Was American Idol rigged? That's the question on many lips today as the shocked viewers from across America realized that Kris Allen had in fact beaten Adam Lambert to take home the title of Amercian Idol winner...
opinion by Amy Judd | 26 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago 5108 views | 40 recommendations | 45 comments
"(CBS/ AP) Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday. The allegations of bad behavior...
Mugabe was recently sworn in for a sixth term as Zimbabwe's president amid much controversy over alleged ballot-rigging. Now a film showing evidence of vote-rigging has surfaced."A film that graphically shows how...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 188 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
¿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...
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Continuing the extremely tense situation in Kenya this week, officials with the Red Cross fear that the number of people killed will rise if things don't change soon. The death toll is nearing 600 right now, with...
"Kenyan police have shot dead five people demonstrating against President Mwai Kibaki's re-election in two separate incidents in the country's western opposition strongholds.
In a first incident, two disgruntled supporters of defeated presidential challenger Raila Odinga...
The 1939 Worlds Fair titled "Tomorrowland" touted Technology will make life easier for Humans in the Future, one wonders if Scientists then knew how technological advances would make it easier for...
This is something that I always wondered about. I used to work at a computer service center, though I preferred not to know what was on my customers' machines. For some, though, the temptation proved too great,...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1113 views | 7 recommendations | 1 comment
As the ruling party seeks to legitimize the results of the election, opposition leaders are consolidating to express their discontent, with the threat of public demonstrations looming. "The runner-up in Nigeria's presidential elections convened a meeting with other opposition...
UPDATE: this just in via email from egoigwe:"Nigeria's
presidential and regional elections fell below international standards
and levels set in previous polls in the country, a U.S.-based
monitoring group said...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 722 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The memory cards used in Diebold touchscreen voting systems could carry computer viruses that would infect voting machines and steal votes on the infected machines.
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