Egypt attempts crackdown on shisha - Coke and smoke

Egypt is a country where smoking is cheap and often described as a "national habit".  An Egyptian government crackdown on shisha, the popular flavored tobacco-filled water pipe, is facing  resistance all...

Melvin Blevins Jailed For Forcing 18-Month Niece To Smoke Weed

Melvin Blevins, 19 years old, has been arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison for video taping himself forcing his 18 month old niece to smoke marijana. The video tape was found inside a camera at a pawn shop in Ohio. Blevins is shown giving the little girl a glass...

Michael Phelps Will Still Be Seen In His Speedo

Michael Phelps' sponsors are sticking by him.  Speedo and Omega have made statements to the press, announcing their support of the Olympic swimmer, in spite of the Bong picture last week. " Phelps is still...

Arson millionaire Christopher Foster built network of pipes to fuel blaze

The British millionaire who killed his family and burned his house down appears to have planned the crime well beforehand. Rather than it being due to a snap rage, it appears he was planning it for a long while,...

"Big Bang" or Black Hole?

"GENEVA - Tests have cleared the way for the start-up next month of an experiment to restage a mini-version underground of the "Big Bang" which created the universe 15 billion years ago, the project chief said on...

Englishman wins Irish race case

Wow, this is a new one. An Englishman has been awarded 20,000 euros ($30,000) because he says he was taunted by his Irish coworkers while working as a pipe fitter in Ireland. He claims that they called him "the Brit" and would consistently recomend that he be sent in for...

Don't inhale that new car smell

"(AOL Autos) -- Ah, that new car smell, that eau de car-logne; it does an ego good while it does a wallet bad. And now it turns out, it can do bad things to your health, too. ...

Suspect Confesses to Killing Lil Kim Partygoer

"All didn't end well at Lil Kim's 34th birthday party. An employee at a New York karaoke bar where a B-day blowout for the rapper was held Sunday night has been arrested after confessing that he beat a 24-year-old woman to death on the roof of the club while the party was...

Greenpeace activists interrupt Syncrude tar sands operation

This came from the Greenpeace website:"Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada — Greenpeace activists entered Syncrude’s Aurora North Tar Sands facility earlier today, erecting a banner that transformed the...

Amazon To Debut Streaming Movie/TV Service Today

Amazon is offering streaming television and movies starting Thursday, after the early success of their music download service. A huge slew of offerings are on the table as Amazon seeks to compete with iTunes and Netflix. Amazon will have full streaming capabilities via the...

Should the FAA Allow Electronic Cigarettes in the Sky?

Recently, I came across a post in which a corporate blogger addressed the question of what might happen to a person who tried to “light up” an electronic cigarette, cigar or pipe while aboard a commercial airliner as a passenger.  As the spouse of a flight attendant,...

Pipe Bomb Blasts San Diego FedEx

When a pipe bomb exploded in a San Diego Federal Express distribution facility, the front door of the building was blown out. Thankfully no one was hurt. A second pipe bomb was discovered in the parking lot and...

Pipe bombs destroyed

"Pipe bombs destroyed Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun Published: Saturday, January 26, 2008 NORTH VANCOUVER - A bomb sniffing dog scoured a commercial construction site Friday morning after two pipe bombs were found on the floor of a portable toilet. North Vancouver Cpl. Randall...

Leaky pipe closes I-95 lane in Brevard County

If anyone has new information or pics, please post.  We'll be watching for updates."The right northbound lane of Interstate 95 near state Road 520 in Cocoa will remain closed through Wednesday afternoon while workers repair a damaged section of roadway. Construction...

2008 CES: Consumer Electronics or Consumer Content?

"The 2008 Consumer Electronics Show will have a "telecom flavor" with a keynote speech being presented by the CEO of Comcast. Kimberly Johnson looks at how Comcast, and other telecoms, hope to leverage their presence at CES into promotion for their content offerings. An...

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