Obama Bayh bumper stickers? Don't Buy It! VP Watch Here

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor, Politisite.com It is the oldest trick in the book.  Some printing company prints up bumper stickers with one of the vetted candidates and the world goes wild.  Obama /...

China bans Australian books mentioning Tibet or the Dalai Lama

" THE Chinese government is refusing to let Australian publishers print books that contain "sensitive" content such as the Dalai Lama or Tibet. Melbourne publisher Hardie Grant and academic publisher UNSW Press were both advised to remove content from their books being...

Thousands of blank British passports stolen from delivery van in new security...

I suppose, someone giving out the information. This must be done by more than one person. Definitely, an inside job."Thousands of blank British passports have been stolen in a raid on a delivery van.Around 3,000...

Security breach as 3,000 passports stolen from van

Update 31 July 2008"A man has been arrested after blank passports worth £2.5m were stolen from a van.  He is the delivery man who accompanied the driver of the van, sources said.A spokesman for Greater...

Angry Charlie Rangel Attacks Media on Uncovering Ethical Violations

An angry Rep. Charles Rangel held a news conference Thursday morning to refute questions of ethical violation printed in a Washington Post article and across the Net .  Rangel has been targeted for mis-use...

Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant get £58,000 damages over photographs

A quite large amount has been awarded in this tabloid case. In the UK such awards can get quite high. Notably, this case went on a very long time."Liz Hurley, the model and actress, her former boyfriend Hugh Grant...

At Xerox, It's Here Today ... Gone Tomorrow! :: Symblogogy

"Graphic showing the "invisible ink" effect of the Xerox "photochromatic compound" transient document process. Image Credit: Xerox Corp.At Xerox, It's Here Today ... Gone Tomorrow!Just when you begin to think...

Court overturns libel award over restaurant review

A UK court has overturned a €25,000 libel judgement against a newspaper for writing a negative restaurant review." Belfast High Court has ordered a retrial in the case of a newspaper's appeal against a €25,000 libel award over a restaurant review. ...

A Paris court ordered Ryanair to pay Ms Bruni €60,000 in damages, well shor...

"President Nicolas Sarkozy and France's new first lady Carla Bruni have won their legal action against Ryanair for using a photograph of the couple in its recent advertising campaign. A Paris court ordered...

'Dead' British Canoeist Found On Google Image Search By Random Woman

This story just keeps getting stranger and stranger. Was this a plan, did something go wrong?"A single mother put police and journalists to shame in their attempts to unravel the mysterious reappearance of the...

Digital consumer rights

"Digital consumer rights Sean Whelan, Europe Correspondent, reports that the plea for digital consumer rights is pretty much Jim Murray's last act after 17 years as director of the European Consumer Organisation. 'Do we have to accept that when we take the shrink wrap off a...

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems for Fake Million Dollar Baller

So this guy gets arrested for using a fake million dollar bill. Did he really think no one would notice? "Yeah, sorry, this is my smallest bill. Can you change it?""The Aiken County Sheriff's Office arrested an...

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Freaky Sneaks for Geeks... and Everyone else

I somehow feel more whole now, with the ability reconcile a lust for design and sport. Previously I had to be content drooling over Cervelo's bikes (the new white R3 particularly) and various bits of sailing gear....

Now Publick - Citizen Journalism 300 years ago

The folks at AP sent us an email the other day:"Take a look at this description of one of the first newspapers in America: =========================== The paper was 4 pages long. “The first three pages contained two columns of news…; the fourth page was blank, so...

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