Unique service: Husbands for rent in Argentina

An Aregntianan company has started a unique service of providing husband on hourly basis. "Any woman can get a husband at an hourly rate in Buenos Aires, thanks to a company offering to do the repairs and installations that every home needs, and all "without problems in the...

Food technology driving Indian farmers towards suicide

Farmers in India are committing suicide and number is increasing every year. Among the various reasons being cited for the serial suicide deaths  that continues unabated is new food technologies. They are...

Australian jet plunge injures 40

Australia's national carrier Qantas portrays and prides on good safety record with world standard but recent incidents have created a bad name for it. There has been many incidents involving Qantas airlines in...

Nokia launches mobile with unlimited music to challenge Apple

Nokia has launched its challenge to the iphone, a phone that has unlimited downloads. Rumors about the phone first broke last week."Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, is challenging Apple for mobile music supremacy by offering a pay as you go phone with...

Kauhajoki: Memorial Service held Attended by Finnish Prime Minister

A touching memorial service has been held in Kauhajoki in memory of the ten victims who died at gunman Matti Saari's hand.  In attendance at the service was Tarja Halonen,  Finnish Prime Minister...

Engineer sent text 22 seconds before fatal train crash

" LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Metrolink engineer driving a commuter train sent a text message about 22 seconds before the train collided with a Union Pacific freight train last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday....

Update: Cutty Sark blaze caused by an overheating vacuum cleaner

The devastating Cutty Sark blaze was caused by an overheating vacuum cleaner, according to reports today. Apparently guards failed to notice that the vacuum cleaner was running, and it burst into flames."Lazy guards failed to spot a running vacuum on the Cutty Sark which...

Officer faces charge over secret files left on train

The intelligence officer who left secret terrorism files on a train is going to be criminally charged. "Civil service An intelligence officer from the Cabinet Office who left top secret documents about Iraq and Afghanistan on a train is to face charges under the Official...

IE8 lock-in locks up computers

If you're like me, or the other 19% of the browser population, you use Firefox for its security, stability and extensibility. However, Microsoft just released an update to its alternative browser, Internet...

NASCAR aiming higher (Danville Register Bee)

" By MIKE MULHERN Media General News Service Give your opinion on this story NASCAR superstar Kyle Petty, shown at the 2004 Daytona 500, says the sport, like other businesses, thrives on other people's money. These days, NASCAR officials are targeting a younger demographic...

US embassy suspends visa service in Pakistan

Bush administration is taking all precautions in war against terror in Pakistan. Apart from issuing a travel advisory and instructions about hotey stay, now it has suspended visa services in Pakistan. "US...

Bronx druglords busted for stashing cocaine in Lego toys in Puerto Rico and m...

Turns out Lego is for more than building castles these days."Ringleader Jose David Diaz-Ortega, 28, and his eight cohorts used associates in Puerto Rico to ship the coke-laden toy kits to addresses in Manhattan...

Book Giveaway: Work The System

"Book Giveaway: Work The System About the AuthorA telecommunications professional, Sam has been a business owner for over 20 years and is the author of the book Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less, published by North Sister Publishing,...

US will welcome its small cars

"A top Ford Motor Co. executive says market research shows the company's coming line of global small cars will be well received in the U.S. Derrick Kuzak, group vice president of global product development, says the European-designed Fiesta subcompact and Focus compact...

6 minors in state care after raid

A raid that followed a two-year child sex abuse investigation has rescued 6 children, who are now in state care."Six minors have been placed in temporary state custody as part of a two-year child abuse and pornography investigation after a raid on a ministry run by a man who...
 

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