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants...

Thumbs-Up for Breakthrough Bionic Hand

Update: AP has a little story about a vet's usage of this incredibly sci-fi prosthetic:" Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again, now that he's been...

Full-Scale Gordon Matta-Clark Retrospective Opens

NEW YORK.- The first full-scale retrospective in twenty years of the work of Gordon Matta-Clark will open at the Whitney Museum of American Art on February 22, 2007. Gordon Matta-Clark: “You Are the Measure” – which travels subsequently to the Museum of...

Tenemos trabajo viajaremos -- Have jobs, will travel

Thousands of immigrant workers have become crucial to the booming construction industry but will they be forced to go home?

Dark Tourism

Katrina Tours! As has been widely reported, tours of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina have begun. What motivates people to engage in "dark tourism"? Is it harmful or helpful to the region? Is it just...

It was a heckuva phrase.. (Reuters)

Reuters - Call it the wrong phrase at the wrong time but "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job" was named on Thursday as U.S. President George W. Bush's most memorable phrase of 2005.

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