Rapper Da Brat pled guilt to assaulting a waitress at Jermaine Dupri's Studio 72 on Hallowe'en 2007. The rapper was accompanied to court by family members who burst in to tears when the sentence was announced....
created by Hazel | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 596 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
The internet continues to revolutionize communications around the world; this is the Network Age."Under the plan proposed this week by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, people could call from their...
created by Erik Larson | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 421 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
A woman who relies on her pet ferret to manage panic attacks will be allowed to bring the furry creature onto Ottawa city buses. This is, as far as I know, the sole exception to a rule that only allows trained...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 612 views | 5 recommendations | 11 comments
"Do we really need another news aggregator to follow in the footsteps of Google News, Digg, Reddit, Netvibes and the rest? Well, the founders of NewsCred have decided we do - and they reckon they've got two killer angles which will make their service, launched today, into a...
American Airlines has started to offer full broadband on long-haul domestic flights. Like soldiers' extra luggage, though, the in-flight internet will cost extra money. "AMR Corp's American Airlines began offering...
created by julianw | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 506 views | 7 recommendations | 4 comments
Mike at Roberto’s, security at Si Senor Si Senor, a local favorite for fine mexican food, just opened Si Senor Express a few blocks from Roberto’s. Roberto’s has long been the standard for good drive thru mexican food. In fact, Roberto’s is pretty much the...
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"By Niko Mchedlishvili TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian authorities have blocked most access to Russian news broadcasters and websites since the outbreak of the conflict with Moscow. Georgia's Interior Ministry said the action was not anti-democratic, but Russian...
M15, the British equivalent of the CIA, has instituted a new policy of actively seeking gay men and women as new recruits. The agency says its part of a wider mission to attract more diverse recruits from throughout society rather than just selecting people from Oxford or...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 493 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The death of a pet for some brings on feelings of sadness in at similar levels as that when one loses a human friend or partner but this report from the Royal Horticultural Society that many people feel bereaved...
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" SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- If you are waiting for a DVD from Netflix, you may have to wait a while longer. The DVD-by-mail service says it has been hit with technical problems, hurting its ability to send out...
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The funeral for soul singer Isaac Hayes will be held this coming Monday, August 18th, in Cordova, TN, just outside of Memphis. As NowPublic previously reported, the singer died last Sunday of a stroke, at the...
Hua Huiqi, a prominent Chinese Christian activist and 'underground pastor,' escaped from Chinese police after being detained on his way to the Kuanjie Protestant Church in Beijing. Huiqi is now in hiding. "Human Rights in China says underground pastor and religious dissident...
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A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound mailman is lobbying to wear a kilt on the job, but so far with little success. The National Letter Carriers' Association rejected his idea in July despite impassioned claims of chafing,...
created by Rob Peters | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1566 views | 2 recommendations | 13 comments
The scary thing about this story is that for most people who are Obama supporters - this is one of their largest unspoken fears. "MIAMI - A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in...
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