These homes for sale stink

"Why Fannie and Freddie matterMore Videos This boarded-up, bank-owned home is on the market in Milwaukee. On the inside, that Milwaukee home has been picked clean. Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes...

Abandoned ashes stack up at funeral homes

"BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- The abandoned ashes are stacked floor to ceiling in the basement of the Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, tucked neatly on wooden shelves and tables and in an unused dumbwaiter. ...

Wind energy causing health fears

We have previous articles written about the U.S. leading in the world's energy production here. At first glance, this seems like a reason to celebrate as U.S. is moving towards more of a natural way of...

9 Firefighters in California Helicopter Crash Are Presumed Dead

"Nine firefighters were missing and presumed dead after a helicopter crashed this week while ferrying them to one of the blazes still raging in northern California. The nine were believed to have been consumed by the flames that erupted after the Sikorsky S-61 fell out of...

iPhone 3G: Sold out in 21 states

"Shoppers hunting for iPhone 3Gs can still find them — if they’re willing to get up early and, in some cases, drive long distances. As of 6:00 a.m. EDT Tuesday, all three models (8GB black, 16 GB black or white) of the hot-selling device were sold out in 21 states,...

`Cuckoo's Nest' hospital to be torn down

The set of the film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Oregon State Hospital, is going to be torn down. Most of the dilapidated, 125 year-old building will be torn down and replaced this fall."Although mean Nurse...

America’s Most Wanted Terrorists: Abu Hamza to face trial.

" America’s Most Wanted Terrorists: Abu Hamza to face trial. By The Anglo American | July 13, 2008 Abu Hamza  The firebrand cleric, who has been stripped of his British citizenship, is to be deported to...

I Flew My Lawn Chair 235 Miles Across Oregon And Idaho

Not content to be normal, 48-year-old Kent Couch has an unlikely hobby. Couch likes to fly, but not in the conventional sense. The petrol station owner is known for his 'aircraft' which is made up of a lawn chair...

Judge Rejects Bush’s View on Wiretaps

This piece was published in the New York Times on 3 July, so may have been missed by readers. In a hugely significant judgment, Judge Vaughn R. Walker, the chief judge for the Northern District of California,...

Jessica's Law Gives Sex Offender 138 Years

A Salem, Oregon man has been sentenced to a total of 138 years in prison partially because of the state's new Jessica's Law passed in 2006. Michael David Robinson, 35, pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexual abuse that involved two young children that he knew. Oregon's...

Man gives birth

Not only women can give birth, Thomas Beatie just proved that. " Thomas Beatie, who lives as a male after undergoing surgery and hormone treatment, gave birth at a hospital in Oregon on June 29, according to People magazine. Both he and the baby are said to be "healthy...

US 'pregnant man' has baby girl

This American had best of both genders. Initially born as female and then became man but again became female to deliver a baby."An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, has...

Smoke from wildfires in California threatening people's health

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne can be assured California Celebs are off to exotic places unknown while their poorer neighbours are suffering the consequences of not being as flush with the bucks...

BARRACK OBAMA's VIRTUAL BABY KISSING

WASHINGTON DC A new website campaign urging mothers to send their baby pictures to Barrack Obamas via mail for a virtual baby-kissing pictures with the Sen. Obama. The website...

The world lowest electricity bill

"The Northwest is awash in electric power this spring. Rivers are swollen. Columbia River dams are running full bore. Wind farm blades are spinning.[...]In some cases, power producers are paying customers to take electricity off their hands. "Time to invent some ways to...

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