Very frightening to think what was averted in this case."An 18-year-old South Carolina student was in jail Sunday after he collected bomb-making supplies, including ammonium nitrate, in a plan to attack his high school, authorities said. Ryan Schallenberger was arrested...
"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...
"A Washington State teenager is facing 18 years in prison on charges that he used his PC to access Orange County, California's 911 emergency response system and convinced the sheriff's department into storming an area couple's home with a heavily armed SWAT team.
Randall...
"A couple feared their romance was on the rocks - just moments after becoming engaged in a seaside proposal.
Soldier Shaun Mancinelli, based at Chippenham, Wiltshire, popped the question to his girlfriend Llian, 18,...
The Gay protestors that answered the roll call on Saturday at the Reggae Carifest Concert on New York's Randall Island encountered mixed results to their cause. The small group that gathered with signs and banner in tow spoke out loudly against the soft background of Reggae...
"Two Nanaimo prisoners escape from work detail
The Province
Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Two Nanaimo men who escaped from a prison work detail on the BMX track at the city's Beban Park Monday have so far...
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"People who make their living in the arena of visual communications are just now beginning to grapple with the power of the very small screen platform. This realization was not made any clearer than what transpired...
"Kicking up a stink – OAP loses battle over rubbish
A PENSIONER whose huge hoards of rubbish tormented the nostrils of his neighbours for months now has a pristine garden after cleaners removed 3 tons of trash.
Neighbours applauded workers from Enforcement Services Ltd,...
"Iowa Govenor Tom Vilsack says that 40 to 50 Iowa National Guard members could be sent to California as early as next week. They could be helping monitor activity along the Mexican border. Vilsack says the contingent, which will be made up of volunteers, could be...
"In some ways, the traveling taco stand has become a symbol of the rise of Hispanics in the US. Here in Gwinnett County, Ga., it wasn't any different - until lawmakers outlawed the $1 street-corner taco vendor...
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"But Bernal is an illegal immigrant from Mexico City. Without access to financial aid, grants and most scholarships, he had to push aside the Ivy League brochures and prepare to attend California State University in Fresno, where he can live with family and pay tuition...