Aussie spinner tested +ve for Cocaine

"New Aussie spin bowler Jason Krejza, in line for a Test debut in the first Test against India at Bangalore, has revealed that he was the victim of a drink-spiking incident that resulted in a positive drug test two years back. Krejza, then a New South Wales player, said his...

Democrats to let offshore drilling ban expire

"Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set...

The senseless rise and fall of gas prices

Can the politicians please step up to the plate and address the senseless rise and fall of gas prices in North America?  With elections ongoing in both Canada and the United States, how is the apparent price...

Wall Street will crash on Monday! « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" Last Friday Wall Street suffered its worst losses in more than two months after crude oil prices spiked over $138, an increase of nearly $11, and the unemployment rate rose more than expected to 5.5 per cent. The Dow fell by 3.2 per cent or 394.64 points. Expect a bigger...

Beauty Pageant Officials Probe Pepper Spray on Contestant's Gowns

Some of these pageant contestants are ruthless, with a smile on their faces."SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Beauty pageant organizers were investigating Sunday who doused a contestant's evening gowns with pepper spray...

Spiked heroin wreaks havoc in East Hastings, BC

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor First, it was Dealers selling marijuana laced with methamphetamines in the lower mainland to hook the users, mostly unsuspecting preteens and teens, and now it is...

Anti-humanism of the misanthropes

Frank Furedi at Spiked takes the contemporary doom-mongering misanthropes to task in this essay (via Arts & Letters Daily); that one doesn't agree or necessarily agree with all of his analysis doesn't diminish the force of much of what he writes.Probably the most...

The teenage face of Bush and Blair (by Daniel Ben-Ami)

It seems like the authentic voice of a teenage girl confronting the sudden recognition of the terrible scourge of world poverty. From her bedroom Lonelygirl15, also known as Bree, tells anyone who is prepared to watch her online video about her shocking...

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