Gray wolves are back on the endangered list

Gray wolves have been put back on the endangered species list.  "For these reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction (dkt #2) is GRANTED. Endangered Species Act...

Children feel 'hurt' on their national day

" The commemoration of National Children's Day turned sour Wednesday with the government refusing to allow children to read out their demand for the establishment of a special ministry of their own. The request...

Los Angeles bans plastic shopping bags

So when I first read this story, I thought 'great, if LA can do it, anyone can do it!'. But turns out this banning of plastic bags won't come into effect until July 1, 2010.However, this is a good beginning, as...

Fish pedicures, the new way of getting nice feet.

Quoting Tracy Roberts: "the best pedicure I ever had." Interesting. I think this place in northern Virginia is the only store that practices this carp eating dead skin pedicure. If anyone has bad feet or just want to...

Private Cuban farmers given use of government land

Private farmers in Cuba can now use up to 40 hectares of 'idle government' land.This was published in the Communist Party newspaper Granma yesterday, but it did not say how many Cubans may apply for this new...

New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran

"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...

Appalachian State's Fictional Crimes

As a student of the local university, Appalachian State University, I have noticed a problem that has been rearing its ugly head on a more frequent basis around campus. For one reason or another, the campus of...

Kansas election candidate breaks fundraising record with internet comic

Barack Obama gets deserved credit for being web 2.0 savvy, but Sean Tevis, a Democratic candidate for state representative in Kansas, has taken internet fundraising to a whole other level. Tevis, who started his campaign without the backing of rich donors, knew he could only...

Barack Obama's fundraising roars to life

"The Democrat raised $52 million in June, up from $22 million in May. Republican John McCain's June take was $22 million. By Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer July 18, 2008 ...

Condoleezza Rice to meet North Korean counterpart for nuclear talks

Ending their long held position US has extended olive branch to communist regime of  North Korea after latter abandoned their nuclear programme. Now US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice will meet her Korean counterpart next week to take the discussion further. ...

US runs military exercise around Georgia conflict

The conflict in the Caucasus country of Georgia is growing to alarming levels. The country is fighting with a break-away region in teh North called Abkhazia, where an ethnic minority lives. The area is currently de-facto independent, and Russia is backing the area's claims to...

Mass. Senate Votes on Gay Marriage

The Massachusetts state senate has voted to repeal a 1913 law that prevents the state from marrying out-of-state people who would not be able to marry in their home state. The law was enacted at a time when...

Want to out Source your advertising? South Carolina is not so Gay , I mean H...

South Carolina is so gay poster South Carolina’s top tourism agency has canceled an overseas advertising campaign targeting gay tourists. The campaign, tied to gay pride week celebrations in London, included ads...

American Non Military aid to Pakistan tripled to $7.5

Helping America on war on terror is paying dividends to Pakistan. The American senate has approved three fold hike in non military aid to Pakistan. "Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Senator Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr on Tuesday introduced a landmark...

President may grapple with same sex-marriage

" With four months to go until the election, msnbc.com is presenting a weekly series, Briefing Book: Issues '08 which will assess issues and controversies that the next president must confront once he takes the oath...

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