Tears of Brie? Ready for The Unhappy Hour Menu?

In this wobbly economy will humor conquer restaurant offerings? Will we see the advent of the 'unhappy hour' menu? Could it bring together, nouvelle cuisine portions, molecular gastronomy and small prices? We could start with 'tears of brie'. In related news I just read that...

Are you Gambling with your competition?

"Running a Small Lottery or Competition PrizeThe area of lotteries, prize draws, prize competitions and instant win promotions was reformed by the Gambling Act 2005 (the Act) which came into force on 1st September 2007.The general consensus is that the changes have given...

Men parachute into wrong American football stadium

" McClatchy Newspapers Saturday, August 30, 2008 Duke officials were a bit surprised when, at 6 p.m. EDT on Saturday, about an hour before the scheduled kickoff of their game against James Madison, two men...

Warning over maternity leave threat to women's careers

A commission has claimed that the right for a woman in the UK to take a year for maternity leave may be making employers hesitant to hire or promote women, for fear of losing them for a eyar down the line."THE right to a year's maternity leave could be ruining women's...

Chicago's Hispanic Democratic Organization Disbands

¿Cuando llegara el dia de mi suerte? As I walk in the darkness the light of my lantern barely lights a path. When will real leadership guide the Latino community?"Once the most powerful and feared patronage army in Mayor Richard Daley's political organization, the...

News & Media

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7 painless moves to save $1,000

Yes, it's possible to whittle your budget without suffering. Small savings, month in and month out, can fatten your bank account without cramping your style."Do you wish you could save an extra $1,000 this year without downgrading your lifestyle? It is possible to save big...

Music industry attacks Sunday newspaper's free Prince CD

Another "first" from the folks over at the Daily Mail, the newspaper group that invented the banner headline, pioneered the "exclusive", and many of the "features" in todays newspapers... free music with your sunday paper, the latest cd from the artis fka prince:  ...

Another UN Scandal

"The head of the U.N. intellectual property agency gave an apparently false birth date that made him nine years older when he applied to join the body, an inaccuracy that may have helped him get hired and win promotions, a United Nations audit showed. The confidential report,...

U.S. Navy video a hit on YouTube

The U.S. Navy's latest propaganda video on YouTube was the third most watched video last week on the popular video site. It even beat out videos of Lonelygirl15, Britney and Donald Trump. But what is more surprising is the debate these series of videos have started. Since the...