Man who had sex with girl, 12, admits rape but is freed after woman judge say...

She should go to a juvenile detention facility, she should get counselling as should her family"A barman who admitted having sex with a 12-year-old girl walked free from court after convincing a judge she had tricked him into believing she was an adult. Michael Graham, 25,...

Fortune 500 Takes Over BlogWorld

This doesn't surprise me but it's interesting to see the stats on this."Featured speakers at the pre-show event on September 19 include: John Andrews, Senior Marketing Manager - Emerging Media at Walmart Michael Brito, Social Media Evangelist at Intel Hilary Weber,...

ACORN 1,100 suspicious voter cards found in NM

""Barack Obama’s dear friends at ACORN are busy trying to lie, cheat, and steal their way to victory in November. The latest ACORN Watch entry comes to you from the battleground state of New Mexico, where...

How To Go Back To The Old Facebook

Come on, you know you want to! "Some 500,000 Facebook users who don't like the site's new design have found a loophole leading back to the old one. The trick is to sign up as a Facebook application developer...

One third of employers turn down job candidates after viewing their Facebook ...

Tell me who your Facebook friends are, and I will tell you who you are. Employers are actively checking personal profiles of prospective employees on Facebook. Now, this is not news in itself. It has been known...

CNNMoney.com reports on Disaboom. Opening new worlds: The disability boom

(From a CNNMoney.com article published 9/15/2008)(Fortune Small Business) -- Despite his wheelchair, and often because of it, Dr. Glen House has always enjoyed doing what he isn't supposed to. Take the time he persuaded his neighbor in Colorado Springs, J.W. Roth, to join him...

Armed killings cost nations billions of dollars

A recent survey has indicated that armed killings have cost countries billion of dollars.According to the survey conducted in the 90 countries, the economic cost from people killed by arms each year is estimated to total between US$95 billion and US$163 billion....

Obama and the Palin Effect - a Mirror on the US Psyche

"Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes...

Twitties To Honour Terrific Twitter Tweets

Given the massive growth of microblogging and, specifically, Twitter, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to take stock of the site's most impressive 140 character combinations and honour the art...

Kilkenny on Palin - The e-mail heard round the world (Is it Real?)

I wanted to take a minute (before the article) to post that this comes from a website that debunks alot of the information out there from BOTH parties -and gets to the heart of who's telling the tuth, who is stretching it a little (grey area), and who is flat out wrong.Since...

Beggars found staying at five-star hotels in UAE

Begging is a sin in the Islam and banned in most of the Islamic countries. Now Police in the Gulf  state of Abu Dhabi have started a special campaign against  begging. Much to their shock some beggars who were caught red-handed, were found staying in expensive...

Man Robbed 4 Times in Two Weeks!!!

"BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A Buffalo man believes the same suspect has burglarized his home four times. He has turned to Call 4 Action's Al Vaughters and police are asking for your help as well. David Edgerton's...

Democrats Release Sarah Palin's Social Security Number

While the majority of Democrats play by the rules, a fringe group has attempted a full smear campaign on Vice-presidential candidate, Governor Palin.  The group has released a document called an...

Hurricane Gustav: Live Updates & Online Resources

The following is NowPublic's compendium of real-time updates, resources, and information on Hurricane Gustav, as of September 1, 2008. Our coverage is ongoing and these links will continue to be updated. If...

John McCain Relaunches His Social Network. It’s Surprisingly Good.

I just came across this and it surprised me too. Personally speaking, McCain's previous site sucked. It wasn't worth the effort going on there because, well, it was unnavigable. But the new one is better and is...

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