R&B Singer R. Kelly Sex Trial Begins, Juror Already Dismissed

After six years of waiting, we finally get to see the fate of what happens to R&B singer, "Bump n' Grind", Robert Kelly (a/k/a R. Kelly.)If you aren't familiar with the case, it is alleged that Mr. Kelly has a...

First Nations Chiefs: Screwing the Screwed?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIt is certainly distressing to find out financial  misappropriations of Casino Funds by Chiefs of First Nations Casinos.  Who would have imagined First Nations...

Family's anguish over murdered son in South-East London

A teenager who had just bought his first lottery ticket and was off to Disneyland later this year, bled to death in his brother's arms after an apparently unprovoked assault at a baker's shop in Lee Green, south...

Opinion Survey" Most Surveys & Polls Useless!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorDo you ever wonder who pays for Surveys and Polls? Sometimes Governments e.g. You the Taxpayer!, or Advertisers e.g. You the Consumer! Eventually, through years and...

Chelsea gunman was a top barrister who was a rising star

The armed man who died in Chelsea, London, was a high-flying lawyer, who had a bright future and a beautiful wife.He tried to send a message to his wife Elizabeth, just before he was killed. He threw a white box...

Boris Johnson wins London mayoral race

Eccentric Boris Johnson will be the next mayor of London, ending Ken Livingstone's eight-year term in City Hall."The Conservative candidate won with 1,168,738 first and second preference votes, compared with Mr...

AP announces ad-supported mobile news service

"Mobile News Network will launch this summer. The ads will be local, but AP will do the ad-serving. This story was written up in some news outlets as an iPhone story, hovever, several phone manufacturers are working with AP to carry the news service. There are plans to follow...

AP announces ad-supported mobile news service

"Mobile News Network will launch this summer. The ads will be local, but AP will do the ad-serving. This story was written up in some news outlets as an iPhone story, hovever, several phone manufacturers are working with AP to carry the news service. There are plans to follow...

AP announces ad-supported mobile news service

"Mobile News Network will launch this summer. The ads will be local, but AP will do the ad-serving. This story was written up in some news outlets as an iPhone story, hovever, several phone manufacturers are working with AP to carry the news service. There are plans to follow...

AP announces ad-supported mobile news service

"Mobile News Network will launch this summer. The ads will be local, but AP will do the ad-serving. This story was written up in some news outlets as an iPhone story, hovever, several phone manufacturers are working with AP to carry the news service. There are plans to follow...

Sealing activists bailed out with bag of toonies

Two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were bailed out of jail yesterday by anti-sealing advocate Paul Watson, who paid the $10,000 bond partly in toonies! "Watson posted the bail at the Cape Breton...

When Strings Are Attached, Quirky Gifts Can Limit Universities

Here is an 'entertaining' angle on problems associated with private donations to universities. I'm more concerned by donations that limit academic freedom. We all know about university "studies" which are paid for by vested interests.  Think how much better off we would...

France raid ship after crew freed

"French commandos have carried out a helicopter raid against a group of Somali pirates soon after they released 30 hostages from a luxury French yacht.Gen Jean-Louis Georgelin said troops moved in after the Ponant...

China denies 'link' to Greek doping scandal

" CHINA said yesterday Greek media reports blaming the "positive" doping test results of that nation's weightlifting team on a Shanghai-based drug maker were wrong. "The Chinese side paid great attention to the issue, and according to our initial investigation, the facts...

Couple receive 13-year-old council tax bill - for 2p!

The price for sending a Second Class Letter is now 27p for stamps..."An elderly Northamptonshire couple were shocked to receive a 13-year-old council tax bill - for 2p. Peggy and William Everson, from Kettering,...

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