McMansions 'wasting water'

"McMansions 'wasting water' By Mary Bolling May 17, 2007 12:00am Article from: Herald-Sun Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email * Minister says large homes soak up scarce resources * Wants smaller homes built on new estates * Says consituents' homes suffer...

McMansions 'wasting water'

"McMansions 'wasting water' By Mary Bolling May 17, 2007 12:00am Article from: Herald-Sun Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email * Minister says large homes soak up scarce resources * Wants smaller homes built on new estates * Says consituents' homes suffer...

Colombia clowns killed on stage

"Two circus clowns have been shot dead during a performance in the eastern Colombian city of Cucuta, police say. The attacker jumped into the arena and fired before fleeing, police chief Jose Humberto Henao told Efe news agency. Local reports say the audience of about 20...

The ultimate wife: has early delivery so hubby can watch football

"PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) -- Nine months pregnant and married to a fervent Bears fan with tickets to Sunday's NFC Championship game, Colleen Pavelka didn't want to risk going into labor during the game against the New Orleans Saints. Due to give birth on Monday, Pavelka's...

When Public Schools Aren't Color-Blind

"Louisville's racial guidelines keep its schools from having too many or too few black students. Most parents like the policy. Will the Supreme Court strike it down? Stephanie Brown admits that moving from a small Kentucky town into sprawling Louisville made her a "very...

City said to be terrorist breeding ground

"TETOUAN, Morocco, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A Moroccan seaport 3,000 miles from Iraq has become one of the world's most fertile recruiting grounds for jihadists, U.S. officials say. In the past eight months a group of young men, all worshippers at the same mosque, have left their...

Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister Assassinated

"BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was gunned down in a Beirut suburb, the latest victim in a spate of attacks on anti-Syrian politicians, and angry voices quickly blamed Damascus. Gemayel, 34, was a scion of one of Lebanon's most prominent Christian...

French call for calm on riot anniversary - Toronto Star

" Marchers in troubled suburb plead for peace But gangs maraud after sundown, buses set ablaze Oct.28, 2006. 01:00AM SANDRO CONTENTA EUROPEAN BUREAU CHIEF CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France—The anger that burns in the heart of this troubled Paris suburb gave way for the most part...

French suburb marks anniversary of deaths that sparked riots - Canada.com

" View Larger Image View of a public transport bus in a housing complex in Le Blanc-Mesnil, north of Paris, after it was set on fire by youth gangs, Friday. (AP/Christian Hartmann) Elaine Ganley, Canadian Press Published: Friday, October 27, 2006 Article tools ...

How to Prevent Iraq From Getting Even Worse

"It's a grim sign of the chaos engulfing Iraq today that trying to save your family can put them in even more danger. That's what happened to Ammar Jawad, a Shi'ite in Baghdad, who this month moved his wife and two children to Balad, an hour's drive north of the...